10hrs: Class leaders clash

The incident occurred on the entrance to the Dunlop curves when Magnussen turned in on Davies' Audi Sport UK R8, with the rear of the Corvette striking the front of the Audi. Magnussen was pitched into a spin and made heavy contact with the barriers, while Davies was able to continue. Shortly after the Audi pitted, but the mechanics decided that no repairs were necessary.

Magnussen wasn't so lucky, and lost several laps while repairs were completed on his car's bodywork, dropping him to second in class and 10th overall. The Prodrive Ferrari of Alain Menu has thus moved up to sixth overall and the lead of the GTS class.

Tom Kristensen continues to edge the Audi Sport Japan Goh car towards the lead R8, aided by Davies' earlier stop/go penalty for passing under yellow flags. Erik Comas runs third in the Pescarolo-Judd, ahead of Joao Barbosa in the Rollcentre Dallara.

Magnussen's misfortune has also provided a major psychological boost to JJ Lehto. The Finn's Champion Audi is now back in the top five after suffering major damage when it skidded off the circuit on oil early in the race. Lehto is lapping consistently fastest than the Rollcentre machine in fourth spot, but is still two laps behind.

The Kondo-Dome has moved up to sixth overall, while the recovering Zytek of David Brabham runs eighth. Ralph Firman has brought his Racing for Holland Dome back up to ninth overall.

Jorg Bergmeister continues to lead in the GT class in the Petersen/White Lightning Porsche 911 GT3-RSR, while the Intersport Racing Lola-Judd continues to lead in LM2.

Davies/Herbert/Smith Audi R8 LM1 157 laps completed
Ara/Capello/Kristensen Audi R8 LM1 156 laps
Ayari/Comas/Treluyer Pescarolo-Judd LM1 152 laps
Short/Barff/Barbosa Dallara-Judd LM1 151 laps
Lehto/Werner/Pirro Audi R8 LM1 148 laps
Katoh/Michigami/Fukuda Dome-Mugen LM1 146 laps
Enge/Kox/Menu Ferrari 550 GTS 144 laps
Wallace/Brabham/Shimoda Zytek LM1 144 laps
Coronel/Wilson/Firman Dome-Judd LM1 143 laps
Gavin/Beretta/Magnussen Corvette GTS 142 laps
Collard/Bourdais/Minassian Pescarolo-Judd LM1 142 laps
Andre/Leuenberger/Vanni Lola-Judd LM1 140 laps
Maasen/Bergmeister/Long Porsche GT 138 laps
McRae/Rydell/Turner Ferrari 550 GTS 137 laps
Bosch/Sullivan/Biagi Ferrari 575 GTS 137 laps
Kelleners/Ortelli/Dumas Porsche GT 136 laps
Bouchut/Goueslard/Dupard Ferrari 550 GTS 135 laps
Fellows/O'Connell/Papis Corvette GTS 134 laps
Rosa/van Merkstein/Caffi Porsche GT 133 laps
Kurosawa/Nishizawa/Oriodo Porsche GT 133 laps
Hindery/Lieb/Rockenfeller Porsche GT 133 laps
Alphand/Laveille/Almeras Porsche GT 132 laps
Biela/Kaffer/McNish Audi R8 LM1 132 laps
Burgess/Collin/Bagnall Porsche GT 131 laps
Binnie/Field/Sutherland Lola-Judd LM2 131 laps
Stirling/Lupberger/McGarrity Nasamax-Judd LM1 130 laps
Donaldson/Fisken/Nielsen Porsche GT 129 laps
Wilson/Montain/Hugenholtz Ferrari 360 GT 129 laps
Lammers/Dyson/Kaneishi Dome-Judd LM1 128 laps
Berridge/Caine/Stockton TVR GT 128 laps
Frei/Gounon/Hancock Courage-AER LM2 127 laps
Hezemans/Deletraz/Barde Ferrari 575 GTS 127 laps
Melo/Daoudi/de Fournoux Ferrari 360 GT 125 laps
Nielsen/Elgaard/Moller Lister LM1 125 laps
Jeanette/Pickering/Derlot Courage-Willman LM2 124 laps
Khan/Smith/Sugden Porsche GT 123 laps
Tomlinson/Greensall/Evans TVR GT 123 laps
Maurylaribiere/Boulay/Besson Reynard-Lehman LM1 118 laps
Newton/Erdos/Kinch Lola-MG LM1 114 laps
Terada/Roussel/Porta WR LM2 87 laps
Sharpe/Hyde/Cunningham Morgan 84 laps
Bouvet/Gommendy/Briere WR LM2 53 laps
Belmondo/Gosselin/Saviozzi Courage-AER LM2 80 laps
Vasiliev/Fomenko/Nearn Porsche GT 65 laps
Bourdais/Blanchemain/Berville Panoz LM1 54 laps
Andrews/Lockie/Kumpen Lola-Caterpillar LM1 35 laps
Field/Dayton/Connor Lola-Judd 29 laps
Warnock/Matthews/Daniels Porsche 27 laps