Le Mans 24 Hours 2019
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LMP2
In the battle for the final LMP2 podium slot, de Vries has put a move on Gonzalez to move the Racing Team Nederland Dallara up to third in class.
LMP1
Conway is continuing to add to his lead, which is now up to 37s over Buemi.
LMP1
Senna isn't going to gain a lap back any time soon, but has at least got the #1 Rebellion back up to sixth in the order after what the team confirmed was a puncture.
GTE PRO
Jaminet pits the #94 Porsche, so it's the #63 Corvette - now with Jan Magnussen driving - that is back ahead of the #93 Porsche of Patrick Pilet and Christensen in the #92 Porsche. The #91 Porsche, now with Richard Lietz, has dropped back to sixth behind two Fords.
Crash
It's not been a happy final race in the LMP1 division for the #10 DragonSpeed crew so far, and it's just got a bit worse. The car remains in the pits, but has been awarded a 10-second stop/go penalty for exceeding the amount of allowed fuel in a stint.
Pit stop
Conway stays on trend by bringing the leading #7 Toyota in at the end of lap 32.
GTE AM
The leaders in GTE Am have all been in the pits as well, and leader Fisichella has handed over the #54 Ferrari to bronze-rated Thomas Flohr, so expect to see that car drop back a little now.
GTE PRO
All the leaders in GTE Pro are in now, but one car is going round for an extra time, the #94 Porsche of Mathieu Jaminet, who now leads (temporarily).
Pit stop
Buemi is the next LMP1 driver in for a fuel stop.
Pit stop
And one lap later, we've got the LMP2 leaders in. It's the same group of five cars that have run longer at every stop, with Lapierre leading Vergne, Davidson, Brundle and Ricky Taylor. Davidson hops out of the #31 DragonSpeed for Roberto Gonzalez, and Jordan King climbs aboard the #37 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA.
LMP1
Anyway, the #3 Rebellion rejoins in third, 31s ahead of Petrov's #11 SMP car.
Pit stop
Menezes is in the pits now - we saw that with our eyes. Although the timing screen suggested he had stopped on the previous lap, a 31s first sector suggests there was a glitch.
LMP2
Fifth-placed man Richelmi triggers another cycle of LMP2 pitstops on lap 28, with Chatin, Albuquerque, Stevens, Nato and Perrodo all coming in.
GTE PRO
We've got the second round of stops in GTE Pro commencing now. The same cars - including Tandy's Porsche and Bruni's Porsche - that dived in early last time are doing the same again.
Pit stop
Menezes had stopped in the Rebellion but is back out on track in third after what the timing screen suggests was a 42s stop. Petrov follows suit in the fourth-placed #11 SMP car, rejoining after spending 1m14s in the pitlane.
While he's waiting for the next lot of LMP2 pitstops, JAMES NEWBOLD has opened said Hula Hoops, claiming it will improve his powers of journalism. That remains to be seen, but then it is an established office favourite of our esteemed Motorsport News colleague Stephen Lickorish, whose judgement in such matters cannot be questioned.
MR Racing's Cheever suffered a puncture
Green flag
Back on track, green-flag racing has resumed again.
Crash
Looks like there might be a problem for the #10 DragonSpeed car, as Hanley is still yet to return to the track after heading to the pits.
Information
Sadly, the last of Team Autosport's Digestive supplies have now been consumed. We'll be using a lean fuel mix for the next couple of hours with only some Hula Hoops and a French crisp brand called 'Brets' currently remaining on the desk. The BBQ Pringles are being saved for emergencies in the morning.
GTE AM
Eddie Cheever III is touring with a puncture in the #70 MR Racing Ferrari, presumably the cause of this FCY interruption.
GTE AM
The #88 Porsche is in the garage. It's been a miserable race so far for the GTE polesitter.
Full Course Yellow
Race control warns teams to prepare for a full-course yellow, which is out now.
Pit stop
Sarrazin pits the #17 SMP car from fifth. Hanley is in too, which means the DragonSpeed car is now behind the #1 Rebellion that lost minutes to a puncture in the first hour.
LMP2
Lapierre's advantage has ballooned back to 15s at the front - Vergne's cause not helped by a 3m35.4 on lap 26.
LMP1
Dillmann is back out on track again, but is now last of the LMP1s all the way down in 22nd place.
Leading LMP1 positions 90 minutes (and a bit more) into the race
Pit stop
De Vries kicks off the third round of LMP2 pitstops by coming in from fourth in the #29 Dallara.
Pit stop
DIllmann is back in the pits in the ByKolles...
GTE AM
It's looking good for Spirit of Race Ferrari in GTE Am right now. Fisichella is some 10s clear of Campbell in the Dempsey-Proton Porsche, with Barker third in the Gulf Porsche another 3s back.
LMP2
Vergne has lost 3.5 seconds in traffic somewhere, allowing Lapierre some breathing room to the tune of 10.4s.
Pit stop
Dillmann, who's running sixth in the ByKolles, is in for a third stop.
Pit stop
Senna was getting close to rejoining the LMP1 pack - on the timing screens, at least - but has just pitted the #1 Rebellion from 10th. He rejoined in 18th.
LMP1
Conway's lead is now up to half a minute over Buemi - who is closer to the chasing #3 Rebellion right now than his race-leading Toyota team-mate.
LMP2
Davidson is now starting to gap De Vries in the tussle for third, but is still 38 seconds off the lead, having lost 25s at the first stops.
GTE PRO
Update on GTE Pro - Garcia is still out front in the #63 Corvette to the tune of 2s over the #93 Porsche of Tandy, who repassed the #92 of Christensen a short while back. Bruni has the #91 up to fourth now ahead of two Fords, the #66 and #67 cars, and the top Ferrari.
The second Corvette, the #64, had been running as high as fourth at the top of the hour but is now down to P8 in the hands of Gavin.
The second Corvette, the #64, had been running as high as fourth at the top of the hour but is now down to P8 in the hands of Gavin.
Yellow flag
There's a yellow flag out in the same zone now, too.
Information
For those of you who are easily amused, race control has just declared 'we have a floppy close to the racing line' at marshal post three. For the avoidance of doubt, that's a loose corner marker, not... something else.
LMP2
Pizzitola is looking racy - he has a daring look at the inside of Chatin at the kink before Mulsanne Corner, but thinks better of it. They're 54s off the lead in P8 and 9 respectively, having both passed Perrodo in the pole-sitting #28 TDS car.
LMP1
We're down to six cars on the lead lap now, and all of the chasing pack but Buemi's #8 Toyota are now more than a minute behind Conway.
By: Geoff Creighton
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