P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Kevin Estre leads Le Mans for Porsche, in a tight, close battle with the three Ferrari 499Ps in the race. Estre, in the #6 Porsche, is leading the #83 AF Corse Ferrari of Robert Kubica. The Pole drives the customer Ferrari ran by AF Corse, which also runs the factory cars on behalf of Ferrari. […]
Kevin Estre is currently leading the Le Mans race for Porsche, engaged in a close battle with the three Ferrari 499Ps on the track. He is being closely followed by Robert Kubica driving the #83 AF Corse Ferrari. The Ferrari team was previously holding a 1-2-3 position in the race during the day, but lost their pace advantage as the night fell.
Brendon Hartley in the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid is currently in third place, with Kubica trailing half a minute behind and Toyota a further half a minute back. Porsche is on a 13-lap stint strategy with the #6 car, while Ferrari is alternating between 12-lap stints with their cars.
In the GT category, Antonio Fuoco is fourth in the #50 factory Ferrari, while Antonio Giovinazzi, driving the #51 factory Ferrari, is in seventh place after receiving penalties. This has pushed Nick Tandy in the #4 Porsche and Robin Frijns in the #20 BMW M Hybrid V8 into fifth and sixth positions, respectively.
Raffaele Marciello in the #15 BMW is in eighth place. Franck Perera leads the LMP2 class in the #48 VDS Panis Oreca, and Alessio Rovera is the front-runner in LMGT3 driving the #21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3, followed by Ahmad Al Harthy in the #46 WRT BMW M4 GT3 and Ricardo Pera in the #92 Manthey 1st Phorm Porsche 911 GT3 R.
