Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi FAP out of the race with a blown engine

Le Mans, France – Less than two hours remain in the running of the 2010 24 hours of Le Mans, the final Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi FAP engine has given up it’s engine, in the same fiery death as the previous Peugeot. The Matmut team looks inconsolable on the pit wall as their dreams of passing the no. 7 Audi R15 currently driven by Dindo Capello, and making a podium finish. The Peugeot’s were very fast all week, taking the front two rows during qualifying. The Peugeot’s ran the perfect race up until their engines expired. In contrast the Audi R15s have had minimal problems with reliability. The 24 hours of Le Mans, has been turned from a distance paced race, to a 24 hour sprint race in the last few years. Although the Audi R15s have not been as fast all weekend, their reliability has allowed them to set their own pace.

Breaking news, no. 1 Factory Peugeot 908 HDi FAP massive engine failure

Le Mans, France – With just over 2 hours to go in the 2010 running of the 24 hours of Le Mans, the final factory Peugeot 908 HDi FAP seems to have blown an engine. With a puff of smoke from the right engine bank the Peugeot limped back to the pits and was rolled into the garage with oil leaking massively from the engine bay. Peugeot who have looked virtually invincible all week, and have been faster than Audi all week has seen a repeat win virtually slip away over the last 8 hours. There is one Peugeot 908 HDi FAP left on track run by privateer Team Oreca Matmut.  Currently Audi is running 1, 2, 3 and the final Peugeot is about 5 minutes behind, but still pushing hard to make a podium appearance.

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Le Mans, France – With 5 hours to go. In LMP1 The Audi R15 Plus running first, second, and forth, with the remaining factory Peugeot 908 is running third, and the privateer entry Peugeot 908 HDi running fifth. In LMP2 it is the no. 42 Strakka HPD ARX.01c in first and the no. 26 Team Highcroft HPD ARX.01c in second position, and the no. 35 Oak Racing Pescarolo Judd in third position. LMGT1 running order is currently the no. 50 Saleen S7R Larbre Competition in first spot, and no. 52 AMRYoung Drivers Aston Martin DB9 in second, with the no. 72 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R in third. The LMGT2 category shows the no. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3 RSR in first, 2nd belongs to no. 89 Hankook Ferrari F430 and currently in 3rd, is no. 95 AF Corse Ferrari F430.

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