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LMP2
Job van Uitert uses the slow-zone to swap with Will Owen, who takes over the #32. Hanson, in the #22, also comes un for a stop.
Slow Zone
We've got the Andreas Laskaratos-driven Project 1 Porsche off the road, and that's going to require a recovery vehicle.
GTE AM
Gunn's efforts have meant Farfus resumed still in the lead of GTE Am, despite Collard benefitting from another stop under a slow zone. The Frenchman is 12s behind, with Adam a further 9s back from the lead Aston Martin.
LMP1
Buemi comes in for stop 16 for the #8 car, and stays on board the Toyota for some further night mileage.
GTE PRO
Tincknell is doing a great job of keeping Serra in sight here, the gap staying at 4s between the two GTE Pro leaders.
LMP2
Canal in the Panis car has been in for a stop, while van der Zande in the #27 Dragonspeed has got ahead of Capillaire in the Graff machine.
GTE AM
Gunn has completed his excellent stint aboard the #98 Aston Martin and handed over to Augusto Farfus, while Edigio Perfetti has taken over from Larry Ten Voorde in the third-placed #56 Porsche.
LMP2
And Negrao finally clears Borga, perhaps using the Porsche GT car ahead to make the move. De Vries is looking to unlap himself from Negrao and carry on with that particularly potent pace.
GTE PRO
Sure enough, the lead in GTE Pro has changed hands with Serra 4.6s ahead of Tincknell as they crossed the line last time around to start their 146th laps.
We've got some highlights from the 6-9 hour period, available here: 
LMP2
De Vries is flying out there, using that tow from Borga and Negrao to set the fastest LMP2 lap so far - a 3m28.983s.
LMP2
The High Class car is wheeled back into the garage to assess what's wrong, Fjordbach having got the car back to the pits.
GTE PRO
Serra now pits the #51 Ferrari which had taken over the lead after Martin's stop. Will he be able to take advantage of Tincknell's lack of experience with the Aston - his first race in the car remember - as he did earlier in the race?
LMP2
A battle for ninth in class between the #42 COOL Racing car of Borga and the #36 Signatech Alpine of Negrao. Negrao's giving him a real run for his money, and although de Vries is lurking behind, he's a few laps down.
LMP2
There's a stoppage, and it's the High Class car. Fjordbach pulls over, gets the car going again and heads off on his merry way.
GTE PRO
Meanwhile we've had Maxime Martin pit from the lead of GTE-Pro, handing over the #97 Aston to Harry Ticknell.
GTE AM
Gunn really finding the sweet spot in the #98 Aston at the moment. His last lap was a 3m52.956s, just shy of the car's best of the whole race.
LMP2
A couple more LMP2 stops: Capillaire has been in for the Graff team, while Buret jumps out of the #21 Dragonspeed and lets Montoya take over. A tough race for the American squad, having been battling misfires throughout.
LMP1
Berthon's been into the pits, completing the #3 team's 14th stop of the race so far.
GTE AM
The timing screens have updated to show Nielsen did indeed vacate the #83 Ferrari for Emmanuel Collard, but the veteran's last lap was 5s slower than Gunn in the lead.
GTE AM
Gunn doing a great job aboard the #98 Am-leading Aston, and has built a 19s lead over Adam's TF Sport car in second.
GTE AM
Nielsen remained aboard the #83 Ferrari after that stop and stayed in fourth place, with the fifth-placed #77 Porsche of Matt Campbell the first car one lap down.
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LMP2
A few drivers taking the chance to stop. Van Uitert came in for the #32 United squad, while Richard Bradley gets into the #28 IDEC car. Further swaps: Visser relieves Floersch in the #50 car, as Laurent leaves the #36 in Negrao's hands.
LMP1
Senna stops too in the #1 Rebellion, as did Conway in the leading Toyota.
GTE AM
Nielsen pits from third in GTE-Am, so that could see the #83 car leap to the top of the leaderboard once this next round of stops shakes out.
LMP2
Here's a battle off the pitlane, the #22 United car and the #38 Jota amid the slow-zone at the Dunlop chicane. Hanson stays in the car, while da Costa switches out for Roberto Gonzalez.
Slow Zone
A tractor is required to lift the stricken Ferrari out of the gravel, so we have a slow zone in place.
Yellow flag
The shrug of the shoulders from team-mate Kei Cozzolino at watching it back says it all. Kimura went in deep on the brakes, locked up, the rear went light and sent him round - then he panicked and simply drove at slow speed into the gravel. Not one to show the grandkids.
GTE AM
Uh oh, we've got the #70 MR Racing Ferrari firmly lodged in the gravel at the chicane, Takeshi Kimura the driver currently at the wheel.
GTE AM
Place change for seventh in GTE Am as Ben Barker's Gulf Racing Porsche passes the polesitting Luzich Ferrari of Oz Negri. Things settling down at the sharp end in that class for the time being after a frantic opening 10 hours.
LMP1
Buemi's come in for a stop, the #8 Toyota team's 15th stop of the day.
LMP2
Jamin also pitted, exiting the #31 car and letting Canal dive in.
GTE PRO
It's taken a while, but Serra is starting to chip away at Martin. There's another second back for the Ferrari man, who is now 13s in arrears of the GTE Pro lead.
LMP2
Lacorte made a bit of an error in the final corners, letting the #28 IDEC and the #36 Signatech cars trickle past. The Cetilar driver now pits, letting Belicchi take over.
GTE PRO
Maxime Martin lost two seconds to Daniel Serra on that last tour, but he's still got a comfortable 14s cushion, so won't be losing too much sleep over it.
LMP2
The #38 Jota pits, bringing Hanson in the #22 car up to second. It's UA from UA at the top of the LMP2 tree.
LMP1
LMP1 gaps:
#7 Toyota - #8 Toyota = 1 lap
#8 Toyota - #1 Rebellion = 1 lap
#1 Rebellion - #3 Rebellion = 1 lap
#7 Toyota - #8 Toyota = 1 lap
#8 Toyota - #1 Rebellion = 1 lap
#1 Rebellion - #3 Rebellion = 1 lap
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GTE AM
We've had a lead change in the last round of GTE Am pitstops, with Gunn now ahead of Jonny Adam's TF Sport machine - Adam freshly installed in that car after taking over from fellow Aston works driver Charlie Eastwood. Gunn's advantage is 7s, with Nielsen's #83 Ferrari 10s off the lead in third.
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