2020 Le Mans 24 Hours Live Updates
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Buemi has jumped into the leading #8 Toyota which holds a useful two-lap lead over the #1 Rebellion. The remaining LMP1 runners are very spread out all split equally by two laps.
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The #88 Porsche GTE Am entry has stopped at the first chicane - the car is already some 94 laps down on the class leaders, having been involved in multiple incidents throughout the race.
LMP2
The #32 United Autosports car is back on the track after an oil leak but is out of the fight for the LMP2 class win. Van Uitert is at the wheel running in 19th place in class having lost 13 laps in that unscheduled stoppage.
GTE PRO
Still just 1.1 seconds covering the top two in GTE Pro. Tincknell is on 11 lap fresher tyres but it's Serra in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari that is the faster of the leading duo in the class.
LMP2
Pitstops for the LMP2 leaders #22 United Autosports and #38 JOTA, with the two split by 49.5 seconds last time across the line.
GTE AM
Update on GTE Am, the #90 TF Sport entry in the hands of Eastwood has a comfortable lead. The car is over one lap ahead of second-place Campbell in the #77 Dempsey Proton Porsche. Elsewhere, Nielsen pits from third place in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari.
Sun
The first glimpses of dawn have arrived at the Circuit de la Sarthe as the sky begins to brighten overhead. Still no sign of the thunderstorms and heavy rain forecast earlier in the race. Must have been the same forecasters they use in F1.
GTE PRO
GTE Pro leader Tincknell brings the #97 Aston into the pits, which temporarily hands the lead to the #51 AF Corse Ferrari. Bird pits in the sister #71 AF Corse entry - which encountered mechanical woes just before the 11th hour - from fourth place and hands over to Rigon.
LMP2
The #31 Panis Racing driven by Vaxiviere is currently fending off the #26 G-Drive Racing which has Jensen at the wheel in the fight for third place in class. The pair are running head to tail heading up to the Porsche curves.
Driver Change
Driver swap in the GTE Am class-leading #90 TF Sport entry, as Eastwood hands the reigns to Yoluc. A victory for the trio would promote them to the top of the 2019/20 WEC GTE Am drivers' standings with one round remaining. It would mark maiden Le Mans class victories for Eastwood and Yoluc, and Adam's first win since triumphing in GTE Pro in 2017 with Aston.
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LMP2
Jensen is getting frustrated over his team radio unable to find a way by Vaxiviere as the pair hit traffic on between the two chicanes on the Mulsanne Straight. The cars go three-abreast but the #31 Panis Racing keeps third place.
Driver Change
Senna has jumped into the #1 Rebellion taking over from team-mate Nato and is still two laps behind the leading #8 Toyota and two laps ahead of the sister #3 Rebellion.
GTE AM
A drive-through penalty for the #75 Iron Lynx machine for speeding in the pitlane. Who remembers when team boss Piccini was leading the GTE Am class earlier in the race? Now the car is 26 laps down and there's little chance of Piccini making the Le Mans podium for the first time since 2006.
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Into the final seven hours of the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours. That's basically a sprint race, right?
GTE PRO
Calado is back into the #51 AF Corse Ferrari, which is firmly in the battle for GTE Pro honours with the #97 Aston - currently in the hands of Tincknell. Calado comes out in second place, 16 seconds adrift of Tincknell. Big push incoming...
LMP2
Heart in mouth racing between Jensen and Vaxiviere as the #31 Panis Racing driver defends boldly through the second chicane and Mulsanne corner. Vaxiviere can profit running in clean air through the twisty sections but then Jensen can slipstream on the straights. It's a serious fight now.
GTE AM
The good news for Campbell? He was seven-seconds faster than GTE Am leader Yoluc on that last lap.
The bad news for Campbell? He's still over two minutes adrift of Yoluc.
The bad news for Campbell? He's still over two minutes adrift of Yoluc.
