Club Arnage the Le Mans 24 hours LIVE coverage

Live Updates
Saturday 23:00hrs-24:00hrs
By: Stella-Maria Thomas and Lynne Waite

The 79 Porsche comes in for a stop, as does the 33 MG.
The No, 10 Dome comes back in.
The Audi No. 1 changes drivers and Emanuele Pirro goes out in it.
The No. 12 Panoz has suffered a punctures and therefore had to limp in. They change drivers and send Magnussen out.
The 83 Porsche makes a stop.
The 70 Callaway comes in for a driver change.
The 17 Pescarolo comes in and the No. 10 Dome manages to get out again.
The No, 3 Audi is still out in the scenery while the driver tries to get it going again, the gear selection is a problem though they may be able to select gears manually. If so, Theys may be able to get it back round again.
A Viper has been sighted disappearing behind the barriers but no one knows which one.
The No. 8 Bentley comes in for fuel and some work and the 70 Callaway is back in the garage for more work.
The No. 72 Taisan Porsche stops and then goes back out after a routine stop.
At the front it's business as usual for the Audis in first and second but the third place is now the Wendlinger/Beretta Chrysler and the 675 class leader, Jordi Gene, is in 6th.
There is a lot of work in the No. 9 Dome and the No. 10 comes to join it.
The No. 75 Porsche is in and the No. 70 car returns.
Butch Leitzinger: "We've been having trouble with the shifting mechanism. We got rain in it and its been acting up. It didn't want to downshift at all. I was living with that for a while but then going down the Mulsanne it didn't want to get above 4th. The heated windscreen ends with about 6 inches on either side and in the slower corners you can't see that great. The radio's been non-existent since Eric got in the car too."
The No. 8 car gets its engine cover replaced and is ready to out with Wallace at the wheel.
The No. 10 Dome is pushed into the garage again.
No. 33 went back out and the lights went out. It's going to be coming back in very soon if the number of mechanics standing on the apron is anything to go by.
The No. 76 PK Sport car has just had a bit of an off but came back on again. Mike Youles has been through the gravel again.
There has been a driver change in the No. 20 Ascari and Toivonen is back out again.
In the 675 class, Gene is up to 6th overall while the next car is the No. 33 MG in 27th. Maassen in the Dick Barbour car is even further back.
Mike Youles goes off again and comes back - he may be pushing rather harder than is entirely sane or he may be in trouble.
There is a lot of work being done on the Blundell MG again.
The 74 Porsche comes in for a fresh pit stop.
Reports of the demise of the No. 63 Corvette are turning out to be premature.
The No. 38 ROC Reynard being driven by Pascal Fabre has just come in for a very fast pit stop and gone out on intermediates.
No. 16 comes in for a stop, as does No. 77.
The rain is now starting up again.
The No. 9 Dome is in now and the Beretta Chrysler is in trouble - it's in the pits with its engine cover off.
The No. 33 MG had no lights and had to come back in.
Jan Lammers is busy getting wet tyres put on the No. 9 Dome.
The No. 70 Callaway is in with its engine cover up and lots of activity. It's having water levels replenished.
No. 16 has a small water pump leak. They think a seal is loose so they intend to change the pump now.
Clive (Ricardo - PK Sport): "He's (Mike Youles) doing really well at the moment. It was brilliant and I think we could get there again. It's always difficult to get the budget together. We are trying to get through the race. We've strengthened the chassis and done a lot of work on the front end. We were able to change the radiator using some quick release clips."
Jordi Gene has just thrown the No. 38 car at Indianapolis. The intermediate tyres may have been a mistake. They have also lost the class lead with this unfortunate move.
There's a lot of work going on just now at Cadillac, and they get it back out after a brief stall and also at MG.
No. 38 has been dragged from the gravel trap and is on its way round now.
No. 76 has stopped and then gone back out.
The Bourdais car (No. 17) is in and bits of bodywork have been removed. It seems to be having gearbox troubles and is being thumped in the gear selector by a mechanic. It goes back out.
Emanuele Pirro brings the No. 1 car in and hands over to Frank Biela. They also change the front and rear bodywork on the lead Audi to change the settings again and then send it out on wets, which are now essential again.
No. 58 comes in, as does No. 77.
The No. 64 Corvette comes in.
It is now raining very heavily and is bouncing off the pit wall shelters in dramatic fashion but the grandstand is still full - these people are crazy.
No. 17 Courage comes in, as does the No. 11 Panoz, which lives here just about at present rather than on the track.
The No. 12 Panoz goes out again after a longish stop.
The No. 1 Audi is only leading by 11 seconds now, from the No. 2 Audi after their somewhat unexpected pit stop.
The weather is awful now and it looks likely that it won't improve in a hurry.
At Champion they "think it's just about over."
No. 15 Viper Team Oreca of Olivier Beretta is back out. It just went out again. The car had a broken clutch that needed repairs.
The No., 14 Viper Team Oreca Renard is off at Tertre Rouge but is able to get going again with Ara at the wheel.
With all the chaos that is going on the Ascari No. 20 is now up to 8th.

