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24H Le Mans - Hour Two. Great GTE Pro action!

Hour two has seen the sunshine return to the Circuit des 24 Heures at Le Mans and there's been some great track battles to entertain the fans - especially in GTE Pro.

In LM P1 Audi are currently 1-2-3 ahead of the Toyotas, with the No.12 Rebellion Lola heading the non-diesel, privateer entries despite ex F1 driver Nick Heidfeld having a lurid spin on the pit straight. The No.17 Pescarolo is running, albeit some laps from the leaders, but the No.16 Pescarolo 03 Dome Judd has not been out of the garage since lap one.

There has been a great battle in LM P2 between the No.24 Oak Racing Morgan Judd and the No.49 Pecom Racing Oreca Nissan. Only the two Gulf Racing Middle East Lolas have had major issues in the category, with the No.29 still out on track after hitting the barriers at the Dunlop Curves.

It's been wheel-to-wheel action in GTE Pro between the No.97 Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 and the No.74 Corvette C6.R with both trading the lead and providing much entertainment. Flying Lizards No.79 Porsche remains supreme at this stage, leading a Porsche 1-2-3 in class.

16:03:27 No 59 Ferrari being pushed into pitlane #59 FERRARI 458 ITALIA (Jaime MELO) 16:05:53 1 hour into the race only 9 cars are on the lead lap 16:11:17 No 74 Corvette now leads GTE Pro #74 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6 ZR1 (Oliver GAVIN) 16:13:42 No 29 Lola stopped at exit of Porsche curves after hitting wall #29 LOLA B12/80 COUPE - NISSAN (Marc ROSTAN) 16:19:09 No 80 Porsche into gravel at Indianapolis #80 PORSCHE 911 RSR (997) (Jörg BERGMEISTER) 16:21:26 Jan Magnussen in No73 did have some sinus problems before the race, but as soon he was in the car, the adrenaline took over. #73 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6 ZR1 (Jan MAGNUSSEN) 16:24:28 No 99 Aston Martin has a misfire #99 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE V8 (Allan SIMONSEN) 16:27:18 No 0 Deltawing has gearbox problem #0 DELTA WING DELTA WING NISSAN (Michael KRUMM) 16:28:13 No 71 Ferrari into gravel at Dunlop curve #71 FERRARI 458 ITALIA (Olivier BERETTA) 16:40:50 Debris on track at end of Ford chicane 16:43:54 No 99 Aston back into pits with intermittent misfire #99 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE V8 (Kristian POULSEN) 16:47:57 No 80 Porsche has right rear suspension damage #80 PORSCHE 911 RSR (997) (Patrick LONG) 16:55:08 Slippery track at Michelin chicane reported

16:03:27 No 59 Ferrari being pushed into pitlane

#59 FERRARI 458 ITALIA (Jaime MELO)

16:05:53 1 hour into the race only 9 cars are on the lead lap

16:11:17 No 74 Corvette now leads GTE Pro

#74 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6 ZR1 (Oliver GAVIN)

16:13:42 No 29 Lola stopped at exit of Porsche curves after hitting wall

#29 LOLA B12/80 COUPE - NISSAN (Marc ROSTAN)

16:19:09 No 80 Porsche into gravel at Indianapolis

#80 PORSCHE 911 RSR (997) (Jörg BERGMEISTER)

16:21:26 Jan Magnussen in No73 did have some sinus problems before the race, but as soon he was in the car, the adrenaline

took over.

#73 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6 ZR1 (Jan MAGNUSSEN)

16:24:28 No 99 Aston Martin has a misfire

#99 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE V8 (Allan SIMONSEN)

16:27:18 No 0 Deltawing has gearbox problem

#0 DELTA WING DELTA WING NISSAN (Michael KRUMM)

16:28:13 No 71 Ferrari into gravel at Dunlop curve

#71 FERRARI 458 ITALIA (Olivier BERETTA)

16:40:50 Debris on track at end of Ford chicane

16:43:54 No 99 Aston back into pits with intermittent misfire

#99 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE V8 (Kristian POULSEN)

16:47:57 No 80 Porsche has right rear suspension damage

#80 PORSCHE 911 RSR (997) (Patrick LONG)

16:55:08 Slippery track at Michelin chicane reported

Photo: CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES (LE MANS, SARTHE), 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, 16TH JUNE 2012. The No.74 Corvette has enjoyed a great battle in GTE-Pro with the No.97 Aston Martin.