Le Mans – H7: The No. 7 Toyota pulls ahead

La Toyota n ° 7 of Kazuki Nakajima gained a one-minute lead over the No. 2 Audi of Marcel Fässler following the intervention of the safety car following the exit of Alexandre Imperatori in the No. 03 Oreca 47R from the KCMG team. The first R18 is now two minutes from the lead of the race. There Porsche #20 now driven by Mark Webber slipped to fourth position following poor braking Brendon Hartley in Arnage. The #12 Rebellion of Mathias Beche remains in the top five but the #13 of Leimer-Kraihamer-Belicchi retired following a transmission problem.

The LMP2 lead is currently being played out between the #35 G-Drive Racing Ligier of Jann Mardenborough and theAlpine by Oliver Webb. The No. 36 occupies first place with one less stop and a lead of more than half a minute. The No. 03 Race Performance Oreca 34R remains in the race, completing the provisional podium with Jon Lancaster.

The intervention of the safety car regrouped the positions at the top of the GTE Pro. Darren Turner took the lead in the #97 Vantage at the expense of the #74 Corvette of Richard Westbrook. Giancarlo Fisichella follows the duo a few tenths behind on the Ferrari n ° 51. Aston Martin also leads the debates in GTE Am with the #98 of Paul Dalla-Lana in the lead ahead of the #95 of Nicki Thiim.