Le Mans 24 Hours Live Commentary and Updates

The #55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari driven by Simon Mann is now under investigation for exiting the pitlane under the same safety car. If that's the case, they effectively ignored a red light at the end of pitlane.

Full credit to the fans who have stuck this out trackside in the rain. You lot are hardcore.

Into the 14th hour and here's the running order at the front in each class:

Hypercar - #8 Toyota, #6 Porsche, #7 Toyota, #50 Ferrari, #83 AF Corse Ferrari
LMP2 - #183 AF Corse, #22 United Autosports, #37 Cool Racing, #34 Inter Europol, #10 Vector
LMGT3 - #92 Manthey PureXRacing Porsche, #91 Manthey EMA Porsche, #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin, #85 Iron Dames Lamborghini, #87 Akkodis ASP Lexus

To underline this, frankly, weird situation in the race, Lopez is told over team radio what time it is and how long he's been in the #7 Toyota. He's probably been put in a trance crawling along behind the safety car.

In other news, Australia scrape by Scotland in the T20 cricket world cup and that duly gives both the Aussies and England a route into the next stage of the tournament. Have I had one eye on that for the past 30 minutes of this safety car period? Maybe. Do I regret it? Nope.

"Sunrise is coming soon," Ye is told in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari. They are not wrong, officially the sun will peak over the horizon at Le Mans at 5:59am local time - so in four minutes. Not that anyone will see the sun given the rain...

The latest safety car swap is underway, as safety car B is able to refuel and return a lap later. Safety car D is basically acting as freelance cover. Big respect to the hustle.

If anyone can do it, Dixon can...

This situation has also sparked a debate. Given the safety car period is due to the heavy rain and unsafe conditions, would it be better just to throw a red flag and wait for conditions to improve? Or is two hours of safety car running more preferrable?

And the third safety car is relieved to be refuelled, so at least we now know the safety car stint length is just under two hours, depending on how much fuel saving they've been able to achieve. This isn't the insight we expected to bring you this morning, but here we are.

The #777, #25, #22, #82 have all been cleared of allegedly overtaking under the safety car. We're still waiting for a decision on the #78 and #37 for the same infraction.

It sounds like the drivers are bored now, with Miguel Molina keeps himself entertained over the team radio in the #50 Ferrari, while Callum Ilott asks if team-mate Norman Nato was ready to take over in the #12 Jota Porsche, only to be told he's still asleep.

The #78 Lexus, #777 Aston Martin, #25 AlgarvePro and #82 Corvette are all being investigated for overtaking under the safety car.

Thankfully nobody has done anything silly like spin behind the safety car, yet, as conditions remain soaking wet. Hartley in the leading #8 Toyota is complaining of cramp and warns he might need to cut his stint earlier than planned. Running slowly probably means the Kiwi cannot stretch out in the cockpit.

So, with under 11 hours to go here's where we stand: The #8 Toyota continues to lead behind the safety car from the #6 Porsche, #7 Toyota, #50 Ferrari and #83 AF Corse Ferrari.

In LMP2, the #183 AF Corse leads from the #22 United Autosports and #10 Vector.

In LMGT3, it is still a Porsche 1-2 with the #92 Manthey PureXRacing ahead of the #91 Manthey EMA, with the #95 United Autosports McLaren in third.

A cool, stylish video from Ferrari but very clearly it isn't representative of the current race situation. Not enough of the wet stuff.

The #37 Cool Racing, which had just pitted, is under investigation for overtaking under the safety car. Lorenzo Fluxa is the driver sweating over that having come out in fourth place in class.

Grosjean's Lambo has a leaky roof as water is dripping into his cockpit. It doesn't look to be a massive issue - it isn't like the current IndyCar driver is swimming around in there - but somewhere a hole needs plugging. Does anyone know a good plumber at Le Mans?

Molina gives a sigh of relief, as he is cleared of punishment for allegedly overtaking under the safety car in the #50 Ferrari.

Hartley is keeping himself entertained in the #8 Toyota by asking his race engineer if he's on the toilet in the latest update. He might as well take a pew on the porcelain, there isn't a lot else going on.

What is it with endurance races in Europe and the weather this year? At the start of the month the Nurburgring 24 Hours effectively ended barely 10 hours in due to heavy fog that never lifted and earlier this year in the WEC, the Imola 6 Hours was shaken up by sudden rain showers.

What is the worst thing that could break in heavy rain? If you said windscreen wiper, give yourself a point, because that's the exact part that has gone awry on the #4 Porsche with Jaminet at the wheel. If he cannot fix it running behind the safety car he'll need to pit for a proper fix. That car is currently 14th and two laps down.