Le Mans 24 Hours 2019
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LMP1
Slower laps this time by from the Toyotas, which are now a fairly steady 6.8s apart.
LMP1
At the back of the LMP1 order, Dillmann in the ByKolles is 38s off the leader - and nine behind Hanley in the DragonSpeed BR1.
LMP2
Chatin has now cleared Albuquerque for sixth and immediately sets a personal best sector one as he begins the chase of Vergne up ahead. The gap was 4.7s at the line - let's see if he how much can chip away on this tour.
Wondering how Garcia got his lead? Say no more.
LMP1
Menezes makes a smart move on one of the Clearwater GTE Am car into Arnage, which gives him a bit of breathing space over Petrov - who was momentarily stuck behind the Ferrari.
Rain
Race control reports light rain at Mulsanne.
Hopefully our icon doesn't oversell the amount falling - we can't really see any spots on cameras.
LMP1
Great ding-dong battle between Menezes and Petrov. The SMP got ahead on the run to the second chicane, but Menezes fought back through the traffic, and swept ahead once more on the run to Indianapolis. Good stuff.
GTE PRO
Porsches on the move in GTE Pro: both Estre and Tandy have just dispatched the Ford of Tincknell, and are up into third and fourth. Garcia has a one-second buffer over Thiim out front after that earlier pass.
LMP1
Out in front, Conway has built a 10-second buffer over Buemi - who did a 3m26.430s lap last time by. Even while fighting Petrov, Menezes clawed back four seconds, so is now 5.3s behind the second-placed Toyota.
LMP2
We've got our first pit-caller, and it's an early one. Andrea Pizzitola - a winner on the road last year before his #26 G-Drive ORECA was disqualified - has brought the #25 Algarve-Pro car in. They're right at the opposite end of the pitlane though, so out of Team Autosport's sight. We'll let you know if they do a driver change in due course.
LMP1
Petrov is flashing his headlights relentlessly as he chases Menezes through traffic, ensuring he gets the same treatment as the Rebellion.
LMP2
Davidson is beginning to drop back from the leading pair in LMP2 - he's now 8.2s off leaders Vaxiviere and Lapierre.
Pit stop
And he gets ahead approaching Indianapolis! Petrov keeps the position on the run to the end of the lap, before both cars head in for their first pitstops.
Pit stop
The ByKolles has also trundled down the pitlane.
LMP1
Despite losing position on track, Rebellion wins the race out of the pits and sends Menezes back out some eight seconds clear of Petrov.
LMP1
We haven't seen many shots of the Toyotas recently, but Conway appears to have had a far better run than Buemi through traffic. The race leader's most recent lap was four seconds faster than the one set by the #8 car, which is now 15s off the lead.
LMP2
At risk of sounding boring, we've also had a cluster of LMP2 pitstops. Leader Vaxiviere is followed in by Van Der Garde, Albuquerque, Tung, Fjordbach, Stevens, Nato, Hirschi and Sernagiotto. That leaves Lapierre in the lead, 7.5s ahead of Davidson, with Vergne third and Chatin fourth.
Pit stop
Buemi pits the #8 Toyota.
LMP1
Apologies - in that excitement we got our SMPs and Rebellions mixed up. Menezes and Petrov are in now - it was Sarrazin (SMP) and Senna (Rebellion) earlier. Roughly the same result with these stops, as Menezes joins 10s up on Petrov.
LMP2
No driver changes in that batch of LMP2 stops so far. Now Lapierre leads the rest of the pack in - we'll let you know if the cars that ran longer drop back after the stops.
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LMP1
Conway just brought the #7 car in for its first stop, and rejoins with a 10.7s lead over the sister #8 Toyota.
LMP2
It looks like running one lap longer was the way to go. Lapierre has jumped Vaxiviere and thus leads, with Vergne third having cleared Van Der Garde. Chatin is fifth, then Tung, Taylor, Brundle and Albuquerque. DragonSpeed was the big loser there - Davidson has come out 10th.
Leading LMP1 positions after the first round of pitstops
GTE PRO
Not much movement at the front in GTE Pro right now, but one car that's heading in the wrong direction is Da Costa's BMW. From fifth on the grid, the Portuguese has slipped all the way down to 11th.
LMP2
Problems for Nico Jamin - it looks like he might have a puncture in the #30 Duqueine Engineering ORECA and is trawling slowly back to the pits. It might take a while from the Mulsanne though.
GTE PRO
Good battle going on for second between Thiim and Estre. The pair run side-by-side all the way down the final part of the Mulsanne straight before Estre grabs the advantage into Mulsanne corner.
LMP2
Davidson has got the bit between his teeth though and makes back one place, passing Albuquerque for ninth. His next target is the sister United Autosports Ligier of Alex Brundle.
LMP1
Conway's lead is - briefly - back under 10s for the first time in a fair while, with Buemi a second faster on that last lap. Conway has since responded, though.
Here's the slow-moving Duqueine Engineering ORECA of Jamin
LMP2
We've got a tasty battle shaping up now for second, as Vergne has closed in on early leader Vaxiviere. Lapierre has pulled his finger out up ahead and stretched out a 7.4 second lead.
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GTE PRO
Ford fighting back after Tincknell's early slump, as the Briton gets by compatriot Tandy's Porsche for fourth.
LMP1
The top six in LMP1 we showed you a few minutes ago remains unchanged, but the seventh- and eighth-placed cars did swap at the last round of pitstops. Dillmann is around 10s ahead of the BR1 of Hanley, who's stuck behind a host of GTE cars and just had a wretched lap. Race control also notes DragonSpeed's #10 is "smoking at several points of the circuit".
LMP2
Jamin has finally made it back to the pits. The left-front corner appeared to be hanging down, but it didn't look like a puncture in the split second before the media centre TVs lost signal. He's now back on his way, but 2 laps down inside the first hour isn't a great way to start.
GTE PRO
We have our first pitstops in GTE Pro, with Tandy's #93 Porsche the highest-placed of those (in fifth) to dive in. The top four all stayed out, but expect them in shortly.
By: Geoff Creighton
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