The #8 Toyota, which has Brendon Hartley at the wheel, leads the FIA World Endurance Championship’s 6 Hours of Portimao with 2 hours to go, with a gap of just over 70 seconds to the #50 Ferrari of Antonio Fuoco, who just replaced Miguel Molina at the wheel.
These two have been in the top two positions for much of the race, after the #7 Toyota had issues mid way into the second hour and had to pit for repairs. Kamui Kobayashi is currently driving that car but is seven laps down.
Andre Lotterer, in the #6 Porsche 963, is third, a further 20 seconds off Molina, having just replaced Kevin Estre.
In fourth, and in legitimate hunt for a podium, is the #94 Peugeot of Gustavo Menezes around 30 seconds off Estre.
Earl Bamber is fifth in the #2 Cadillac, with Fred Makowiecki and Alessandro Pier Guidi sixth and seventh in the #5 Porsche and #51 Ferrari. Jean-Eric Vergne sits eighth in the delayed #93 Peugeot, which started from the pits, with Ryan Briscoe ninth in the #708 Glickenhaus and the #4 Vanwall 10th with Esteban Guerrieri at the wheel.
In LMP2, Oliver Jarvis leads for United Autosports, with the #23 Oreca 07-Gibson driver only holding a small gap of around four seconds to Mirko Bortolotti in the pole-sitting #63 Prema Oreca 07-Gibson. In third is Albert Costa, at the wheel of the #34 Inter Europol Oreca 07-Gibson, a further 13 seconds back.
Nicolas Varrone leads in GTE-Am for the #33 Corvette C8.R, but is in a tight race-long battle with the #85 Iron Dames Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Rahal Frey. Lilou Wadoux sits third in the #83 Richard Mille AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.
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