LM24 H19: Allan McNish keeps Audi in front, lead Aston crashes

Makowiecki took over the #99 Aston Martin from Bruno Senna and shortly afterwards crashed out while exiting the first Mulsanne chicane.

Makowiecki's crash not only triggered the safety car, but also promoted Marc Lieb into the lead of the class - and 17th place overall - in the #92 factory Porsche.

Peter Dumbreck inherited second spot in the #97 Aston, the Brit a lap ahead of Timo Bernhard's third-placed Porsche.

The #2 Audi's lead remains at slightly less than two laps, having changed from slick tyres to wets at its last pitstop. Stephane Sarrazin and Kazuki Nakajima remain second and third in the two Toyotas.

The repairs to the #13 Rebellion Lola-Toyota crashed by Andrea Belicchi over an hour ago are continuing, with the car 15th in the classification and falling.

Ahead of it now are the top eight LMP2 cars, which are still led by Martin Plowman and Alex Brundle in, respectively, the #35 and #24 OAK Morgan-Nissans.

The best battle on-track surrounded the fight for third place in LMP2 as Lucas Ordonez chased down Roman Rusinov.

Both were unlapped by Oliver Turvey's Jota Zytek in a spectacular three-wide moment on the run to the second Mulsanne chicane, while Ordonez passed his rival one corner later.

Jean-Karl Vernay has climbed six places to 28th overall in the GTE Am-leading #76 Imsa Porsche. He is now the best part of a lap ahead of Piergiuseppe Perazzini's #55 AF Corse Ferrari.

Joe Foster - third - lost time when he spun the Dempsey Del Piero Porsche at the final corner when the rain was at its heaviest.

POSITIONS AFTER 19 HOURS

Pos Cl      Car       Drivers                         Laps  Gap
 1. P1  #2  Audi      Kristensen/McNish/Duval         276   
 2. P1  #8  Toyota    Davidson/Sarrazin/Buemi         274   +    2 Laps
 3. P1  #7  Toyota    Wurz/Lapierre/Nakajima          274   + 4m43.541s
 4. P1  #3  Audi      Gene/Jarvis/di Grassi           273   +    3 Laps
 5. P1  #1  Audi      Lotterer/Treluyer/Fassler       265   +   11 Laps
 6. P1  #21 HPD       Leventis/Kane/Watts             263   +   13 Laps
 7. P2  #35 Morgan    Baguette/Plowman/Gonzalez       260   +   16 Laps
 8. P2  #24 Morgan    Pla/Brundle/H Hansson           259   +   17 Laps
 9. P2  #42 Zytek     Krumm/Mardenborough/Ordonez     258   +   18 Laps
10. P2  #26 Oreca     Rusinov/Martin/Conway           258   + 1m33.962s
11. P2  #49 Oreca     P-Companc/Kaffer/Minassian      257   +   19 Laps
12. P2  #46 Oreca     Thiriet/Badey/Martin            255   +   21 Laps
13. P2  #43 Morgan    Gachnang/Mailleux/Lombard       253   +   23 Laps
14. P1  #13 Lola      Beche/Belicchi/Cheng            252   +   24 Laps
15. P2  #38 Zytek     Dolan/Turvey/Luhr               252   + 1h10m22.881s
16. P2  #48 Oreca     Hartley/Chandhok/Patterson      251   +   25 Laps
17. GTP #92 Porsche   Lieb/Richard Lietz/Dumas        249   +   27 Laps
18. GTP #97 Aston     Mucke/Turner/Dumbreck           249   +    3.081s
19. P2  #36 Alpine    Ragues/Panciatici/Gommendy      249   + 2m31.298s
20. GTP #91 Porsche   Bergmeister/Pilet/Bernhard      249   + 2m34.336s
21. GTP #99 Aston     Makowiecki/Senna/Bell           248   +   28 Laps
22. P2  #34 Oreca     Frey/Niederhauser/Bleekemolen   248   + 5m03.686s
23. GTP #71 Ferrari   Beretta/Kobayashi/Vilander      247   +   29 Laps
24. GTP #51 Ferrari   Bruni/Fisichella/Malucelli      246   +   30 Laps
25. GTP #74 Corvette  Gavin/Milner/Westbrook          246   + 6m15.684s
26. P1  #12 Lola      Prost/Jani/Heidfeld             245   +   31 Laps
27. GTP #73 Corvette  Garcia/Magnussen/Taylor         245   + 1h43m40.083s
28. GTA #76 Porsche   Narac/Vernay/Bourret            241   +   35 Laps
29. GTP #53 SRT       Farnbacher/Goossens/Dalziel     241   + 3m59.568s
30. GTA #55 Ferrari   Perazzini/O'Young/Case          241   + 6m31.542s
31. P2  #33 HPD       Tucker/Franchitti/Briscoe       240   +   36 Laps
32. P2  #41 Zytek     Rossi/K-Smith/Lux               240   + 38m35.955s
33. GTA #77 Porsche   Dempsey/Foster/Long             240   + 41m48.596s
34. GTA #61 Ferrari   Gerber/Griffin/Cioci            239   +   37 Laps
35. GTP #93 SRT       Wittmer/Kendall/Bomarito        238   +   38 Laps
36. GTA #50 Corvette  Bornhauser/Canal/Taylor         238   +   11.166s
37. GTA #96 Aston     Goethe/Campbell-Walter/Hall     238   + 2m36.011s
38. GTA #67 Porsche   Gibon/Milesi/Henzler            237   +   39 Laps
39. P2  #40 Oreca     Dagoneau/Downs/Younessi         237   +   14.631s
40. GTP #66 Ferrari   Bertolini/Faisal/Qubaisi        237   + 1m11.388s
41. GTA #75 Porsche   Collard/Perrodo/Crubile         236   +   40 Laps
42. GTA #88 Porsche   Ried/Roda/Ruberti               234   +   42 Laps
43. GTA #81 Ferrari   Potolicchio/Aguas/Bright        230   +   46 Laps
44. P2  #45 Morgan    Nicolet/Merlin/Mondolot         225   +   51 Laps
45. P2  #39 Lola      Porta/Brandela/Raffin           216   +   60 Laps
46. GTA #70 Corvette  MacNeil/Rodrigues/Dumas         205   +   71 Laps
47. P2  #47 Morgan    Imperatori/Howson/Tung          241       Retired
48. GTP #98 Aston     Dalla Lana/Lamy/Auberlen        221       Retired
49. P2  #32 Lotus     Holzer/Kraihamer/Charouz        219       Retired
50. P2  #30 Lola      Mowlem/Burgess/Hirschi          153       Retired
51. GTA #54 Ferrari   Mallegol/Bachelier/Blank        147       Retired
52. GTA #57 Ferrari   Krohn/Jonsson/Mediani           111       Retired
53. P2  #25 Oreca     Graves/Hamilton/Nakano          101       Retired
54. P2  #28 Lola      Giroix/Haezebrouck/Ihara        22        Retired
55. P2  #31 Lotus     Weeda/Rossiter/Bouchut          17        Retired
56. GTA #95 Aston     Simonsen/Nygaard/Poulsen        2         Retired