Placings at 24:00:
1, Audi Sport Team Joest (LMP900), Frank Biela (D), Tom Kristensen (DK), Emmanuele Pirro (I)
2, Audi Sport Team Joest (LMP900), Laurent Aiello (F), Rinaldo Capello (I), Christian Pescatori (I)
17, Pescarolo Sport (LMP900), Sebastien Bourdais (F), Jean-Christophe Boullion (F), Laurent Redon (F)
8, Team Bentley (LMGTP), Andy Wallace (GB), Eric Van De Poele (B), Butch Leitzinger (USA)
15, Viper Team Oreca (LMP900), Yannick Dalmas (F), Franck Montagny (F), Stephane Sarrazin (F)
14, Viper Team Oreca (LMP900), Ni Amorim (P), Seiji Ara (J), Masahiko Kondo (J)
38, Roc Auto (LMP675), Jordi Gene (E), Pascal Fabre (F), Jean-Denis Deletraz (CH)
20, Team Ascari (LMP900), Werner Lupberger (RSA), Ben Collins (GB), Harri Toivonen (SF)
63, Corvette Racing Gary Pratt (LMGTS), Ron Fellows (USA), Scott Pruett (USA), Johnny O'Connell (USA)
16, Team Playstation (LMP900), Olivier Beretta (F), Karl Wendlinger (A), Pedro Lamy (P)
64, Corvette Racing Gary Pratt (LMGTS), Andy Pilgrim (USA), Franck Freon (F), Kelly Collins (USA)
6, DAMS (LMP900), Wayne Taylor (USA), Massimo Angelelli (I), Christophe Tinseau (F)
83, Seikel Motorsport (LMGT), Gabrio Rosa (I), Fabio Babini (I), Luca Drudi (I)
62, RML (LMGTS), Bruno Lambert (B), Ian McKellar (GB), Johnny Mowlem (GB)
60, Saleen (LMGTS), Franz Konrad (D), Oliver Gavin (GB), Terry Borcheller (USA)
75, Perspective Racing (LMGT), Thierry Perrier (F), Michel Neugarten (B), Nigel Smith (GB)
77, Freisinger Motorsport (LMGT), Gunnar Jeannette (USA), Romain Dumas (F), Philippe Haezebrouck (F)
9, Racing For Holland (LMP900), Jan Lammers (NL), Val Hillebrand (NL), Donny Crevels (NL)
74, Warmup Luc Alphand Adventures (LMGT), Luc Alphand (F), Michel Ligonnet (F), Luis Marques (F)
80, Larbre Competition (LMGT), Patrice Goueslard (F), Jean Luc Chereau (F), Sebastien Dumez (F)
82, Seikel Motorsport (LMGT), Tony Burgess (CAN), Max Cohen-Olivar (MAR), Andrew Bagnall (NZ)
70, Aspen Knolls (LMGT), Cort Wagner (USA), Bob Mazzuoccola (USA), Vic Rice (USA)
76, PK Sport Ltd (LMGT), Mike Youles (GB), Stephen Day (GB), Dave Warnock (GB)
72, Team Taisan Advan (LMGT), Hideo Fukuyama (J), Atsushi Yogo (J), Kazuyuki Nishizawa (J)
3, Champion Racing (LMP900), Johnny Herbert (GB), Ralf Kelleners (D), Didier Theys (B)
79, Noel del Bello (LMGT), Sylvain Noel (F), Georges Forgeois (USA), Jean Luc Maury Laribiere (F)
33, MG Sport & Racing Ltd (LMP675), Mark Blundell (GB), Julian Bailey (GB), Kevin McGarrity (GB)
36, Dick Barbour (LMP675), Didier de Radigues (B), Sascha Maassen (D), Hideshi Matsuda (J)
11, Panoz Motor Sports (LMP900), Klaus Graf (D), Jamie Davis (GB), Gary Formato (RSA)
58, Larbre Competition (LMGTS), Christophe Bouchut (F), Jean-Philippe Belloc (F), Tiago Monteiro (P)
30, Welter Gerard (LMP675), Yojiro Terada (J), Jean-Rene De Fournoux (F), Stephane Daoudi (F)
10, Team Den Bla Avis (LMP900), John Nielsen (DK), Hiroki Katoh (J), Casper Elgaard (DK)
12, Panoz Motor Sports (LMP900), Jan Magnussen (DK), David Brabham (AUS), Franck Lagorce (F)
32, Roock-Knight Hawk Racing (LMP675), Claudia Hürtgen (D), Christopher Gleason (USA), Rick Fairbanks (USA)
55, Paul Belmondo Racing (LMGTS), Vincent Vosse (B), Vanina Ickx (B), Carl Rosenblad (S)
21, Team Ascari (LMP900), Scott Maxwell (CAN), Klaas Zwart (NL), Xavier Pompidou (F)
19, SMG (LMP900), Philippe Gache (F), Anthony Beltoise (F), Jerome Policand (F)
56, Paul Belmondo Racing (LMGTS), Anthony Kumpen (B), Gregoire de Galzian (F), Jean-Claude Lagniez (F)
71, Racing Engineering (LMGT), Robin Donovan (GB), Chris MacAllister (USA), Terry Linger (USA)
18, Pescarolo Sport (LMP900), Didier Cottaz (F), Boris Derichebourg (F), Emmanuel Clerico (F)

Retirements:
37, Dick Barbour (LMP675), John Graham (CAN), Milka Duno (VEN), David Murry (USA) - disqualified
4, Johansson Motorsport (LMP900), Tom Coronel (NL), Stephan Johansson (S), Patrick Lemarie (F) - electronic failures
5, DAMS (LMP900), Eric Bernard (F), Emmanuel Collard (F), Marc Goossens (B) - accident damage
7, Team Bentley (LMGTP), Martin Brundle (GB), Stephane Ortelli (F), Guy Smith (GB) - gearbox failure
34, MG Sport & Racing Ltd (LMP675), Anthony Reid (GB), Warren Hughes (GB), Johnny Kane (GB) - engine failure
61, Konrad Motorsport (LMGTS), Walter Brun (CH), Toni Seiler (CH), Charles Slater (USA)
57, Equipe De France FFSA (LMGTS), Davide Terrien (F), Jonathan Cochet (F), Jean-Philippe Dayraut (F) - accident damage
35, S+R Rowan Racing Ltd (LMP675), Martin O'Connell (GB), Warren Carway (IRL), Francois Migault (F) - accident damage