With multiple contenders already in trouble, the running order looks like this. The car is now down to 20th in class and out of sync in the pit cycle. The car had to make an unscheduled stop shortly after Alex Lynn pitted for the first time for a puncture, the team taking the chance to add more fuel and change all four tires. 23, which was running in and around the top 5 during the hour, also hit trouble. To make matters worse for Richard Dean and Zak Brown’s team, the No. 22 is now two laps down after being extracted from the gravel, limping back to the pits and undergoing a service. Rene didn’t do anything wrong but we have to respect the decision of the stewards,” Vincent Vosse, WRT’s team boss, said when asked about the penalty.Īs well as WRT’s race being hampered already, this incident also cost United Autosports dearly. “At the start there was a lot of confusion - difficult to say what happened. 41 also received damage from the contact and needed to pit for a tire change and rear-end change. This had made for a tough start to the race for WRT, as the No. 31 crew with a one-minute stop-go penalty. The stewards eventually penalized Rast and the No. 22, damaging the nose of the car and sending him flying into the gravel. The three cars (while running four wide) made contact, Rene Rast swiping Will Owen in the No. 41 WRT ORECAs as the cars headed through the kink before the Dunlop bridge. And it began right at the start of the race, with a collision involving the No. LMP2 is the class that has seen the most drama so far.
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Heading into Hour 2 though, Lapierre is back up to P5. 709, the pair getting past the Alpine, which after another pre-race BoP change is struggling for pace and actually fell behind the early LMP2-leading PREMA ORECA on the opening lap. Buemi was unable to build any sort of lead in the opening stint, complaining of oversteer on the radio which saw him have a moment in the Porsche Curves, touching the gravel a few laps before the car’s first stop.īehind, the two Glickenhaus 007 LMHs are running in formation in third and fourth, the No. 7 of Mike Conway managed to leapfrog the sister car into the lead.
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8 GR010 HYBRID of Sebastien Buemi holding the lead from pole position until the first stops, when the No. Up front, perhaps unsurprisingly it’s a 1-2 for Toyota, with the No. The huge returning crowd trackside has been treated to a thrilling start to this one. We’re only one hour into the Le Mans 24 Hours and already there’s been plenty of drama up and down the field.