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LMH: Derani in the #708 Glickenhaus has a stop, which lifts the WRT LMP2 duo into third and fourth overall.
GTE Pro: A top five update. #51 AF Corse leads #63 Corvette. The #52 AF Corse is third ahead of the #91 and #92 factory Porsches. Calado has leapt into a comfy lead now he has passed Catsburg.
LMP2: Although the #31 WRT got past the #41 sister car, Deletraz is keeping pace with Habsburg and not letting the LMP2 scamper off into the night.
GTE AM: TF Sport has changed the diffuser as a precaution when Fraga pitted with the punctures. The Aston's splitter is ok despite contact with tyres.
GTE Pro: Catsburg brings the P2 Corvette into the pits. Molina takes over the position in the #52 AF Corse Ferrari. Garcia has climbed aboard the #63 Corvette and has rejoined in P5.
GTE Am: Fraga has moved the recovering TF Sport Aston to P2 now Ilott has pitted the Iron Lynx.
Yellow flag
Full course yellow.
GTE Pro: Jani has brought the #92 factory Porsche into the pits.
Green flag
Back racing again. A short interruption.
GTE Pro: Jani has stayed at the wheel of the #92 Porsche and has slotted in behind Garcia in the #63 Corvette.
Pit stop
LMH: Lopez brings the #7 Toyota in for a stop, just fuel this time. Nakajima in the #8 also makes a stop.
Pit stop
LMP2: The #22 United car also made a stop ahead of the #7, with Albuquerque taking over from Scherer in that one.
GTE Pro: Second placed #52 AF Corse pits for its seventh stop and is followed in by the #91 factory Porsche. Only the leading AF Corse Ferrari yet to make its next scheduled stop, but it will be in soon.
GTE Am: Fraga brings the P2 in class TF Sport Aston in for its eighth stop.
LMP2: The #65 Panis car makes a stop too; Canal out of the car, Stevens in.
GTE Pro: Jani has brought the #92 back into the pits again! Estre climbs in. The car taking on fuel. Strange strategy!
LMP2: Shout-out to the #48 IDEC squad - after a miserable start to the race, the team has managed to recover to seventh in class. Meanwhile, Deletraz pits the #41 car, allowing Kubica to take over.
GTE Pro: The leading #51 AF Corse Ferrari pits. Calado bring the car to the lane. He rejoins back in the lead ahead of Garcia's #63 Corvette.
LMP2: Habsburg brings the leading #31 WRT in for a stop, but remains on board for the next stint to retain the lead.
GTE Am: Pit stop update. Leaders #83 AF Corse have pitted and have retained the lead. P2 Iron Lynx yet to make eighth stop but made an extra stop earlier. TF Sport has returned from its duck into service in third. Rovera and Ilott are running on the same pit sequence but four laps apart.
LMP2: The #34 Inter Europol car is now in, Brundle staying in the car for the next part. Meanwhile, the #41 WRT of Kubica has now been passed by the Alpine LMH car as it continues its recovery from an earlier stay in a gravel trap.
LMH: Glickenhaus' #709 machine pulls in, with Ryan Briscoe relinquishing driving duties as Richard Westbrook returns to the wheel.
Crash
Safety Car.
Crash
LMP2: That's a very smashed-up G-Drive! The #25 car, driven by Rui Andrade, has speared off at the Dunlop Curve and took a one-way trip to the wall.
LMP2: Roberto Merhi, Andrade's team-mate in the #25, takes off his helmet and gives his squad a few cursory hugs. He understandably doesn't look very Merhi at all...
Pit stop
LMH: The #7 Toyota and the #36 Alpine both head into the pitlane; Conway takes over from Lopez in the Toyota, as Lapierre stays in the Alpine.
GTE Pro: Given this might be a lengthy stoppage here is where we stand. #51 AF Corse (Calado) leads by 1m36s from the #63 Corvette (Garcia). The sister #52 AF Corse (Molina) is third while the factory #91 and #92 Porsches hold fourth and fifth. After a delayed pit stop the #64 Corvette has now overtaken the Hub Auto Porsche for seventh in class.
LMH: Given the wait for the next safety car to come around, the #8 Toyota now takes the lead.
GTE Am: AF Corse leads both GT classes with the #83 car, aided by the impressive Rovera. The outfit heads long time leaders #33 TF Sport Aston, which has recovered to P2, with Fraga at the wheel, after a double puncture. The #80 Iron Lynx Ferrari is third ahead of the #57 Kessel Racing and #54 AF Corse entries.
Marshals are continuing to repair the barriers at the Dunlop Curve but are making good progress.
Pit stop
LMH: Derani in the #708 Glickenhaus has come in for a stop, leaving the car to let Pla take over as the graveyard shift approaches.
Safety Car in this lap.
Green flag
Green, green, green. We are racing again.
LMP2: A couple of stops as racing resumes; Lynn takes over from Di Resta in the #23 United car, as de Vries picks up the baton from Rusinov in the #26 G-Drive.
LMH: Nakajima continues to lead in the #8 Toyota, 7s clear of Conway in the #7. Pla in the #708 Glickenhaus is third in class, behind the pair of WRT LMP2 cars.
GTE Am: Looks like we could have a great scrap for the class lead. Fraga (TF Sport) is just 10s behind leader Rovera (AF Corse).
GTE Pro: Talking of great scraps, it is on between the #63 Corvette and the #52 AF Corse in the battle for P2. Garcia is holding off Molina for now.
LMP2: The #22 United car drops in for another stop, rejoining fourth in class as Stevens in the #65 Panis car makes his way past.
GTE Am: Lead change! A hugely impressive recovery for Fraga after a double puncture has been completed. He passes Rovera (AF Corse) for the lead. He had a 10s gap to reel in on the restart.
By: Loris Capirossi
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