With four hours remaining in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the lead positions in each of the four classes are stable.
Jose Maria Lopez leads overall in the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, holding a lead of nearly three minutes over the #8 sister car driven by Brendon Hartley.
Matthieu Vaxiviere sits in third overall in the #36 Alpine A480-Gibson five laps behind the Toyotas, with Pipo Derani fourth in the #708 Glickenhaus 007 LMH on the same lap as Vaxiviere.
Team WRT looks in a strong position to take a one-two result in their Le Mans debut as the team has led the class all through the night and into Sunday morning.
Ferdinand Habsburg leads in the #31 ORECA 07-Gibson, with Louis Deletraz second over a minute behind in the #41 ORECA. Third place is held by the #28 JOTA ORECA of Stoffel Vandoorne, with Julien Canal fourth for Panis Racing.
James Calado holds a lead of some forty seconds in the lead of GTE Pro, with the #51 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo in front of the #63 Corvette C8.R of Nicky Catsburg.
Kevin Estre has regained third in the #92 Porsche 911 RSR-19 with team-mate Gianmaria Bruni in fourth.
Francois Perrodo leads GTE Am in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, having done so consistently throughout the night.
Ben Keating sits 10 seconds behind in the #33 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR, with the third position in class held by Callum Ilott driving the #80 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.
A significant number of cars have been confirmed as retirements over the past twenty hours of racing. The full list is as follows:
HubAuto Racing, WeatherTech Racing, Team Project 1 (both cars), Kessel Racing, JMW Motorsport, Spirit of Race, G-Drive Racing’s #25 Aurus, Cetilar Racing, United Autosports’ #23 ORECA, Richard Mille Racing Team, Proton Competition’ #99 Porsche and Aston Martin Racing.
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