LeMans 12 Hours: Audi still in control

Allan McNish kept Audi at the front of the field at the halfway point of the 81st Le Mans 24 Hours.

The two-time Le Mans winner continued to edge away from Toyota, which in turn saw its hold on second and third weakened as Oliver Jarvis moved the #3 R18 onto the same lap.

The Briton dived past Davidson on the outside of the Porsche Curves to effectively unlap himself and gain parity with the second TS030.

The GTE Pro class lead changed hands twice as the pitstops cycled, with first Marc Lieb and then Darren Turner moving to the front once Frederic Makowiecki pitted in the lead #99 Aston Martin.

The team will have to stop again shortly however to repair a damaged car number of the illuminated panel of the #97 Vantage.

The #76 Imsa Porsche continues to lead in GTE Am, with Christophe Bourret now at the wheel.

Standings 12 Hours

Pos Cl No. Car Drivers Laps Behind
1. P1 #2 Audi Kristensen/McNish/Duval 180 +0.000S
2. P1 #8 Toyota Davidson/Sarrazin/Buemi 179 +1 Lap
3. P1 #7 Toyota Wurz/Lapierre/Nakajima 178 +2 Laps
4. P1 #3 Audi Gene/Jarvis/di Grassi 178 +2m23.823s
5. P1 #13 Lola Beche/Belicchi/Cheng 175 +5 Laps
6. P1 #12 Lola Prost/Jani/Heidfeld 172 +8 Laps
7. P1 #21 HPD Leventis/Kane/Watts 172 +1m15.835s
8. P2 #35 Morgan Baguette/Plowman/Gonzalez 169 +11 Laps
9. P1 #1 Audi Lotterer/Treluyer/Fassler 169 +1m14.281s
10. P2 #24 Morgan Pla/Brundle/H Hansson 169 +1m38.192s
11. P2 #38 Zytek Dolan/Turvey/Luhr 168 +12 Laps
12. P2 #42 Zytek Krumm/Mardenborough/Ordonez 168 +21.187s
13. P2 #46 Oreca Thiriet/Badey/Martin 168 +1m40.600s
14. P2 #26 Oreca Rusinov/Martin/Conway 168 +2m16.195s
15. P2 #49 Oreca P-Companc/Kaffer/Minassian 167 +13 Laps
16. P2 #43 Morgan Gachnang/Mailleux/Lombard 166 +14 Laps
17. P2 #47 Morgan Imperatori/Howson/Tung 164 +16 Laps
18. P2 #32 Lotus Holzer/Kraihamer/Charouz 164 +23.692s
19. P2 #33 HPD Tucker/Franchitti/Briscoe 163 +17 Laps
20. GTP #99 Aston Makowiecki/Senna/Bell 163 +3m20.069s
21. GTP #97 Aston Mucke/Turner/Dumbreck 162 +18 Laps
22. GTP #92 Porsche Lieb/Richard Lietz/Dumas 162 +1m19.311s
23. GTP #91 Porsche Bergmeister/Pilet/Bernhard 162 +2m15.443s
24. P2 #48 Oreca Hartley/Chandhok/Patterson 161 +19 Laps
25. GTP #51 Ferrari Bruni/Fisichella/Malucelli 161 +1m51.234s
26. GTP #71 Ferrari Beretta/Kobayashi/Vilander 160 +20 Laps
27. GTP #74 Corvette Gavin/Milner/Westbrook 160 +2m37.280s
28. GTP #73 Corvette Garcia/Magnussen/Taylor 159 +21 Laps
29. GTP #98 Aston Dalla Lana/Lamy/Auberlen 159 +21.991s
30. P2 #34 Oreca Frey/Niederhauser/Bleekemolen 159 +1m48.308s
31. P2 #36 Alpine Ragues/Panciatici/Gommendy 159 +1m52.736s
32. P2 #41 Zytek Rossi/K-Smith/Lux 159 +3m13.181s
33. P2 #45 Morgan Nicolet/Merlin/Mondolot 158 +22 Laps
34. GTA #76 Porsche Narac/Vernay/Bourret 157 +23 Laps
35. GTP #93 SRT Wittmer/Kendall/Bomarito 157 +1m29.077s
36. GTA #55 Ferrari Perazzini/O'Young/Case 157 +2m00.878s
37. GTA #61 Ferrari Gerber/Griffin/Cioci 156 +24 Laps
38. GTA #77 Porsche Dempsey/Foster/Long 156 +13.539s
39. GTA #88 Porsche Ried/Roda/Ruberti 156 +2m11.797s
40. P2 #40 Oreca Dagoneau/Downs/Younessi 155 +25 Laps
41. GTP #53 SRT Farnbacher/Goossens/Dalziel 155 +5.771s
42. GTA #96 Aston Goethe/Campbell-Walter/Hall 155 +1m22.665s
43. GTA #50 Corvette Bornhauser/Canal/Taylor 155 +2m58.992s
44. GTA #75 Porsche Collard/Perrodo/Crubile 155 +3m03.510s
45. GTA #67 Porsche Gibon/Milesi/Henzler 154 +26 Laps
46. GTP #66 Ferrari Bertolini/Faisal/Qubaisi 154 +1m41.387s
47. GTA #54 Ferrari Mallegol/Bachelier/Blank 146 +34 Laps
48. GTA #81 Ferrari Potolicchio/Aguas/Bright 145 +35 Laps
49. P2 #39 Lola Porta/Brandela/Raffin 140 +40 Laps
50. GTA #70 Corvette MacNeil/Rodrigues/Dumas 132 +48 Laps
51. P2 #30 Lola Mowlem/Burgess/Hirschi 153 Retired
52. GTA #57 Ferrari Krohn/Jonsson/Mediani 111 Retired
53. P2 #25 Oreca Graves/Hamilton/Nakano 101 Retired
54. P2 #28 Lola Giroix/Haezebrouck/Ihara 22 Retired
55. P2 #31 Lotus Weeda/Rossiter/Bouchut 17 Retired
56. GTA #95 Aston Simonsen/Nygaard/Poulsen 2 Retired

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