Toyota leads 1-2 going into seventh hour after rain chaos

After a hectic hour including 30 minutes behind the safety car and a short, sharp shower causing multiple on-track incidents, Toyota continue to lead 1-2, with Jose Maria Lopez in the #7 Toyota GR010 ahead of Brendon Hartley in the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid.

Mathieu Vaxiviere in the #36 Alpine A480 is third, a lap down on the leading Toyota.

The shower arrived early on in the hour with almost no warning, leading to the #26 G-Drive ORECA 07-Gibson of Franco Colapinto hitting Sophia Floersch in the #1 Richard Mille Racing ORECA 07-Gibson.

Floersch then got hit by Tom Cloet in the #74 Racing Team India Eurasia Ligier JSP217-Gibson, which has meant the Richard Mille Racing car has retired from the race.

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At the same time, two of the three United Autosports LMP2 ORECAs came together at the Forest Esses, with Paul di Resta in the #23 United Autosports ORECA 07-Gibson and Manuel Maldonado in the sister #32 United Autosports ORECA 07-Gibson making contact.

The #32 is subsequently out of the race, while the #23 spent time in the garage under safety car for the multiple incidents.

In LMP2, the #41 Team WRT ORECA 07-Gibson leads with Louis Deletraz at the wheel. The #22 United Autosports ORECA 07-Gibson of Fabio Scherer is second, while the other WRT car, Ferdinand Habsburg’s #31 Team WRT ORECA 07-Gibson is third.

Ferrari are 1-2 in GTE-Pro, with Côme Ledogar in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo leading #52 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo’s Sam Bird. Neel Jani in the #92 Porsche 911 RSR is in third, just a few tenths behind Bird.

Over in GTE-Am, the #33 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage of Dylan Pereira leads, with Alessio Rovera in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo in second and #57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE Evo’s Mikkel Jensen in third.