Well, not quite the halfway point in the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans (is there a little over 12 hours to go for now), but we have a new series of photos of Drew Phillips ready for reading. Taken as the sun began to sink, below the gallery has a good mix of cars of all kinds.
As you’ve probably seen so far, Audi has lost two of three cars. Allan McNish Audi R18 TDI # 3 crashed dramatically in the early hours of the race. Although his car was completely destroyed, he walked away unscathed from the shunt. Next, # 1 Audi R18 driver Mike Rockenfeller followed with a crash just as terrible night of his own after making contact with Ferrari # 71 on the Mulsanne straight. Rockefeller also went to his car later. Unlike a sustained reduction in the arm, he is okay, but remains in the hospital overnight for observation. This is good news for all Audi drivers involved in accidents than a few fear.
East of 20:20, despite the misfortune to date, Audi is a leader in Le Mans, with the R18 TDI # 2 lead over the # 9 and # 7 in the LMP1 Peugeot 908s. LMP1 cars longer gasoline, Pescarolo Pescarolo Judd # 16 team. GTE Leader Pro is the # 74 Corvette C6.R R
acing in LMP2, the # 41 Zytek Motorsport Nissan breakthrough. Finally, GTE Amateur class is currently led by Flying Lizard Motorsports # 81 Porsche 911 RSR.
That’s all for now. You can follow live timing on LeMans.org and internal pages of a large collection of audio and video, and more time, a guide to the observer, and chat live, visit Global Sports.
If you missed the photo gallery from the start of the race, be sure to check that out. We will be back with more coverage of Le Mans after the race.
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