LeMans: Peugeot leads Audi at 9-hour mark
After nine hours of racing, and with the French circuit now well and truly engulfed in darkness, Peugeot continues to lead the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours, while the front-running N°9 908 HDi FAP passed the 2,000km threshold on the stroke of midnight!
The N°9 car is currently a lap clear of the most threatening Audi (N°1), and the N°8 car has also recovered a place to 3rd after relinquishing the lead shortly before 9pm. The Pescarolo-run Peugeot (N°17) is running well in fourth place, and the N°7 Team Peugeot Total car is back in the top-10 again after falling back to 51 st spot at the beginning of the race. Minassian (N°7) established a new fastest race lap (3m24.628s)
(Conditions: clear skies, and warm. 27°C Æ 22°C)
Top-4 positions at : 1. Gené/Wurz/Brabham
2. Capello/Kristensen/McNish
3. Sarrazin/Montagny/Bourdais
4. Boullion/Pagenaud/Treluyer