Two hours into the race and Mike Conway leads the Le Mans 24 Hours in the #7 Toyota GR010, with teammate Sebastien Buemi 13 seconds behind in the sister #8 Toyota.
Buemi, on pole in the #8 Toyota due to teammate Brendon’s Hartley’s hyperpole lap, led at the start but Conway passed him and began to stretch his legs in last year’s winning car.
#708 Glickenhaus 007, with Olivier Pla, is third, almost 50 seconds off the lead.
In LMP2, polesitter #31 WRT Oreca 07-Gibson, with Rene Rast at the wheel, made contact with third-placed Will Owen in the #22 United Autosports Oreca 07-Gibson. This caused the United Autosports car to sustain damage and put Rast down to 16th in class at the current time. Owen, meanwhile, is currently 32nd overall, two laps down.
Leading is the #38 JOTA Oreca 07-Gibson of Antonio Felix da Costa. WRT sister car, #32 WRT Oreca 07-Gibson, being driven by Mirko Bortolotti, is second. Third in class is #9 Prema Oreca 07-Gibson, with Lorenzo Columbo driving.
#63 Corvette C8.R leads GTE-Pro, with Jordan Taylor at the wheel. Gianmaria Bruni is second in the #91 Porsche 911 RSR-19, with #64 Corvette C8.R of Tommy Milner third.
Finally, Julian Andlauer leads GTE-Am ion the #79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19. In second is #77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR-19, driven by Sebastian Priaulx, while #46 Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Nicolas Leutwiler is third.
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