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Here's Davidson passing Lieb for the lead.
Pit stop
Hand and Malucelli pit from first and second in GTE.
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We have a new leader - Davidson passes Lieb for first place into Mulsanne Corner.
GTE AM
The leading two GTE Am cars have just pitted. Bell emerges in a comfortable lead while the #88 is down to third, with Long now in the car. and just 3.7s behind Rui Aguas in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari.
GTE PRO
Hand's flexed his muscles a little bit and pushed his lead out to 2.9s now.
LMP1
Davidson edges closer to Lieb - 0.9s cover the top two as the next round of pitstops approach.
LMP2
Stevens has returned one lap down and immediately behind Menezes on the road.
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LMP2
As Stevens and Petrov rejoin the fray, Leventis pits in the Strakka Gibson.
LMP2
Stevens in second - 2m50s behind Menezes - and Petrov in third pit.
This is how close it is up front: Davidson chases Lieb.
LMP2
Dalziel has made it back to the pits with that damaged ESM Ligier.
GTE PRO
Malucelli has not been dropped but Hand has a firm enough grip on the lead even with a one-second advantage.
LMP1
The #8 Audi is into the garage, and all the attention is going to the front of the car from the army of mechanics.
Pit stop
Jarvis gets the #8 Audi back to he pits to investigate why it suddenly slowed on that lap.
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The fourth place #8 Audi is going slowly down the Mulsanne Straight with Jarvis at the wheel. It's got a 12-lap cushion to its sister car, but this potentially takes it out of striking distance if any of the lead trio hit trouble.
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LMP2
Dalziel is circulating slowly in the #31 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier, limping back towards the pits down Mulsanne. He had only recently radioed the team about a tyre vibration, and is still seventh in the order.
LMP1
Lieb is resisting the challenge of the Toyotas at the moment after they rallied to begin with on their new tyres. He's kept Davidson 3-4s back in the #5, while Kobayashi is struggling to stay within 20s.
GTE PRO
The Ford's got just over a second in hand (yep) over Malucelli now. Still very much game on.
And here's Hand taking the lead in GTE Pro from Malucelli
LMP2
Menezes' stop for fuel puts Stevens back on the lead lap he's 2m27s behind the Signatech Alpine.
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GTE PRO
Hand gets a good tow and breeze past on the Mulsanne straight – he gets ahead before the first chicane. Now Malucelli has to respond.
Here's Hand as he chased down Malucelli in GTE Pro
LMP2
Menezes pits from the lead of LMP2.
GTE PRO
Three tenths of a second over the line! Hand could well have a go into the first Mulsanne chicane.
LMP2
At the front, Menezes has put the Signatech Alpine a lap ahead again over the Stevens-driven G-Drive ORECA.
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GTE PRO
Malucelli and Hand are together now. Not just in the same TV shot, but within a second.
LMP2
Petrov is pulling away from Leventis in the Strakka, in the battle for third. He's now 20 seconds clear.
GTE PRO
Hand can almost reach out and touch Malucelli. Just two seconds separate them now!
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GTE AM
We have two cars on the same lap again in GTE Am! Al Qubaisi is marginally faster ahead of Bell on the road (by around 10s) and should be able to stay on the (class) lead lap with Long yet to serve his final run in the car.
GTE PRO
The Ford took 1.3s out of the Ferrari on the previous lap. Just over 5s between them.
LMP1
Not for the first time this morning, we have a set of circumstances that should close the lead battle right up. Lieb is out front in the #2 Porsche, but the chasing Toyotas are on fresher tyres having just fitted new Michelins at their recent driver changes. Expect Davidson (+5s) and Kobayashi (+21s) to have the pace advantage over this stint.
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Regular fuel stop for #murphysmen at 10:15 with Marc Goosens continuing his stint. Fast laptimes means we are now P24 #murphysmen
By: Geoff Creighton
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