Huge drama in the LeMans24 at the eight-hour mark as Ferrari driver Pier Guidi spins out of the lead. Toyota also with a car in trouble, while Peugeot moves into the lead: WEC
The #51 Ferrari 499P was holding a comfortable lead of some 47 seconds at the head of the field over the Peugeot of Nico Muller when Pier Guidi lost control heading into the first chicane on the Mulsanne straight.
That handed the lead of the race to Muller in the #94 Peugeot 9X8 ahead of the #50 Ferrari of Nicklas Nielsen, who had been delayed by an off during a rain shower that hit the Circuit de la Sarthe just after the six-hour mark. Kobayashi, who stood to move up into second prior to the incident, was initially struggling to coax his damaged Toyota GR010 HYBRID back to the pits.
That promoted the Cadillac of Earl Bamber to third place behind Nielsen's Ferrari, with Pier Guidi finally resuming in fourth, still on the lead lap.
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