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Blancpain Endurance Series: Silverstone, Hour 2, Bentley To Second

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1555: A drive-through penalty for the #8 Bentley for overtaking under yellows. The car has already had an unscheduled stop to replace a punctured tyre. #50 Pro-Am Ferrari gets the same penalty.

1607: The ART McLarens have swapped places during the pitstops – Korjus now leads in the #99 ahead of Demoustier, second in the #98.Nick McMillen was third overall in the #80 Nissan briefly, before being passed by Stephane Ortelli in the #26 Sainteloc Audi.

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1609: The #7 Bentley is now running fifth after its earlier drive-through, with Andy Meyrick at the wheel for this second stint. James Nash is sixth in the #3 WRT Audi.

1610: Overall top 10 after the stops: #99, #98, #26, #80, #7, #3, #84, #38, #85, #1

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1613: The #84 Mercedes now has Harold Primat at the wheel and has just lost seventh place to Joe Osborne in the #38 MP Aston. Meanwhile Meyrick is getting Bentley back in the fight for an overall podium, passing McMillen for fourth.

1614: Meyrick on a real charge now – has passed Ortelli at Village and the Bentley is up to third.

1617: McMillen continues to slip back, losing a place to Ortelli, who moves up to fourth. The American is still the Pro-Am class leader, however, with seventh-place Osborne second in class.

1622: Nash gets past McMillen, putting Osborne right on McMillen’s tail. He gets past though Vale a short while later.

1626: Ortelli shown a black-and-white flag for not respectin track limits. As usual at Silverstone, warnings on this are coming thick and fast from race control for many cars.

1632: The #4 WRT Audi has been confirmed as a retirement with a broken gearbox.

1633: James Nash in the #3 WRT Audi gets passed by Joe Osborne in the MP Motorsport Aston for 5th place overall.

1635: Ramos gets by Nick McMillen in the 2nd place Pro Am Nissan for 8th place, he now has the HTP Merc of Luca Wolf in his sights.

1638: The Graff Porsche receives a drive through penalty for not respecting the track limits.

1639: Andy Meryick is now just 1.7 seconds off the second place ART McLaren of Gregoire Demoustier.

1643: Great move by Meyrick on Demoustier to take second, after battling though the complex he dives up the inside at Brooklands.

1647: Meyrick is lapping much quicker than the leader, taking over a second a lap off him. Still 25 seconds back however.

1650: Meyrick brings in the Bentley #7, to hand the car over to Steven Kane for the final stint.

Stephen Errity & Stephen Kilbey