Disaster for the number 3 Audi R18 TDi at Le Mans at the end of just the first hour of the race: Allan McNish was tagged by a GTE Ferrari 458 as he dove past to overtake it on the drop down to the Esses. Check out a video of the incident here. The R18 scythed through the gravel trap and self-destructed against the Armco barrier: the photographers and marshals behind were incredibly lucky not to be hit by debris as the car thankfully came to a halt without going over the barrier. Miraculously, McNish climbed out unharmed – but Audi now have just two cars remaining against the Peugeot quartet.
Jonathan Moore