The Headlines after 3 Hours...Drama as race leader eliminated from race

• High drama after 2hrs 4mins as Brendon Hartley in leading Porsche and Mike Wainwright in Gulf Racing Porsche collide approaching Village Corner. Both eliminated from race.
• No.2 Porsche of Neel Jani inherits lead before pitting under Full Course Yellow to hand over to Marc Lieb.
• No.8 Audi R18 stops on circuit with a problem. Lucas Di Grassi vacates cockpit and car is retired.
• Full Course Yellow is withdrawn and Benoit Treluyer challenges Lieb for the lead and takes the position in to Becketts corner.
• Lieb fights back and challenges the No.7 Audi once again as battle rages.
• G-Drive racing lose LMP2 lead after delay on first lap of re-start. Rast drops down to third place but fights back to the front by taking Bruno Senna (RGR Sports by Morand) and Danny Watts (Strakka Racing) to re-claim top spot.
• No.13 Rebellion R-One AER of Dominik Kraihamer leads LMP1 Privateers from No.12 car of Nick Heidfeld.
• No.71 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE continue LMGTE Pro domination and lead by almost a minute over No.95 Aston Martin of Marco Sorensen.
• Emmanuel Collard takes lead in LMGTE Am with AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia. Veteran Frenchman leads KCMG Porsche driven by Joel Camathias.

15:26:48 Safety Car in - Green again

15:21:21 Toyota #5 pushed into pit garage for repairs

15:18:16 Toyota #5 moving slowly around track

15:15:59 Safety car to pick up bodywork damage for Toyota #5

15:14:54 Toyota #5 has disintegrated rear right tyre - Safety Car

15:13:47 Dumas now in Porsche #2

15:12:47 Porsche #2 of Lieb pits

15:11:11 2 min 13 secs stop for P2 leader #26 drops it to 3rd place - Berthon in car

15:09:23 Leader Treluyer in #7 Audi into pits

15:06:46 Rebellion #13 leads Rebellion #12 with # CLM 3rd in P1 Privateer Class

15:05:45 In GTE Am #83 Ferrari leads by 42 secs from #78 Porsche with #88 Porsche in 3rd

15:04:33 In GTE Pro #71 Ferrari leads from #95 Aston with #66 Ford in 3rd

15:03:28 In P2 #26 Oreca leads by 14 secs from #42 Gibson with Ligier #43 3 secs behind in 3rd

15:02:21 At half distance in P1 #7 Audi leads by 8 secs from #2 Porsche with #5 Toyota 47 secs behind in 3rd

14:59:48 Ferrari #83 takes lead in GTE Am - #78 Porsche now 2nd

14:58:03 Manor #44 pushed into its pit

14:57:40 Brown in ESM #30 going slowly

14:54:17 Less than a second between Treluyer in lead and Lieb in 2nd

14:48:59 Rast back into lead of P2 in #26 Oreca

14:45:36 Oreca #26 of Rast takes 2nd in P2 from Senna in #43 Ligier

14:41:35 Stop & go penalty for #27 SMP BR for exceeding track limits

14:30:26 Treluyer in Audi #7 takes lead from #2 Porsche

14:28:58 Strakka Gibson #42 takes lead in P2

14:28:17 Rast in #26 has stopped on track

14:25:48 Green Flag at 14.26

14:25:15 CLM #4 had suspension failure

14:24:13 Debris from incident between #1 Porsche and #86 Porsche cleared away - still working on #8 Audi

14:12:48 Porsche #2 leads by 14 secs from #Audi #7 with #5 Toyota 2 minutes back in 3rd

14:10:56 Audi mechanic attending #8 - hybrid procedure

14:09:55 New nose cone for Porsche #2

14:09:30 In GTE Am #88 Porsche leads from #83 Ferrari and #78 Porsche

14:07:26 In GTE Pro Ferrari #71 leads from #95 Aston and #66 Ford

14:04:58 Audi #8 has stopped at the Loop

14:03:46 Porsche #1 crashes into #86 Porsche - Full Course Yellow

14:02:25 After 2 hours in P2 #26 Oreca leads from #42 Gibson with #43 Ligier 3rd

14:00:49 After 2 Hours in P1 #1 Porsche leads #2 Porsche and #7 Audi