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LMP1
Lopez hops in the refettled #7 Toyota, and the second-placed #1 Rebellion is in too.
The Jota ORECA has worked its way back into this. After that round of pitstops, Davidson is only 11s down on Albuquerque in the second-place United car. The Goodyears on the Jota car appear to be working well in the cooler conditions of the night, whereas Michelin has an edge when it was hotter. It's gonna be a tough ask for the British team to win, though, because it has got a real 'am' in Gonzalez on its squad alongside Davo and da Costa rather than the 'super-silver' youngsters on United's books.
GTE AM
Driver change in GTE Am, Paul Dalla Lana has taken over the #98 Aston from Augusto Farfus. That car is 12s behind Eastwood in the #90 TF Sport car.
LMP1
Leader Hartley is enjoying his new boots after that pitstop, straight into the 3m22s bracket on his first flying lap. Kobayashi is pitting on this lap to hand over to Lopez.
LMP1
Lopez all set to take over the #7 in the Toyota garage.
LMP2
Oddest moment of the race yet, as the #34 Inter Europol car completes a full lap of the Mulsanne roundabout! He outbraked himself for the right-hander and threw a left instead, driving all the way around the rotary!
GTE PRO
There's a Ferrari in the gravel at Porsche Curves - it's Sebastien Bourdais in the Risi car. Luckily he keeps it going, but that excursion has cost him a place to Gimmi Bruni's Porsche.
GTE PRO
Calado pits the #51 Ferrari and hands over to Alessandro Pier Guidi. Lynn now leads the class by 7s.
LMP1
Hartley makes a pitstop in the #8. He stays aboard for another stint.
LMP2
Near miss for Davidson in the #38 JOTA as he gets up close and personal with the rear-end of what looked like Eastwood in the GTE Am-leading Aston at the second chicane. No dramas, though.
LMP1
Kobayashi pace update – he's down in the 3m21s bracket, almost 5s per lap faster than Hartley in the leading Toyota.
GTE PRO
Lynn's in the pits in the #97 Aston. Crucial laps now for Calado.
LMP2
A flurry of pitstops from the P2 leaders. The #32 United car, running second, is stopping a lap earlier than the leading #32 sister car and the #38 JOTA machine.
Obviously we've just watched the #7 Toyota crew's chances of a Le Mans victory go west, but the delay is also disastrous for their WEC championship bid. Fourth place will be no good to Kobayashi, Conway and Lopez. On the assumption that the #8 car wins this weekend, they will be 13 points behind heading into the Bahrain finale in November. The problem for the #7 drivers is that Toyota is unlikely to have any LMP1 opposition in the Middle East and the differential between first and second position for the eight-hour race is only 11 points.
Even if they get the point for pole, Kobayashi and co still can't win the championship if their in-house rivals finish second. That's all supposing Rebellion doesn't compete in the series finale. Given that second place here will leave Senna, Menezes and Nato 30 points off the #8 Toyota with only 39 up for grabs, we shouldn't expect Rebellion to make the trip. It has already told us it's not going if it's out of the title race. And its hopes would be in the realms of the mathematical.
Now, a win for Rebellion this weekend would do everyone a few favours...
Even if they get the point for pole, Kobayashi and co still can't win the championship if their in-house rivals finish second. That's all supposing Rebellion doesn't compete in the series finale. Given that second place here will leave Senna, Menezes and Nato 30 points off the #8 Toyota with only 39 up for grabs, we shouldn't expect Rebellion to make the trip. It has already told us it's not going if it's out of the title race. And its hopes would be in the realms of the mathematical.
Now, a win for Rebellion this weekend would do everyone a few favours...
GTE PRO
The other Ferrari, that's the #71, is in the pits. That car is running fifth in class and four laps off the pace after its earlier woes.
GTE PRO
Still nothing to choose between Calado and Lynn, who've run nose-to-tail for about a lap and a half now.
LMP2
Brundle is doing a nice job chipping away at di Resta's lead, the United cars are 10s apart after the #22 took the lead just after half distance.
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GTE PRO
There's no love lost between this pair. Lynn was very upset when he lost his Jaguar Formula E seat to the man he's chasing right now...
GTE PRO
Calado had to battle his way past another AMR Aston there. So Lynn has him within his sights.
GTE AM
In GTE Am, Eastwood is pulling away from Farfus, and the gap between the pair is now 7.7s.
GTE PRO
Lynn is within 3s of Calado.
LMP1
Meantime, Romain Dumas has got the message in the #3 Rebellion, and he's down in the 3m23s
LMP1
Kobayashi's first flying lap is 3m22.251s – 5s faster than the #8. Fair to say its turbo is functioning again!
LMP1
Kobayashi spent over 30 minutes in the pits having the turbo replaced. His fightback starts here!
GTE PRO
Another blinding lap from Lynn, and he's just 4.8s behind Calado!
GTE PRO
Calado's lead over Lynn is down to 8.2s.
LMP1
Kobayashi is 7 laps behind the #8 Toyota, and 4 laps behind the closest Rebellion. The good news is that it sounds healthy.
LMP1
The #7 Toyota rejoins the race!
LMP1
The second-placed Rebellion pits for service. Menezes stays in the car, and is soon on his way again.
LMP1
Amazing to think all of that drama for the #7 Toyota kicked off on the stroke of half distance!
LMP1
The #7 Toyota is now 6 laps down on the #8 car. It is 3 laps ahead of the leading LMP2 car, but remains stricken in the garage.
GTE PRO
And another 2s is carved out of the #51 Ferrari's lead by the charging Lynn. It's now down to 9s.
GTE PRO
Lynn was over 2s quicker than the leading Ferrari of Calado on that lap. He is 11s down in Aston #97.
LMP2
It's a United 1-2 once more, with the #22 of di Resta ahead of the #32, now driven by Brundle. They are 17s apart after that round of pitstops. Davidson is third in the #38 JOTA.
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LMP1
A routine service for the leading #8 Toyota. Imagine what Kobayashi thought as he saw the car pit-in and then depart. The #7 is down to fourth now, behind the #3 Rebellion.
LMP2
Anthony Davidson is also in, and rejoins the #38.
LMP2
Di Resta pits the P2-leading #22.
LMP1
The #1 Rebellion is now up to second place overall, passing the hobbled #7 Toyota. Kobayashi can only sit in the cockpit and ponder another Le Mans trophy slipping through his grasp.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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