6H Spa after 270 minutes: Ferrari hold the upper hand in LMGTE
As the WEC 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps race moves into its final stages, the very impressive No.51 Ferrari 458 of Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander remains firmly in control of the LMGTE Pro category, with a lead now of 19 seconds over the No.97 Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 of Darren Turner who has taken over from Bruno Senna. Another Ferrari which has made good progress over the last two hours is the No.71 AF entry of Davide Rigon and James Calado.
While there have been no great changes in the Pro class, there has been a change of leader in LMGTE Am. The pole-position sitting No.61 AF Corse Ferrari 458 of Marco Cioci, Mirko Venturi and Luis Perez Companc has retained the lead, the Ferrari stretching out a 40s lead over the No.98 and No.95 Aston Martin Vantages of Paul Dalla Lana and Kristian Poulsen respectively.
The race to the chequered flag, which will fall as the light begins to fade at the Spa Francorchamps circuit, is likely to be hard fought and as close as ever.
Full results can be found HERE
18:59:26 Fastest lap of race for Davidson in Toyota #8 with 2:01.327 on lap 119
18:56:04 Audi #2 into pit for 7th stop of race
18:54:53 Porsche #20 back out - Webber at wheel for first time today
18:51:20 Porsche #20 back into garage again
18:50:19 Ferrari #61 takes lead in GTE Am from #98 Aston
18:48:57 Slow right rear wheel change for Porsche #14
18:48:00 Porsche #14 into pits - Jani into car
18:45:21 Audi #3 into pits
18:43:44 Leader in LMP2 #26 has to repair headlight at next pit stop - has a minute lead at present
18:41:41 Toyota #7 into gravel but continues
18:39:29 Toyota #8 into pits and out to retain lead after 1min 19 secs stop
18:37:32 46,000 spectators reported here for the 2 days
18:35:31 Aston #95 takes lead in GTE Am from #61 Ferrari
18:33:54 Di Grassi into pits in #1 Audi - 54 second stop still in 2nd place
18:31:05 All 6 GTE Pro cars on same lap after 99 laps of race
18:26:55 Porsche #14 had electrical issues - Dumas solved them via instructions from team
18:23:44 Toyota #7 into pits - #1 Audi back into 2nd
18:18:19 Toyota #7 takes Audi #1 for 2nd place
18:10:50 Porsche #20 back out again after 25 minute stop
18:09:29 Porsche #14 now appears to be running cleanly again - but a lap behind in 4th
18:06:42 Audi #2 into pits18:01:40Porsche #14 going slowly
17:57:14 Toyota #8 leads by 50 seconds from #14 Porsche
17:56:06 Toyota #7 loses 3rd place to Audi #1
17:54:54 Porsche #14 into pits - Dumas in
17:53:50 Davidson sets fastest lap of race 2:01.739 on lap 96
17:48:58 Porsche #20 pushed back into garage
17:47:51 Leader into pits Davidson into #8 - Porsche #14 retakes lead
17:46:23 Much delayed Porsche #20 back into pits
17:44:03 Di Grassi now in #1 Audi
17:43:38 Toyota #7 into pits - Wurz into car
17:41:09 Audi #1 into pits from 3rd place
17:39:12 G-Drive Morgan #26 now leads KCMG Oreca #47 by only 33 seconds after slow pit stop
17:30:50 Half Distance in the FIA WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps