Hour 10: Herbert hit by another puncture

Johnny Herbert was setting a terrific pace as he sought to regain lost ground on the leader when his R8 picked up a front right puncture. He lost second place top the number three car as he limped back to the pits, but regained the place when the three car was forced to pits for attention to its rear bodywork.

Herbert is now two laps behind the back-to-back winners, but is consistently lapping quicker, although it would require a remarkable drive to make up the lost ground without the aid of the number one car encountering punctures.

The Bentley has consolidated fourth place ahead of the number six Cadillac, which is a lap up on the ORECA of Pedro Lamy. The Riley & Scott is just seconds ahead of Jan Lammers in the Dome, while the second MG has slipped into the top 10.

Ferrari's GTS triumph looks secure bar some disaster, but the lead has changed in the GT class, with Lucar Luhr moving his Porsche into a lead of more than a minute over the number 81 machine

Biela/Kristensen/Pirro Audi Sport Team Joest, Audi R8, 155 laps
Capello/Herbert/Pescatori Audi Sport Team Joest, Audi R8, 153 laps
Krumm/Peter/Werner Audi Sport North America, Audi R8, 153 laps
Wallace/Leitzinger/van de Poele Team Bentley, Bentley EXP Speed 8, 150 laps *
Taylor/Angelli/Tinseau Team Cadillac, Cadillac 149 laps
Beretta/Lamy/Comas Team ORECA, Dallara-Judd LMP, 149 laps
Goosens/Matthews/Theys, Riley & Scott Racing, Riley &Scott-Ford MkIIIC 147 laps
Lammers/Hillerbrand/Coronel, Racing for Holland, Dome-Judd S101, 147 laps
Sarrazin/Montagny/Minassian Team ORECA, Dallara-Judd LMP, 147 laps
Helary/Katayama/Ortelli, Pescarolo Sport, Courage-Peugeot C60 144 laps

*GTP class
**LMP675 class


Menu/Rydell/Enge Prodrive, Ferrari 550 Maranello 141 laps


Bernard/Luhr/Buckler The Racers' Group, Porsche 911 GT3-RS 132 laps