Hour 14 was shaping up to be business as usual for the Le Mans field until second-place in LM P2, the No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca 05 - Nissan (Gommendy), collided with LM GTE Pro leader, the No. 99 Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 (Rees) in the first chicane. Gommendy sat in the gravel for a while before returning to the track slowly. The Aston Martin hit pit lane with big damage to the front of the car and is in the garage.
LM P1 is business as usual with the No. 19 Porsche Team 919 Hybrid driven by Earl Bamber leading the No.7 and No. 9 Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars driven by Treluyer and Albuquerque, respectively.
The No. 47 KCMG Oreca 05 - Nissan (Howson) is still the LM P2 leader, but now the No. 26 G-Drive Racing Ligier JS P2 - Nissan is your second place car with Roman Rusinov behind the wheel. The No. 48 Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03R - Nissan has entered the top three with Nathanael Berthon behind the wheel.
The No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia benefits from the LM GTE Pro drama and Giammaria Bruni now leads. Jordan Taylor in the No. 64 Corvette Racing C7.R is second after a brake change in pit lane. The No. 91 Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 911 RSR driven by Richard Lietz sits third.
For LM GTE Am your leader is the No. 72 SMP Racing Ferrari 458 Italia with Aleksei Basov behind the wheel. He is followed by the No. 98 Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 (Lamy) and No. 62 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 Italia (Sweedler).
Erin Cechal / ACO
PHOTO: LE MANS (SARTHE, FRANCE), CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES, 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, SUNDAY 14 JUNE 2015, RACE. The No. 99 Aston Martin Vantage V8 on pit lane.
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