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| THE RACE: |
| LE MANS 24h 2004 - all times are Central European Time |
| June 12-13 The race - LIVE click reload from your browser for up-date | PHOTOS | HOME |
| 16h33 - Thank you very much for being with us during all this fantastic week and for your support messages. Stay close to our site for the latest updates and new motorsport events ! |
| 16h03 - The race is over. A great result for the Seikel Porsche which finished in 4th place in GT category and 15th overall. Peter Seikel is extremely happy. "It's a great, great result. I want to thank the team for their fantastic job. Also, a special note for Yokohama which provided us the best tyres ever. Those moments are uniques in life. All those who can finish Le Mans are winners. " he said. |
| 15h35 - positions: #84 (Burgess) - 4th GT/16th overall; less than half an hour to go |
| 15h11 - pit stop for #84. Tony Burgess stays in the car |
| 15h07 - positions: #84 (Burgess) - 4th GT/15th overall |
| 13h32 - positions: #84 (Bagnall) - 4th GT/16th overall |
| 13h31 - here you have some photos from the latest pit stop |
| 13h10 - pit stop for #84. Andrew Bagnall entered the car for a new stint |
| 12h56 - positions in GT: 1. #90 (Long) 284 laps ; 2. #85 (Ortelli) at 4 laps ; 3. #77 (Orido) at 5 laps; 4. #84 (Collin) at 8 laps... |
| 12h46 - positions in GT: 1. #90 (Long) 282 laps ; 2. #85 (Kelleners) at 2 laps - pits; 3. #77 (Orido) at 4 laps; 4. #84 (Collin) at 8 laps... |
| 12h43 - Freisinger's Porsche #85 is blocked in the pits right now. #90 Porsche is now the leading car in the GT category. |
| 12h34 - for the last few hours, the car had a strange problem with the fuel limiter, which was not working well. This cost the team some time in the pits. Now it seems that the problem has been fixed and that the drivers can concentrate 100% on their driving |
| 12h32 - very interesting battle in the GT category with three and a half hours remaining from this 72nd edition of the Le Mans 24h race. Seikel Motorsport's #84 Porsche is running actually in the 4th place in GT and 17th overall. Philip Collin is in the car at this moment and the battle is very exciting in front of him as the Freisinger Porsche #85 which is running in first place has an ignition problem. |
| 12h27 - position in GT: #84 (Collin) - 4th |
| 11h00 - positions in GT: 1. #85 (Dumas) 260 laps ; 2. #90 (Bergmeister) at 3 laps; 3. #77 (Nishiza) at 7 laps; 4. #84 (Burgess) at 10 laps... |
| 10h38 - positions in GT: 1. #85 (Ortelli); 2. #90 (Maasen); 3. #77 (Nishiza); 4. #84 (Burgess); 5. #72 (Almeras)... |
| 10h27 - total elapsed time in pits: #84 - 34min36 (19 stops) - #85 (leading GT car) - 27min32 (17 stops) |
| 10h24 - speed taking at Dunlop corner: #84 (Burgess) - 230.23 km/h (best: 260.53) |
| 10h19 - position in GT: #84 (Burgess) - 4th (last time: 4:18.013) |
| 10h03 - pit stop, Tony Burgess is now in the car |
| 10h01 - position in GT: #84 (Bagnall) - 4th |
| 08h25 - position in GT: #84 (Collin) - 5th -at 9 laps behind the leading GT car |
| 08h00 - listen an exclusive interview with Tony Burgess after 16 hours of racing here at Le Mans |
| 06h36 - position in GT: #84 (Bagnall) - 5th |
| 06h18 - position in GT: #84 (Bagnall) - 6th |
| 05h49 - position in GT: #84 (Bagnall) - 6th at 6 laps behind the leading GT car |
| 04h25 - pit stop for Tony Burgess. Philip Collin is in the car now |
| 04h13 - position in GT: #84 (Burgess) - 6th at 5 laps behind the leading GT car |
| 03h50 - #83 car is officially out of the race with engine failure. Seikel's remaining car in the race, #84 is running in the 6th place in GT |
| 03h48 - green flag; the race is restarted |
| 03h44 - the Safety Car is out |
| 03h43 - positions in GT: #84 (Bagnall) - 6th |
| 03h35 - #83 car is stopped into the pits with engine problems and there are not many chances to get back on the track |
| 03h21 - #83 car is blocked into the pits |
