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LMP2
It gets from bad to worse for the Signatech Alpine team, as the #36 car has to come in for a drive-through penalty for crossing the pit-exit white line.
Yellow flag
And there's our first incident of the race to bring out the yellow flag - that man Negri's eventful start to the race continues as he spins at Turn 1 getting off-line to allow one of the Toyotas through, sending Thomas Preining skittling into the barriers at the Dunlop chicane.
Pit stop
The #29 car of van der Garde pits, having fallen well down the LMP2 order.
GTE PRO
Bruni's alarming slide down the GTE Pro order continues as he has now been passed by Estre and Bourdais - now running last and with the ignominy of penalty to come at his first pitstop.
GTE AM
Eastwood really piling on the pressure to Cairoli in the battle for second in GTE Am - we already have Astons leading both classes, but it could soon be a 1-2 in Am for Prodrive-built machinery.
Pit stop
The first of the LMP1 machines comes in, with Berthon coming in to make a stop.
LMP2
Some of the LMP2 runners are in too - Brundle, Yamashita and JOTA's Anthony Davidson all come in for stops. van der Garde's also back in, having been struggling for pace.
Pit stop
The Racing Team Nederland car of van der Garde is wheeled into the garage. It doesn't look good for the Dutch squad, having started the day so promisingly.
Pit stop
Senna and Buemi come in on the same lap - who will return to the circuit first?
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LMP1
And Buemi has leapfrogged Senna after that stop, so that's two Toyotas out in front. Meanwhile, Dillmann brings the ByKolles car in for its first stop of the day.
GTE AM
Now we do indeed have an Aston Martin 1-2 in the GTE Am class as Eastwood clears Cairoli. Gunn currently has a 3.5s lead.
Pit stop
The leading LMP2 cars all come in for stops too; Albuquerque, Vergne, Allen in the Graff car, Stevens and COOL Racing's Coigny make stops, as do Sernagiotto (Cetilar), Tambay (Eurointernational) and Calderon (Richard Mille).
GTE PRO
In GTE Pro, Lynn hasn't been able to get a gap of Calado, just 1s between the pair with Thiim still 1s back from the Ferrari in third. Rigon meanwhile has gotten back ahead of Vilander for fourth.
Pit stop
And here's Conway in for his stop, aiming to retain the lead of the race.
LMP2
Albuquerque keeps the LMP2 lead, while the yet-to-stop Isaakyan (Inter Europol) is second. Yamashita has leapfrogged Brundle, with Allen and Vergne fifth and sixth in class.
Pit stop
Isaakyan does indeed come in to make his stop, allowing Yamashita up to second - with Brundle and Allen in hot pursuit.
GTE PRO
Bruni's best lap, interestingly, is 1s off the best effort by GTE Pro leader Lynn, the Astons the only cars so far that have lapped inside the 3m51s bracket. Bourdais also struggling for pace in the Risi car in this first stint - his best time a 3m53.028s.
LMP2
A good turn of pace from that Graff car of Allen, with a tow into the first chicane along the straight. But Brundle hangs on, keeping third in class.
LMP2
Stevens has fallen down the order after his stop, and is now battling with Panis Racing's Vaxiviere and Algarve Pro Racing's Simon Trummer.
LMP2
Big off! That's the Eurasia car of Yamanaka off in the gravel at the start of the lap. Yellow flag, then, with a full slow zone.
GTE AM
We've not seen any further movement from the #88 Porsche of Preining after that altercation with the wall at the Dunlop chicane, while the #59 MR Racing Ferrari has also been stuck in the pits since lap five.
GTE PRO
Thiim has dropped off the back of Calado a bit and is now coming under pressure from the second Ferrari of Davide Rigon. Or, at least he was before Rigon came into the pits.
LMP2
Brundle's getting a much better rub of the green in traffic, bringing him up to the rear of Yamashita as they go into the slow-zone.
GTE PRO
This could be a good time for drivers to pit with the slow zone in place. Rigon is joined in the pits by Bruni, who remember will have to serve that extra 5s penalty for Makowiecki's FP3 infraction.
GTE AM
Several pit-callers from GTE Am too, with Matt Griffin, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Andrea Piccini, Michele Beretta and Christian Reid coming in.
LMP2
Stevens has made a second stop at the close of the slow-zone period.
GTE AM
GTE Am leader Gunn now comes in at the end of lap 12, cycling Eastwood to the lead for TF Sport.
GTE PRO
Lynn and Bourdais now pit in GTE Pro, so Calado moves back to the lead. Miguel Molina has taken over the #71 Ferrari from Davide Rigon.
LMP1
Buemi is in for a second stop too, having had a fair bit of radio chatter. New tyres for the #8 Toyota.
LMP1
Naturally, Buemi's stop lifts the #1 Rebellion into P2. Buemi seems to have struggled with a vibration on his left-rear, grabbing a new tyre in that stop.
LMP2
The #21 Dragonspeed, currently piloted by Juan Pablo Montoya, has a 20s penalty.
GTE PRO
Now in come the rest of the GTE Pro field - Calado, Thiim, Vilander and Estre all pit, with Christensen taking over the #92 Porsche from Estre.
LMP2
We missed Allen clear Brundle for third in the LMP2 class. The Graff driver is now just 3s behind Yamashita - while Albuquerque has a rather handy 9s lead at the front of the class.
LMP2
A couple of LMP2 driver not bothering with the course; Yamanaka looks to have got going and tried to clear some GT cars at Tertre Rouge, while the Eurointernational car also slipped off the road.
GTE PRO
So how have the pitstops shaken up the order in GTE Pro? Lynn continues to lead from a Ferrari, but it's now the #71 car of Molina in second, ahead of Thiim with Calado down to fourth. Perhaps the slow zone paying a benefit to the #71 Ferrari crew there?
GTE PRO
Bruni meanwhile has gotten back up to fifth - despite his penalty - after coming in during the slow zone, while Bourdais is now ahead of the #92 Porsche and Vilander has dropped back to last of the GTE Pro runners.
LMP2
Van der Garde, now back on track following early trouble in this first hour, nearly gets clattered into by a GT car. He manages to avoid any collision at any rate.
LMP1
Buemi's early second stop has left him fourth so far, dropping behind the second Rebellion of Berthon too.
The Goodyear airship is hovering over the Le Mans paddock. If there were fans here, those of a certain age would be looking up with teary-eyed romanticism. I remember seeing one of its predecessors at Brands Hatch for the British GP in 1980. We had the Red Arrows and a flypast from Concorde. Better still there was a demo by a Harrier jump-jet that was 'parked' on the infield at Clearways for the first part of the race.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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