H2: #1 Audi e-tron edges away in Le Mans lead

Only Allan McNish was able to stay within one minute of Lotterer, as Toyota's Alex Wurz gradually slipped back a little during the hour before once again having to pit earlier than the Audis, dropping him back from the lead fight.

Loic Duval and Mike Rockenfeller in the #3 and #4 Audi R18 ultras were also able to match the lead pace, but remain slightly adrift after small issues in the opening hour.

Duval, who had to make an extra stop, is currently third overall, while Rockenfeller worked his way up to seventh, having dropped out of the top 10 following garage checks on his R18.

Nicolas Lapierre and Sebastien Buemi, who took over in the #7 and #8 Toyotas respectively just before the second hour, lie fourth and fifth.

Nick Heidfeld meanwhile remains the lead non-factory LMP1, currently sixth in the #12 Rebellion Lola.

Across in LMP2 Olivier Pla moved into a lead of around 20s in the #24 OAK Racing Morgan-Judd.

Tom Kimber-Smith captured second for the #44 Starworks HPD, although he remains closely shadowed by Soheil Ayari in the #49 Pecom ORECA-Nissan.

John Martin in the polesitting ADR-Delta ORECA slipped from an early class lead to ninth at the end of the second hour after pit issues and a spin.

GTE Pro remains a duel between Corvette and Aston Martin, although Gianmaria Bruni temporarily led in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari as a result of being able to stay out for one lap longer.

Oliver Gavin had moved ahead of Stefan Mucke (Aston Martin) to give the #74 Corvette the lead, only for Mucke to regain the advantage shortly after.

Corvette took over at front following the second round of stops, but Darren Turner - replacing Mucke - passed the newly installed Tommy Milner to reclaim the advantage.

Sean Pumpelly meanwhile extending his advantage in the GTE Am class, his #79 Flying Lizard Porsche now well clear of the field.

His cause was aided by technical issues for the #99 Aston Martin Vantage, which lost several laps as a result of a misfire which the team could find no definite cause for.

NOTES

- The quickest LMP1 qualifier, Strakka Racing's HPD, was pushed back into the garage before the start and joined the race on lap six.

- The #17 Pescarolo started the race from the pitlane after an engine change ran late. The team's #16 Dome also pitted with drivetrain issues.

- Misfire for #99 Aston Martin Vantage hands #79 Flying Lizard Porsche sizeable GTE Am lead.

