The leading Rebellion R13-Gibson has suffered issues and dropped from second to third with five hours remaining in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Bruno Senna brought the #1 Rebellion into the pits, after which the car was wheeled into the garage. The car has since made it back to the track, but has dropped to third overall behind the #3 Rebellion in the hands of Romain Dumas.
Sebastien Buemi still leads overall in the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.
The nineenth hour of the race saw several slow zones as lower classified cars ran into problems. The #89 Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR suffered a spectacular puncture at the Porsche Curves with Andreas Laskaratos behind the wheel, scattering bodywork all over the track.
The #38 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P217-Gibson spun and got beached at the Dunlop chicane with Kuba Smiechowski behind the wheel and got beached in the gravel. Morris Chen had a similar moment at the Esses in the #72 HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, which also needed assistance to be able to continue.
Paul di Resta still leads LMP2 in the #22 United Autosports ORECA 07-Gibson from the #38 JOTA ORECA of Roberto Gonzalez and Jean-Eric Vergne in the #26 G-Drive Aurus 01-Gibson.
Alex Lynn leads the race in GTE Pro in the #97 Aston Martin Vantage AMR from the #51 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo of Alessandro Pier Guidi and the #95 sister Aston Martin in the hands of Nicki Thiim, which lost time with a brake change.
TF Sport leads GTE Am with the #90 Aston Martin Vantage AMR being driven by Jonny Adam, with Francois Perrodo up to second in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, demoting Christian Ried down to third in the #77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR.
