Car #8 ran off at Arnage and had a minor impact with the tire barrier and lost about a minute and a half as a result. The #1 Peugeot 908 driven by Alexander Wurz came charging fast and hard when this opportunity appeared and after a few laps of battling, was able to pass Andre Lotterer in the Audi R15 TDI pushing them down to 3rd place. However on the very next lap the #1 Pug pitted and gave the spot back to the #8 Audi. And now they are handing the #2 spot back and forth with each pit visit.
Car number 9 driven by Mike Rockenfeller is running fast and hard in the lead and has a 2 lap lead on the Peugeot. It will be interesting to watch the gap and hopefully the faster Peugeot will not be able to make up the deficit.
Here is another large group of photos, mostly of sunrise this morning up near the Dunlop bridge! Enjoy!
Le Mans is all about reliability and this is a huge victory for Audi. Obviously Peugeot has still some issues with their engine sad but they will have to do better next time. Could be that Audi took also a more conservative approach in the race and at the end it paid off. Bravo Audi!