POSITIONS AFTER 2 HOURS

Pos Car            Drivers                      Class  Laps Gap
 1. #1  Audi       Lotterer/Fassler/Treluyer    LMP1   33   
 2. #2  Audi       McNish/Capello/Kristensen    LMP1   33   +   35.578s
 3. #3  Audi       Gene/Dumas/Duval             LMP1   33   + 2m18.894s
 4. #7  Toyota     Wurz/Lapierre/Nakajima       LMP1   33   + 2m34.676s
 5. #8  Toyota     Davidson/Buemi/Sarrazin      LMP1   33   + 2m47.542s
 6. #12 Lola       Prost/Heidfeld/Jani          LMP1   32   +     1 Lap
 7. #4  Audi       Jarvis/Bonanomi/Rockenfeller LMP1   32   +   12.853s
 8. #13 Lola       Belicchi/Bleekemolen/Primat  LMP1   32   +   50.411s
 9. #15 OAK        Montagny/Kraihamer/Baguette  LMP1   32   + 1m39.246s
10. #22 HPD        Brabham/Dumbreck/Chandhok    LMP1   32   + 2m05.100s
11. #24 Morgan     Nicolet/Lahaye/Pla           LMP2   31   +    2 Laps
12. #44 HPD        Potolicchio/Dalziel/K-Smith  LMP2   31   +   23.817s
13. #49 Oreca      Perez Companc/Kaffer/Ayari   LMP2   31   +   28.643s
14. #35 Morgan     H Hansson/Leinders/Martin    LMP2   31   +   42.976s
15. #48 Oreca      Firth/Hartley/Hughes         LMP2   31   +   44.762s
16. #46 Oreca      Thiriet/Beche/Tinseau        LMP2   31   +   53.504s
17. #42 Zytek      Brundle/Brundle/Ordonez      LMP2   31   + 1m30.639s
18. #33 HPD        Tucker/Bouchut/Diaz          LMP2   31   + 1m46.672s
19. #25 Oreca      Martin/Charouz/Graves        LMP2   31   + 1m48.749s
20. #23 Oreca      Tresson/Mailleux/Lombard     LMP2   31   + 2m08.402s
21. #26 Oreca      Ragues/Panciatici/Rusinov    LMP2   31   + 2m37.328s
22. #45 Oreca      Briere/Nakano/Petersen       LMP2   30   +    3 Laps
23. #38 Zytek      Hancock/Dolan/Kurosawa       LMP2   30   +    0.123s
24. #30 Lola       Sims/Buurman/Iannetta        LMP2   30   +   58.606s
25. #31 Lola       Holzer/Schultis/Moro         LMP2   30   + 1m16.420s
26. #41 Zytek      Zugel/Julian/Gonzalez        LMP2   30   + 1m34.191s
27. #43 Norma      Rosier/Haezebrouck/Thirion   LMP2   29   +    4 Laps
28. #51 Ferrari    Fisichella/Bruni/Vilander    GTEP   29   +    4.265s
29. #97 Aston      Mucke/Fernandez/Turner       GTEP   29   +   51.672s
30. #74 Corvette   Gavin/Westbrook/Milner       GTEP   29   +   53.370s
31. #79 Porsche    Neiman/Pumpelly/Pilet        GTEA   29   + 1m56.522s
32. #77 Porsche    Lietz/Lieb/Henzler           GTEP   29   + 2m09.247s
33. #73 Corvette   Garcia/Magnussen/Taylor      GTEP   29   + 2m09.607s
34. #67 Porsche    Pons/Armindo/Narac           GTEA   29   + 2m37.523s
35. #66 Ferrari    Walker/Cocker/Wills          GTEP   28   +    5 Laps
36. #83 Ferrari    Rodrigues/Illiano/Ferte      GTEA   28   +    2.312s
37. #88 Porsche    Ried/Roda/Ruberti            GTEA   28   +   18.287s
38. #71 Ferrari    Bertolini/Beretta/Cioci      GTEP   28   +   22.541s
39. #81 Ferrari    Perazzini/Cadei/Griffin      GTEA   28   +   40.195s
40. #58 Ferrari    Ehret/Jeannette/Montecalvo   GTEA   28   +   46.392s
41. #50 Corvette   Bornhauser/Canal/Lamy        GTEA   28   + 1m13.084s
42. #40 Oreca      Frey/Hirschi/Meichtry        LMP2   28   + 1m39.868s
43. #57 Ferrari    Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo         GTEA   28   + 1m40.719s
44. #75 Porsche    al Faisal/Curtis/Edwards     GTEA   28   + 2m15.243s
45. #70 Corvette   Bourret/Gibon/Belloc         GTEA   28   + 3m26.825s
46. #59 Ferrari    Makowiecki/Melo/Farnbacher   GTEP   28   + 3m53.697s
47. #61 Ferrari    Kauffman/Aguas/Vickers       GTEA   27   +    6 Laps
48. #55 Porsche    Daniels/Palttala/Camathias   GTEA   27   +   41.811s
49. #17 Dome       Minassian/Bourdais/Ara       LMP1   27   + 2m02.886s
50. #21 HPD        Leventis/Kane/Watts          LMP1   26   +    7 Laps
51. #80 Porsche    Bergmeister/Long/Holzer      GTEP   25   +    8 Laps
52. #0  DeltaWing  Franchitti/Krumm/Motoyama    CDNT   21   +   12 Laps
53. #99 Aston      Nygaard/Poulsen/Simonsen     GTEA   20   +   13 Laps
54. #29 Lola       Ihara/Deletraz/Rostan        LMP2   17   +   16 Laps
55. #28 Lola       Giroix/Badey/Johansson       LMP2   15   +   18 Laps
56. #16 Pescarolo  Collard/Bouillon/Hall        LMP1   4    +   29 Laps