Club Arnage the Le Mans 24 hours LIVE coverage

Live Updates
Sunday 07:00hrs-08:00hrs
By: Stella-Maria Thomas and Lynne Waite

The No. 2 Audi comes in for a pit stop. There is a small puff of smoke but it's seemingly meaningless.
No. 63 leaves the pits finally after a lot of work and a replacement rear diffuser.
No. 6 goes out on intermediates.
The No. 72 Porsche comes in for a routine stop.
No. 79 has been in the pits for a long time but is getting close to being ready to go out again.
The No. 62 Saleen is up on jacks with a "dropped valve or something." They are going to look and see what they can do.
No. 74 comes in for a driver change and is catching the GT leader.
There are a lot of damaged cars around and the weather is becoming much colder again.
No. 74 goes back out with Luc Alphand driving. It's a lap down on the class leader.
No. 21 comes back in again and is pounced on by the mechanics. It may have a gearbox problem and is pushed into the garage.
No. 14 is going faster than the Audis at the moment.
No. 63 Corvette is having troubles with the driver change because the door won't shut properly.
No. 17 pits for a routine sort of stop and a driver change for Jean-Christophe Bouillon to take over.
No. 38 is taking on tyres, which still have the labels on them they are so new.
No. 14 comes in for a driver change. Ara gets out and lets Ni Amorim take over. A number of checks are made on the car too.
The No. 38 Reynard is in having debris removed, and coolant added as well before returning to the track.
The Saleen No. 60 makes a stop for slicks and fuel and swaps Gavin for Konrad. The other Saleen (No. 62) may be ready to go back out.
Babini sets the fastest race lap for Porsche No. 83 and is closing on the class leader at about 7 seconds a lap.
Oliver Gavin: "Out on the track the biggest challenge was just now. I was dying for a piss and the team wanted me to stay out for another stint. It's been a real topsy-turvy 15 hours. We had an upright fail about an hour ago. Apart from that it's been a dream to drive, really simply."
The No. 76 PK Sport car is due for a stop soon. It does and goes out again.
The No. 30 WR has pit stopped again.
There is a suggestion that Sebastien Dumez won't be driving the No. 80 car any more today as he is not well.
The No. 1 Audi comes in for a pit stop. It's smoking from the left side of the engine when the speed limiter cuts in but no one seems worried. He gets fuel and goes out again despite the efforts of the team to clean some of the bodywork.
The No. 16 car pits from 4th place and the No. 6 Cadillac, which is fighting it, comes in too. No. 6 has trouble starting again.
The No. 38 Reynard, which has overheating problems, comes in early and they take the engine cover off. They have to keep refilling and they had to cut new pieces of pipe for the system.
No. 8 Bentley comes in for a driver change, fuel and tyres and Eric van de Poele takes over. He stalls on the way out and has to try again.
No. 82 Seikel Porsche comes in.
No. 64 is in again for a pit stop.
The No. 2 Audi makes a routine stop. Aiello changes from intermediates to slicks and leaves amid puffs of smoke from the engine.
There are no more Judd-engined cars left in the race although the Ascari team are not going to retire the No. 21 car but will send it out for the last half hour.
Aiello is being called in by his crew and the team are waiting for him to come back.

Placings at 08:00:
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)
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)
38, Roc Auto (LMP675), Jordi Gene (E), Pascal Fabre (F), Jean-Denis Deletraz (CH)
14, Viper Team Oreca (LMP900), Ni Amorim (P), Seiji Ara (J), Masahiko Kondo (J)
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)
83, Seikel Motorsport (LMGT), Gabrio Rosa (I), Fabio Babini (I), Luca Drudi (I)
74, Warmup Luc Alphand Adventures (LMGT), Luc Alphand (F), Michel Ligonnet (F), Luis Marques (F)
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)
30, Welter Gerard (LMP675), Yojiro Terada (J), Jean-Rene De Fournoux (F), Stephane Daoudi (F)
58, Larbre Competition (LMGTS), Christophe Bouchut (F), Jean-Philippe Belloc (F), Tiago Monteiro (P)
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)
62, RML (LMGTS), Bruno Lambert (B), Ian McKellar (GB), Johnny Mowlem (GB)

Retirements:
20, Team Ascari (LMP900), Werner Lupberger (RSA), Ben Collins (GB), Harri Toivonen (SF)
9, Racing For Holland (LMP900), Jan Lammers (NL), Val Hillebrand (NL), Donny Crevels (NL)
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)