| 03h20 - positions in GT: #83 (Caffi) - 7th; #84 (Bagnall) - 6th |
| 03h17 - positions in GT: #83 (Caffi) - 6th; #84 (Bagnall) - 7th |
| 03h16 - Andrew Bagnall continues but Alex Caffi is still into the pits. The team is working right now on the car |
| 03h14 - Andrew Bagnall enters to the pits (# 84) |
| 03h12 - 12° C here at Le Mans and perfect dry conditions |
| 03h10 - Alex Caffi (# 83) is in the pits |
| 02h57 - positions in GT: #83 (Caffi) - 4th at 3 laps behind the leading class car; #84 (Bagnall) - 7th |
| 02h15 - drivers' change for the #84. Andrew Bagnall enters the car. You have an exclusive interview with Philip Collin after his stint. |
| 02h02 - Alex is back on the track. The team is analysing the technical data from the engine |
| 02h02 - pit stop for Alex Caffi. The oil pressure is very high. The technical crew checked very seriously the engine side. It seems that the wather temperature gets high too. |
| 01h32 - positions in GT: #83 (Caffi) - 3rd at 4 laps behind the leading class car; #84 (Collin) - 7th |
| 01h25 - pit stop for #84 Philip Collin stays in the car. He has some problems with the engine (misfire). |
| 01h15 - positions in GT: #83 (Caffi) - 3rd; #84 (Collin) - 7th |
| 01h11 - the #83 car was hit from behind by a prototype. There is no technical problem but the the back right of the car is damaged |
| 01h07 - pit stop for #83 - Alex Caffi enters the car for a night stint |
| 01h05 - positions in GT: #83 (van Merksteijn) - 3rd; #84 (Collin) - 7th |
| 01h03 - here you have some photos from the race itself |
| 00h17 - positions in GT: #83 (van Merksteijn)- 3rd at 3 laps behind the leading class car; #84 (Burgess) - 7th at 5 laps behind the leading class car |
| 00h06 - it's Sunday here in Le Mans and the battle is very exciting in all classes |
| 23h56 - positions in GT: #83 (Rosa)- 3rd; #84 (Burgess) - 10th |
| 23h49 - total elapsed time in pits #83 - 9min56 (12min22 for the leading class car); #84 - 14min29 |
| 23h39 - pit stops so far: #83 - 6 (same number as the class leading car); #84 - 8 |
| 23h36 - positions overall: #83 (Rosa) - 18th; #84(Burgess) - 26th |
| 23h23 - positions in GT: #83 (Rosa)- 3rd at 3 laps behind the leading class car; #84 (Burgess) - 9th |
| 22h03 - the official ACO night here at Le Mans |
| 19h23 - unscheduled pit-stop due to some unexpected problems with the fuel pomp for the #84 car (A. Bagnall in the car) |
| 19h15 - G. Rosa spins the car at Arnage corner but he restarts |
| 18h26 - positions in GT: #83 (Rosa)- 4th; #84 (Bagnall) - 8th |
| 18h14 - here you have some photos from the pre-start activities |
| 18h05 - safety car end, the race is green flag |
| 18h01 - the safety car is out as two Audis have gone off at high speed into the gravel at the Porsche Curves... |
| 17h45 - positions in GT: #83 (Caffi)- 4th; #84(Collin) - 8th |
| 17h31 - Philip Collin spins the car at the Playstation chicane but rejoins the track |
| 17h21 - for any question or comment, don't hesitate to contact us at: lucis@orange.fr. We will try to answer all your questions live. |
| 17h16 - positions: #83 - 4th (1:31.796 behind the class leader), #84 - 6th (1 lap behind the class leader) |
| 17h13 - speed taking at Dunlop corner: # 83 (Caffi) - 236.74 km/h (best: 254.44) ; #84 (Collin) - 236.23 km/h (best: 244.17) |
| 17h08 - positions: #83 (Caffi)- 4th; #84(Collin) - 7th |
| 17h06 - pit stop for #84. Philip Collin enters the car |
| 17h03 - pit stop for #83. Alex Caffi stays in the car. He is 5th in class now. |
| 17h00 - positions: #83 - 3rd , #84 - 4th in GT class |
| 16h40 - positions: #83 (Caffi)- 4th , #84(Burgess) - 6th; best time of Alex Caffi: 4:12.539 |
| 16h32 - positions: #83 - 4th , #84 - 7th; dry conditions |
| 16h01 - Green flag, we are go ! Tony Burgess is in the Seikel car # 84 and Alex Caffi in the #83. They had a clear start, without incidents. |
| 15h52 - Welcome to the Seikel Motorsport's live coverage of the Le Mans 24h race |
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