Le Mans 24 Hours Live Commentary and Updates

Looks like a whole new left front suspension is being bolted onto the wounded Toyota. Its race is effectively over, but calling it a day at Le Mans is unthinkable.

The times are pretty nip and tuck between Pera and Rovera in first and second of the LMGT3 runners. The two Italians are still split by around a minute, with Andrade's Corvette now back in a comfortable third place after HoR brought in Drudi, with Robichon taking over.

The best Hypercar battle on track right now is over seventh, with the two WRT BMWs running line astern. Dries Vanthoor in #15 is just 2s ahead of team-mate Sheldon van der Linde in the #20.

Dane Cameron has taken over from Louis Deletraz in the LMP2 pro-am leader, which pitted from fourth overall in the P2 ranks. That crew has been pretty solidly established in the lead of that sub-division since the safety car reshuffled the pack earlier this morning while the track was still in darkness. It's been a very clean run for the car named 'Spike, the LMP2 Dragon'. 

#199 AO by TF Oreca 07 - Gibson: PJ Hyett, Dane Cameron, Louis Deletraz

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Cameron rejoins fifth overall in P2. We've not talked a huge amount about the battle for third in class, a position that is currently held by the #28 IDEC Sport crew with Job van Uitert aboard doing a solid - er - job. Maceo Capietto, son of the renowned Prema technical wizard Guillaume, is chasing after him in the #9 Iron Lynx - Proton car but has a 49s deficit to overcome.

Hirakawa has now rejoined with an entirely new left-front suspension, at the tail end of the Hypercar field in 19th overall. A bitter disappointment for Toyota, but an excellent job to get the machine race-worthy again. It looked rather second hand when the Japanese brought it back.

The unfortunate demise of IDEC's #28 car gifts third on a platter to Capietto in the #9 Iron Lynx - Proton machine, while poor old Job van Uitert trudges behind the barrier. Through no fault of his own, a good chance at a Le Mans podium has slipped away. 

Richard Lietz has now climbed back into the #92 Manthey Porsche that leads LMGT3, with Simon Mann taking over the #21 Ferrari. This battle has been fairly one-sided since Lietz passed Francois Heriau following a FCY at daybreak. The gap stabilised while Rovera was in the car against Pera, but will surely be extended now Porsche's veteran wheelman is back in the hot seat.

Porsche brought Vanthoor's #6 PPM 963 in under the slow zone, so he's now on the same run plan as the #83 and #50 Ferraris.

Yelloly has extended his advantage in the LMP2 class though that flurry of interruptions. It now stands at 22s over Masson.

Vanthoor is fired up for this and scents a podium. He is running 2.5s behind Nielsen, who is briefly held up behind the #90 Manthey Porsche running sixth in the LMGT3 class.

Dries Vanthoor has come back into the pits for a proper service, and we expect the leading #51 Ferrari of James Calado will be in this time by.

It is shaping up to be a Porsche versus Ferrari fight in the final three hours. Roger Penske has one bullet in the gun, against three 499Ps, but all bets are off in the closing stages. It does appear thought that Cadillac is out of the fight for victory, although Norman Nato continues to circulate in fifth position, 1m42 behind Kubica's #83 Ferrari.

Calado comes in, for fuel only and is 15s behind Kubica. Nielsen is 18s off the lead in third, but has Estre right on him. This could be interesting, as Estre is known for not taking prisoners...

Second, third and fourth are now on the same piece of real estate. How will Ferrari play this? Could Calado, on his older tyres, be asked to let Nielsen through and hold up Estre?

We may have a battle on our hands for second in the LMGT3 class, as Rui Andrade's Corvette is just 15s back from Simon Mann in the Ferrari. They haven't been that close for a very long time.

Nielsen is certainly closer to Calado than Vanthoor is to Nielsen. Ferrari could swap positions if they want to. But, it seems, what they want to do is race. 

Kubica's lead for now is stable at 15s. But Nielsen, who is flashing the lights at Calado, could make inroads into that should he make it into second place.

Van der Zande has made it back to the pits in the ailing #22 United ORECA. His regular IMSA team-mate Yelloly is having a better time of it in the P2 ranks and continues to lead the class, as Masson gives way to Oliver Gray.

Change for second! Nielsen goes ahead of Calado with a committed move to the inside at the right-hand kink before Indianapolis. Now, what can he do about Kubica's lead?

So, a quick stock take. The #51 Ferrari has two laps more energy than the two Ferraris ahead. Both of the red cars have won Le Mans before, the yellow customer #83 has not. Kubica, don't forget, has come agonisingly close to winning here on several occasions in the past - denied on the last lap in 2021, second in 2022 and 2023. Could this be his year? This is bubbling up nicely with three hours to go.

Nielsen, now in clear air, is indeed chipping away at Kubica and has the gap down to under 14s. Can he keep shaving time out of the Pole's lead?

Another lap where Nielsen is quicker than Kubica. The gap now stands at 12.3s. Things are really hotting up in the battle for victory. Vanthoor for the time being remains tucked behind Calado in fourth spot.

It has been a privilege to bring you all the updates from Le Mans 2025. I'll step away for one last time as Ewan Gale steps up to the plate. It's all yours for the run to the flag.

Thanks James! It may be the run to the flag but there are plenty of twists in the tale to come I am sure.

This Hypercar battle is enthralling and the gap between #83 and #50 is now under 12 seconds. But what can that Porsche #6 do?

Kubica has a lot of LMP2 traffic to encounter as he starts a new lap which will only see that gap close even further. 

But now we are into the hottest part of the race and more akin to conditions that saw Porsche bolt into an early lead around 21 hours ago. Will that be a factor in the final three hours?

Lap 340 and the #83, #50 and #6 should all be stopping at the end of the lap. The #51 has at least two more laps to run before pitting.

So 14 seconds now splits the #83 and #50, we will wait to see where the #51 shuffles out when it pits. The overcut has worked with lower fuel across the opening 21 hours so it could be a huge advantage.

A wheel gun issue did hold the #6 up during that latest pitstop, but all is not lost. Calado has one more lap before pitting in the #50 but he has a lot of traffic to negotiate in doing so.

The Inter Europol #43 remains at the head of the LMP2 field as the #48 attempts to draw the lead back in. That's a much closer battle than for the lead in LMGT3, where the #92 is a country mile ahead of its rivals.