2020 Le Mans 24 Hours Live Updates
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GTE PRO
Molina's advantage over Maxime Martin has completely disappeared. There's absolutely nothing between them now at the front.
LMP1
Here's Buemi in to pit, then, which will give the lead back to Conway. Plenty of lead-swapping between these two Toyotas, as they're out of sync.
GTE PRO
Still just 10s between the leading trio in GTE Pro, with Molina 2s ahead of Maxime Martin and Pier Guidi 8s further back. Sorensen has lost a bit of time in the #95 Aston and dropped 16s behind the third-placed man.
GTE AM
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak is now aboard the #99 Dempsey Proton Porsche that was fourth in GTE Am prior to that last round of stops. But the Thai driver is currently lapping in the 4m08s bracket - a full 10s slower than the cars ahead and has just dropped to eighth behind Nielsen, who is triple-stinting the #83 Ferrari which had to make an extra stop earlier on.
LMP2
Allen, still on board the Graff car, is back out in the lead - with the da Costa-piloted Jota is up to second - albeit 15s in arrears.
GTE AM
Dalla Lana continues to lead the GTE Am class by 17s over Yoluc, but Ten Voorde is making inroads into the Turkish driver - the gap down from 9s to 7s in a matter of laps for the Porsche driver. Then it's a yawning 1 minute gap back to Aaron Scott's #55 Spirit of Race Ferrari in fourth place, and he has Matteo Cressoni (#75 Iron Lynx Ferrari) and Tom Blomqvist (#72 Hub Auto Racing Ferrari) chasing behind.
LMP2
After a fraught start to Le Mans, the Racing Team Nederland entry has now cleared the GT field. Frits van Eerd takes over the car. Class leader Stevens pits, having been off-sync with the rest of the LMP2s.
LMP2
Van Uitert, having cleared Hanson, dropped a wheel into the gravel at Arnage. But he carries on, retaining the position so far.
GTE PRO
Through that second phase of pitstops, Ferrari has taken the lead back again - Molina now heads Maxime Martin (in for Alex Lynn) by about the same margin it was trailing before the stops, 2.6s. Alessandro Pier Guidi is now aboard the #51 Ferrari which remains third, while Marco Sorensen is now aboard the #95 Aston Martin in fourth.
LMP2
A spokesperson for Racing Team Nederland has said that the #29 car was afflicted with an engine issue, with took two stops to fix. Giedo van der Garde is still on board.
GTE AM
Problems for the #54 Ferrari started by Fisichella - that had just been taken over by Francesco Castellacci, but is pushed back into the garage and is receiving some attention from the AF Corse mechanics.
LMP1
Conway is in to make his third stop, allowing Buemi to retake the lead.
LMP2
Allen has stayed in the #39 Graff car, taking a shorter stop as van Uitert is battling away with United Autosports stablemate Hanson.
GTE AM
Plenty of pitstop action in GTE Am too - Gunn ends his excellent double stint to hand over to amateur Paul Dalla Lana in the #98 Aston, Eastwood and Cairoli stay out one lap longer before handing over to Salih Yoluc and Larry Ten Voorde.
Driver Change
Phil Hanson has taken over for Albuquerque in the #22 United Autosports car, with Rusinov replacing Vergne in the #26 G-Drive. Stevens reclaims the LMP2 class lead.
GTE PRO
Lynn hands over the lead car to Maxime Martin, as Calado, Thiiim and Vilander pit one lap later.
Pit stop
Allen, Albuquerque and Vergne all come in, then. A true battle off of the pitlane for the former duo's teams beckons.
Driver Change
68-year-old Mark Patterson takes over from Yamashita in the High Class machine, as Job van Uitert switches out for Brundle in the #32 United Autosports car.
LMP2
Albuquerque, no longer having to defend from Yamashita, is right on Allen's tail. Potential for a change in the class lead, if Albuquerque can find a bit more.
GTE PRO
Now here comes Lynn into the pits from the lead in GTE Pro. Bourdais in too.
LMP2
Brundle's come into play in this battle for first in LMP2, as he and Yamashita both pit to free up Albuquerque.
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
There's a stopped Eurointernational car, going off at the Esses. Has it stopped? Either way, there's a yellow flag.
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.
GTE PRO
Molina is now in from second place in the #71 Ferrari in GTE Pro, so too Bruni in the #91 Porsche.
Driver Change
A full stop for the #21 Dragonspeed, with Montoya jumping out to let Memo Rojas into the car.
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.
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.
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.
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.
LMP2
Vergne's right on the back of countryman Gommendy, having taken a fair chunk out of his advantage over the past few laps.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
LMP2
Stevens will relinquish the lead from the LMP2 class, handing Allen top spot. Albuquerque is right behind.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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