Club Arnage the Le Mans 24 hours LIVE coverage

Live Updates
Sunday 06:00hrs-07:00hrs
By: Stella-Maria Thomas and Lynne Waite

No 16 Chrysler comes in for a fuel stop and some oil. Lamy gets a bit of a wobble on as he goes out again.
The No. 60 Saleen is in too.
The lead Audi has an advantage of 11 laps now. Last year it won by 7 laps.
The No. 62 Saleen is in for a stop and a driver change.
The No. 58 Larbre car comes in for a stop again too.
The No. 64 car is in for what should have been a routine stop but then they have starter motor troubles and can't get back out again. It's shoved into the garage.
The No. 8 Bentley comes in for a routine stop and Leitzinger hand over to Andy Wallace. They put unscrubbed slicks on. John Wickham (Bentley): "We added oil, a tiny top up, and we finally got the radio going again. It was a regular pit stop apart from that."
The No. 2 Audi comes in for fuel and a drink for the driver.
The No. 60 Saleen is being pushed into the garage. It has brake problems and there is damage to the rear diffuser.

The No. 76 PK Sports car comes in and has a routine stop for fuel only.
The No. 38 Reynard comes in for intermediates having tried slicks and decided against them. They change drivers and Gene gets out to let Deletraz have a go. There is steam from under the car and liquid is added to the cooling system again, which is slowing the pit stop. The only remaining car in the class, the No. 30 WR, is about 40 laps down on them so they have time. The coolant system is being bled before they can top it up.

The No. 63 Corvette has just come in for slicks and fuel and is still leading the GTS class.
The weather has changed its mind and the sun is coming out at last as the clouds disperse. The forecast is not good however with showers and highs of 20-21 degrees. There will be some sunny intervals and it is currently 14 degrees.
No. 17 comes in for a fuel stop.
No. 83 comes back again for a driver change with Fabio Babini going out. They are in a scrap with the No. 74 GT car.

The No. 6 Cadillac has just got its 4th place back from the No. 16 Chrysler.
The No. 82 Seikel car is in again for a driver change and fluid level top ups.
It has just been announced that the No. 20 Ascari has retired!
The Bentley is still out there but is still 11 laps down on the lead Audi.

No. 6 Cadillac is in early but the team seem ready. Taylor is ready to go out and everyone seems relaxed. They are adding oil to the car and they out slicks on. The stop costs them 4th for now at least.
The Saleen factory car (No. 60) has just rejoined the race with Oliver Gavin in charge.
No. 14 comes back for a pit stop which seems rather slow after they changed their minds about the tyre change.

The No. 21 Ascari is about to go out. It has been rebuilt since 21.15 yesterday and is now ready to go out with Xavier Pompidou taking the helm.
Franck Freon (No. 64) spins at the Chicane.
The No. 74 Luc Alphand Porsche has a bit of a spin too.

The No. 80 Larbre Competition Porsche is in again for tyres and left hand side adjustments.
Frank Biela is waiting around the Audi garage with his helmet on.
The No. 2 Audi has a wild moment out on the circuit. Pescatori is pushing it hard.
The No. 76 PK Sports car goes off but doesn't hit anything this time, which will be a relief.
The No. 21 Ascari comes back in to the garage after a lap and Pompidou is shrugging. They are taking the bodywork off again.

No. 58 comes in for a full stop (tyres, fuel).
Wayne Taylor spins the No. 6 Cadillac in a big way.
No. 1 Audi comes in for fuel and Biela gets in. They put intermediates on again although nearly everyone else is out on slicks, probably because the Audis don't seem to do well on slicks in cold conditions.
No. 21 Ascari goes back out again.
The No. 6 Cadillac comes in looking appalling, full of gravel. There is gravel everywhere in their pit area now. They are vacuuming it out.

The No. 62 Saleen comes round with smoke coming from it. The engine is on its way out by the look of it if it's not actually dead already. It's pushed into the garage.
No. 16 comes in for a stop and a driver change (Beretta), slicks and some oil and water.
The No. 64 car is deep in the gravel at the Ford Chicane and is being pushed out.
The No. 63 Corvette has no right hand window anymore.
The No. 63 car comes in with mud and gravel and has to jink round the No. 6 Cadillac.
Andy Wallace brings the remaining Bentley in for fuel.

Beretta has a spin at the Ford Chicane on his out lap. The area is covered in gravel and that tripped him up. In addition the sky is going very grey as well.

