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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours Live Commentary and Updates

Minute-by-minute updates for the 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours.

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Toyota is seeking a sixth consecutive victory at the world's most famous endurance race, while Ferrari on its first factory effort in the top class in half a century and fellow returnee Porsche are gunning for their 10th and 20th victories respectively.

A field of 62 cars, including the Garage 56 NASCAR entry and 21 GTE Am machines on the category's Le Mans swansong, will take the start at the Circuit de la Sarthe at 4pm local time and race through the night.

Join us here for live updates throughout the race.

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At the top of LMP2, Scherer pits a lap after Deletraz stops for the 25th time. The pair remain first and second in class with a comfortable margin to P3.
As the Iron Dames car pits for fuel, tyres and a driver change - Frey climbing out and Sarah Bovy getting in - Eastwood puts in a personal best lap time. The #25 Aston Martin takes the lead.
We promised drama in LMP2, and its delivering, as Van Der Helm has lost fourth in class to Horr in the #48 Idec Sport entry.
Missed by the cameras, Frey has lost significant time on the chasing #25 Aston Martin. Her last lap was some 20s down on Eastwood with the margin now dropping below 19s.
Worth noting that despite the action at the very front, behind the #2 Cadillac of Earl Bamber still remains on the lead lap.

In the battle for the LMP2 class lead, Scherer gained a minute on Deletraz through the slow zone coming in on his 249th lap. The Inter Europol Competition entry leads by 1:40s.

With five hours to go the top of LMP2 is:

1. #32 Inter Europol Competition
2. #41 WRT
3. #30 Duqueine Team
4. #65 Panis Racing 
5. #IDEC Sport

With five hours left, here's the running order in the Hypercar class:

1. #51 Ferrari
2. #8 Toyota
3. #2 Cadillac
4. #3 Cadillac
5. #93 Peugeot

Jenson Button is currently behind the wheel of the mightily impressive Garage 56 NASCAR Camaro. He's 36th in the overall classification, just 12 seconds off the tail of the #96 Aston Martin GTE entry.
Remember that slow zone that was deployed to repair the barrier at Indianapolis? Well good news, its finally been lifted meaning we have green running all around the circuit.
As well as on track, there has been serious attrition in the media centre as well - we're talking coffee machines. At the start of the race, there were five perfectly functional Nespresso machines. With five hours to run, just one is still standing. We're crossing our fingers it goes the distance.
The #51 Ferrari crew don't care that there's over five hours left. Round of applause from everyone and the lead of the race again.
Lead change! A drag down to the second chicane and the #51 Ferrari just gets in front of the #8 Toyota.
Into the pits comes the Panis Racing LMP2 entry. Tijmen Van Der Helm drops a position to P4, promoting the Duqueine Team #30 onto the class podium as things stand...with 5 hours, 13 minutes remaining...
Bad timing for the #8 Toyota it gets held up behind a backmarker in the Porsche Curves. The leaders are together!
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Don't forget that in this battle for the lead that Pier Guidi is on the fresher tyres. That explains - at least partially - why the Ferrari is gaining on the Toyota so quickly.
Whether the issue happens again remains to be seen. But one thing that is clear is that Pier Guidi wants the lead back. The gap between the leading two cars is down to just 2.6s.
We're hearing the #51 Ferrari needed a full power cycle at the latest pitstop. Plenty of discussions will be occurring in the team to make sure it doesn't need to be done again at any of the remaining stops.
Stop number 28 for the fourth-placed LMP2 Duqueine entry. Nicolas Pino is at the wheel and trails the #65 Panis Racing car by over four minutes.
More issues for the #51 Ferrari, as Pier Guidi's race engineer comes over the radio to say he can't hear his driver. It's all starting to unravel a little bit...
Drama in the Hypercar class - meanwhile, we're enjoying a moment of calm in LMP2 and GTE. That's not something that has often been said!
It's not yet clear what the problem was for the #51 Ferrari, but Pier Guidi now trails the Toyota of Sebastien Buemi by 6s. Long way to go, but could this be the start of a bigger problem for the Ferrari?
Change of the lead in Hypercar! The #8 Toyota takes the lead in the pits. The #51 has rejoined just behind, but a near-minute lead as evaporated for the Ferrari.
Just as we say that, drama! The #51 appears to be stuck in the pits!
As expected, the leading #51 Ferrari of Antonio Giovinazzi has pitted and hands the car over to Alessandro Pier Guidi. All seems calm in the Ferrari camp.
In the battle at the front of the GTE class, the Iron Dames have stopped just 17 times compared to the 19 of the Corvette. 

In third, with Charlie Eastwood currently at the wheel, the ORT by TF Aston Martin Vantage AMR has stopped on 20 occasions.
GTE leaders the #33 Corvette pit and lose position to the Iron Dames Porsche. Rahel Frey is currently at the wheel of the 911 RSR.
The #3 Cadillac has entered the pits from fourth place, with the top three looking likely to follow suit on the next lap.
Yellow flag
A slow zone is in place at Indianapolis following that incident for the #38 in order to repair the barrier. Not the first piece of Armco that's needed attention during this race...
The #34 LMP2 leader with Fabio Scherer takes advantage of the slow zone to pit, as does the second-placed WRT of Louis Deletraz.
The #38 Jota Porsche enters the pitlane with heavy damage. Replays show that Antonio Felix da Costa lost it on the exit of Indianapolis and hit the wall head-on.
The #2 and the #3 Cadillacs still remain in contention and on the lead lap in the Hypercar class. It's not inconceivable to think there will be at least one more safety car in this wild and unpredictable race, which would bring them right back into the mix.
Thanks to the early starters, as Stefan and I join the party with glorious sun beaming down on Le Mans. No such Toblerone problem on this end, I am happy to report!
Morning folks! Less than six hours left and the #51 Ferrari has a lead of more than a minute as it stands at the head of the field. A healthy margin, but as we've seen before, plenty can happen until the final minutes.
We've just had a round of GTE Am pitstops, which have boosted Keating to the lead. He's due in soon though, with Eastwood in last time around.
Next up at the wheel of live are two fresh hands, Stefan Mackley and Sam Hall. Over to you chaps as Stephen and I take some brief respite (hopefully not in the form of the last remaining Toblerone).

And, finally, it's also an intriguing fight over in GTE Am. This is how it currently looks:

1. #25 TF Sport Aston
2. #33 Corvette
3. #56 Project 1 Porsche
4. #85 Iron Dames Porsche
5. #54 AF Corse Ferrari
6. #57 Kessel Racing Ferrari

Over in LMP2, it's slightly closer at the front with the current leaderboard:

1. #34 Inter Europol
2. #41 WRT
3. #30 Duqueine
4. #65 Panis Racing
5. #36 Alpine
6. #31 WRT

In LMP2, Costa has stretched his advantage to 44s over WRT's silver Andrade. InterEuropol has the luxury position of having used up the six hours of driving time for its silver Smiechowski, but Andrade has now hit that mark too - so WRT can swap between Robert Kubica and Louis Deletraz for the rest of the way.

So, with the length of a regular WEC race remaining, let's take a look at the order in each of the classes.

In Hypercar, the current order is:

1. #51 Ferrari
2. #8 Toyota
3. #2 Cadillac
4. #3 Cadillac
5. #93 Peugeot
6. #5 Porsche

By: Autosport Staff

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