Le Mans – 6 a.m.: battle at the top in GTE-Pro

The quarter of the race has just been reached 24 Hours of Le Mans. While overall little has happened on the LM P1 side, the race is on the other hand more lively on the LM P2 side. In LM GTE, the Pro category offers a truly beautiful spectacle.

The #18 Audi R-1 maintains its pace at the head of the LM P1 after 6 hours of racing. Just like an hour before, Benoît Tréluyer is ahead of sister car No. 2 by around forty seconds, still driven by Loïc duval. The latter once again particularly stood out by setting the best time in the race on the 86th lap, in 3:23:269. Behind the No. 3 Audi, which completes the provisional podium, the two Toyota remain in contact as best they can. Note that the No. 7, then in the hands of Alexander Wurz, lost around thirty seconds before stopping at the pit: very limited in terms of its fuel tank, the driver of the Japanese prototype had to slow down to stop. ?make sure you join the pit lane.

On the LM P2 side, the cards were redistributed when theAlpine A450 suffered a left rear puncture. After losing precious time, car #36 finally managed to return to its pit box. But the numerous debris littered on the track required the intervention of the Safety car. At the same time, the #24 Oak Racing Morgan, at the front since the start of the race, made a mistake. David Heinemeier-Hansson actually hit the wall slightly while spinning at the turn Porsche. From now on, it is the No. 26 Oreca from G-Drive which is leading the debates in this category, ahead of the other Morgan from Oak Racing, the No. 35, and the No. 38 Zytek from Jota Sport.

The GTE “Grand Prix” continues to be in full swing in Pro. Three drivers stand within ten seconds after the quarter of the race. L?Aston Martin Vantage GTE No. 97 of Dumbreck-Mücke-Turner leads narrowly ahead of the sister car, the No. 99 on which we find Bell-Makowiecki-Senna. Finally, the Lietz-Lieb-Dumas crew (Porsche 911 RSR) is in ambush behind, just seven seconds behind.

In GTE Am, it?s a little less tight, even if we can consider the advance of the Ferrari 458 Italia n°55 of Perazzini-Case-O?Young as restricted, since the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR of Roda-Ruberti-Ried is only around sixty seconds behind, the same for the French of the n°76, piloted by the Narac-Bourret-Vernay trio.