08:07 15°C no wind
2 Cadillacs in top 10 for 100th anniversary...

08:16 #1 car in for routine stop Kristensen out, Pirro in
#15 back out after gearbox change (11 mins...)

08:23 #14 in driver swap, Sarrazin out Montagny in

08:25 #68 back in -> gearbox change.

08:31 #6 in rear bonnet goes off pouring oil in. back out after replacing cable for turbo boost

08:34 : #29 in with rear suspension problem. back out at 08:55

08:38 #12 comes in straight into garage... back out but won't start, so it goes back in !

08:43 Morgan is running slow... engine has lost power is it gonna make it back to the pits ? in the pitlane, almost at a halt being pushed into its pits
Morgan pushed straight into its garage

08:50 #63 in, windscreen change, back out

08:55 #66 Konrad Saleen comes back out after 4 hours in the garage... new engine !

08:56 #8 Bentley in for routine stop

09:00 1,2,3,8,14,15,16,6,5,7,17,63,64
#7 gets a bodywork "patch"

09:11 #2 has rear left puncture at Arnage in the pits at 09:14 no bodywork change, just new set of tyres & Herbert at the wheel
lead is now 1,3,2

09:12 #13 very slow on start/finish line

09:21 #6 Cadillac in petrol catches fire on fill up... driver not hurt
09:32 #8 Bentley in Front discs & pads changed

09:32 #3 Audi in the garage... extensive work going on, changing cirucit boards

09:32 #6 Cadillac takes a spin hits the tyre wall gets back on way to the pits
#2 back in 2nd place

09:45 the Dutch Dome blows a tyre and crashes into the tyrewall at the pit-entry
Audi #2 has some problem with rear bodywork,

09:54 Jan Lammers admits to simply having lost the Dome, i.e. no blown tyre

Standings at 10:00 :
1: Audi #1
2: Audi #2
3: Audi #3
4: Bentley #8
5: Oreca #14
6: Oreca #15

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