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GTE AM
Meanwhile in GTE Am, Gunn continues to lead after the first stops and has a 7s lead over the TF Aston of Eastwood, with Cairoli's Porsche still in third. Julien Andlauer is fourth in the #99 Porsche, then it's ex-F1 man Giancarlo Fisichella aboard the #54 Ferrari and Matt Griffin's #55 Ferrari.
LMP2
The #28 IDEC Sport car has a door open, which can't be in the slightest bit aerodynamically efficient. When is a door not a door? When it's ajar.
LMP1
At the front of the LMP1 pack, Conway has a 56s lead over Senna. That's quite the margin.
GTE AM
We didn't see it at the time, but Nicklas Nielsen in the WEC GTE Am points-leading #83 Ferrari has had two pitstops, which explains why it's now back P13. Unlucky for some...
GTE PRO
Change for third meanwhile in GTE Pro as Thiim gets baulked by an Iron Lynx Am Ferrari into the first Mulsanne Chicane and gets a poor exit too, making it easy for Calado to draft past him.
LMP2
It's the second round of stops in LMP2-land. Yamashita, Brundle, Davidson and Trummer make stops, as Jamin takes over from Vaxiviere in the Panis car.
Driver Change
Davidson jumps out of the Jota LMP2 entry, and lets Formula E champ Antonio Felix da Costa take the wheel.
LMP1
Rebellion brings the #3 car in, switching the rear bodywork around. The ByKolles has also made a second stop.
GTE PRO
Christensen is frustrated over the radio in the #92 car as he can't use his fresh tyres with Bruni just ahead of him. He'll be even more frustrated after losing P7 to Vilander into the second Mulsanne chicane.
LMP2
Albuquerque, Allen and Vergne from the front of the LMP2 field, as does Cetilar's Giorgio Sernagiotto.
LMP2
Having stopped earlier, Stevens now sits in front of the LMP2 field - and the LMP1 ByKolles as well.
LMP1
There's Conway in the pits, as Senna also stopped.
GTE PRO
Calado may have taken third from Thiim, but he needs to get a wiggle on if he's going to catch team-mate Molina, who is 10s up the road.
LMP2
Allen clears Albuquerque for second in class. "How the hell can he be so quick?", Albuquerque enquired on the radio.
GTE PRO
There's a bit of a bottle-neck building up behind fifth-placed man Bourdais in GTE Pro, with Vilander - recovering after losing ground in the first pitstop - now up to sixth chomping at the bit behind him, and still being chased by the Porsches of Bruni and Christensen.
LMP1
Buemi's right on the back of Conway, after a long stop for the #7 car. Buemi gets through, but will need to stop again in a few laps.
GTE AM
Giancarlo Fisichella is on the move in GTE Am, he's just taken fourth from Andlauer and is chipping away at the 12s gap to Cairoli ahead.
LMP2
Stevens will relinquish the lead from the LMP2 class, handing Allen top spot. Albuquerque is right behind.
GTE PRO
Vilander's yo-yo race in GTE Pro continues as he clears Bourdais for fifth. Clearly no lack of pace in that WeatherTech car.
LMP1
Buemi is due in at the end of this lap. He stopped with the puncture at the end of lap 14 and took a bit of fuel as well.
LMP1
And here's Buemi in the pits now, relinquishing the lead. He was rapid on the inlap, but Conway will take control of the race once again.
GTE PRO
Lynn continues to lead in GTE Pro. He's a bit of a circuit specialist - you may remember he took pole in 2017 here on his first appearance in LMP2, only for things to go downhill very quickly during an eventful opening stint for Roman Rusinov.
LMP2
The LMP2 cars have spaced out a bit after a frenetic first hour. Allen is 4s clear of Albuquerque, with Yamashita on his six. Brundle, Gommendy in the Duqueine car, Vergne and Da Costa are with 30s of Allen too.
GTE PRO
Bourdais makes a mistake at the second Mulsanne chicane and runs over the kerbs, allowing Christensen to blast past on exit. P6 now for the Dane, but the #92 Porsche has lost an awful lot of time and is over half a minute off the lead.
LMP2
Vergne's right on the back of countryman Gommendy, having taken a fair chunk out of his advantage over the past few laps.
LMP2
And Allen's lead in LMP2 has been hacked into, with Albuquerque and Yamashita right behind him. They're being held up by the Inter Europol of Isaakyan.
GTE PRO
Christensen is the first of the GTE Pro cars to take a second pitstop on lap 23. Out front, Lynn is continuing to hold a steady 2.9s lead over Molina's #71 Ferrari, with Calado a further 11s behind in the sister #51 488, himself 3.7s clear of Thiim's #95 Aston.
Here's the rather sorry-looking Preining Porsche which has retired from the race - which means we won't get to see 74-year-old Dominique Bastien in action.
LMP2
Yamashita's right on Albuquerque's tail, as the Portuguese runner is worried about tyre wear. Allen's getting the better rub of the green in traffic terms.
Driver Change
A full stop for the #21 Dragonspeed, with Montoya jumping out to let Memo Rojas into the car.
GTE PRO
Molina is now in from second place in the #71 Ferrari in GTE Pro, so too Bruni in the #91 Porsche.
GTE AM
Ross Gunn's remarkable opening double in GTE-Am continues. He's still 13s ahead of the TF Aston of Charlie Eastwood, but Gunn is 30s of the best non-Aston, which remains Cairoli in third.
LMP2
There's a stopped Eurointernational car, going off at the Esses. Has it stopped? Either way, there's a yellow flag.
Driver Change
Richard Lietz has now jumped into the pole-sitting #91 Porsche. The race start with Bruni in the lead now seems like a long time ago.
LMP2
Brundle's come into play in this battle for first in LMP2, as he and Yamashita both pit to free up Albuquerque.
GTE PRO
Now here comes Lynn into the pits from the lead in GTE Pro. Bourdais in too.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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