Toyota Gazoo Racing holds a one-two lead in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with two hours of running completed.
The #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, driven by Mike Conway, leads the race after starting from pole position.
Conway holds a lead of some 40 seconds over the #8 sister car of Sebastien Buemi, who has managed to fight his way back up after being punted into a spin by Glickenhaus’ Olivier Pla on the opening lap.
Behind the two Toyotas, Nicolas Lapierre holds third in the #36 Alpine A480-Gibson, 30 seconds behind Buemi.
The two Glickenhaus find themselves in the middle of the LMP2 pack, with the #708 007 LMH of Pla fourth in class and ninth overall and Richard Westbrook fifth in class and fourteenth overall in the #709 car.
LMP2 continues to be led by the #38 JOTA ORECA 07-Gibson driven by Antonio Felix da Costa ahead of the #26 G-Drive Racing Aurus 01-Gibson of Nyck de Vries.
Third place is held by the #29 Racing Team Nederland ORECA 07-Gibson of Giedo van der Garde, which currently also leads the Pro-Am standings.
GTE Pro has fallen into the hands of Ferrari in the second hour. Daniel Serra leads the class in the #52 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.
Serra took the class lead with a pass up the inside of the #64 Corvette C8.R of Tommy Milner at the first Mulsanne chicane.
The Corvette has since fallen to the back of the class thanks to a longer fuel stop, with the #51 Ferrari of Alessandro Pier Guidi now second ahead of the #79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Earl Bamber in third place.
Nicklas Nielsen remains in the lead of GTE Am in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, ahead of two Aston Martins. The #33 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR is second driven by Felipe Fraga ahead of the #98 NorthWest AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR in the hands of Nick Thiim.
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