Le Mans: Audi hybrids neck and neck

The positions are finally changing at the front of the race. Marcel Fässler made a mistake by climbing too high on a curb at the entrance to the Virages Porsche. The R18 n°1 spun and hit the safety rail at 4:22 a.m. The Swiss returned to the pits without any intervention being carried out on the R18. The No. 1 of André Lotterer remains in the lead with three seconds ahead of the No. 2. Oliver Jarvis remains in third place in the #4 Audi which is still two laps behind the leaders. The #12 Rebellion Racing Lola driven by Neel Jani is still sandwiched between the two R18 ultras.

Starworks Motorsport is still leading the LMP2 class with its HPD n°44 driven by Ryan Dalziel. Pecom Racing's Oreca 03-Nissan remains second with Soheil Ayari at the wheel more than two minutes behind. Signatech-Nissan is pinning its hopes on the No. 26 Oreca of Roman Rusinov, which is almost three minutes behind the No. 49. The No. 03 Oreca 23-Nissan is in its box following an impressive exit from Franck Mailleux at the entrance to the Mulsanne corner.

The GTE Pro is still dominated by Ferrari with the duel between AF Corse with Toni Vilander who has a good advantage over the n°59 of Luxury Racing driven by Jaime Melo who is still on the same lap. Raymond Narac remains in the lead of GTE Am at the wheel of the No. 67 PorscheIMSA Matmut performance which is two minutes ahead of the No. 50 Corvette from Larbre Compétition.