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LMP2
The fight of the last hour comes to a pause, for the time being at least, as Jensen pits in the #26 G-Drive to give Vaxiviere a breather.
LMP2
At the front of LMP2, the gap between the leading #22 United Autosports driven by Hanson has stabilised at around 50 seconds over the #38 JOTA driven by Davidson.
Sun
With daylight now prevalent the TV helicopter has also taken off to give us some stunning aerial shots. The light is also making it way easier to spot the cars with tired eyes. Everyone's a winner.
GTE PRO
Remember that impending big push from Calado in the #51 AF Corse? He's just taken four seconds out of GTE Pro leader Tincknell in the #97 Aston to bring the gap down to under 10 seconds.
LMP2
The LMP2 leaders pit on the same lap and both make driver changes. Di Resta is in the #22 United Autosports but isn't given a chance to race his Sky Sports F1 colleague as Davidson makes way for Gonzalez in the #38 JOTA.
But that brief moment gives us a chance to provide some additional breakfast reading, covering di Resta and Davidson: 
GTE AM
Campbell is easily the fastest driver in GTE Am right now, he's lapping some two seconds quicker than the next-fastest car and is taking big chunks out of Yoluc's healthy lead in the #90 TF Sport entry.
GTE AM
Campbell's mega stint in the #77 Dempsey Proton entry has come to an end, with team boss Ried stepping in to the second-place car in GTE Am.
Slow Zone
The #29 Racing Team Nederland with Frits van Eerd at the wheel has spun at the Dunlop chicane and has got stuck halfway into the gravel trap. That has triggered a slow zone so marshals can recover the stricken LMP2 car.
GTE PRO
Calado has now halved the the gap to GTE Pro class leader Tincknell. Just over six seconds separates the #97 Aston and the #51 AF Corse Ferrari.
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BOSS GP fans may recognise van Eerd - the cause of the latest slow zone - as the driver, who took a 2004 Minardi F1 car to victory in the third round of the 2016 BOSS GP season at Monza. He also raced a 1999 Benetton F1 car with less success two months later at Brno.
LMP1
We promise we are not ignoring the top class but the updates remain limited because all cars are holding station. Buemi in the lead #8 Toyota is two laps in the clear from the #1 Rebellion driven by Senna who has a one lap advantage over the #3 Rebellion driven by Berthon. Previous leader the #7 Toyota, driven by Conway, remains fourth and six laps off the lead due to losing time overnight with a turbo issue.
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Catch up with the latest highlight package of the race so far: 
GTE AM
Frenchman Collard has moved the #83 AF Corse into second in GTE Am after passing Ried in the #77 Dempsey Proton machine. Yoluc still comfortably leads out front with a lap in hand.
LMP2
A change of position further down the LMP2 order as McMurry in the #25 Algarve Pro Racing takes advantage of Calderon in the #50 Richard Mille Racing getting stuck behind a GTE Am car. McMurry moves into 10th place in class which triggers wild celebrations in his garage.
GTE PRO
Calado has reduced GTE Pro leader Tincknell's advantage to two seconds. Lynn is keenly watching on and looks set to replace Tincknell in that #97 Aston shortly.
GTE PRO
Right on cue, Lynn hops into the #97 Aston with a fresh set of tyres in tow. They'll need them to compete with the fast-charging Calado in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari - the new class leader.
GTE PRO
The third and fourth place cars in GTE Pro are also in the pits for their 18th pitstops of the race. Westbrook rejoins in third place in the #95 Aston, with Rigon taking to the circuit in fourth place in the #71 AF Corse Ferrari, albiet five laps adrift of the class-leading sister car.
LMP2
Jensen pits from third place in the #26 G-Drive which, when it returns to the action, should restart the battle against the #31 Panis Racing for the final spot on the LMP2 rostrum.
GTE AM
The GTE Am leading #90 TF Sport entry of Yoluc makes his latest pitstop. The 35-year-old Turkish ace remains in the car.
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