2020 Le Mans 24 Hours Live Updates
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GTE AM
The timing screens have updated to show Nielsen did indeed vacate the #83 Ferrari for Emmanuel Collard, but the veteran's last lap was 5s slower than Gunn in the lead.
LMP1
Berthon's been into the pits, completing the #3 team's 14th stop of the race so far.
LMP2
A couple more LMP2 stops: Capillaire has been in for the Graff team, while Buret jumps out of the #21 Dragonspeed and lets Montoya take over. A tough race for the American squad, having been battling misfires throughout.
GTE AM
Gunn really finding the sweet spot in the #98 Aston at the moment. His last lap was a 3m52.956s, just shy of the car's best of the whole race.
GTE PRO
Meanwhile we've had Maxime Martin pit from the lead of GTE-Pro, handing over the #97 Aston to Harry Ticknell.
LMP2
There's a stoppage, and it's the High Class car. Fjordbach pulls over, gets the car going again and heads off on his merry way.
LMP2
A battle for ninth in class between the #42 COOL Racing car of Borga and the #36 Signatech Alpine of Negrao. Negrao's giving him a real run for his money, and although de Vries is lurking behind, he's a few laps down.
GTE PRO
Serra now pits the #51 Ferrari which had taken over the lead after Martin's stop. Will he be able to take advantage of Tincknell's lack of experience with the Aston - his first race in the car remember - as he did earlier in the race?
LMP2
The High Class car is wheeled back into the garage to assess what's wrong, Fjordbach having got the car back to the pits.
LMP2
De Vries is flying out there, using that tow from Borga and Negrao to set the fastest LMP2 lap so far - a 3m28.983s.
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GTE PRO
Sure enough, the lead in GTE Pro has changed hands with Serra 4.6s ahead of Tincknell as they crossed the line last time around to start their 146th laps.
LMP2
And Negrao finally clears Borga, perhaps using the Porsche GT car ahead to make the move. De Vries is looking to unlap himself from Negrao and carry on with that particularly potent pace.
GTE AM
Gunn has completed his excellent stint aboard the #98 Aston Martin and handed over to Augusto Farfus, while Edigio Perfetti has taken over from Larry Ten Voorde in the third-placed #56 Porsche.
LMP2
Canal in the Panis car has been in for a stop, while van der Zande in the #27 Dragonspeed has got ahead of Capillaire in the Graff machine.
GTE PRO
Tincknell is doing a great job of keeping Serra in sight here, the gap staying at 4s between the two GTE Pro leaders.
LMP1
Buemi comes in for stop 16 for the #8 car, and stays on board the Toyota for some further night mileage.
GTE AM
Gunn's efforts have meant Farfus resumed still in the lead of GTE Am, despite Collard benefitting from another stop under a slow zone. The Frenchman is 12s behind, with Adam a further 9s back from the lead Aston Martin.
Slow Zone
We've got the Andreas Laskaratos-driven Project 1 Porsche off the road, and that's going to require a recovery vehicle.
LMP2
Job van Uitert uses the slow-zone to swap with Will Owen, who takes over the #32. Hanson, in the #22, also comes un for a stop.
Green flag
And we're back to green.
LMP2
The #38 Jota has also come in for a stop, while Roberto Merhi goes out in the #35 Eurasia car too. With numerous issues today, the Eurasia team hasn't had a Merhi old time of it.
GTE AM
Matt Campbell's #77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche is marooned one lap down in GTE Am, but the timing of the slow zone might have helped his cause to get back in amongst the leaders as the Australian was in the pits at the time.
LMP1
Kobayashi takes over from Conway in the leading #7 Toyota, and now leaves the pits. Senna's also stopping in the #1 Rebellion, third in class.
GTE PRO
Serra could be another to profit from the slow zone - he's extended his advantage over Tincknell to 10.5s, gaining 4s on that last tour.
GTE PRO
But the biggest beneficiary of all could be Bird, who gained a minute on the two cars ahead by not having to slow down - luck of the draw it seems - and is now just 1m20s off the lead in GTE Pro.
GTE AM
If there's one thing you learn when covering endurance racing, it's never discount Emanuel Collard. The veteran has chipped away at Farfus' lead in GTE-Am and just three seconds are in it at present.
LMP2
A few LMP2 stops - de Vries has been in, as has Montoya. Currently, Capillaire has just exited his pit stall having stopped too. Jakub Smiechowski has also just completed a stop for the Inter Europol squad in that yellow and green machine.
LMP1
Berthon gets out of the Rebellion, leaving the #3 car to Dumas.
LMP2
Rusinov clears Capillaire for fifth in class; the G-Drive pilot is making up for the earlier electronics issues that plagued the team, which took them out of the four-way battle for the LMP2 lead.
GTE PRO
Problems for the #71 Sam Bird Ferrari! It's crawling slowly back to the pits with some ominous-looking puffs of smoke behind it.
Pit stop
Bird manages to bring the crabbing car back to the pits with what looks like a right-rear puncture, but inadvertently delays Collard as the GTE second-placed man comes into the pits. That'll hurt the #83 car in its quest to overhaul Farfus for the class lead.
GTE PRO
The #71 car is wheeled into the garage and it looks like it might be more serious than just a puncture - the Ferrari mechanics pore over the stricken 488. Could it be a suspension failure?
LMP2
I feel like I'm forever mentioning the #31 car's stops - but Canal's in and out of the box for the French squad. He's way behind the #38 Jota in third, but way ahead of the #26 G-Drive machine in fifth.
GTE PRO
The issues for Bird have promoted the #95 Aston Martin of Marco Sorensen up to third - and more points for the WEC GTE Pro championship-leading crew if things stay like this. With its main rivals the #92 Porsche way down, it's looking good for the 'Dane Train' at the moment.
All these camera shots of sleepy mechanics aren't helping Autosport out here. Thankfully, McCoys and Digestives are on-hand.
LMP2
Here's van der Zande in the pits for Dragonspeed, who should retain the seventh-in-class spot. The Signatech Alpine is a way behind, with the Richard Mille team not far off the French outfit.
GTE PRO
We jumped the gun a few minutes ago by saying it was Westbrook aboard the #95 - Sorensen now does come in to give way to the Brit, while Tincknell also comes in for a fuel top-up in second place.
LMP2
Rusinov's in for a big glug of fuel, as Mikkel Jensen tags in for the next shift in the #26 car.
GTE AM
It's getting close again in the GTE Am classification, with just 3.8s between Farfus and Adam. Those two enjoyed a fabulous battle at dusk earlier in which Farfus emerged the winner. Can Adam turn the tables?
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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