At the half way mark #2 Audi R18 leads with Peugeot close behind

3:00 AM Sunday Le Mans France. The 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans is officially half over, the one remaining Audi R18 TDI is still topping the leader board with the 3 factory Peugeot’s close on their heels. The race has had some of the closest racing we have seen in the last 5 years, as well as some of the most terrifying moments in recent history with the 2 Audi R18’s crashing badly in separate incidents. One can only imagine how bad things would have been if Audi was still running a open top car.

Current results:

pos # Team Class Driver Best Gap Last Laps Pit
1 2 Audi Sport Team Joest -Audi R18 Tdi LMP1 Treluyer B. 3:28.263 4:29.633 166 14
2 9 Team Peugeot Total -Peugeot 908 LMP1 Pagenaud S. 3:28.478 54.993 3:33.431 166 12
3 7 Peugeot Sport Total -Peugeot 908 LMP1 Wurz A. 3:28.907 1:00.528 3:34.740 166 12
4 8 Peugeot Sport Total -Peugeot 908 LMP1 Sarrazin S. 3:28.867 1 Lap 3:31.861 165 13
5 16 Pescarolo Team -Pescarolo Judd LMP1 Jousse J. 3:35.776 5 Laps 3:40.228 161 14
6 13 Rebellion Racing -Lola B 10/60 Coupe-Toyota LMP1 Belicchi A. 3:37.102 6 Laps 4:47.803 160 14
7 12 Rebellion Racing -Lola B 10/60 Coupe-Toyota LMP1 Bleekemolen J. 3:36.659 6 Laps 3:43.828 160 13
8 10 Team Oreca Matmut -Peugeot 908 Hdi-Fap LMP1 Duval L. 3:30.917 8 Laps 3:33.963 158 14
9 22 Kronos Racing -Lola Aston Martin LMP1 Leinders B. 3:39.803 10 Laps 4:57.850 156 15
10 41 Greaves Motorsport -Zytek Nissan LMP2 Ojjeh K. 3:45.210 11 Laps 5:30.096 155 13
11 48 Team Oreca Matmut -Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 Kraihamer D. 3:42.278 11 Laps 3:45.846 155 14
12 33 Level 5 Motorsports -Lola Coupe-Honda Performance LMP2 Bouchut C. 3:47.422 13 Laps 3:55.763 153 13
13 26 Signatech Nissan -Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 Ayari S. 3:42.625 13 Laps 3:46.024 153 13
14 49 Oak Racing -Oak Pescarolo-Bmw LMP2 Nakano S. 3:45.318 14 Laps 3:52.765 152 13
15 74 Corvette Racing -Chevrolet Corvette C6 Zr1 GTEPro Magnussen J. 3:59.988 16 Laps 4:04.651 150 10
16 35 Oak Racing -Oak Pescarolo-Judd Bmw LMP2 Barlesi A. 3:50.658 16 Laps 3:59.119 150 12
17 51 Af Corse Srl -Ferrari 458 Italia GTEPro Vilander T. 3:59.833 17 Laps 4:03.200 149 9
18 75 Prospeed Competition -Porsche 911 Rsr (997) GTEPro Holzer M. 4:02.004 17 Laps 4:07.279 149 9
19 73 Corvette Racing -Chevrolet Corvette C6 Zr1 GTEPro Milner T. 4:00.907 17 Laps 4:04.117 149 11
20 59 Luxury Racing -Ferrari 458 Italia GTEPro Makowiecki F. 4:00.788 17 Laps 4:07.536 149 9
21 55 Bmw Motorsport -Bmw M3 Gt GTEPro Muller J. 4:00.244 18 Laps 4:04.876 148 10
22 80 Flying Lizard Motorsports -Porsche 911 Rsr (997) GTEPro Luhr L. 4:01.980 18 Laps 4:06.713 148 11
23 76 Imsa Performance Matmut -Porsche 911 Rsr (997) GTEPro Armindo N. 4:01.015 19 Laps 4:06.325 147 10
24 56 Bmw Motorsport -Bmw M3 Gt GTEPro Priaulx A. 4:00.284 19 Laps 4:05.365 147 10
25 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton -Porsche 911 Rsr (997) GTEPro Lieb M. 4:00.498 19 Laps 4:04.374 147 10
26 36 Rml -Honda Performance Development Arx 01 D LMP2 Collins B. 3:47.020 21 Laps 3:50.523 145 12
27 50 Larbre Competition -Chevrolet Corvette C6 Zr1 NA Bornhanuser P. 4:07.222 21 Laps 4:16.341 145 9
28 70 Larbre Competition -Porsche 911 Rsr (997) NA Gibon P. 4:04.546 21 Laps 4:32.262 145 PIT 9
29 81 Flying Lizard Motorsports -Porsche 911 Rsr (997) NA Pumpelly S. 4:05.411 21 Laps 5:30.613 145 11
30 40 Race Performance -Oreca 03-Judd Bmw LMP2 Frey M. 3:48.210 21 Laps 3:52.743 145 13
31 42 Strakka Racing -Honda Performance Development Arx 01 D LMP2 Watts D. 3:44.820 22 Laps 3:59.380 144 PIT OUT 15
32 61 Af Corse Srl -Ferrari F430 NA Breslin S. 4:04.288 22 Laps 4:14.526 144 10
33 71 Af Corse -Ferrari 458 Italia GTEPro Waltrip M. 4:03.057 24 Laps 4:19.429 142 9
34 65 Lotus Jetalliance -Lotus Evora GTEPro Hirschi J. 4:09.247 24 Laps 4:14.736 142 10
35 63 Proton Competition -Porsche 911 Rsr (997) NA Ried C. 4:04.068 26 Laps 7:10.090 140 9
36 83 Jmb Racing -Ferrari F430 NA Marroc N. 4:05.762 27 Laps 4:17.550 139 PIT 11
37 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton -Porsche 911 Rsr (997) GTEPro Miller B. 4:02.299 28 Laps 4:14.367 138 9
38 68 Robertson Racing Llc -Ford Gt-Doran NA Robertson A. 4:08.456 32 Laps 4:45.515 134 11
39 66 Jmw Motorsport -Ferrari 458 Italia GTEPro Maassen X. 4:01.480 33 Laps 4:08.799 133 12
40 60 Gulf Amr Middle East -Aston Martin Vantage NA Wainwright M. 4:04.755 34 Laps 4:19.703 132 11
41 44 Extreme Limite Am Paris -Norma M200p-Judd Bmw LMP2 De Fournoux J. 3:55.254 36 Laps 4:42.121 130 PIT 15
42 89 Hankook-Team Farnbacher -Ferrari 458 Italia GTEPro Simonsen A. 4:01.390 47 Laps 4:17.350 119 PIT 8
43 64 Lotus Jetalliance -Lotus Evora GTEPro Hartshorne J. 4:19.377 47 Laps 4:35.622 119 9
44 58 Luxury Racing -Ferrari 458 Italia GTEPro Beltoise A. 4:02.357 58 Laps 4:43.134 108 PIT 12
45 5 Hope Racing -Oreca Swiss Hy Tech-Hybrid LMP1 Lammers J. 3:50.255 65 Laps 4:15.490 101 PIT 17
46 39 Pecom Racing -Lola B11/40-Judd Bmw LMP2 Russo M. 3:45.283 27 Laps 3:49.383 139 12
47 57 Krohn Racing -Ferrari F430 NA Rugolo M. 4:05.181 43 Laps 4:12.177 123 9
48 24 Oak Racing -Oak Pescarolo-Judd LMP1 Yvon J. 3:45.127 47 Laps 7:56.901 119 10
49 1 Audi Sport Team Joest -Audi R18 Tdi LMP1 Rockenfeller M. 3:28.389 50 Laps 3:30.339 116 RET 10
50 62 Crs Racing -Ferrari F430 NA Lynn S. 4:08.998 82 Laps 4:15.392 84 RET 6
51 15 Oak Racing -Oak Pescarolo-Judd LMP1 Monteiro T. 3:38.674 86 Laps 30:35.533 80 PIT 15
52 79 Jota -Aston Martin Vantage GTEPro Buncombe C. 4:02.871 92 Laps 5:14.636 74 RET 6
53 20 Quifel-Asm Team -Zytek 09 Sc LMP1 Amaral M. 3:40.191 118 Laps 3:54.929 48 RET 4
54 3 Audi Sport North America -Audi R18 Tdi LMP1 Mcnish A. 3:28.462 152 Laps 3:30.265 14 RET 1
55 007 Aston Martin Racing -Aston Martin Amr-One LMP1 Mucke S. 3:48.099 162 Laps 2:52:46.828 4 RET 2
56 009 Aston Martin Racing -Aston Martin Amr-One LMP1 Fernandez A. 3:51.783 164 Laps 3:51.783 2 RET 0

