Remaining Porsche leads LM24 at halfway mark

The No. 1 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Neel Jani, Andre Lotterer and Nick Tandy leads the Le Mans 24 Hours at half-distance, with an enormous margin of nine laps over the LMP2 front-runners with 12 hours to go.

The top three in LMP2 are within a minute of each other, with the two Rebellion ORECAs leading the way, ahead of the No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing 07 Gibson. Nicolas Prost is in the higher placed of the two, with the Frenchman driving the No. 31 with consistent lap times.

The gap between the trio continues to ebb and flow, all three seemingly clear contenders for the win as the morning wears on, as well as an overall podium.

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Behind, the No. 35 Signatech Alpine is fourth, with the No. 40 GRAFF ORECA now down to fifth.

On the other hand, the top of GTE Pro has been frantic. Leading the class is now the No. 95 Dane Train Aston Martin Racing Vantage, which snatched the lead off the No. 97 after Jonny Adam was caught napping at the end of a slow zone just before the 12-hour mark.

It concludes a remarkable comeback drive from Marco Sorensen, Nicki Thiim and Richie Stanaway, who were last in the class earlier in the race after a puncture.

Third and fourth spots are now filled by the two AF Corse Ferraris, with the No. 51 of Alessandro Pier Guidi the leading 488.

In GTE Am, the only notable change is the No. 55 Spirit of Race Ferrari slipping to fifth after running as high as third. The JMW Ferrari leads from the TF Sport Aston Martin and No. 77 Proton Porsche.

The leading Ferrari, has a lap lead over the field now, Dries Vanthoor enjoying his Le Mans debut, pulling away from the field.