More mayhem involving the retirement of the #74 Corvette and #77 Porsche followed by an epic battle between Peugeot #7, Peugeot #8 and Audi #2 for the lead. All three cars constantly swapped positions - and there are still 6 hours to go.

07h01 : André Lotterer (#2 Audi) posts the best lap again in 3:26.298.
07h03 : Bourdais equals Lotterer's time
07h04 : # 59 retires
07h07 : Lotterer back into lead
07h09 : # 73 stopped at Arnage
07h09 : # 73 rejoins
07h10 : # 61 retires
07h11 : # 2 Lotterer new fastest lap 3:25.289
07h12 : Lotterer's time faster than pole time
07h13 : André Lotterer (#2 Audi) in the pits for refueling.
07h16 : # 88 retires
07h16 : #88 Porsche retired at 6:39 am.
07h21 : # 81 has puncture
07h23 : # 50 has not retired
07h23 : # 58 retired
07h25 : # 81 leading GTE Am going slowly
07h27 : # 81 back in pit after Neiman went off for new tyres
07h34 : # 71 retires broken diff
07h37 : # 74 Corvette off before Ford chicane
07h39 : Safety Car 7.22
07h40 : # 74 and # 77 collided
07h41 : Medical team attending # 77
07h43 : Sorry # 63 Porsche not # 77 drivers ok
08h25 : tremendous battle between Peugeot 9, Audi 2, Peugeot 7- nose to tail
08h30 : # 36 RML car with Mike Newton on board spins at the Porsche Curves, flames out of the back of the car
08h30 : # 36 RML car pits, change of driver to Ben Collins and it continues
08h31 : 3 leaders LMP1 still only 4.2 seconds apart
08h32 : Benoît Tréluyer (#2 Audi) retakes the lead from Simon Pagenaud (#9 Peugeot).
08h32 : # 63 and # 74 officially retire
08h33 : Ullrich: Drivers are fine, McNish was in our hispitality, Rocky is still in hospital, but only for checks.
08h36 : Ullrich: Yes that is a tough fight. Peug is slower, but needs less stops
08h37 : Yllrich: We'll have to see what works best. We each stick to our strategy
08h38 : # 2 Treluyer 3:26 lap - he needs to build at least 1 sec per lap if Audi wants to outpace fewer Peug pitstops
08h39 : Treluyer in # 2 now leads by 2.3 secs
08h42 : # 2 Treluyer was 1.5 sec faster than the Peugeots on previous lap, and 3 seconds this one
08h43 : Sarrazin close to getting on same lap as leader Treluyer
08h44 : Spencer lost drive, cannot continue - # 81 will be retired, mechanical Very disappointing
08h45 : # 81 shown as retirement
08h46 :# 2 lead Audi in the pits, no driver change, no tyres, fuel only
08h47 :# 9 Peugeot in and out of pits as well
08h48 : Both leading cars refuels. Wurz takes the lead.
08h51 : RT Lizards No. 80 is in the garage - crew is working on repairs to the injector wires. Will update more in a bit
08h55 : Alex Wurz (#7 Peugeot) refuels.
08h57 : One minute stop and go for Peugeot 8
09h00 : Penalty for # 8 appears to be for Peugeot mechanic not wearing protective clothing - Sarrazin in to take penalty
09h02 : # 16 in garage cant restart engine after pit stop
09h03 : # 16 out again
09h04 : # 10 now back up to 4th
09h09 : in LM P1 #2 Treluyer leads by 14 secs at 09.00 from # 9 and # 7 # 16 is the best "petrol" car
09h10 : in LM P2 # 41 leads # 26 by 4 laps
09h11 : in GTE Pro # 51 Ferrari leads # 73 Corvette by a lap
09h17 : in GTE Am # 50 Corvette leads # 70 Porsche by a lap
09h20 : # 9 Pagenaud now leads by 20 secs from Treluyer after pit stop by Audi
09h28 : # 7 now leads after # 9 stopped at pits
09h45 : Wurz straight on at indy
09h44 : Both Audi and Peugeot must be working back from the end of the race to work out their pit stop strategy for the leaders
09h49 : # 7 into pit garage
09h51 : Front suspension damage on #7
09h55 : Michelin Green X Challenge : # 7 leads # 51 and # 9
09h59 : # 7 back out Davidson driving

Photo: The #2 (LM P1) Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 TDI driven by Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer