24 Hours of Le Mans 2021
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Stop&go penalty for Stoffel Vandoorne for biting the white line at the entrance to the pit lane. He also received a 90-second penalty for not having respected the safety car restart procedure.
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Retirement of the Richard Mille n°1 in LMP2. Following the double accident suffered by Sophia Floersch less than an hour ago, the indicator light indicating too violent a shock was activated and meant a visit to the medical center for the German, who still held on to reassure him about his state of health.
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It's Mathieu Vaxiviere's turn to enter the track at the wheel of theAlpine Hypercar. As a reminder, the #36 car is still firmly in third position, 2:22 behind the #8 Toyota.
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In GT, the Ferraris seem to do longer stints than the Porsches and the Corvettes, even though they have respectively nine and eight liters less than their opponents. Pit stop for the No. 52 AF Corse Ferrari, which does not lose any place and remains in front of the Porsche of Neel Jani (No. 92).
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Little scare for Toyota. The #2 LM P20 of Dennis Andersen made a mistake at the Ford chicane. The Danish driver came close to hitting one of the leading Toyotas which was passing by.
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The rankings after four hours of racing:
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Stoffel Vandoorne (JOTA no. 28) is hot on the heels of Wayne Boyd (United Autosports no. 23) in the LM P2 category. The Belgian came back to within half a second of the category leader. Big fight on the track.
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Change of leader in LM P2. The United Autosports No. 23 takes control of the category thanks to Wayne Boyd. The race becomes a little more readable in this category, the leading cars having all made six pitstops.
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The #8 Toyota is in the pits. Brendon Hartley remains behind the wheel. The crew made the same number of pit stops as the sister car (5), and remains 1:20 behind the #7 car in the race lead.
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The LM P2 category leader is also in the pit lane. Sean Gelael has indeed stopped. Stoffel Vandoorne takes over in car no. 28. The crew comes out in 5th position.
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THEAlpine driven by André Negrao, in third position in the general classification. He will stay on the track, no tire changes.
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It seems that a few droplets of rain have appeared near the first Hunaudières chicane. Same thing at the junction bend.
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Ranking point at the 4th hour:
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Franco Colapinto blocks the wheels of the number 26 G-Drive and leaves fourth place in the LM P2 category to the number 29 Team Nederland.
19h
The ARC Bratislava number 44 driven by Miroslav Konopka stops at the exit of Ford Bends. The car is pushed into the pits by the track marshals.
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The number 44 of ARC Bratislava found itself in a spin but returned to 23rd position while the number 7 Toyota made another stop, without consequences in the standings.
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End of neutralization. The race resumes.
