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Le Mans 24 Hours, Warm Up - 09.00-09.45 09:02 We're back from Le Mans - a very very wet track for the warm up, which has just started. 09:03 The #81 Ferrari has already gone straight at the first Mulsanne Chicane - showing the treacherous conditions. 09:06 Very slow laps by most - some of the cars already heading back into the pit. As we have seen the #75 Porsche spinning as well now. 09:06 The track temperature at the moment is 16.7ºC, with an air temperature of 14.9ºC. Humidity 94%. 09:07 The #49 PeCom Racing Oreca slow on pit entry. 09:08 Marc Rostan spins his Gulf Racing Middle East Lola onto the start finish straight - and we have the #25 ADR-Delta Oreca of Jan Charouz in the gravel at the Dunlop 09:09 RED FLAG! 09:09 Just at the moment Michael Krumm went straight at the second chicane. 09:10 No times set so far as the first car on track - the #24 OAK Racing Morgan-Judd of Olivier Pla was at the exit of the Porsche Curves when the red flags came out. 09:12 The #29 Gulf Racing Middle East Lola is currently being snatched - looked like a harmless spin, but something seems to have locked. 09:13 Charouz meanwhile was lucky not to hit the barriers. 09:13 #29 now being towed...rear wheels up in the air - something definitely not right there. 09:14 Last group of cars making its way to the pit. JRM HPD, Boutsen Oreca and the #2 Audi are at the pit entry now. 09:15 Restart imminent 09:17 Race director Eduardo Freitas has just told the teams the session will "restart on short call" 09:17 Rear axle blocked at the #29. Race control urging the team to help as officials have "a difficult time removing the car in one piece" 09:18 Jan Charouz is back on track - being warned that the pit entry is partially blocked at the moment as the #29 car is now sitting there. 09:19 The clock is still ticking - 26 minutes left in this session. 09:19 Pit exit open at 09.20 09:20 Green flag! 09:20 The Pescarolo Team Dome is the first one out on track - followed by one of the Audi's 09:20 As Jan Charouz is still on his way back to the pit - currently in the Arnage/Indianapolis area. 09:22 LMP1: #1 Audi straight at the first chicane 09:22 LMP2: Jan Charouz is back in the pit 09:24 LMP2: Yelmer Buurman (#30 Status GP) spin
at Mulsanne Corner 09:25 Car stopped on Mulsanne Straight with a fire 09:27 That car was the #16 Pescarolo Team Pescarolo 03 Judd at turn 55 09:29 The #40 Race Performance Oreca 03 Judd has also spun at Mulsanne Corner. 09:29 Audi's are struggling with the conditions - we've seen mishaps that we didn't see when it was dry. 09:31 LMP2: Spin for the Jota-Zytek at the finish straight 09:33 LMP2: Spin at the the Mulsanne Chicane - this time it's the #28 Gulf Racing Middle East Lola of Ludovic Badey. 09:34 GTE Am: The Aston Martin Vantage of Allan Simonsen, the #99, is currently the quickest in GTE. The GTE-Am entry is tenth overall right now. 09:35 So far just 40 cars have completed a full lap - other shave either gone in or not gone out yet. 09:36 LMP2: As the Level 5 Motorsport HPD-ARX-03b goes straight - and rejoins. 09:38 LMP2: Alexander SIms hits the curbstones - and spins on the wet paint. Car stops just short of the barrier - very luck Status GP driver there. 09:42 LMP1: Dindo Capello up into second - 4:13.107 09:43 LMP1: Lotterer 4:09.600 - track is somewhat improving at the moment 09:43 LMP1: Capello 4:05.178! 09:45 Chequered flag for this warm up 09:45 "Car 16 will be delivered later to the team" 09:48 LMP2: Luca Moro spun his #31 Lotus Lola onto the finish straight - one of the Rebellion cars right behind him, but missing the LMP2 Lola 09:49 LMP1: Loïc Duval quickest in 4:03.933 09:51 Toyota's made a last-gasp entry into the top six. Making it a hybrid top six again. 09:52 We'll back for the race - green flag at 15.00 local time. Live coverage on www.dailysportscar.com like this report and the qualifying reports. Live Twitter updates via @dscracelive and @dscracelive2. |