Pre- race
Mark Webber is on the grid in a Porsche jacket who he won the championship with in 2015
186 drivers all together
it's the 4th round of the endurance championship.
There are 14 different cars I am following.
I don't think Michael fassbender is competing this year I've not seen him on the list of drivers but I would have to double check.
Valentino Rossi is taking part I love him hopefully he does well. He is starting 12th with of course the number 46 car.
There are 16 ex F1 drivers taking part and 14 past LeMans winners.
Race time
23 hours and 48 minutes to go and I think one of the cars I'm supporting is out number 47 the commentators think it's either going to be a long repair or is out of the race.
Mark Webber is in the commentary box. He is joking about how he didn't end up in the gravel with his crash he flew right over it.
23hrs 23mins to go We've had some of the first pit stops.
23hrs 13mins and there is a yellow flag it's one of the united cars in the gravel. Slow zone called in sector one. It's Ben keating. Mark is leaving the box but he says he will be back. After 5 mins slow zone and yellow flag removed as the car is back on track.
All the cars are back on track so no retirements yet.
23 hrs 2mins and all three Ferrari hypercars have 10 second penaltys.
22hrs 32mins and Lotterer is now in his car and there is rain nearby the track according to the commentators but according to my weather app it's not supposed to rain in LeMans until three in the morning.
22hrs 29mins now engineers are saying over the radio that there will be rain in a couple of laps.
22hrs 20mins to go and the rain has started. And cars are going in for wet weather tires.
22hrs 13mins to go Robert kubica is leading the race.
22hrs 10mins to go double yellow flags two cars of track due to a small crash number 54 and another car
22hrs 8mins to go yellow flag done. Also the rain is going away.
21hrs 51 mins to go and number 54 has had an even worse crash so there is yellow flags again.
21hrs 37mins to go and Robin (car number 20) has a really bad crash right into a barrier that is mostly concrete so he has to do a full lap to get back to the pit, thankfully he is fine. So there is still a yellow flag.
21hrs 31mins to go yellow flag ends and Mick is in the car for his first stint.
21hrs to go and all cars are still running.
20hrs 35mins to go full course yellow I think it was Clem hopefully he can start again soon.
20hrs 33 mins to go green flags again.
20hrs 26mins to go full course yellow again the commentators are saying it could be to clear up all the gravel around the track.
20hrs 23mins to go green flag.
20hrs 14mins to go and Valentino Rossi is getting into his car and he is second in the LMGT3 category at the moment.
19hrs 45mins to go and only one car is out so far also Valentino is leading his category.
It's Romain grosjean's first time at Le Mans since 2010.
19hrs 15mins to go Ferdinand for Alpine has jumped out of his car at the side of the track as it suddenly started pouring smoke. It's unfortunate for him as it's his first race back after injury. Of course there is a yellow flag. I've just noticed his car has a pride flag on the top nice.
19hrs 2mins to go and iron dames off track but she was quickly able to get the car running quickly. They just showed what happened and it was another car slamming into her. They should be penalized. The commentators recon it was a Porsche
18hrs 59mins yellow flag done.
18hrs 20mins to go and car number 55 its door flew open and wouldn't shut so came into the pit and they had to take the old door off and put a new one on and it took them a while.
18hrs 14min to go and number 9 iron lynxs has stopped on track and there is a yellow flag. Number 4 is in the garage but is just about to go back out I think.
18hrs to go and yellow flag done.
17hrs 49 mins to go full course yellow it was car number 60.
17hrs 43mins to go green flag they are saying both alpines are out please be wrong.
17hrs 35 mins to go and Alpine have just posted on Instagram saying both cars are out due to mechanical issues, they were two of my favorites to win as well.
17hrs 24 mins to go yellow flag number 15 was touched by number 83 which has destroyed 15 front suspension after a big crash into the barriers thankfully he is ok.
17hrs 22 mins to go safety cars out one for each category. One of the McLarens is in the garage and smoke is pouring out of the hood.
16hrs 45mins to go still a safety car they were showing the iron dames garage and the walls are covered in notes of encouragement from all the women in the paddock it's so sweet.
