FIA WEC, 6 Hours of Sao Paulo - Hour 3

Olivier Pla finally wins a fine tussle with Luca Moro to take fourth in LMP2 but the best battle on track just now is the lead tussle for GTE Pro - Turner just a couple of tenths behind Fisichella now - He needs to lead and pull away to have a chance on fuel efficiency.

The third placed #77 Porsche meanwhile has pitted again and drops behind the #71 AF Corse 458 - Lieb now back aboard the 997.

Lead gaps in each class after just over 2 hours.

LMP1 Wurz leads Fassler by 15,5 seconds
LMP2 Brundle leads Potolicchio by 8.9 seconds
GTE Pro Fisichella leads Turner by 0.082 seconds
GTE Am Rees leads Roda by 50 seconds

Rees though pits to switch to Canal in the Am leader.

Kristensen gets involved in the GTE Pro class and is nearly collected by Fisichella as the Italian takes his line at Turn 7, caught out by the blind spot in the 458 - the Audi is off the track, briefly, through the dirt and gets back without apparent harm to complete the move.

The Toyota is continuing to edge away in the lead - 20 seconds to the good after 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Turner pits from second in GTE Pro - tyres, fuel and Mucke for #97.

Pla is storming along in the #24 Morgan Nissan - he's a way back from Lombard in third but chewing great lumps out of the deficit - 45 seconds after 90 laps - 3 laps later and he's taken 9 seconds out of the Signatech man!

The Ferraris begin their fuel stop cycle - Beretta in from second in GTE Pro followed on the following lap by Fisichella in the class leading #51 - Its not a quick stop from AF Corse and Mucke takes the lead as Bruni emerges from the pits, now aboard #51.

Brundle pits from the LMP2 lead - Potolicchio retakes the class lead - Meanwhile Wurz pits from the lead after 102 laps. Fassler leads but pits on the next lap - He'll emerge back in second place with Kristensen 5 seconds back in third, but owing us a stop.

Mucke is pulling away from the Ferrari in the GTE Pro lead.

In LMP2 Potolicchio pits - Brundle leads again and Ryan Dalziel takes up the chase, the Scot now aboard the Starworks HPD.

Bad news for Signatech and Jordan Tresson - The left rear is missing on the #23 car on the GT Academy graduate's out lap - finger trouble it seems - the Oreca is stranded.

Safety car on stand by and scrambled to help the recovery of the #23.

The JRM HPD is in trouble - Throttle trouble it seems - Brabham is under tow.

The #1 Audi is behind a different Safety car than the leader - Under Safety car pace lead is over a minute.

As the Safety Cars pull in the real gap is 43.7 seconds that increase though to 46.5 next time around, then 47.3 and48.9 - The Toyota has the edge it needs at present!

Bruni meanwhile was all over the back of the Aston in a nose to tail battle for GTE Pro lead, the Italian finally diving up the inside with 8 minutes to the halfway point in this race  - AF Corse lead again and Bruni pulls away.

In LMP2 Dalziel is closing in on Brundle for the lead and seventh overall.

Brabham has rejoined in the JRM HPD.

The #1 Audi seems to be suffering with tyre degradation - Not only is it losing time steadily to the Toyota, it's being gradually reeled in by the #2 car too - The lead gap is now 53.5 seconds - 10 seconds more than post Safety Car, the cap between the Audis 40.4 having been 46.9 after the Safety Cars were withdrawn.