LM24 Hour 16: Ferrari in control

Eight hours remain in the 93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans, where the No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P, currently driven by James Calado, has a two-second gap to the yellow No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari of Philip Hanson in second.

At the top of the hour, the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R of Will Stevens was running third after the No. 50 Ferrari of Nicklas Nielsen and No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 HYBRID of Sebastien Buemi came to the pits.

Once Stevens pits, it'll move the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Laurens Vanthoor up into third, on a different pit sequence from the other Hypercar leaders.

Inter Europol Competition and driver Tom Dillmann are still out in front in LMP2. The No. 43 ORECA 07-Gibson leads Franck Perera in the No. 48 VDS Panis Racing car by over 20 seconds.

The No. 28 IDEC Sport car, the sole-surviving car after the No.18's retirement, runs in third, ahead of the No. 9 Iron Lynx-Proton car, while the No. 199 AO by TF ORECA leads LMP2 Pro/Am and is fifth in LMP2 outright.

And the No. 92 Manthey 1st Phorm Porsche leads LMGT3 by a significant margin in the hands of Richard Lietz.

Francois Heriau is still trying to knock out his minimum drive time in the No. 21 Vista AF Corse Ferrari, currently in second, as is Tom van Rompuy in the No. 81 TF Sport Corvette in third. The No. 87 Akkodis ASP Lexus of Jose Maria Lopez and the No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin complete the top five in class.

But things could get interesting in the next hour as 16 cars are under investigation for speeding in a yellow flag zone, when the No. 85 Iron Dames Porsche LMGT3 broke down momentarily along the run to Indianapolis.

This includes the two leading Ferrari 499Ps, and the LMGT3 leader.

In addition, the No. 311 Whelen Cadillac had gone to the garage for a precautionary brake change, adding more woes to a troubled Sunday for the invited team from IMSA.

HOUR 16 RESULTS