02:00 GTE Am More trouble for the #55 Porsche after it suffers a blow out in the ford Chicane. Joel Camathias heads straight for the pits.

02:01 GTE Pro Taylor pits and hands the #73 Corvette over to Magnussen. Farnbacher is now clear in second for the time being.

02:02 GTE Pro Westbrook is back in the pitlane and back in the box.

02:02 LMP2: Pierre Kaffer maintains the momentum of pitlane visitors, bringing the #49 Pecom Racing Oreca in for fuel and a driver-change, handing over to Perez Companc. Pierre Ragues moves through to take second.

The #24 Oak Racing Morgan becomes the tenth official retirement, and the third to fall from LMP2.

02:04 GTE Am The top two in Am pit on the same lap and resume with an unchanged order. Julien Canal is now in the #50 Corvette.

02:07 LMP2: Franck Mailleux sets a new fastest lap time for the #23 Signatech Oreca Nissan of 3:43.773.

Alex Sims brings in the #30 Status GP Lola for a fifteenth pitstop, and Jody Firth moves by to take 7th in class, 14th overall.

02:08 GTE Pro Fisichella pits and resumes in the lead. The #74 is still in the pits and has dropped to the tail of the class.

02:12 GTE Pro New radiator and front end being fitted to the #74.

02:13 LMP2: Another round of pitstops, including a stop for the P2 class-leading Starworks HPD, and both the Greaves Zyteks.

02:13 GTE Pro The #51 rejoins - in what state we know not yet.

02:15 GTE Am The #58 Luxury Ferrari has had a major disagreement with something hard and unyielding and Montecalvo returns slowly to the pits without a wing and with severe left-hand damage.

02:17 GTE Pro Farnbacher is on his outlap and remains second as Fisichella appears to be back up to speed.

02:19 LMP1: Pescarolo Team Dome hits trouble again and goes straight. Danny Watts has moved up into 15th overall after passing the Level 5 Motorsport HPD of Christophe Bouchut. Also passes Jota Zytek, which has pitted.

02:25 LMP2: Aside from fairly routine pitstops, the class has settled down into a typical routine. The Starworks HPD maintains a lead of around a lap over the #26 Signatech Oreca Nissan, with the Pecom Oreca 03 third. The gap from second to third is about 20 seconds.

Fourth place is being held by the #46 Thiriet TDS Oreca 03, and the second Signatech car, the #23, is running in 5th.

Just before we pressed the publish button, Jody Firth passed Alex Sims in the #30 Status GP Lola for a 6th, and also a pit-bound Simon Dolan, sl;ipping from 8th. Christophe Bouchut pitted the #33 Level 5 HPD to hand over to Luis Diaz. The #25 ADR-Delta Oreca, now with Tor Graves at the wheel, held 9th, and Elton Julian retained a firm grip on tenth.

02:28 LMP2: Simon Dolan (#38 Jota Zytek) is still in the pits, and has dropped down the order to 11th.

The closest battles in P2 are between Ragues and Perez Companc for second, (where Ragues is now easing out a lead that currently stands at 28 seconds) and Tor Graves and Luis Diaz for 8th in class, which stands at just 7 seconds.

02:29 Team Felbermayr Proton pits both of its cars at the same time. The GTE Pro #77 gets away okay, but the #88 GTE Am has suffered a puncture and has a longer stop.

02:29 LMP2: The Status GP Lola (Alex Sims) is reported as moving slowly on the run down towards the Mulsanne Corner.

02:32 GTE Am Patrick Pilet and Sean Edwards appear not be struggling with finding pace in their Porsches in the cold weather, as both dip below four minutes.

02:32 LMP1: Almost 36 minutes after coming into the pit the #15 OAK Racing Pescarolo 01 Judd is on its way out again. Kraihamer behind the wheel of the car, which has dropped all the way down to 30th.

02:33 LMP2: It is reported that the Status GP Lola #30 has sustained a puncture.

02:33 GTE Am The #58 Luxury Racing Ferrari becomes the third Am retirement after the full extent of its damage becomes apparent.

02:35 GTE Pro Fisichella's lead is 22 seconds in the Pro class. The #74 Corvette, meanwhile, is getting a new diff.

02:36 LMP1: Karun Chandhok and his JRM HPD ARX-03a are being pushed back into the box.

02:38 GTE Am Nic Jonsson is given a 30 second stop/go penalty for speeding in the pitlane, putting his third place in danger.

02:39 LMP2: Alex Simms managed to get the #30 Status GP Lola safely back to the pitlane for a replacement tyre, and rejoined the race 10th in class, 18th overall.

02:39 GTE Pro Fisichella's eartlier incident was simply a spin, with nobody else involved.

02:39 LMP1: Romain Dumas has gone off at the Ford Chicane. Trying to pass the #70 Larbre Corvette it seems he thought he had cleared the GTE Am car and clipped the front. The #3 Audi R18 ultra is in the gravel.

LMP1: Karun Chandhok had no clutch when he left the pits, returned after one lap to have things sorted. Mechanics scrambled to fix that problem.

02:41 GTE Am Pons pits the #67 and Narac gets back into the lead Porsche.

02:41 LMP1: Dumas has crossed the track - and into the pits. The #1 Audi was briefly blocked by the #67 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche....but got out.

02:41 LMP2: The Jota Zytek's extended 9-minute pitstop was for repairs after Simon Dolan clearly hit something, but he has no idea what it was . . . except it was very solid.

The #30 has had an off, but Alex regained the track and continued back to the pits for another brief visit before being sent back on his way.

02:42 LMP1: Engine cover off on the #3 Audi - quick check in the pit lane - engine cover back on again - and back on track.

02:46 LMP2: Elton Julian has just set a fastest first-sector for the #42 Greaves Motorsport Zytek, and at 34.6 seconds, it's the quickest by anyone in the class at the moment. The car has crept up quietly and withoutn fuss to 8th in class.

Brendon Hartley has returned to the cockpit in the #48 Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03 and is circulating 6th in P2.

Alex Sims brings the #30 Status GP Lola back to the garage again, this time devoid of nose section. It is eased back into the garage for repairs.

02:47 LMP1: Battle between the two HPDs for 12th overall. The gap between them is 45 seconds at the moment. Chandhok (JRM) versus Watts (Strakka).

02:47 GTE AmThe IMSA stop is a lengthy one and Narac resumes in second place behind the Canal Corvette.

02:51 GTE Pro The #74 Corvette is back in the race, 41st overall, with Westbrook still at the wheel.

02:53 GTE Am The #55 JWA Porsche is the latest car to receive a stop/go - in its case, of one-minute duration - for a pitlane infringement.

02:53 LMP2: Ryan Dalziel brings the front-running #44 Starworks HPD back to the pitlane for what should be a routine pitstop. The Brundle Zytek #41 is also in.

02:56 LMP2: Tom Kimber-Smith took over from Dalziel; during that last Starworks pitstop. The car has a lead of almost a full lap over the #49 Companc Oreca 03 in second.

02:59 GTE Am Pedro Lamy is now once more installed in the second-placed #50 Corvette.