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24H Le Mans - Hour 21

Despite being in the closing stages of the 80th 24 Hours of Le Mans, there is plenty of action to entertain the hundreds of thousands of fans who will fill the grandstands for the final hours.  

Audi's four R18s - both the new hybrid e-tron quattros and the more conventional diesel-engined ultras - have a firm hold on the LM P1 and overall lead, despite the best efforts of the Rebellion Racing Lola and the JRM HPD ARX 03a.  A Honda-engined car is leading the LM P2 class, and is one lap ahead of three Oreca Nissans.  It is a day for Japanese manufacturers despite Toyota's retirements which bodes well for the newly announced Asian Le Mans Series.

11:01:32 Audi No 4 has problems again out on circuit, slowed and then restarted at race speed #4 AUDI R18 ULTRA (Olivier JARVIS) 11:02:57 No 4 Audi appears to have electrical gearbox gremlins #4 AUDI R18 ULTRA (Olivier JARVIS) 11:05:37 Dindo Capello "Definitely no team orders at Audi" #2 AUDI R18 E-TRON QUATTRO (Dindo CAPELLO) 11:07:06 Audi's No 1 and 2 both doing 3min 25 sec laps #1 AUDI R18 E-TRON QUATTRO (Benoit TRÉLUYER) #2 AUDI R18 E-TRON QUATTRO (Allan McNISH) 11:17:38 Audi No1 leads Audi No 2 by 1.742 secs after 320 laps! #1 AUDI R18 E-TRON QUATTRO (Benoit TRÉLUYER) #2 AUDI R18 E-TRON QUATTRO (Allan McNISH) 11:18:59 No 38 Zytek retires #38 ZYTEK Z11SN - NISSAN 11:21:50 No 61 Ferrari which had earlier fire in its garage -Fitting mirror #61 FERRARI 458 ITALIA (Robert KAUFFMAN) 11:25:37 No21 HPD still in pits - using too much water, now going out #21 HPD ARX 03A - HONDA (Jonny KANE) 11:28:00 No 21 HPD problem not leaking coolant but leaking oil #21 HPD ARX 03A - HONDA (Jonny KANE) 11:34:43 No 46 Oreca and No 49 Oreca very close for 2nd in LM P2 #46 ORECA 03-NISSAN (Mathias BECHE) #49 ORECA 03-NISSAN (Pierre KAFFER) 11:45:24 Afterlatest pitstops, #1 Audi leads #2 Audi by 10 seconds #1 AUDI R18 E-TRON QUATTRO (Benoit TRÉLUYER) #2 AUDI R18 E-TRON QUATTRO (Allan McNISH) 11:58:16 Audi No 1 spins at start of pit lane #1 AUDI R18 E-TRON QUATTRO (Benoit TRÉLUYER)