Le Mans practice and first qualifying
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GTE AM
Giancarlo Fisichella breaks up the Proton Porsche 1-2 in GTE Am by going second-fastest in GTE Am, 0.729s away from Matt Campbell's current benchmark.
Rain
A few drops of rain reported on the Mulsanne as the track becomes very busy in the dry conditions.
LMP1
Speaking of which, Lopez has improved the #7 Toyota's best lap to send it second with a 3m20.355s, edging ahead of the sister #8 car.
LMP1
Just 30 minutes to go and we're still waiting on improvements in LMP1.
Autosport
We have a privateer on top as things stand, but will it stay that way come qualifying? Toyota insists it sees SMP - and potentially current pacesetter Rebellion - as a genuine threat for pole. 
Green flag
And it's already been cleared.
Yellow flag
There's a yellow at the Mulsanne's first chicane again, this time its caused by the #49 of ARC Bratislava with Konopka behind the wheel.
LMP1
Toyota is still racking up the laps on the drying track, both the #7 and #8 car are heading towards the 40-lap benchmark.
Lopez is putting the #7 car closer and closer to an improved time. His latest effort is a 3m22.981s and it's within one second of the Toyota's benchmark time.
Lopez is putting the #7 car closer and closer to an improved time. His latest effort is a 3m22.981s and it's within one second of the Toyota's benchmark time.
A sharp intake of breath had by Team Autosport as we see Van Eerd's car in the middle of the track, but to his credit the Dutchman performs a neat reversing manoeuvre and rejoins.
Green flag
The double yellow has now been cleared.
GTE PRO
First post-red flag improvement in GTE Pro: Catsburg sets a 3m54.258s to move up to P8. And that probably won't be the last one...
Yellow flag
But now there's a double yellow a marshal post 12, which we make the exit of the first chicane of the Mulsanne.
Replays show a full spin for Van Eerd's Racing Team Nederland Dallara.
Replays show a full spin for Van Eerd's Racing Team Nederland Dallara.
LMP1
Buemi's started a trend now, most of the LMP1 runners are now within five seconds of their best times. Could be an interesting 40 minutes ahead...
LMP1
Buemi's just put in a 3m25.231s lap, which is a shade under five seconds off the best lap time for the #8 Toyota.
LMP1
Jani's Rebellion and Hanley's DragonSpeed are the only LMP1 cars not on track.
GTE AM
Ooh, an improvement! Matteo Cairoli has gone second-fastest in the GTE Am class on a 3m56.282s, putting him behind only the sister Proton Competition Porsche.
LMP1
Drivers have been told they can turn their rear lights off now the water's mostly cleared. The LMP1 field is lapping inside the 3m30s.
LMP1
As soon as we post that, Lopez heads in for a tyre change. Timing is everything.
LMP1
There's not a huge amount of track activity at the moment, LMP1 is providing a fair few runners.
The two Rebellions of Berthon and Jani, the two Toyotas driven by Lopez and Buemi, and the SMP Racing machines of Orduzhev and Vandoorne, as well as the ByKolles, are out on track.
The two Rebellions of Berthon and Jani, the two Toyotas driven by Lopez and Buemi, and the SMP Racing machines of Orduzhev and Vandoorne, as well as the ByKolles, are out on track.
GTE PRO
GTE Pro times are back under the 4m00s mark now, but still a way off the 3m51s efforts we saw earlier.
LMP1
Lap times in the LMP1 category are now getting to within 10 seconds of their benchmarks, are we set for some late improvements?
LMP1
Lopez runs slightly wide at the Dunlop chicane, still some tricky patches on the circuit as it continues to dry.
LMP2
Interestingly the first non-ORECA in the LMP2 pack is not a Ligier, but the Racing Team Netherland Dallara, up in fourth. F2 racer Nyck de Vries set the time - a 3m30.611 - just before the red flags, with Frits van Eerd of Jumbo supermarkets fame now in the car. The first of the Ligiers is down in eighth, the Panis-Barthez Competition example currently being driven by Julien Canal.
LMP1
Oli Webb has climbed into the ByKolles and heads out on track.
Team Autosport is basking in the glow of the late-evening sun as pitlane activity has several cars switching to slick tyres for the final 50 minutes of running.
LMP2
Slick tyres going on the #48 IDEC Sport ORECA which currently languishes in 19th of the LMP2 runners. But perhaps it's a little early, as Memo Rojas immediately locks his left-front into the Dunlop Chicane and has to use the run-off. His times will be interesting for the rest to keep an eye on.
Information
A tweet from the official WEC account states Krohn is "conscious and in good spirits. He is being taken to the hospital for precautionary checks".
GTE PRO
Just the one car on track in GTE Pro right now, the #81 BMW of Nicky Catsburg, whose last lap was a 4m02s - further evidence the track is improving.
LMP1
Buemi and Lopez have both passed the 30 laps benchmark in each of the two Toyotas now.
LMP1
Vandoorne pits after a short stint, as Berthon heads out for his first laps in the #3 Rebellion.
LMP2
Job Van Uitert is now on track in the #26 G-Drive ORECA, which sits second courtesy of Vergne's earlier time. The Dutchman skipped karting and went straight into car racing in his national Mazda MX-5 Cup in 2015, before finishing runner-up in the 2017 Italian F4 championship to Ferrari junior Marcus Armstrong. He's been picked for his Le Mans debut after winning the ELMS LMP3 title last year, so can he do the - cough - job here?
LMP1
We're about to head into the final hour and lap times aren't really improving - still 20s or so off their previous bests.
LMP1
Just the one tour for Lopez, who comes in for a fresh set of tyres after a momentary off just before the pitlane entry.
LMP2
Good news for fans of Matthieu Vaxiviere - he's now circulating in the #28 TS Racing ORECA which was delayed by technical issues earlier in the session and had not completed a flying lap prior to the rain shower.
LMP1
Jose Maria Lopez is about to do his first laps in the #7 Toyota.
GTE PRO
The GTE Pro times are still a way off what they were before the rain showers. Jan Magnussen is the quickest on-track right now at the wheel of the #63 Corvette, but he's still down in the 4m15s.
LMP1
Buemi, Vandoone and ByKolles' Ruberti are the only LMP1 runners circulating.
Autosport
Stoffel Vandoorne is heading out for SMP Racing.
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LMP1
We've not mentioned the DragonSpeed #10 entry much and that's because it's only managed seven laps. Sometime IndyCar racer Ben Hanley is still in the pits.
There's a dry line very slowly starting to emerge, but there's some definite tip-toeing for the LMP2 and GTE cars in the slower-speed sections.
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