Update: #1 Audi R18 TDI Crashes hard before Indianapolis Corner

10:40 PM Le Mans, France. Mike Rockenfeller crashed hard while passing a Ferrari 458 Italia near Indianapolis Corner. The car has disintegrated, and we are running full course yellow. Reports say that Mike Rockenfeller has climbed from the car under his own power, and over the armco barrier. We are waiting for more information and will post ast we get it.

Update: Rocky has been taken to the Le Mans hospital to have some more in-depth tests run to make sure there are no hidden injuries after such a huge traumatic crash.

Latest Update: It has been reported that Mike has a small flesh wound to his right arm, but no other injuries. This shows the incredible safety of the Audi R18’s to have two huge crashes this year and no injured drivers.

With 14 Laps done, #3 Audi R18 collected #58 Luxury Racing Ferrari 458 Italia and is totalled

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Nb0Ienv6k

With only 14 laps into the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans the #3 Audi R18 TDI while trying to pass slower cars hit one of the #58 Luxury Racing Ferrari 458 Italia driven by Anthony Beltoise and wrecked hard across the safety gravel at the The Esses, and into the Armco tire barrier launching carbon fiber bodywork and other parts into a group of photographers. None were injured thankfully!. The car rolled onto its roof after hitting the wall and Allan McNish was trapped inside the car, but ok. Safety workers had to roll the wrecked car over before Allan could get out visibly shaken but appearing ok under his own power.

Update: Allan McNish has been checked out at the track medical facility and has been deemed ok, they are taking him to the hospital as a precaution for some further in-depth checks.

Update: Allan McNish has been cleared by Audi Doctors, Le Mans trackside doctors, as well as the Hospital in Le Mans where he was taken for more in-depth checks. He was at the hospital, joined by his wife Kelly, and has returned to the track.

 

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