Robert Kubica leads Le Mans for the AF Corse customer #83 Ferrari, with two hours to go.
The Pole climbed back into the car after Yifei Ye had taken the car into first, ahead of the two factory Ferraris.
Matt Campbell is second in the #6 Porsche, around 20s off Nielsen. Campbell and his #6 teammates have been there or thereabouts the whole race. They were fast in the cooler temperatures during the night, leading for significant periods of time.
Antonio Fuoco is third in the first of those factory Ferraris, with the Dane behind the wheel of the #50. But he’s well over 40 seconds behind Kubica with the gap growing, and Campbell is in between, the fly in the ointment.
But, during the return of daylight on Sunday, Ferrari have generally had the legs on the best of the Porsches. However, Campbell has recently picked up the pace and passed Calado down the Mulsanne going into the second chicane, with Calado choosing not to defend.
All four cars recently pitted. The Ferraris all got new tyres, but Campbell didn’t. This meant Campbell was able to move up into second, getting ahead of the #50. But, without new rubber, the Australian may struggle for pace against the three Italian cars.
Antonio Giovinazzi recently replaced Calado in the #51 Ferrari and sits fourth.
Fifth is Norman Nato in the #12 Cadillac V-Series.R, over two minutes off the lead. Sixth is the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid of Kamui Kobayashi.
Tom Dillmann leads LMP2 in the #43 Inter Europol Oreca, with a 6 second gap to Oliver Gray in the #48 VDS Panis Racing Oreca. Third is Dane Cameron in the first pro/am-entered LMP2, the #199 AO by TF Oreca.
Riccardo Pera is leading LMGT3 in the #92 Manthey 1st Phorm, with Alessio Rovera second in the #21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3. Third in class is the #81 TF Sport Corvette of Charlie Eastwood.
