LM24 1 Hour Report: Toyota No. 7 leads the field
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LM24 1 Hour Report: Toyota No. 7 leads the field

Below are the main headlines following the first hour of action at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, round 7 of FIA WEC Season 8.

LMP1
•    LMP1 category is led by pole-sitting No. 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid with Mike Conway at the wheel
•    Second and third place occupied by Rebellion Racing No. 1 and 3 Rebellion R13 Gibson cars after a relatively trouble-free opening hour for the Swiss team
•    No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing car fourth, the car losing time with a rear-left puncture towards the end of the first hour
•    ByKolles Racing rounding out the top five 

LMGTE Pro
•    No. 97 and  No. 95 Aston Martin Racing entries currently first and third in LMGTE Pro
•    No. 71 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo splitting the Aston Martin Vantage AMR cars with Miguelo Molina holding second after 60 minutes of racing
•    Porsche GT Team currently sixth and seventh

LMP2
•    Pole-sitters No. 22 United Autosports leads the 24 LMP2 crews with Filipe Albuquerque currently driving the ORECA 07 Gibson
•    No. 33 High Class Racing second after strong opening hour with Kenta Yamashita at the wheel
•    Third out of the WEC entrants (and sixth overall) is JOTA on Goodyear tyres
•    No. 29 Racing Team Nederland car lost time after it was forced to enter the pits with an over-heating engine
•    No. 36 Signatech Alpine Elf entry forced to pit in opening laps due to loss of water pressure but now back on track and climbing the leaderboard

LMGTE Am
•    Ross Gunn leads the LMGTE Am category at the wheel of the No. 98 Aston Martin Racing Vantage
•    TF Sport holds second position with Charlie Eastwood in another Aston Martin
•    Currently third is Team Project 1 in the Porsche 911 RSR
•    Drama after 40 minutes as No. 61 spun, making contract with No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR causing it to go off the track
•    No. 70 MR Racing dropped down the leaderboard with gearbox issues 

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