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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

2020 Le Mans 24 Hours Live Updates

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LMP2
The fight of the last hour comes to a pause, for the time being at least, as Jensen pits in the #26 G-Drive to give Vaxiviere a breather.
GTE AM
The good news for Campbell? He was seven-seconds faster than GTE Am leader Yoluc on that last lap.

The bad news for Campbell? He's still over two minutes adrift of Yoluc.
LMP2
Heart in mouth racing between Jensen and Vaxiviere as the #31 Panis Racing driver defends boldly through the second chicane and Mulsanne corner. Vaxiviere can profit running in clean air through the twisty sections but then Jensen can slipstream on the straights. It's a serious fight now.
GTE PRO
Calado is back into the #51 AF Corse Ferrari, which is firmly in the battle for GTE Pro honours with the #97 Aston - currently in the hands of Tincknell. Calado comes out in second place, 16 seconds adrift of Tincknell. Big push incoming...
Information
Into the final seven hours of the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours. That's basically a sprint race, right?
GTE AM
A drive-through penalty for the #75 Iron Lynx machine for speeding in the pitlane. Who remembers when team boss Piccini was leading the GTE Am class earlier in the race? Now the car is 26 laps down and there's little chance of Piccini making the Le Mans podium for the first time since 2006.
Driver Change
Senna has jumped into the #1 Rebellion taking over from team-mate Nato and is still two laps behind the leading #8 Toyota and two laps ahead of the sister #3 Rebellion.
LMP2
Jensen is getting frustrated over his team radio unable to find a way by Vaxiviere as the pair hit traffic on between the two chicanes on the Mulsanne Straight. The cars go three-abreast but the #31 Panis Racing keeps third place.
Driver Change
Driver swap in the GTE Am class-leading #90 TF Sport entry, as Eastwood hands the reigns to Yoluc. A victory for the trio would promote them to the top of the 2019/20 WEC GTE Am drivers' standings with one round remaining. It would mark maiden Le Mans class victories for Eastwood and Yoluc, and Adam's first win since triumphing in GTE Pro in 2017 with Aston.
LMP2
The #31 Panis Racing driven by Vaxiviere is currently fending off the #26 G-Drive Racing which has Jensen at the wheel in the fight for third place in class. The pair are running head to tail heading up to the Porsche curves.
GTE PRO
GTE Pro leader Tincknell brings the #97 Aston into the pits, which temporarily hands the lead to the #51 AF Corse Ferrari. Bird pits in the sister #71 AF Corse entry - which encountered mechanical woes just before the 11th hour - from fourth place and hands over to Rigon.
Sun
The first glimpses of dawn have arrived at the Circuit de la Sarthe as the sky begins to brighten overhead. Still no sign of the thunderstorms and heavy rain forecast earlier in the race. Must have been the same forecasters they use in F1.
GTE AM
Update on GTE Am, the #90 TF Sport entry in the hands of Eastwood has a comfortable lead. The car is over one lap ahead of second-place Campbell in the #77 Dempsey Proton Porsche. Elsewhere, Nielsen pits from third place in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari.
LMP2
Pitstops for the LMP2 leaders #22 United Autosports and #38 JOTA, with the two split by 49.5 seconds last time across the line.
GTE PRO
Still just 1.1 seconds covering the top two in GTE Pro. Tincknell is on 11 lap fresher tyres but it's Serra in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari that is the faster of the leading duo in the class.
LMP2
The #32 United Autosports car is back on the track after an oil leak but is out of the fight for the LMP2 class win. Van Uitert is at the wheel running in 19th place in class having lost 13 laps in that unscheduled stoppage.
Yellow flag
The #88 Porsche GTE Am entry has stopped at the first chicane - the car is already some 94 laps down on the class leaders, having been involved in multiple incidents throughout the race.
Driver Change
Buemi has jumped into the leading #8 Toyota which holds a useful two-lap lead over the #1 Rebellion. The remaining LMP1 runners are very spread out all split equally by two laps.
LMP1
Berthon has replaced Haas F1 reserve driver Deletraz in the third-place #3 Rebellion LMP1 entry. The car is a little slow away but resumes the race in the same position, well-clear of the #7 Toyota, for now...
Stopwatch
Fastest lap times in each class after 16 hours (and 25 minutes) of the race:

LMP1 - #1 Rebellion Racing 3m19.264s
LMP2 - #29 Racing Team Nederland 3m28.983s
GTE Pro - #97 Aston Martin 3m50.321s
GTE Am - #98 Aston Martin 3m52.449s
GTE PRO
Tincknell uses his fresh tyre advantage (11 laps newer) to blitz past Serra in the #51 AF Corse at the first chicane on the Mulsanne Straight to move the #97 Aston into the GTE Pro lead.
GTE PRO
There's less than half a second separating the GTE Pro class leaders after over 16 hours, with the #51 AF Corse Ferrari just ahead of Tincknell in the #97 Aston. Lead change incoming...
LMP2
Another prognosis at dawn, this time in LMP2, as United Autosports confirms it was an oil leak that grounded LMP2 victory contender, the #32 car, to the garage.
GTE PRO
An electrical issue is the reason why the Porsche #91 in GTE Pro is stuck in the garage. The car has fallen nine laps down on the class leaders but remains four laps ahead of the sister #92 car, which faced power steering woes earlier in the race.
Driver Change
Time for the latest driver change of our own, as Charles and Jamie take a deserved rest. It is Josh and I to keep an eye on the action as the dawn breaks over Le Mans.
LMP1
The second-placed #1 Rebellion has pitted, and Nato is now behind the wheel.
LMP2
Second in P2, the #38 JOTA car is about a minute behind the leading #22 United machine.
LMP2
The #32 United car is now tumbling down the order. The #31 Panis Racing car is the next to benefit, but don't rule out the delayed G-Drive from grabbing a place on the podium.
LMP1
Leader Nakajima pits again and is soon on his merry way in Toyota #8.
GTE AM
Drama in GTE Am as the second-placed car in class, the #98 Aston, is in the garage...
GTE PRO
Martin pits the class-leading #97 Aston and hands over to Harry Tincknell.
LMP2
This might explain why Albuquerque got a windscreen-full of oil on his previous stint when he was running right behind the sister #32 car...
LMP2
It's an oil leak on the #32. What a shame.
GTE PRO
The #91 Porsche is in the garage with an electrical problem. That car was running fourth in class, albeit two laps down, and that place is now occupied by the previously-delayed #71 Ferrari.
LMP2
Van Uitert pits. Hanson can breathe again. And the #32 is pushed into the garage!
LMP2
Van Uitert is now under 2s behind Hanson in the P2 lead battle.
GTE AM
The #75 Ferrari appears to be a bit on fire in the garage. There's a lot of shouting going on.

By: Jake Boxall-Legge

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