Le Mans

With 49 minutes left in the race officials of the 24 Hours of Le Mans decided to bring out the yellow flag because of standing water and small rivelets on the track that made the track too dangerous for racing.
There are unconfirmed reports that the remaining Peugeot is having signficant difficulties in returning the fray due to oil in the engine bay.

LE Mans, France — Sometimes all you can do is fight the good fight.

For car number 25, the RML-sponsored LMP2 MG Lola ended short of their dream of winning three straight 24 Hours of LeMans when a blown piston took them out of the race this morning.

The blown piston was but the latest issue for the team as it virtually rebuilt the car after a shunt at the entry to Porche Curves that heavily damaged the car yesterday.

It took a 52 minute pit stop to get the car back together and when the car hit the track it was in dead last position. The team managed to move up to second place during the evening before the piston let go ending their run at history.

With two hours to go in the 75th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, mother nature has trumped the race again by showering the course with rain and forcing teams to the pits to make the change to race tires.
Audi was first to the pits for the tire change, causing a slight stire — at least with the PA announcer. Peugeot followed and now the waiting game continues as every turn is not a possible trap waiting to spin an unlkely suspect off the course and into the wall.
Audi also announced that it did not think that there was an issue with the crew putting the wheel on improper since the driver had put 57 minutes of seat time on the car before it let go.