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LMP2
Di Resta comes in for fuel, and emerges on the same piece of track as Jensen in the G-Drive. However, the orange car is a lap down.
GTE AM
After chipping a minute out of TF Sport's lead in the Am class when Yoluc was at the wheel, Ten Voorde hasn't been able to make any further inroads into Eastwood and is still 2m53 behind, 16s clear of the squabble between Nielsen and Campbell for third.
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Autosport's supply of Digestives is dwindling, but we're still going strong with a little over two hours to go. Will there be any late twists in the tail?
LMP2
Da Costa completes his turn behind the wheel of the #38 Jota car, and Anthony Davidson gets behind the wheel for the final two-and-a-bit hours.
GTE AM
Ross Gunn is indeed back inside the top 10 in GTE Am in the #98 Aston Martin which lost six laps earlier to the rear suspension issue. A case of what could have been as four cars remain on the lead lap.
GTE PRO
Very little movement still in the GTE Pro lead 'battle', as the gap remains around the 1m15s mark between Tincknell and Serra. With just two hours and four minutes to go, if the Ferrari is going to make any inroads, it needs to start doing so now.
LMP2
Le Mans veteran Nico Lapierre is now on board the COOL Racing Oreca, which he'll presumably take to the finish.
GTE PRO
A five-second penalty handed to the #95 Aston currently third in GTE Pro for a pitstop infringement. It's been a lonely race for that car so far, Sorensen two laps behind and in front of his nearest rivals.
LMP1
After the two Rebellions were battling away, the slow getaway for the #3 post-pitstop has given the #1 a 17-second advantage, which seems pretty stable. Nato just needs to find five laps on the #8 Toyota at the front of the field in these final two hours. Easy innit?
GTE AM
Nielsen and Campbell remain just 2.5s apart in third and fourth in GTE Am, but neither have been able to make much of an impression into Ten Voorde ahead.
LMP2
Fourth-in-class Panis Racing brings Julien Canal's stint to an end, and Mathieu Vaxiviere takes over for the last stretch. The fifth-placed Graff car also comes in, but Allen stays on board - nonetheless, this brings the Signatech Alpine car up to P5.
Pit stop
A few more pitstoppers in the GTE classes including the fourth placed Am Porsche of Matt Campbell and Marco Sorensen from third in Pro, the Aston man having to serve an extra 5s for that pitstop infraction.
GTE PRO
Serra found a second over Tincknell last time around, but the gap still stands at 1m09s.
LMP1
The two Rebellions make fuel stops, while elsewhere in LMP1-land, Lopez clunks the final chicane quite hard and leaps over the kerb.
GTE PRO
Tincknell has responded to that small gain from Serra by extending the gap again, back to 1m11s at the front in GTE Pro now.
GTE AM
The second and third place cars in GTE Am both pit together, with Ten Voorde followed in by Nielsen. Cairoli jumps aboard the Porsche and will take it to the finish, but Nielsen will stay in the Ferrari.
GTE PRO
Now in from the lead comes Tincknell, handing over to his team-mate Lynn. The last time the pair were team-mates was at Macau in 2012, driving for the Fortec F3 team. As memorable as any weekend at Macau is, this might well trump it...
GTE AM
The battle for second in GTE Am continues as Cairoli rejoins just ahead of Campbell, who pitted two laps previously. Nielsen resumes fourth, but 20s behind the squabbling Porsches.
LMP2
Just as the #39 Graff was closing in the #36 Signatech Alpine machine, the latter pits - which will allow Graff driver Allen to reclaim a top-five position in class.
GTE PRO
Before you get too excited at the 9s gap between Serra and Lynn, the Ferrari still owes us a pitstop. James Calado is being readied in the pits to take the #51 car to the finish.
LMP2
Oh my! Yamanaka baulks the #32 United Autosports car at Indianapolis, forcing driver van Uitert to skip past on the gravel - with a Toyota right in the middle of all that. Elsewhere in LMP2, McMurry has passed Visser for ninth in class.
LMP1
Lopez pits for fuel, having earlier been told that he was triple-stinting his tyres.
GTE PRO
Now Serra pits to cycle Lynn back to the lead. Calado does indeed jump aboard the #51 Ferrari.
GTE PRO
Big job ahead here for Calado to close the 1m10s gap to Lynn in the final 80 minutes. Is it realistic? Never say never...
GTE AM
Cairoli was 3s faster than GTE Am leader Eastwood last time around, but TF Sport still fairly comfortable out front - the gap is 2m27s between the Aston and the #56 Porsche.
LMP2
Serial gravel-botherers Inter Europol are still out there, 61 laps off the leader but inexplicably 18th in class having managed to stave off the intermittent spectral apparition of the Grim Reaper. Ex-GP2 journeyman Rene Binder is currently in the hotseat of the lemon-and-lime car.
GTE PRO
Calado was 3s quicker than Lynn last time around - but the Aston man has been around the block a few times and knows not to let minor blips in traffic distract his attention. Calado will need plenty more slices of luck to gain the time back.
Yellow flag
The eventful race for the #89 Project 1 Porsche - which had a high-speed blowout at the Porsche Curves earlier - continues as Laskaratos goes off at the chicane to end up in the gravel. It's managed to extricate itself though and is crawling slowly back.
LMP2
Allen pits, ceding control of fifth in the LMP2 rankings to Laurent - but he's only 7s behind. Behind them, Chatin gets out of the #28 car for Bradley to finish the race.
LMP1
Deletraz has a lock-up at Indianapolis, and clunks that #3 Rebellion against the tyres. He continues for now, but he might have to be brought in to check his brakes.
LMP1
Rebellion does indeed bring Deletraz in to check his brakes. They're changing his rear bumper to make sure there's no damage to his R-13, and gets fresh boots too. But again, they just can't get the car started! They spin him up on the jacks, there's a spin of a wheel, but it can't get away.
LMP1
The OTHER Rebellion is now in the pits too, Nato had to be backed up to get the fuel hose in. It's a bit slow away too, perhaps the clutches are just too worn out at this stage. The hybrid Toyotas won't have that problem, as they can use the ERS to get the car off the line.
LMP2
The LMP2 leading United Autosports made its final driver change, with Hanson taking over from di Resta.
GTE AM
Cairoli is consistently chipping away at Eastwood in GTE Am, but surely there's not enough time left to get onto the tail of the Northern Irishman, even though he found 4s last time around. Eastwood has the luxury of knowing he has more pace should he need it, whereas the Italian is totally ragging that Porsche - how different things could have been without the penalty for Perfetti's slow zone penalty...
LMP1
Deletraz gets back out after a spell in the garage. According to the screen, Rebellion's issue has lifted the #7 Toyota up to third. In the other Toyota, Nakajima came in for a routine pitstop.
Yellow flag
Shunt at Tertre Rouge - Lucas Legert's #99 Proton Porsche has nosed into the tyre wall.
GTE AM
He's managed to reverse it out and is attempting to drive it back, but there's significant damage to the front left corner.
Slow Zone
A slow zone is imminent to repair the damaged tyre barrier. Will this afford any opportunities for late changes to the order?
GTE AM
The Laskaratos-driven Porsche has made it back after its latest mishap. Bravo sir.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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