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"Le Mans is not easy to win. That&amp;#039;s what makes winning it such a big deal. No one understands this more at this moment than Toyota. One minute, everything&amp;#039;s fine:    Current positions: car #7 @kazuki_info leads by 1min38sec, car #8 @antdavidson P5 #Toyota #LM24 #FIAWEC \u2014 TOYOTA WEC Team (@Toyota_Hybrid) June 15, 2014   And then, just as quickly, it all goes to hell:    Race direction indicates car #7 stopped on track #Toyota #LM24 #FIAWEC \u2014 TOYOTA WEC Team (@Toyota_Hybrid) June 15, 2014   Note the timestamps on those. Le Mans is harsh. Le Mans is merciless. The No. 7 Toyota TS040 hybrid, which won the pole, led the race for 14 hours, and looked generally inevitable, is gone. Poof. Kazuki Nakajima sat there, helpless, as the second-place No. 2 Audi R18 streaked by and claimed the lead, then built on it as the motionless No. 7 dropped down the standings like a rock. A different feeling of inevitability quickly took over\u2014one that was decidedly more ominous. At 11:37 PM Eastern, Toyota made it official.    We regret to announce car #7 has officially retired due to electrical problem with wiring loom #FIAWEC #LM24 #toyota pic.twitter.com/vKNeU1jhDI \u2014 TOYOTA WEC Team (@Toyota_Hybrid) June 15, 2014   Alex Wurz, who started the race in the No.7, was gutted.    I am devastated and want to cry! Leading the LeMans 24h race for 14h... pushing every inch along the way... and now technical breakdown :-( \u2014 alex wurz (@alex_wurz) June 15, 2014   The No. 8 Toyota, which wreaked havoc on the field when it crashed during the monsoon in the race&amp;#039;s opening hours, continues to compete. As of this writing, it&amp;#039;s 11 laps down in P4, but well out of podium contention. Audi is once again in a familiar position, the lead, with the No. 2. R18. The snakebitten No.1 Audi is in P2, 3 laps down, chased by the No. 20 Porsche 919. To make any predictions at this time would be foolish, however. There are many hours of racing still to go, during which anything can happen. Just ask Toyota. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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