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11h41m Stephane Sarrazin goes back out on track for another stint after taking on more fuel.
11h42m The #73 Corvette has been in and out of the pits. Tommy Milner remains in the car for another stint and remains third in class.
11h44m Duval has taken the rapidly repaired ORECA Pug back on track. It only lost five laps and is now in eighth position.
11h44m Another lead change in GTE Am and the #81 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche is back at the front, with the two Larbre Competition cars tracking it closely.
11h46m The GTE Pro leader is in and Jan Magnussen remains on board.
11h46m The #74 leaves pitlane after routine service and maintains first place.
11h46m According to @FlyingLizard_MS, Darren Law has a vibration and will pit early to investigate.
11h49m Larbre Competition is poised to take the lead in class as this terrific battle for supremacy in GTE Am as and when Lew brings the #81 in.
11h51m Strakka man just turned up next to me at my desk...
11h51m The #59 Luxury Racing Ferrari is in and out of the pits. It is fourth in another relatively close battle in GTE Pro.
11h54m Well it appears that last year's LMP2 winner is out of the race.
11h55m Danny Watts had a torrid stint. First he had a flat spot, then he hit a kerb, which is why the team changed the nose.
11h55m Then when he returned to the track he had high-speed understeer.
11h56m Eventually Watts stopped at the first chicane with a strong smell of oil in the car, so the Strakka team suspects an oil cooler problem. Game over.
11h56m The #81 has been into the pits and Darren Law will now have that vibration checked out.
11h57m Treyuler stays in the car after another stop. That's a quadruple stint for the pole-sitter who still leads the race.
11h57m Law was leading the GTE Am category and it remains to be seen if the #70 Larbre Competition Porsche takes over the lead.
11h58m The Extreme Limite Norma is being worked on in the pits. The car is currently 41st overall and 36 laps down on the leaders.
11h58m Just in case you were interested.
11h59m Simon Pagenaud is now 54s behind the #2 leading Audi, though he will need to stop soon.
11h59m More action in the pits and the #70 Larbre Competition entry is in the pits, having just taken over the lead in GTE Am.
11h59m Alex Wurz is a further six seconds back.
12h00m Half distance...
12h01m Pascal Gibon climbed out of the #70, handing over to Jean-Philippe Belloc. Fuel and tyres for that car and Belloc heads into the night.
12h02m Both #9 and #7 are in the pits at the same time.
12h02m Pagenaud left the pits with just fuel to resume in second position.
12h03m The #50 Larbre Competition Chevrolet Corvette has now taken the lead in GTE Am, following those stops for the #81 and the #70.
12h03m Wurz on the other hand has swapped with Anthony Davidson, who has got a fresh set of boots and tank of diesel.
12h04m That stop also dropped the #7 behind the #8 being driven by Stephane Sarrazin.
12h06m All of this means that marathon man Treluyer now has a 1m52s advantage over Pagenaud.
12h09m The #81 Flying Lizard Porsche is back into the pits and is rolling again after routine service, as the battle in GTE Am continues.
12h10m GTE Am class leader #50 also came into the pits and the lead may fall in to the hands of Sean Paul Breslin in the #61 AF Corse Ferrari.
12h12m Meantime, in GTE Pro the #74 Corvette is still holding the lead in the hands of Jan Magnussen, but as we've mentioned a few times over the past couple of hours, Toni Vilander in the chasing #51 AF Corse Ferrari is running quicker.
The gap between the pair is now around one minute and continuing to close.
The gap between the pair is now around one minute and continuing to close.
12h13m Vilander pits the #51 after a great stint. He hands over control to Gianmaria Bruni and the chase will continue.
12h14m Bruni is down ... but there's a problem and the Italian is sitting there stationary in the pitbox!
12h14m The crew reattach the fuel hose and Bruni finally gets away, but that's a disaster after Vilander's great run.
12h15m Vilander had closed the gap to the #74 down from three minutes to around one minute over the course of a two-hour stint.
12h17m In GTE Am, the #61 did take over the lead with those pitstops for the Larbre Competition cars and the Flying Lizard Motorsports entry.
12h18m The #48 Oreca Nissan is into the pits from second place in LMP2.
12h19m Michael Waltrip brings the #71 AF Corse Ferrari in for service. He leaves the lane, but that car is well down the GTE Pro classification.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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