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Porsche GT leads at halfway
Porsche is position for GT podium sweep as Le Mans reaches halfway. ATLANTA -- June 15 -- With the California-based The Racers Group Porsche 911 GT3 RS of Kevin Buckler/Lucas Luhr/Timo Bernhard capturing the pole and leading the GT class for the ...
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Porsche is position for GT podium sweep as Le Mans reaches halfway.
ATLANTA -- June 15 -- With the California-based The Racers Group Porsche 911 GT3 RS of Kevin Buckler/Lucas Luhr/Timo Bernhard capturing the pole and leading the GT class for the first hour, and the Freisinger Porsche 911 GT3 RS of Sascha Maassen/Jorg Bergmeister/Romain Dumas leading for the next 11 hours, Porsches seem to be in command as the 24 Hours of Le Mans reaches its halfway mark.
Right now, Freisinger Porsche has two minute, 57-second lead over The Racers Group Porsche, with the Japanese Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT3 RS of Iida/Yogo/ishizawa continuing to battle with the Seikel Motorsport Porsche of Rosa/Drudi/Riccitelli for third place with less than 20 seconds separating the two.
The other American-based team, the Orbit Racing Porsche team from Florida, has moved back into fifth place after making up time from an earlier spin by Leo Hindery, who is sharing the driving chores with Peter Baron and Tony Kester. None of the Porsches in the top five have had any significant mechanical problems.
The Luc Alphant Aventures Porsche of Alphant/Lavieille/Thevenin is in sixth, and running well despite its four flat tires and some steering problems.
The PK Sport Porsche of Liddell/Warnock/Masarati, which ran as high as second position, has retired as a result of its engine overheating problem.
24 Hours of Le Mans - GT Standings after 12 Hours
1. FREISINGER MOTORSPORT (DEU)
#80 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS (LM GT)
Dumas, Romain. (FRA)
Maassen, Sascha. (DEU) -- current driver
Bergmeister, Jorg. (DEU)
156 laps, Best lap - 4:14.919
2. THE RACERS GROUP - KEVIN A. BUCKLER (USA)
#81 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS (LM GT)
Buckler, Kevin. (USA) - current driver
Luhr, Lucas (DEU)
Bernhard, Timo. (DEU)
156 laps, Best lap -- 4:11.431
3. TEAM TAISAN ADVAN (JPN)
#77 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS (LM GT)
Iida Akira. (JPN)
Yogo A. (JPN)
Nishizawa K. (JPN) -- current driver
153 laps, Best lap - 4:20.041
4. SEIKEL MOTORSPORT (DEU)
#82 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS LM GT)
Rosa, Fabio (ITA)
Drudi, Luca. (ITA)
Riccitelli Luca. (ITA) -- current driver
153 laps, Best lap - 4:16.575
5. ORBIT RACING (USA)
#75 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS (LM GT)
Hindery, Leo. (USA)
Baron, Peter. (USA)
Kester, Tony. (USA) -- current driver
143 laps, Best lap - 4:19.852
6. LUC ALPHAND AVENTURES (FRA)
#72 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS (LM GT)
Alphand Luc. (FRA)
Lavieille Christian. (FRA) -- current driver
Thevenin Oliver. (FRA)
141 laps, Best lap - 4:21.298
7. SPYKER AUTOMOBIELEN BV (NLD)
#85 SPYKER C8 DOUBLE 12R (LM GT)
Kox, Peter. (NLD)
Hugenholtz, John. (NLD)
Simon Norman. (DEU) -- current driver
133 laps, Best lap - 4:24.991
8. DEWALT-RACESPORTS SALISBURY (GBR)
#73 MORGAN AERO 8 (LM GT)
Stanton Richard. (GBR)
Hyde Steve. (GBR)
Hay Richard. (GBR) -- current driver
129 laps, Best lap - 4:28.026
9. AUTO PALACE (FRA)
#74 FERRARI MODENA (LM GT)
Gomez Gian. (FRA) -- current driver
Fukuda Rio. (FRA)
Cazenave Laural. (FRA)
118 laps, Best lap - 4:23.041
10. JMB RACING (FRA)
#71 FERRARI MODENA (LM GT) - retired
Schultheis Gary. (USA)
Mac Allister Chris. (USA)
Earle, Dr. Stephen. (USA)
85 laps, Best lap - 4:28.745
11. PK SPORT LTD (GBR)
#78 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS (LM GT) -- retired/overheating
Liddell, Robin. (GBR)
Warnock, David. (GBR)
Masarati Piers. (GBR)
88 laps, Best lap - 4:15.531
12. JMB RACING (FRA)
#70 FERRARI MODENA (LM GT) -- retired - crash
Short Martin. (GBR)
Wagner, Cort. (USA)
Hancock Sam. (GBR)
16 laps, Best lap - 4:22.025
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