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GTE PRO
Calado had to battle his way past another AMR Aston there. So Lynn has him within his sights.
GTE PRO
There's no love lost between this pair. Lynn was very upset when he lost his Jaguar Formula E seat to the man he's chasing right now...
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LMP2
Brundle is doing a nice job chipping away at di Resta's lead, the United cars are 10s apart after the #22 took the lead just after half distance.
GTE PRO
Still nothing to choose between Calado and Lynn, who've run nose-to-tail for about a lap and a half now.
GTE PRO
The other Ferrari, that's the #71, is in the pits. That car is running fifth in class and four laps off the pace after its earlier woes.
Obviously we've just watched the #7 Toyota crew's chances of a Le Mans victory go west, but the delay is also disastrous for their WEC championship bid. Fourth place will be no good to Kobayashi, Conway and Lopez. On the assumption that the #8 car wins this weekend, they will be 13 points behind heading into the Bahrain finale in November. The problem for the #7 drivers is that Toyota is unlikely to have any LMP1 opposition in the Middle East and the differential between first and second position for the eight-hour race is only 11 points.
Even if they get the point for pole, Kobayashi and co still can't win the championship if their in-house rivals finish second. That's all supposing Rebellion doesn't compete in the series finale. Given that second place here will leave Senna, Menezes and Nato 30 points off the #8 Toyota with only 39 up for grabs, we shouldn't expect Rebellion to make the trip. It has already told us it's not going if it's out of the title race. And its hopes would be in the realms of the mathematical.
Now, a win for Rebellion this weekend would do everyone a few favours...
Even if they get the point for pole, Kobayashi and co still can't win the championship if their in-house rivals finish second. That's all supposing Rebellion doesn't compete in the series finale. Given that second place here will leave Senna, Menezes and Nato 30 points off the #8 Toyota with only 39 up for grabs, we shouldn't expect Rebellion to make the trip. It has already told us it's not going if it's out of the title race. And its hopes would be in the realms of the mathematical.
Now, a win for Rebellion this weekend would do everyone a few favours...
LMP2
A flurry of pitstops from the P2 leaders. The #32 United car, running second, is stopping a lap earlier than the leading #32 sister car and the #38 JOTA machine.
GTE PRO
Lynn's in the pits in the #97 Aston. Crucial laps now for Calado.
LMP1
Kobayashi pace update – he's down in the 3m21s bracket, almost 5s per lap faster than Hartley in the leading Toyota.
LMP2
Near miss for Davidson in the #38 JOTA as he gets up close and personal with the rear-end of what looked like Eastwood in the GTE Am-leading Aston at the second chicane. No dramas, though.
LMP1
Hartley makes a pitstop in the #8. He stays aboard for another stint.
GTE PRO
Calado pits the #51 Ferrari and hands over to Alessandro Pier Guidi. Lynn now leads the class by 7s.
GTE PRO
There's a Ferrari in the gravel at Porsche Curves - it's Sebastien Bourdais in the Risi car. Luckily he keeps it going, but that excursion has cost him a place to Gimmi Bruni's Porsche.
LMP2
Oddest moment of the race yet, as the #34 Inter Europol car completes a full lap of the Mulsanne roundabout! He outbraked himself for the right-hander and threw a left instead, driving all the way around the rotary!
LMP1
Lopez all set to take over the #7 in the Toyota garage.
LMP1
Leader Hartley is enjoying his new boots after that pitstop, straight into the 3m22s bracket on his first flying lap. Kobayashi is pitting on this lap to hand over to Lopez.
GTE AM
Driver change in GTE Am, Paul Dalla Lana has taken over the #98 Aston from Augusto Farfus. That car is 12s behind Eastwood in the #90 TF Sport car.
The Jota ORECA has worked its way back into this. After that round of pitstops, Davidson is only 11s down on Albuquerque in the second-place United car. The Goodyears on the Jota car appear to be working well in the cooler conditions of the night, whereas Michelin has an edge when it was hotter. It's gonna be a tough ask for the British team to win, though, because it has got a real 'am' in Gonzalez on its squad alongside Davo and da Costa rather than the 'super-silver' youngsters on United's books.
LMP1
Lopez hops in the refettled #7 Toyota, and the second-placed #1 Rebellion is in too.
LMP2
A driver change, from di Resta to Albuquerque in #22, allowed Brundle to regain the class lead for the #32 car, but he's only 3.4s ahead.
Yellow flag
Big crash at Tertre Rouge, as the #29 and #63 get together!
Slow Zone
And we are going Slow Zone in that section of track.
GTE AM
Driver change for the GTE Am leader: Jonathan Adam takes over the #90 car from Eastwood, and is more than 20 seconds to the good now.
LMP2
Nyck de Vries has put some epic lap times in today, but has now got the troubled Racing Team Nederland car well and truly beached.
GTE PRO
Toni Vilander was in the #63 WeatherTech car, so both cars had their top drivers in when they collided. Fortunately, the gravel trap did a great job of slowing both cars down.
LMP2
De Vries is back on his way after a lift out of the kitty litter, showering the track with gravel.
LMP2
Albuquerque has been going great guns in his pursuit of United team-mate Brundle. After the last stops, the gap was 17s, now it's less than 2s.
LMP2
The LMP2 leaders pit nose-to-tail, coming into the United pits as one!
LMP2
Jota is still in the LMP2 mix. Davidson is only 14s back from the battling United cars.
LMP2
The #22 actually lost time there, being pushed backwards, when the #32 was always going to be released first.
LMP2
They are now nose-to-tail again, however, through the slow zone.
LMP2
De Vries has made it back to the pits.
LMP2
Front-left suspension being swapped out on the #29 after its firm contact with the GTE Pro Ferrari. And left-rear corner damage too.
GTE PRO
Quick GTE Pro update: There's almost exactly 5s behind class leader Lynn in the #97 Aston and the #51 Ferrari of Pier Guidi.
GTE AM
In GTE Am, Adam's lead in the #90 TF Sport car is now out to 40 seconds over Dalla Lana.
LMP2
Brundle has turned the tables on Albuquerque, pulling out an extra 3s lead on that lap.
LMP2
Da Costa is in the third-placed #38 JOTA car now, over 1m30s off the United duo.
LMP1
Leader Hartley bangs in a 3m22s lap in clear air.
LMP1
Hartley pits from the lead.
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