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LMP1
One of the Manor-Ginettas has driven into the barrier on the Mulsanne while under the safety car.
Looks like the #6 Manor-Ginetta has a problem. Rowland has dropped a couple of places on the timing screen and registers 49km/h through the speed trap.
GTE PRO
Change for second as GTE Pro battle resumes, Catsburg's BMW blasting by Dixon's Ford. Ferrari's Antonio Giovinazzi has also just got around Harry Tincknell's Ford in the fight for fourth.
LMP1
Senna is in the pits in the second Rebellion, which promotes Beche back up to fourth.
GTE PRO
The big news in GTE Pro however is that Estre now leads by a full minute, with the sister retro Porsche of Lietz, which it had been battling for the lead not long ago, now 1m18s down.
Leading positions now we are back to racing, with the Toyotas more spread out now
Pit stop
Alonso is in from the lead. He has a minute over Lopez now the safety cars are out of the way, so should just about make it out ahead.
Here are the leaders in GTE Pro after the safety car, which really shook things up with several cars (including the #91 Porsche) being held at the pit exit
LMP1
Alonso didn't retain the lead - he's rejoined 2.2s behind Lopez.
GTE AM
The rest of the Am cars have completed their fourth stops, which means the #77 Porsche is back out in front with Matt Campbell installed at the wheel. The sister #88 Dempsey-Proton car has been hiven a drive-through penalty for track limits abuse, meanwhile.
LMP1
Lopez now takes the opportunity to stretch his lead in traffic, and has 5s in hand over Alonso for now.
GTE PRO
The #66 Ford of Billy Johnson is moving slowly crabbing badly along the main straight, after the American flew over the kerbs at the Ford chicane, presumably damaging his suspension.
LMP1
Orudzhev has pitted from third, and the slice of luck he got when Beche was held in the pits means he's now 21s up the road in the battle for third and best of the privateers.
LMP2
Pizzitola still leads comfortably in LMP2, but Pierre Thiriet has made a good impression at the start of his stint aboard the #36 Signatech-Alpine. He took three seconds out of Pizzitola on lap 63 and a further two on lap 64. Signatech has been triple-stinting so far, while G-Drive has been doing quadruples.
LMP1
Another F1 world champion has headed out on track. After more than two hours in the pits, the #11 SMP car has returned to the track - with Jenson Button at the wheel.
LMP1
Orudzhev has maintained a slight advantage over Beche after that stop - he's still third and 20s up the road from the best of the Rebellions.
Crash
Huge shunt for Kraihamer in the ByKolles.
LMP2
Hirschi, Canal and Rojas were separated by 20 seconds in the battle for third, but Rojas becomes the first to peel off on lap 65.
GTE PRO
Three-minute stop-and-go penalty for the #71 AF Corse Ferrari for failing to stop for the red light in the pitlane.
Safety car
The safety car is immediately deployed.
No longer the most recent incident in this race, but here's the off that caused all those problems for the #66 Ford
Crash
Looks like Kraihamer hit a GTE car while in lapped traffic and was speared off to the right at Corvette corner at the end of the Porsche curves.
Pit stop
Both Toyotas pit from first and second.
Autosport
Why not spend this safety car period reading our report from the previous hour: 
The wreckage from that massive shunt for the ByKolles
LMP1
Alonso had to overshoot his pit and be pulled back because Lopez was already at his stall. Toyota is saying that the #8 TS050 HYBRID had a right-rear puncture.
LMP1
Both Toyotas are now at the end of pitlane, but are waiting at the red light.
Look closely (towards the right of the picture) and you can see Kraihamer heading for the barriers
LMP1
The two Toyotas - and four other cars - are now released from the pitlane.
LMP1
Senna is in the pits in the #1 Rebellion.
LMP1
The #1 Rebellion that has just pitted out of fifth place has been put on its roller skates and swung into its pitbox. The attention appears to be to the rear end.
LMP1
And that was quickly sorted by Rebellion, Senna is back at the pitlane exit already.
LMP2
The top four cars in LMP2 have stayed out under this safety car, but all are in separate safety car queues. Race leader Pizzitola is immediately behind fourth-placed Perrodo, who is at the tail end of the lead lap, while second and third-placed runners Thiriet and Canal are somewhere in-between.
Pit stop
The #5 Manor-Ginetta is in and is having its nose replaced.
The earlier inspection in the garage for the Rebellion
LMP2
Signatech-Alpine will be particularly frustrated because Thiriet is the first car in his queue. It's these fine margins that can sometimes turn a race on its head...
GTE PRO
Recap on the state of play in GTE Pro: Estre still leads in the #92 Porsche by a long way (exact margin unclear due to the safety car) from Catsburg in the #81 BMW. Ferrari man Giovinazzi had passed Dixon's Ford for third place before the suspension of play, while Tincknell completes the top five.
Information
The incident between the ByKolles and the #80 Ebimotors GTE Am Porsche driven by Maris - which we now know was the car Kraihamer made contact with - is under investigation.
GTE AM
In GTE Am, it's still the #77 Dempsey-Proton car of Campbell leading very comfortably from the #84 Ferrari of Griffin and the #56 Porsche of Bergmeister.
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