1:16 PM Cars have been dropping like flies. While trying to get a word in with the race's ironman, Charles Zwolsman of Kolles Audi, we were held up by some Dutch reporters who spent like 20 minutes gathering material for Zwolsman's life story. I can see now why Michael Caine's character in Austin Powers, Nigel Powers, referred to them as simply, "The bloody Dutchmen!" There's less than two hours remaining as the typing continues.
7:44 AM We're back to sunrise. The big story overnight was a savage accident for the customer Pescarolo Peugeot, Benoit Treluyer the driver at the time. Ben was unharmed, quite miraculously, after his shunt.
10:09 PM Darkness is beginning here at Le Mans after seven-plus hours. The #2 Audi just wrecked and is done, the #72 Corvette doing likewise. Many cars have been affected and things just keep changing. Narain Karthikeyan has been approved fit by Audi doctor but not approved by the ACO doctor. The Radical is being rebuilt after its earlier incident. The #3 Audi has just returned to the track.
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