At the end of a sixth hour which saw a neutralization under safety car regime after the stop at the side of the track of the No. 88 Ford Mustang GT3 – Proton Competition of Giammarco Levorato, with the start of a fire, the Toyota GR010 n°7 saw its last hopes of a Drivers' title disappear for Nyck de Vries and Kamui Kobayashi while Ferrari AF Corse leads with the n°51 499P of Antonio Giovinazzi
The neutralization saw the peloton return to the pits before the green flag 2h13' from the goal, Callum Ilott leading the pack of Hypercars with the n°12 Porsche 963 – Hertz Team JOTA.
The Briton took advantage of his team's strategic choice to favor track position over the competition but Antonio Giovinazzi (Ferrari no. 51) regained the advantage when braking for the first corner a few minutes later.
Pier Guidi has a 1″ margin over Ilott, while Frédéric Makowiecki (Porsche n°5 – Porsche Penske) is still in third place, 2″3 behind the leader.
Followed by Dries Vanthoor (BMW M Hybrid V8 no. 15 – BMW M Team WRT) and Laurens Vanthoor (Porsche no. 6 – Porsche Penske), the leading car in the Drivers' classification having put itself back in a coronation position with this 6th place.
Nicklas Nielsen follows with the #50 Ferrari – Ferrari AF Corse in front of the #8 Toyota of Ryo Hirakawa.
On the other hand, the No. 7 Toyota, whose mechanical ordeal worsened when Nyck de Vries took over, was pushed into its box after having plunged in the standings, almost definitively ruining the Dutchman's hopes of victory. and Kamui Kobayashi. de Vries explained that a problem with a fuel pump slowed the car, and that the car regularly went into safety due to a sensor.
The first Alpine A424 n°36 of Matthieu Vaxivière is 8th, the first Peugeot 9X8 n°93 of Nico Müller 10th. Note the stop of the Peugeot no. 94 at the side of the track.
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