Tandy leads Le Mans for Porsche by nine laps at the halfway mark

Porsche leads the Le Mans 24 Hours by nine laps at the halfway point after Toyota's victory bid evaporated in the preceding two hours.

The #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid with Nick Tandy at the wheel led the chasing LMP2 pack by more than 10 laps at the 12-hour mark.

Nick Tandy has cut his pace and is now lapping in the mid- to-high 3m20s bracket in the car he shares with Neel Jani and Andre Lotterer.

The second Porsche is 16th behind 14 LMP2s after requiring a change of motor-generator unit early in the race.

The car shared by Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber lies 19 laps off the lead after an early change of MGU, but is on schedule to take second should it run reliably to the finish.

The sole Toyota remaining lies in 47th position after the car shared by Sebastien Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima required new MGU.

The #7 and #9 Toyotas respectively went out of the race with a clutch problem and accident damage.

NO LET UP FROM REBELLION IN LMP2

The Rebellion Racing squad still has control in LMP2, with the #31 ORECA of Nicolas Prost holding the lead in second place overall.

One or the other of the two Rebellion entries has led since moving to the front during the first hour, with only occasional interruptions during pitstop sequences.

The #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA, currently driven by Ho-Pin Tung, is the only other car that has had brief stints at the front recently and ran second at the end of the hour ahead of making its 19^th pitstop.

This means the #13 Rebellion ORECA that David Heinemeier Hansson took over from Mathias Beche during the twelfth hour is down in third, 55.7s off the lead.

The # 35 Signatech ORECA of Pierre Ragues runs fourth ahead of the #40 Graff ORECA of Franck Matelli.

The #25 Manor ORECA has officially retired after Trummer's accident in the previous hour.

ASTON MARTIN ONE-TWO IN GTE

The two factor Aston Martins led the way in GTE Pro after 12 hours, Richie Stanaway leading Jonny Adam.

Alessandro Pier Guidi was glued to Stanaway's tail in third place.

The #84 JMW Ferrari continues to lead in GTE Pro with Dries Vanthoor behind the wheel.

POSITIONS AFTER 12 HOURS