24h Le Mans, 18h: the Portuguese in the fight for the victory of the LMP2



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With 18 hours of racing, everything is heading towards a great Portuguese party, since the cars where Filipe Albuquerque and António Félix da Costa are, respectively, the first and second of the LMP2, with a minute of difference.
Later, the Toyota TS050-Hybrid # 8 of Sébastien Buémi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley leads the runner-up with three laps, the Rebellion R13-Gibson # 1 of Bruno Senna, Norman born and Gustavo Menezes. The French Toyota races right in front of a Rebellion R13 that has had a smooth race so far.
Follow the Rebellion R13-Gibson # 3 of Romain Dumas, Nathanael Berthon and Louis Deletraz, one lap behind their teammates, while the Toyota TS050-Hybrid # 7 of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria López run two more laps behind and six behind the leaders, after the long pit stop at night after the turbo failure.
In LMP2, in addition to the two Portuguese occupying the top two positions, Panis Racing is third with Julien Canal at the wheel of Oreca # 31, after just overtaking Aurus 01 – Gibson # 26 of G-Drive Racing by Roman Rusinov, Jean- Eric Vergne and Mikkel Jensen.
In the GTE-Pro, Alex Lynn in the Aston Martin Vantage GTE # 97 gradually increased the half-minute lead over AF Corse’s James Calado # 51 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo. Third is Richard Westbrook in the # 95 Aston Martin, one lap behind Calado, and two more ahead of Davide Rigon’s Ferrari # 71 AF Corse, which had mechanical problems overnight.
In LM GTE Am, TF Sport maintained the lead, with Salih Yoluc taking on Porsche Dempsey-Proton Racing driver Christian Ried.



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