24 Heures du Mans: Single Most Important Event of the Race

Just having come out of the pit lane after a refueling stop, the #2 Peugeot, who had easily been leading the race, burst into flame as it passed under the Dunlop Bridge. Franck Montagny has exited the car and, while he hasn't stepped away from it yet, he and the world know that Peugeot has lost its second car of the race.

Timo Berhard in Audi #9 has now flashed into the lead, with the sister car #8 a minute behind him. Peugeot still has one bullet left to fire in its #1 car, which is a couple of laps down, but has 7 hours, 45 minutes to put the pedal down and chase the Audis. Again, I'll report on the final result after 9AM. Cheers!

Update! Twitpic by beakdal24hours, whose website provides many resources for following the race, of TV's view of the flames coming out of the Peugeot.