Le Mans 24 Hours: Porsche back into lead after trouble for Audi
Porsche has taken the lead in the Le Mans 24 Hours after the leading #1 Audi was forced to pit for a turbo change
The #1 Audi had moved into first place earlier on Sunday morning when its sister car had suffered a similar problem.
But after briefly stopping on track and performing a reset of an electrical system in the hope of curing the problem, Kristensen completed one more lap before heading to the pits.
He rejoined still in the lead but the car was slow, forcing him to return to the garage for the turbo to be changed, costing over 17 minutes.
This handed the lead to the #20 Porsche of Timo Bernhard, sharing with Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber.
But while the Porsche is in a strong position, the #2 Audi of Andre Lotterer has moved up to second and is closing in, ending the hour just over a minute behind.
The #8 Toyota, which was knocked out of contention by an early accident in the rain, runs a distant fourth and is the Japanese manufacturer's sole representative after the #7 car that led for much of the first half of the race retired with an electrical problem.
The #35 G-Drive-branded OAK Ligier of Alex Brundle has retaken the lead in LMP2 after a puncture cost the #46 TDS ligier time at the end of the previous hour.
As well as the puncture, the #46 Ligier had to have some damaged suspension replaced, costing it almost six minutes in total and relegating it to third in LMP2 behind the #38 Jota Zytek of Harry Tincknell.
The #51 AF Corse Ferrari continues to lead GTE Pro comfortably in the hands of Toni Vilander, two laps clear of the #92 Manthey Porsche of Richard Lietz.
In GTE Am, Nicki Thiim leads in the #95 Aston Martin.
POSITIONS AFTER 21 HOURS Pos Cl Car Drivers Laps Gap 1. LMP1 #20 Porsche Bernhard/Webber/Hartley 329 2. LMP1 #2 Audi Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer 329 + 1m02.759s 3. LMP1 #1 Audi Di Grassi/Gene/Kristensen 325 + 4 Laps 4. LMP1 #8 Toyota Davidson/Lapierre/Buemi 322 + 7 Laps 5. LMP1 #14 Porsche Dumas/Jani/Lieb 320 + 9 Laps 6. LMP1 #12 Rebellion Prost/Heidfeld/Beche 310 + 19 Laps 7. LMP2 #35 Ligier Brundle/Mardenborough/Shulzhitskiy 308 + 21 Laps 8. LMP2 #38 Zytek Dolan/Tincknell/Turvey 307 + 22 Laps 9. LMP2 #46 Ligier Thiriet/Badey/Gommendy 307 + 43.564s 10. LMP2 #36 Alpine Chatin/Panciatici/Webb 306 + 23 Laps 11. LMP2 #24 Oreca Rast/Charouz/Capillaire 306 + 1m27.072s 12. LMP2 #43 Morgan Klien/Hirsch/Brandela 304 + 25 Laps 13. LMP2 #34 Oreca Frey/Mailleux/Lancaster 304 + 1m17.930s 14. LMP2 #33 Ligier Cheng/Tung/Fong 300 + 29 Laps 15. GTEP #51 Ferrari Bruni/Vilander/Fisichella 294 + 35 Laps 16. LMP2 #50 Morgan Ragues/Taylor/Ihara 294 + 2m38.063s 17. GTEP #92 Porsche Holzer/Makowiecki/Lietz 293 + 36 Laps 18. GTEP #73 Chevrolet Magnussen/Garcia/Taylor 292 + 37 Laps 19. LMP2 #29 Morgan Schell/Leutwiller/Roussel 291 + 38 Laps 20. GTEA #95 Aston Poulsen/Heinemeier-Hansson/Thiim 290 + 39 Laps 21. GTEP #97 Aston Turner/Mucke/Senna 289 + 40 Laps 22. LMP2 #42 Zytek Kimber-Smith/McMurry/Dyson 287 + 42 Laps 23. GTEA #88 Porsche Ried/Bachler/Al Qubaisi 287 + 41m15.543s 24. GTEP #74 Chevrolet Gavin/Milner/Westbrook 287 + 41m57.048s 25. GTEA #61 Ferrari Perez-Companc/Cioci/Venturi 286 + 43 Laps 26. GTEA #90 Ferrari Montecalvo/Roda/Ruberti 285 + 44 Laps 27. GTEA #57 Ferrari Krohn/Jonsson/Collins 285 + 19.199s 28. GTEA #77 Porsche Dempsey/Foster/Long 284 + 45 Laps 29. GTEA #66 Ferrari Al Faisal/Neiman/Pumpelly 283 + 46 Laps 30. GTEA #98 Aston Dalla Lana/Lamy/Nygaard 283 + 3.766s 31. GTEA #70 Ferrari Nakano/Ehret/Rich 282 + 47 Laps 32. GTEA #58 Ferrari Barthez/Pons/Ayari 282 + 18.054s 33. LMP2 #27 Oreca Zlobin/Salo/Ladygin 281 + 48 Laps 34. GTEA #76 Porsche Narac/Armindo/Hallyday 279 + 50 Laps 35. GTEP #79 Porsche MacNeil/Curtis/Bleekemolen 275 + 54 Laps 36. GTEA #53 Ferrari Mowlem/Patterson/Hamilton 274 + 55 Laps 37. GTEA #67 Porsche Maris/Merlin/Helary 274 + 2m26.541s 38. GTEP #91 Porsche Pilet/Bergmeister/Tandy 264 + 65 Laps 39. GTEA #62 Ferrari Mallegol/Bachelier/Blank 253 + 76 Laps 40. LMP1 #7 Toyota Wurz/Sarrazin/Nakajima 219 Retired 41. GTEA #72 Ferrari Bertolini/Shaitar/Basov 196 Retired 42. GTEA #75 Porsche Perrodo/Collard/Palttala 194 Retired 43. GTEP #52 Ferrari Griffin/Parente/Leo 140 Retired 44. LMP2 #26 Morgan Rusinov/Pla/Canal 120 Retired 45. GTEA #60 Ferrari Mann/Case/Giammaria 115 Retired 46. LMP2 #47 Oreca Howson/Bradley/Imperatori 87 Retired 47. LMP1 #13 Rebellion Kraihamer/Belicchi/Leimer 73 Retired 48. LMP2 #48 Oreca Berthon/Gonzalez/Chandhok 73 Retired 49. LMP2 #41 Zytek Munemman/Latif/Winslow 31 Retired 50. GTEP #71 Ferrari Rigon/Kaffer/Beretta 28 Retired 51. LMP1 #3 Audi Albuquerque/Bonanomi/Jarvis 25 Retired 52. GTEA #81 Ferrari Wyatt/Rugolo/Bird 22 Retired 53. LMP2 #37 Oreca Ladygin/Minassian/Mediani 9 Retired 54. CDNT #0 Nissan Ordonez/Reip/Motoyama 5 Retired
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