A final hour that promised much delivered little of the drama it could have as Dane Tom Kristensen completed the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans to claim victory for the #2 Audi of he, Allan McNish and Loic Duval.

Audi continued to lead the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans after 20 hours, but a second R18 e-tron quattro was closing in on joining it in the podium spots.

As dawn broke through the leaden skies above the Circuit de la Sarthe the main drama of the 16th hour of the…

LMP2 team HVM Status GP were forced to retire from the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans after an accident shortly before half distance.

Long established as the leader the #2 Audi team of Loic Duval, Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen held a lap lead over the #8 Toyota TS030 Hybrid at the half way point of the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The eighth hour of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ended under the fourth safety car period of the race so far…

Audi held first, second and third places at the end of the fourth hour of the race, though running shorter stints allowed the Toyotas to challenge the trio of e-tron quattro.

The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) has confirmed that Danish driver Allan Simonsen has succumbed to injuries suffered in a crash in the early laps of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans begun in dramatic fashion, with the battle for the overall lead of the race immediately ramping up between Audi and Toyota.

The two Toyota TS030 Hybrid will start the 24 Hours of Le Mans from fourth and fifth after Stephane Sarrazin improved the #8 car’s qualifying time in the third and final qualifying session for the 90th anniversary running of the race.

Andre Lotterer ended the final qualifying session for the 24 Hours of Le Mans fastest but, despite the session ending on a dry track, Loic Duval’s time from the early laps of Thursday’s opening session held onto pole position for the 90th anniversary running of the race.

Continuing an emerging pattern at this year’s 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans the first of Thursday’s qualifying sessions was ended half an hour early by a red flag.

All six of the Toyota Racing drivers got stints behind the wheel on a difficult first day of running for the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Through – following the rain that blighted the test day earlier this week – the Audi Motorsport teams were concentrating on completing a test program on the opening of track running for the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans the day still ended with Loic Duval setting a fastest lap that eclipsed the best of 2012.

After topping the free practice session that begun the running of the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans Loic Duval was again fastest in the first qualifying session for the weekend’s race.