Antonio Giovinazzi leads at Le Mans for Ferrari with six hours to go, holding almost a minute gap to Sebastien Buemi in the #8 Toyota.
Cars are setting fastest laps all over the place in the cool morning conditions, with teams beginning to use their tyre allocations towards the end of the race.
Both Buemi, inm the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, and Giovinazzi, behind the wheel of the #51 Ferrari 499P, have set their fastest laps in the last few laps, Giovinazzi a 3:28.423 and Buemi a 3:29.328.
However, the outright fastest laps belong top Giovinazzi’s teammate Antonio Fuoco in the delayed #50 Ferrari, with the Italian setting a blistering 3:27.434 as he charges forward from seventh to make up for lost time.
Ferrari took the lead a couple of hours ago with Antonio Giovinazzi at the wheel of the #51 Ferrari 499P. The former F1 driver has then extended the gap all the way out to a minute lead.
The #2 Cadillac V-Series.R of Richard Westbrook is third, 3:07 behind Giovinazzi. Teammate Scott Dixion is fourth in the sister #3 Cadillac, while the #5 Peugeot 9X8 is fifth, with Paul di Resta at the wheel.
Alvert Costa leads LMP2 in the #34 Inter Europol Oreca 07-Gibson, with a lap gap to Rui Andrade in #41 WRT Oreca 07-Gibson. Third is Neel Jani in the #30 Duqueine Oreca 07-Gibson.
In GTE, Charlie Eastwood leads behind the wheel of the #25 ORT by TF Aston Martin Vantage AMR. Ben Keating is almost two minutes back in the #33 Corvette C8.R, while Rahal Frey is third in the #85 Iron Dames porsche 911 RSR-19.
