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Pictures from Sunday morning at the Dunlop Curves to Tertre Rouge.

Le Mans, France – As the sun rises on the 77th running at the Circuit de la Sarthe the distance race becomes a sprint. Can the lone Audi R15 TDI make up the 2 laps defficite that it needs. Have the Peugeot 908 HDI FAP’s found the reliablity that they have been missing the last two years? Will the race that always gets rain, be left dry?  The sunrise was mostly overcast, and currently it is very humid and muggy. The last few hours have been very action packed, with 2 full course safety cars, one for No. 17 Pescarolo Sport Peugeot 908 HDI FAP and another for the No. 009 Aston Martin that crashed badly in the Porsche curves. As morning broke, many of the other cars have been in and out of the pits for a sundry of problems ranging from Stop and Go Penalties to loosing wheels. Patrick Dempsey continues to add laps to his count, which results in money for his charity, Mecenat Chirurgie Cardiaque, although he was sidelined in the pits for some repairs to the rear engine cover.

With just under 4 hours left it is still far to close to call, but the Peugeot 908 HDI FAP team has been running their race from start to finish. It is up to the Audi Sport R15 team to push as hard as they can.

Current running order by Class:

Pos # Team Driver in Pit Laps

LMP1
1 9 Peugeot Sport Total WURZ Alexander  320
2 8 Team Peugeot Total SARRAZIN Stephane  319
3 1 Audi Sport Team Joest MCNISH Allan  317
4 007 AMR Eastern Europe ENGE Thomas  312
5 11 Team Oreca Matmut AIM PANIS Olivier  308
6 13 Speedy Racing Sebah PROST Nicolas  307
7 14 Kolles ZWOLSMAN Charles  307
8 7 Team Peugeot Total KLIEN Christian  307
9 16 Pescarolo Sport BARBOSA Joao  306
10 15 Kolles BAKKERUD Christian  298
LMP2
1 31 Team Essex COLLARD Emmanuel  299
2 5 Navi Team Goh KUNIMOTO Keisuke  296
3 33 Speedy Racing Sebah LEUENBERGER Benjamin  286
4 24 OAK Racing HEIN Richard  278
5 25 RML ERDOS Tommy  273
6 32 Team Barazi Epsilon BARAZI Juan  269
7 39 KSM MARSH Matthew  225
8 35 OAK Racing LAHAYE Matthieu  208
9 30 Racing Box PICCINI Andrea  203
10 41 G.A.C. Racing Team PETER Philipp  102

GT1
1 64 Corvette Racing BERETTA Olivier  287
2 63 Corvette Racing O CONNELL Johny  287
3 73 Alphand Aventures MAASSEN Xavier  281
4 66 Jetalliance Racing Gmbh MULLER Alex  242
5 72 Alphand Aventures GOUESLARD Patrice  99
6 68 JLOC YAMAGISHI Yutaka  1
GT2
1 82 Risi Competizione SALO Mika  274
2 97 BMS Scuderia Italia BABINI Fabio  272
3 92 JMW Motorsport BELL Robert  270
4 78 AF Corse RUSSO Matias  269
5 83 Risi Competizione KROHN Tracy  268
6 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron BLEEKEMOLEN Jeroen  266
7 76 Imsa Performance Matmut LONG Patrick  262
8 84 Team Modena MANSELL Leo  261
9 99 JMB Racing BOUCHUT Christophe  255
10 81 Advanced Engineering FOSTER Joe  249

Le Mans, France – A little over 9 hours is all that is left in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Peugeot 908 HDI FAP’s still lead the race, running in position One, and Two with the sole remaining Audi R15 in Third. The Pescarolo Sport No. 17 Peugeot 908 HDI FAP is out of the race after a crash at the Esses de la Chapelle. Driver Benoit Treluyer, was taken to the medical center to be checked out.

Current Running order by Class:

Pos # Team Driver in Pit Laps

LMP1
1. 9 Peugeot Sport Total GENE Marc  231
2. 8 Team Peugeot Total BOURDAIS Sebastien  230
3. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest CAPELLO Rinaldo  229
4. 007 AMR Eastern Europe MUCKE Stefan  225
5. 14 Kolles ZWOLSMAN Charles  224
6. 15 Kolles MONDINI Giorgio  223
7. 16 Pescarolo Sport BARBOSA Joao  223
8. 11 Team Oreca Matmut AIM LAPIERRE Nicolas  223
9. 13 Speedy Racing Sebah BELICCHI Andrea  221
10. 008 Aston Martin Racing TURNER D  220

LMP2
1. 31 Team Essex COLLARD Emmanuel  216
2. 5 Navi Team Goh KUNIMOTO Keisuke  213
3. 33 Speedy Racing Sebah KANE Jonny  209
4. 25 RML NEWTON Mike  203
5. 24 OAK Racing YVON Jean-Francois  201
6. 35 OAK Racing LAHAYE Matthieu  201
7. 30 Racing Box BOBBI Matteo  198
8. 32 Team Barazi Epsilon BENNETT Phil  193
9. 39 KSM NODA Hideki  167
10. 41 G.A.C. Racing Team PETER Philipp  102

GT1
1. 63 Corvette Racing GARCIA Antonio  207
2. 64 Corvette Racing BERETTA Olivier  207
3. 73 Alphand Aventures MAASSEN Xavier  203
4. 66 Jetalliance Racing Gmbh MULLER Alex  166
5. 72 Alphand Aventures GOUESLARD Patrice  99
6. 68 JLOC YAMAGISHI Yutaka  1

GT2
1. 82 Risi Competizione SALO Mika  199
2. 97 BMS Scuderia Italia BABINI Fabio  197
3. 92 JMW Motorsport BELL Robert  197
4. 76 Imsa Performance Matmut PILET Patrick  196
5. 78 AF Corse BRUNI Gianmaria  195
6. 80 Flying Lizard Motorsport LAW Darren  194
7. 83 Risi Competizione KROHN Tracy  194
8. 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron CORONEL Tom  192
9. 99 JMB Racing LEBON Yvan  190
10. 84 Team Modena MANSELL Leo  187