Placings at 07:00:
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)
8, Team Bentley (LMGTP), Andy Wallace (GB), Eric Van De Poele (B), Butch Leitzinger (USA)
16, Team Playstation (LMP900), Olivier Beretta (F), Karl Wendlinger (A), Pedro Lamy (P)
38, Roc Auto (LMP675), Jordi Gene (E), Pascal Fabre (F), Jean-Denis Deletraz (CH)
6, DAMS (LMP900), Wayne Taylor (USA), Massimo Angelelli (I), Christophe Tinseau (F)
63, Corvette Racing Gary Pratt (LMGTS), Ron Fellows (USA), Scott Pruett (USA), Johnny O'Connell (USA)
17, Pescarolo Sport (LMP900), Sebastien Bourdais (F), Jean-Christophe Boullion (F), Laurent Redon (F)
14, Viper Team Oreca (LMP900), Ni Amorim (P), Seiji Ara (J), Masahiko Kondo (J)
62, RML (LMGTS), Bruno Lambert (B), Ian McKellar (GB), Johnny Mowlem (GB)
60, Saleen (LMGTS), Franz Konrad (D), Oliver Gavin (GB), Terry Borcheller (USA)
77, Freisinger Motorsport (LMGT), Gunnar Jeannette (USA), Romain Dumas (F), Philippe Haezebrouck (F)
74, Warmup Luc Alphand Adventures (LMGT), Luc Alphand (F), Michel Ligonnet (F), Luis Marques (F)
83, Seikel Motorsport (LMGT), Gabrio Rosa (I), Fabio Babini (I), Luca Drudi (I)
64, Corvette Racing Gary Pratt (LMGTS), Andy Pilgrim (USA), Franck Freon (F), Kelly Collins (USA)
80, Larbre Competition (LMGT), Patrice Goueslard (F), Jean Luc Chereau (F), Sebastien Dumez (F)
75, Perspective Racing (LMGT), Thierry Perrier (F), Michel Neugarten (B), Nigel Smith (GB)
82, Seikel Motorsport (LMGT), Tony Burgess (CAN), Max Cohen-Olivar (MAR), Andrew Bagnall (NZ)
72, Team Taisan Advan (LMGT), Hideo Fukuyama (J), Atsushi Yogo (J), Kazuyuki Nishizawa (J)
76, PK Sport Ltd (LMGT), Mike Youles (GB), Stephen Day (GB), Dave Warnock (GB)
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)
79, Noel del Bello (LMGT), Sylvain Noel (F), Georges Forgeois (USA), Jean Luc Maury Laribiere (F)
21, Team Ascari (LMP900), Scott Maxwell (CAN), Klaas Zwart (NL), Xavier Pompidou (F)
18, Pescarolo Sport (LMP900), Didier Cottaz (F), Boris Derichebourg (F), Emmanuel Clerico (F)

Retirements:
9, Racing For Holland (LMP900), Jan Lammers (NL), Val Hillebrand (NL), Donny Crevels (NL)
20, Team Ascari (LMP900), Werner Lupberger (RSA), Ben Collins (GB), Harri Toivonen (SF) - fuel problems
15, Viper Team Oreca (LMP900), Yannick Dalmas (F), Franck Montagny (F), Stephane Sarrazin (F) - dead car (broken valve)
70, Aspen Knolls (LMGT), Cort Wagner (USA), Bob Mazzuoccola (USA), Vic Rice (USA)
36, Dick Barbour (LMP675), Didier de Radigues (B), Sascha Maassen (D), Hideshi Matsuda (J) - barbequed.
32, Roock-Knight Hawk Racing (LMP675), Claudia Hürtgen (D), Christopher Gleason (USA), Rick Fairbanks (USA)
33, MG Sport & Racing Ltd (LMP675), Mark Blundell (GB), Julian Bailey (GB), Kevin McGarrity (GB) - dead engine
11, Panoz Motor Sports (LMP900), Klaus Graf (D), Jamie Davis (GB), Gary Formato (RSA) - accident damage
12, Panoz Motor Sports (LMP900), Jan Magnussen (DK), David Brabham (AUS), Franck Lagorce (F) - electrical problems
3, Champion Racing (LMP900), Johnny Herbert (GB), Ralf Kelleners (D), Didier Theys (B)
10, Team Den Bla Avis (LMP900), John Nielsen (DK), Hiroki Katoh (J), Casper Elgaard (DK)
55, Paul Belmondo Racing (LMGTS), Vincent Vosse (B), Vanina Ickx (B), Carl Rosenblad (S)
7, Team Bentley (LMGTP), Martin Brundle (GB), Stephane Ortelli (F), Guy Smith (GB)
5, DAMS (LMP900), Eric Bernard (F), Emmanuel Collard (F), Marc Goossens (B)
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)
4, Johansson Motorsport (LMP900), Tom Coronel (NL), Stephan Johansson (S), Patrick Lemarie (F)
34, MG Sport & Racing Ltd (LMP675), Anthony Reid (GB), Warren Hughes (GB), Johnny Kane (GB)
37, Dick Barbour (LMP675), John Graham (CAN), Milka Duno (VEN), David Murry (USA)
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)
35, S+R Rowan Racing Ltd (LMP675), Martin O'Connell (GB), Warren Carway (IRL), Francois Migault (F)
Migault (F)