2011 24 Hours of Le Mans mid-race update

Well, it's not exactly in the middle of the road in the 201 124 hours of Le Mans (there is a little over 12 hours to go at this time) but we have a new set of photos of Drew Phillips ready to read. Taken as the sun began to decline, and the exhibition contains less than a good mix of cars from all classes.
As you've probably seen now, Audi has two of his three cars. Allan McNish in Audi R18 TDI # three collapsed in spectacular fashion during the first hour of the race. Although the car was completely destroyed, he safely Ext. Then, # 1, and then the Audi R18 driver Mike Rockenfeller of a clash on the night of a very terrible to him, and after contact with the # 71 Ferrari in the Mulsanne straight. Rockenfeller also emerged from his car after that. In contrast to the steady reduction in the arm, he is okay, but the hospital overnight for observation. This is good news for drivers on the Audi involved in accidents and a few scary.
As of 8:20 Eastern, in spite of bad luck so far, Audi leads Le Mans being R18 TDI # 2 to # 9 7 # 908s and Peugeot in LMP1. Rising gasoline-powered driving force behind this LMP1 Pescarolo # 16 Pescarolo grandfather of the group. GTE is a leader in the Pro # 74 Corvette Racing C6.R. In LMP2, # 41 April Graves Motorsports Zytek at the beginning.