16hrs 35 mins to go and there is a dog on the track hopefully it's caught before it gets hurt. The safety car is still out.
16hrs 25 mins to go and people are setting off fireworks and the dog is still out and about and the safety car is still out.
16hrs 12mins to go and 5 cars are out so far.
15hrs 51mins left and safety car ended the rain is pouring down.
15hrs 50 yellow flag for a second.
15hrs 36mins left and Robert kubica gets a 30 second penalty for causing the crash with number 15.
15hrs 32 mins to go and car number 30 has pulled off to the side of the track as his car is on fire, there is a yellow flag of course.
15 hrs 15mins and Valentinos teammate has crashed the car so they are probably out. Which is sad because they were doing good.
15hrs 10mins yellow flag done.
15hrs to go and they have changed commentators and one of them is Scottish but the other two sound posh English.
14 hrs 55mins left and number 66 is stuck at the side of the track it just stopped working he is trying to get the car started again it's caused a yellow flag.
14hrs 37 mins left yellow flag done.
14hrs 17mins to go and that's vale officially out of the race.
14hrs 14mins yellow flag.
14hrs 6mins yellow flag done.
13hrs 16mins to go and cars 77 and 24 crash into each other 24 at fault yellow flag out.
13hrs 7mins to go and yellow flag done.
12 hrs 54mins left of the race and yellow flag it's car 24 it just got back on track after the last incident lol this time was because of the rain.
12hrs 51mins to go and car 45 lost a wheel not long after leaving the pit lane.
12hrs 46mins to go and it's now a full course yellow.
12hrs 42mins green flag.
12hrs 15mins left and safety car is out due to rain and gravel on track probably.
It's currently just about 4:20 am in LeMans and all the mechanics are starting to fall asleep in the garages.
11hrs 41mins to go the safety car is still out.
11hrs 22mins left of the race and water is leaking into Romain grosjean's car. Safety car is still out.
10hrs 53mins to go and still a safety car, I'm pretty sure I just saw a pit mechanic with a false leg but I might be seeing things. I know I'm going to fall asleep at some point but I've got an alarm set for 11am LeMans time.
6hrs 6mins to go and I fell asleep and have just woken up I'm pretty sure the last safety car ended at some point apparently it lasted at least 4 hours but there is another one now not sure when it started.
5hrs 45mins left and number 3 is stopping and starting it's currently Scott Dixon in the car. He is now into the pit.they have pulled the car into the garage.
5hrs 32 mins to go and the number 3 car is leaking a lot of oil in the garage so that is probably due to what's wrong.
5hrs 27mins left and safety car ended.
5hrs 26mins to go and mark Webber is back in the commentary box yay.
5hrs 24mins to go yellow flag it's another Cadillac he is trying to slowly get back to the pit.
5hrs 5mins left and yellow flag done.
4hrs 14mins to go and it's of course a yellow flag. It's now a full course yellow. Apparently it was a McLaren stopped on track.
4hrs 10min left and full course yellow removed.
4hrs left to go of the race and smoke coming from car 83 in the pit lane. The pit crew are putting on rubber gloves so it's an electrical problem. Hopefully they can fix it I want Robert kubica to win the race.
3hrs 57mins left yellow flag.
3hrs 55mins left yellow flag done.
3hrs 4mins to go and the number 83 AF Corse is officially out of the race I'm so sad for Robert kubica it would have been nice for him to win.
2hrs 46mins left and cars 50 and 51 under investigation for technical infringement.
2hrs 10mins left and of course the rain has started again
1hr 59mins to go nearly done and the number 8 Toyota has spun, went from second to sixth but got back on track.
51mins to go and yellow flag but gone pretty quick.
33 mins left yellow flag car on side of track.
28 mins left it's been upgraded to slow zone.
27 mins to go and back to a yellow flag.
25 mins green flag.
10 mins to go yellow flag but gone quickly.
Number 50 Ferrari wins
Clement comes second in his category.
46 cars finished the race out of 62.
I went to sleep so early after the race was done.
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