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The #48 needs to stop again anyway to reach the end but should inherit the lead with the #43 having to return through the pits. What drama!
The #43 is on pitlane for its final stop from the lead of LMP2, but absolute heartbreak for the crew as the stewards award a drive-through for pitlane speeding.
The Porsche stop was three seconds faster. That's pretty handy at this phase of the race.
Unsurprisingly, neither are taking tyres, so just fuel to the end of the race and away they go - Porsche GAINING time in that phase.
The #6 and #50 are pretty much nose to tail as they enter the pits. Over to you pit crews.
Big traffic issues for the Porsche through Indianapolis dents his run through the end of his in-lap, so advantage Fuoco.
Pretty special final stint from the Pole who insisted he couldn't reach the end about 90 minutes ago. Estre and Fuoco will be in this lap.
Here's the #83 then for fuel and all four tyres. With a good margin it means the car is protected against a late safety car. The other two top-three runners continue for one lap as Kubica falls to fourth.
The #51 Ferrari seems to be back up to a proper speed now and has a huge energy offset but does have a 13-second gap. That should be reduced to around three seconds after the pit cycle.
Drive throughs for the #7, #009, #13 and #87 for FCY infringements.
The big hit is for the Toyota #7 in sixth.
Fuoco needs to get this move done soon because the #50 is just sat in the dirty air and damaging his tyres.
The #83, #6 and #50 should be in after two more laps.
Potential LMP2 drama. Yelloly is under investigation for speeding in the pitlane which could derail the #43's victory bid after such a long time in the lead.
A definite lack of power for the #51 as it continues to slide - now 12 seconds back from the battle for the podium. Estre is hanging on at the moment, keeping the gap stable to Fuoco.
Right then, a second separates the #6 and #50 and Fuoco has been given a license to push by Ferrari. Game on!
In LMP2, the gap between the #43 and #48 is seven seconds and stable. A good job from Yelloly to try and close the race out.
A potential issue for the #51? It's now almost nine seconds down on the sister car and looking unlikely to challenge for second.
Back to green we go and it has to be said, the gap between the #6 and #50 looks smaller and the gap between #50 and #51 looks bigger after that FCY.
So with an hour left, here are the top threes:
Hypercar: #83, #6, #50
LMP2: #43, #48. #9
LMGT3: #92, #21, #27
It does change - a FCY to recover the McLaren. It shouldn't take too long to sort that.
Just double yellows for the stopped McLaren so no disruption yet, but that could change...
Well this is interesting... the United Autosports McLaren is back in strife and stopped on track.
As that happens, the LMP2 leader pits and will come back out in front of the #48 to maintain the status quo as the 23-hour mark approaches.
A change between the chasing Ferraris as Fuoco goes past Giovinazzi in an orchestrated move. Next up, the #6.
The #51 team needs 10 seconds less fuel than the #6 at the last stop if team radio is to be believed.
That was quite a resigned sounding message to Giovinazzi though, almost as if the #83 is now expected to win.
The #6 goes past, only just ahead of Giovinazzi though. Hope remains for Porsche.
Just one scheduled stop per car left with 70 minutes to go!
Here comes the #51 for its stop. A clean, some fuel and then Giovinazzi will be on his way.
Lap two of his stint and Estre is starting to eke away from Fuoco. Porsche changed tyres on that car as well so only has to double stint and should be faster in the final throes.
It was a driver change for the #6 with Estre getting behind the wheel, which is why the car has lost so much time to Ferraris either side.
The #15 is back in the BMW garage so hopefully that can be fixed and get back out for the final hour.
All of a sudden the #50 is all over the #6 car and thinking about a look into Indianapolis. Nothing doing there though.
A big penalty in the race for the LMP2 podium as fourth-placed car, the #9 Iron Lynx-Proton engtry, is handed a drive-through penalty for pitlane speeding.
In come the #83, #6 and the #50. Just fuel for all three it looks like - that would make sense given the previous two rounds of stops, although it means Kubica continues in the leading car.
The #51 will likely be back in in two laps, maybe three if Giovinazzi stretches usable energy.
A nice battle shaping up for 11th in Hypercar as Mick Schumacher blasts past Stoffel Vandoorne to put the Alpine #36 ahead.
1 hour, 25 minutes to go and somehow we have still only had one safety car period in the entire race. It's quite extraordinary how clean the race has been in terms of major incident.
There's still 51 of 62 cars circulating, some achievement from the field.
Good news for BMW as the #20 returns to the track with Frijns at the wheel.
Just finishing this race means so much after all the work that is put in, as was evident by the outpouring of emotion at IDEC Sport earlier.
The LMGT3 gap is down to under a minute between the #92 Manthay Porsche and the #21 Vista AF Corse.
Talking of lead battles, the #43 LMP2 leader is being hunted by the #48, the gap now four seconds again.
It's worth pointing out that the Pro-Am leader in LMP2 is the AO by TF #199 car - Spike the Purple Dragon.
That would be one of the more celebrated storylines if it can hold on for the class win there. It is third overall in LMP2 period, and has Louis Deletraz at the helm.
Fifth in LMP2 - the polesitting #29 - has been handed a five-second penalty for a pitlane infringement as the LMGT3 leader pits.
As that happens, the #15 BMW is pushed back into pitlane and back on the way.
Now the Ferraris are on fresher tyres the #6's charge is slowing. The gap to the #83 is now 20.5s and the #50 is closing, now within 18s.
Remember the pitlane shenanigans from the #63 Iron Lynx Mercedes earlier? That's handed that crew a 10-second hold at its next stop.
There is some recovery mission going on at Toyota with the #7 all over the back of the #12 Cadillac for fifth. Given how qualifying and the early hours of this race transpired, a top five would be well received I'm sure.
Full service for the LMP2 leader as Dillmann makes way for Yelloly. Gray had left the #48 car for Masson to take over.
By: Autosport staff
