Le Mans 24 Hours, Hour 21

11:01 Drops on rain on the track - interesting with four hours left and a big battle still going on.

Kronos Racing Lola pushed back into the box.

Davidson not letting Treluyer pass him, nearly took the nose off the Audi at the PlayStation Chicane.

11:08 Team manager car #2 to report to the stewards immediately. Certainly not for the PlayStation Chicane 'incident' with Davidson?

OAK Racing Pescarolo back out after having gearbox problems.

11:13 Tommy Erdos has pitted after suffering a puncture. Came in and the RML team put intermediates on the HPD.

With the Kronos Racing Lola still in the box the Zytek Nissan of Tom Kimber-Smith has moved up into eighth overall.

11:15 Slippery track flags shown now around the track - rain increasing.

In comes Treluyer for the Audi's 26th pit stop. Lotterer taking over, slicks gone on and back out. Just as it left Peugeot #9 went by.

Just 9.340 seconds behind Bourdais after the first sector.

Lotterer still at 9 seconds from Bourdais as Davidson pits from fourth.

LM GTE Pro leader AF Corse #51 has got clutch troubles, last stop was spent bleeding the clutch and lost over two minutes. They also have another unspecified electrical problem.

Jan Magnussen took the curb hard to get the correct line to pass Horst Felbermayr Snr and felt something break at the rear of the car. The luckless Felbermayr Snr has a broken rib as well as a concussion.

ProSpeed Porsche back in the pit after already having a nearly 12 minutes long pit stop. Rossiter is 4 laps behind in GTE Pro

11:31 Lotterer lucky coming out of the second Mulsanne chicane. Tried to get around the AF Corse Ferrari #51 on the right side, but the Ferrari moved right into his path. Lotterer managed to avoid him and passed the GTE car on the left.

11:33 Lotterer now all over the back of the leading Peugeot 908 of Sebastien Bourdais. At the finish line the gap is just 0.250s!.

Claudio Berro, Lotus:

"Finishing was always our target and so far we are on our way to achieving that. This is a small team and to be in this position at this time even with one car at our first attempt is good. We have had no important problems with the 65 car; some small issue with movement in the steering put the car in the garage earlier today and we had another thing where James heard a vibration, which was a small exhaust mounting problem we fixed quickly."

"Really this is a very, very long distance test. We don’t expect to be perfect, and the retirement of the other car was not a big disappointment. We have to be able to push within carefully set limits for this race, but we could possibly go faster. To be 1 second faster puts unnecessary stress on the engine. We are not looking to be able to match the ‘458’s, but we can certainly target the F430’s in future; Porsche, maybe. With this experience we will go to Imola a little more aggressive."

11:36 Bourdais pits - Lotterer back into the lead.

Tommy Erdos' gamble to switch to inters did not work out - pitted again to go to slicks.

11:42 Collard trying hard to keep the Oreca Peugeot behind him. Sets the fastest lap for the car so far, but Duval is still several seconds quicker. Battle for fifth overall re-opened.

11:45 The ProSpeed Porsche still in the pit box means James Rossiter has put the Lotus Evora on the first timing screen. Now running eight in LM GTE Pro.

Pescarolo pits - handing fifth place to Team Oreca Matmut.

Andre Lotterer has met up with his old friends again. Tries to pass the #8 Peugeot, but is blocked. But then made his move at the Mulsanne Corner and passes Montagny - slow lap for Montagny.

Antonio Garcia moves up into the GTE Pro lead after Gianmaria Bruni pits.

11:56 Signatech Nissan slow on track - they were second in LMP2. Just as the Level 5 Motorsports Lola pits.

Audi #2 pits on lap 305!