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LE MANS: Audi 1-2 Secure at Sunrise
Written by: RACER Staff   http://www.racer.com
06/16/2007 - 07:00 PM
Le Mans, France
 
The rich spectacle of Le Mans has to be seen to be appreciated. (LAT photo) ยป More Photos

As the sun rose at Le Mans 15 hours into the 24 Hours, Audi Sport remained in control of the overall order. The only change at the front of the field since the halfway point has been in the second-placed No. 1 Audi, which now has Frank Biela at the wheel. In the No. 2 R10 TDI, Allan McNish continues to hold a commanding lead.

Nicolas Minassian continues to lead the chase in the third-placed No. 7 Peugeot 908. Peugeot appears to be in a position of having to live with the cooling problems that are affecting its cars, but while they are no match for the Audis, they are clearly faster than the No. 16 Pescarolo in fourth. Sebastien Bourdais has taken over the No. 8 Peugeot, and the car has regained half of the two-lap deficit that it had to fourth place a couple of hours ago.

Another car on a belated charge is the No. 15 Charouz Racing System Lola. The team has had an eventful race, having had a crash, a pit lane fire and a long visit to the garage to have other problems sorted out. But Stefan Mucke is back at the wheel and on a charge –the car has climbed back to 14th, and looks set to regain a few more places.



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The Binnie Motorsports Lola is still in command in LMP2, while the No. 33 Barazi Epsilon Zytek has lost a bundle of time after Adrian Fernandez took a trip into the gravel.

Tomas Enge is flying in the GT1 class-leading No. 007 Aston Martin, while Jaime Melo is looking equally strong in the GT2-leading Risi Ferrari F430 GT. The similar Ferrari run by the GPC Sport SRL team hit a hurdle when its wheel fell off, leading to a very slow lap back to the pits on three wheels.




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