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Allan McNish missed out on winning his second Le Mans 24 Hours when the Scotsman endured a miserable weekend in this year's race.

For Chris Dyson and his Racing For Holland teammates, the 24 Hours of Le Mans proved to be a drama in three acts, with a promising beginning, substantial challenges in the middle act and in conclusion a strong effort that largely overcame the earlier setbacks and made Dyson the highest-placed Ame

A Porsche 911 GT3 has now won the GT class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans every year since its introduction in 1999.

Seiji Ara withstood the best that Johnny Herbert and Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx could throw at him during a wonderfully tense finish to the 72nd Le Mans 24 Hours as Tom Kristensen earned his record equalling sixth overall victory at La Sarthe.

By Andrew Cotton Sunday morning is traditionally the time when the Le Mans 24 hours result becomes a little clearer. Barring the truly cruel and unexpected circumstances, it is the dawn run that separates those who are likely to make it to the flag and those who will not.

Orbit Racing's 2004 Le Mans 24 Hour partnership with British American Motorsport (BAM) didn't come to the conclusion that either of the parties had hoped for when a gearbox failure put the #87 Porsche 911 GT3-RSR out of the race as dawn broke at La Sarthe.

In what has become a stunning Porsche battle for the LM GT title at the 24 Heures Du Mans, Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing currently sits in third, two laps out of the class lead despite dominating the opening half of the race.

Allan McNish will not take any further part in this year's Le Mans 24 Hours after suffering a concussion in his crash at the Porsche Curves two hours into the race.

Three hours into the 72nd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the #81 The Racers Group Porsche was running in 10th position in the GT class, after starting the race 14th in class and looking to continue its steady progress up the order.