Toyota leads one-two at the end of the first hour of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The #7 of Mike Conway leads the #8 of Sebastien Buemi ahead of the #3 Rebellion of Gustavo Menezes.
The Californian spent the first hour battling with SMP Racing's Vitaly Petrov in the #11 BR Engineering BR-AER1. The other Rebellion was seen hobbling back to the pits towards the end of the hour with a tyre issue.
In LMP2, Nicolas Lapierre has claimed the LMP2 lead from polesitter Matthieu Vaxiviere after the pitstops, with G-Drive's Jean-Eric Vergne in third. Racing Team Nederland's Giedo van der Garde had prosperous first stint in his #29 Dallara P217-Gibson and is currently running fourth after starting eighth.
![Aston Martin managed its first race finish of 2026 with Fernando Alonso [behind] completing the distance](https://www.motorsportweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Aston-Martin-Honda-Japanese-GP-120x86.webp)
In GTE Pro, Antonio Garcia currently leads the Porsche pair of Michael Christensen and Nick Tandy. Garcia captured the lead from Aston Martin's Nicki Thiim with a daring overtake into Indianapolis in the opening half hour.
GTE Am saw the Dempsey-Proton pairing running one-two until the #88 of Sastoshi Hoshino was seen spinning across the track. The lead in GTE Am is now in the hands of the #54 Spirit of Race Ferrari of Giancarlo Fisichella ahead the #77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche and the Gulf Racing Porsche.
![Aston Martin managed its first race finish of 2026 with Fernando Alonso [behind] completing the distance](https://www.motorsportweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Aston-Martin-Honda-Japanese-GP-350x250.webp)
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