84th Le Mans 24 Hours
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Pit stop
Lieb also pits in the Porsche, and he jumps the Toyota thanks to not having to change tyres or driver. The #2 car leads by six seconds now, with Kobayashi only 25s off the lead in the #6 Toyota.
Driver Change
Buemi brings the lead car in with just a 17s advantage over the #2 Porsche. Davidson will take over the #5 Toyota that is in the thick of this thrilling three-way lead battle.
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In the Ferrari vs Ford fight, Hand deals the first blow. Half a second. Gap down to 6s.
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Driver Change
Lieb is released in his pursuit of the race leader as Conway pits from second place. Kobayashi awaits him in the pit - driver change time in the #6 car that led so much of this race through the night.
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LMP2
Rast pits from second in the G-Drive ORECA, handing the second-placed car over to Stevens. Changes also in the fight for third - Strakka replacing Kane with Leventis and SMP Shaytar with Petrov.
LMP1
Conway and Lieb have no time for caution in traffic as they swoop around a GTE car in the Porsche Curves. That's allowed Lieb to get a little bit closer (0.3s!) as they cross the line, but for the moment Conway is holding his nerve and the Porsche doesn't have a chance to get through. Both of these cars are still catching race leader Buemi, too. Just what you want to see on Sunday morning at Le Mans - the lead battle continues to close up.
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Crash
The ByKolles is on fire and stopped by Trummer, who clambers safely out of the car.
LMP2
Panciatici is now out of his crashed Alpine. He stayed in the car while it was hoisted over the fence, but looks to be OK.
LMP2
Thiriet has pitted for fuel in the second-placed TDS ORECA.
Autosport
Here's our recap of the 16th hour. We are into the final third of the race: 
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Crash
The #35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine ORECA-Nissan, which was running fourth in class, has crashed heavily on the exit of the first Mulsanne chicane.
Replays show Panciatici going straight on at the chicane before crashing into the concrete barrier. A double yellow flag is in place as a result.
Replays show Panciatici going straight on at the chicane before crashing into the concrete barrier. A double yellow flag is in place as a result.
LMP1
After those stops, Sarrazin has a 13s lead over Nakajima in the sister car, with Jani 9s further back in third - so things remain remarkably tight, with all three cars now together on strategy.
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LMP2
Graves in the Manor ORECA has had a moment with the KCMG GTE Porsche, overshooting the run into Indianapolis and running wide.
GTE PRO
Nothing's changed at the head of GTE. Bourdais trails Vilander but just over 11 seconds.
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Thiim also stopped, on schedule, and of course that helps the Aston to be back in sync with the leaders.
LMP1
Sarrazin rejoins after a 1m09s, but Dumas jumps out to hand over to Jani, completing that stop in 1m32.041s.
Sarrazin is still in the lead as a result of those stops, with Nakajima in second ahead of Jani.
Sarrazin is still in the lead as a result of those stops, with Nakajima in second ahead of Jani.
LMP2
Richelmi has pitted for fuel in the LMP2-leading Signatech Alpine, he emerges with a 60s lead over Thiriet.
Slow Zone
Finally, stewards have elected to deploy a slow zone at the start of the lap where Milner crashed. Not sure why it took so long, that tyre barrier is going to take a bit of work to restore, and of course the stricken Corvette will need to be recovered. Milner checks out some snaps a photographer took at the scene, team-mate Gavin looks deflated in the garage.
GTE PRO
Vilander's and Bourdais' stints were cut short by one and two laps respectively there. Slow zone is a good time to get in the pits.
Pit stop
With the slow zone out thetop of the hill and no sign of a safety car, Sarrazin pits the #6 Toyota - although interestingly, while he's at the end of his stint, Dumas follows him in to change tyres.
GTE PRO
And Vilander stops in the #82 Ferrari. A dozen or so seconds later Bourdais follows him in.
Yellow flag
Double yellows at the Dunlop Curve for that.
Crash
Milner's had a big shunt at the Dunlop chicane. He lost the rear under braking and slammed nose first into the tyres on the right-hand side.
Pit stop
In comes the #5 for its scheduled stop -yet another 14-lap stint. Nakajima ends that stint within 10s of the lead, and returns to the track after a 1m09s stop.
GTE AM
The fight for the fourth class is still very tame, but at Segal and Long are 'together' on the timing screen now with no interrupting, recovering P2 cars. The downside is they are two minutes apart on the track.
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The incident between Dolan and the #98 Aston Martin is under investigation.
LMP2
Ever so quietly, the Eurasia Motorsport ORECA is up to seventh, with Gommendy behind the wheel. The team, making its Le Mans debut, set the pace in the official test day, but was delayed early in the race with a sensor and minor gearbox problem, which accounts in part for its six-lap deficit to the lead.
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Thiim's got the #69 Ford just ahead of him after that out-of-sync stop from Dixon. There's 3.5s between them. That's an on-track fight for P3, although Turner will be stopping in a couple of laps.
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LMP1
A job well done for Conway and Toyota - he rejoins comfortably in the lead again thanks to extended the gap to Dumas before that stop.
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