Le Mans 8h – Audi n°2 holds its own against Toyota

Tom Kristensen retains the lead of the race in the No. 2 Audi when a third of the race is reached. The sister car no. 3 has returned to its box while the safety car is present again following an exit from Tor Graves.

Published on 22/06/2013 à 23:12

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Le Mans 8h – Audi n°2 holds its own against Toyota

Tom Kristensen keeps the lead 24 Hours of Le Mans at the wheel of the No. 2 Audi after 8 hours of racing. THE Toyota still follow at a good distance with the n°8 of Stéphane Sarrazin and the n°7 of Kazuki Nakajima. Lucas di Grassi replaced Marc Gené in the No. 3 Audi, who kept 4th place but lost a lot of ground against the TS030s. Mathias Beche maintains his fifth position against the HPD Strakka Racing of Nick Leventis.

Oak Racing maintains control of the LMP2 race. Bertrand Baguette leads the race in the #35 Morgan ahead of Olivier Pla's #24. Jann Mardenborough completes the trifecta in the #42 Greaves Motorsport Zytek with one stop less in the #38 Jota Sport Zytek. Aston Martin still leads in GTE Pro with the No. 99 Vantage of Bruno Senna and the No. 97 of Peter Dumbreck in a tight spot. There Porsche n°92 by Richard Lietz tries to stay in touch. The No. 88 Proton Competition Porsche now leads GTE Am.

A new safety car entered the track following the exit of Tor Graves (Oreca 03 n°25 from delta-ADR) at the Porsche corners.