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Looks like Makowiecki will hold off passing Taylor on-track - sensible heads required now with five and a half hours still left to go.
LMP2
The stop for the #13 Rebellion of Heinemeier Hansson has dropped it off the lead lap again.
LMP1
And here's your race leader on a recent visit to the pits:
LMP2
Here's Patterson after his spin at the chicane a few moments ago:
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There have been nine official retirements so far. Here they are in reverse order of laps completed: #4 ByKolles CLM, #88 Proton Porsche, #28 G-Drive/TDS ORECA; #82 Risi Ferrari; #25 Manor ORECA; #7 Toyota; #9 Toyota; #92 Porsche; #29 TDS ORECA.
Pit stop
Heinemeier Hansson brings the #13 Rebellion ORECA into the pits. There's some attention to the rear of the car and some confusion about whether or not it was released.
LMP2
The problems of the #31 Rebellion ORECA are of the transmission variety. We've just seen a new gear cluster being slotted in.
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LMP2
The #31 Rebellion is still in the garage. It has dropped to eighth in class.
LMP1
Earl Bamber picks off Richard Bradley's #40 Graff ORECA to move up to eighth overall.
GTE PRO
No need for Makowiecki to wait for Taylor to pit the #63 Corvette out of the way - he's homing in on him on-track. Taylor is now leading in the #63 after Adam pitted the #97 Aston and handed over to Turner.
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Pit stop
Panciatici makes his stop in the #35 Signatech ORECA that is currently third. It's having a much better race than the #36 sister car, which has had a litany of problems but is still going and 12th in class.
LMP2
With the ORECAs, as anticipated, dominating in LMP2, let's have a look at how the other three chassis manufacturers in this class are doing. Firstly, yes there are only four manufacturers, the Signatech Alpines are ORECAs. So the best non-ORECA is the #32 United Autosport's Ligier of Albquerque, currently in fifth place. That has been best of the rest for much of the race. The leading Dallara, the #47 Villorba entry, is one place behind with Lacorte at the wheel. There's also the #43 Riley, which is still running but has had a trying race - earlier on, some debris hit the engine cut out and there were later some alternator problems. That car is 21st with Keating at the wheel.
LMP1
The issues for the #31 Rebellion ORECA mean the #2 Porsche is now ninth overall. The next target is the #40 Graff machine, which is only 10 seconds up the road.
LMP2
The #38 Jackie Chan ORECA's lead over the #13 Rebellion is 2m48.846s.
Crash
The #45 Algarve Ligier, driven by Patterson, has spun out of the last chicane.
LMP1
Quick update on the progress of the three remaining LMP1s - the #1 Porsche of course still leads by 12 laps, the #2 car is 10th overall and 17 laps down, and the sole remaining #8 Toyota is 13th overall and a further nine laps back.
Rebellion is attending to the brakes on the #31 ORECA, but this is clearly not a routine change of pads and discs.
LMP2
The rear of the car seems to be the focus of attention of the #31 Rebellion. The engine cover is off and the team is looking at the two rear corners.
LMP2
The #31 Rebellion ORECA that holds fourth in class and fifth overall is being rolled into the garage.
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LMP2
Laurent heads back out in the leading #38 Jackie Chan DC ORECA, which is also second overall.
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Pit stop
Laurent brings the LMP2-leading #38 Jackie Chan DC ORECA into the pits.
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And Adam (#97 Aston) nails the #63 Corvette into the Dunlop chicane.
GTE PRO
So Makowiecki leads in the #91 Porsche by a minute from Taylor's #63 Corvette. Tincknell was briefly up to second in the #67 Ford, but it was at the end of its pit cycle and has now come in, rejoining in fifth. The #97 Aston - another former race leader - is right on Taylor's tail in third.
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It's all very spread out at the front of the field now with Jani in the #1 Porsche leading by 12 laps over Laurent in the #38 Jackie Chan CS ORECA. That in turn has a lap in hand over the #13 Rebellion, which leads the #35 Signatech ORECA by almost three-and-a-half minutes.
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Thiim has slowed in the #95 Aston that had been in the lead until its trip into the gravel at Arnage.
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The #24 Manor ORECA has been handed a five second time penalty for accelerating before the end of a slow zone.
Pit stop
Now Heinemeier Hansson has pitted from second in LMP2 in the #13 Rebellion.
GTE PRO
Taylor pits from the lead in the #63 Corvette and resumes in third.
Driver Change
Next to stop is third-placed LMP2 driver Senna who hands over to Prost in the #31 Rebellion ORECA. This has now dropped them behind the #35 Signatech ORECA to fourth.
Driver Change
Jani has now brought the leading Porsche in for its latest stop and hands over to Tandy.
GTE PRO
The #95 Aston is back out with Nicki Thiim in charge, now eighth in class, but it's no longer on the lead lap.
GTE AM
Over in GTE Am, Vanthoor is building on the #84 JMW Ferrari's already considerable lead by around seven seconds a lap from bronze-rated Cameron in the #55 Spirit of Race Ferrari.
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LMP1
It has been a while since we've had a Porsche update. Jani continues to lead in the #1 with his advantage now up to 12 laps. Bamber in the #2 is currently 10th still.
GTE PRO
Good thing the run-off area at Arnage was extended a few years ago - to the considerable enrichment of the owner of the nearby house, no doubt. Those crucial extra few metres could have saved the #95 Aston from race-ending damage.
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