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LMP1
The four LMP1 cars are now all on the same stretch of track. The #1 Rebellion is now on the tail of the #3, but it seems they're being told to hold position.
LMP1
Yep, Menezes is being told to leave a gap. The #1 car has older tyres and they're being asked to manage things, but the #1 is also arguably quicker. Probably quite frustrating for Menezes.
GTE PRO
Taking tyres means the #51 Ferrari is now over a minute behind Martin. He'll need to get his skates on to close that in the remaining three and a bit hours.
GTE AM
Pera and Ten Voorde in second and third places have now unlapped themselves from Yoluc, but the TF Sport man doesn't need to panic - he's still got a handy 3m48s lead, which is almost a full lap.
GTE AM
Uh oh, the latest pitstop for the #83 Ferrari in which Perrodo handed over to Nielsen is currently under investigation.
LMP1
Kobayashi, having taken a lap back from the Rebellions, has locked up at the Dunlop corner - which has brought the Rebellions very close together. Our man Filip Cleeren says that the #7 is missing some floor due to hitting debris earlier on - and Toyota says it "will have to soldier on as it takes too long to replace".
Da Costa is now matching Albuquerque's times in the P2 battle. There's a bit more cloud cover, which may or may not have affected the balance in the Goodyear versus Michelin tyre war. The problem for the chasing Jota crew is that their ORECA is a minute and a half behind. It will, however, probably be da Costa and Davidson to the end now. Amateur Gonzalez has done his six hours and is wandering around in civvies.
LMP1
Menezes told to leave a gap once more, with Rebellion wishing to preserve the cars until the end. But he doesn't want to let it go - is he rebelling against Rebellion?
GTE AM
It's a long shot to make up a full lap, but Pera is giving this a good go, lapping around 3-4s per lap quicker than Yoluc.
LMP1
Rebellion brings Dumas in, so Menezes has a chance to go quickly and surpass it among the stops.
GTE AM
Still though, Pera isn't exactly dropping third-placed man Ten Voorde in the #56 Porsche - the two Silvers are pulling each other along nicely, but will need to avoid getting stuck in a battle that costs them time to Yoluc.
LMP1
Menezes has been in for a stop, but rejoins behind the #3 once again. So any attempt at the ol' switcheroo hasn't worked for Rebellion.
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GTE PRO
The gap between the two leaders in GTE Pro has remained fairly stable since second-place man Serra's #51 Ferrari took new tyres - it's still 1m04s between him and Maxime Martin's #97 Aston.
LMP1
"Save the brakes, leave the gap, and hold position. We need to do everything we can to see the finish," Menezes is told.
LMP2
Albuquerque and Jensen come in to make stops. In the #22, Albuquerque steps out and Paul di Resta takes over for a shift.
GTE AM
The #98 Aston that looked set to take the fight to TF Sport all the way until its rear suspension problem is on the verge of cracking the top 10 once again. Ross Gunn is currently at the wheel and just 11s behind sometime British F3 racer Francesco Castellacci in the #54 Ferrari, which currently holds P10 in the Am class.
It's not imperative that Menezes gets past Dumas. The #3 Rebellion as an additional entry doesn't score championship points. That means the #7 Toyota is on course for third-place points.
GTE AM
As the Rebellion cars cleared traffic, you could see Pera had Ten Voorde right on his tail going into Tetre Rouge. The battle for second in GTE Am is really hotting up.
GTE AM
And now Ten Voorde makes his fresher tyres pay as he makes it through. Now, can he do anything about the 3m20s lead Yoluc currently holds?
LMP1
Kobayashi hands control of the #7 to Jose Maria Lopez, as the mechanics apply some new tear-offs to the windshield.
LMP2
Some LMP2 stops too - da Costa makes a visit to the Jota pit, while Negrao passes the Signatech Alpine baton to Laurent.
GTE PRO
In comes Westbrook to hand the #95 Aston back to Marco Sorensen. That will likely be the final stint for the Ford refugee in this race.
Yellow flag
The especially-awkward-to-type Vuttikhorn Inthraphuvasak has spun the #99 Dempsey-Proton Porsche at the Ford chicane, so yellow flags flying there - although he's not hit anything it seems.
GTE AM
Inthraphuvasak has got going again after that spin. Seemed to take a long time to get it restarted, as his 9m58s lap attests. That's a six minute loss, equivalent to almost two laps for the car that was running on the fringes of the top five in GTE Am.
GTE AM
Matt Campbell is now back behind the wheel of the #77 Dempsey-Proton car, so expect a big push from him to consolidate the second in class previously held by Pera before the driver change.
GTE PRO
Driver change meanwhile in the #97 Aston as Tincknell jumps aboard once again. He told Autosport on Friday that the third man job is all about being 'low maintenance', but he's certainly pulled his weight in that car so far.
LMP2
A few driver changes in LMP2: Visser takes over from Floersch in the #50 Richard Mille car, Paul Loup Chatin is in the #28 IDEC, and Bobby Merhi is in the #35 Eurasia machine.
GTE AM
Yoluc has meanwhile pitted from the lead of GTE Am and handed over the #90 TF Aston to Eastwood. Ten Voorde had got the gap down to a shade under 3 minutes, but expect it to stabilise now the Aston works driver is aboard the car.
GTE AM
Meanwhile Nielsen's #83 Ferrari has cycled ahead of the Campbell-driven #77 Proton car, which will likely become the battle for second when Ten Voorde makes his next stop.
LMP1
Rebellion is ready for driver changes in both cars: Deletraz will take over the #3 in a couple of laps, and Nato will take over the #1.
GTE PRO
The number of ongoing pitstop investigations continues to mount as Westbrook's handover to Sorensen in the third-placed #95 Aston now joins the pile.
LMP1
Dumas comes in to pit, with Deletraz ready to take on the final shift of the race. Menezes will switch out for Nato on the next lap.
GTE AM
Ten Voorde now pits from second in GTE Am and looks to have held onto the place.
LMP1
Deletraz really struggled to get out of the pit box there, juddering forward until eventually finding the momentum to get the #3 car moving. That might let the #1 car past next time around.
GTE PRO
Now in comes Serra after holding the GTE Pro lead for a short while, cycling Tincknell back to the lead.
LMP1
Menezes out, Nato in. With no problems out of the box, the #1 now assumes second place in class.
LMP1
Hartley ends his stint, and Nakajima now takes over to presumably see the #8 home.
GTE PRO
Behind Sorensen, who remains two laps down in third, it's all rather spaced out in GTE Pro. He has two laps in hand over Sam Bird in the #71 Ferrari, who in turn is two laps ahead of Sebastien Bourdais in the #82 Risi Ferrari. The two Porsches delayed by electrical and power steering problems respectively bring up the rear of the class which, you have to say, does miss the extra variety of the Corvette, Ford and BMW.
GTE PRO
Tincknell's lead was extended further in that last round of pitstops by around 10s. His advantage now stands at 1m16s over Serra.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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