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Sebastie𒈔n Buemi has wrestled the lead for the #8 Toyota from its s🎐ister #7 driven by pole-sitter Mike Conway in a frantic opening hour of the 85th Le Mans 24 Hours.

Waved away by special guest F1 boss Chase Carey on official starter duties, Conway got away well to build a handy lead after Neel Jani in the #1 Porsche got the better of Buem🥂i on the first lap.

The #8 Toyota pitted ahead of the two leaders and achieved an undercut to get back into second 𒈔and after Conway 🦩ran wide at Dunlop immediately after his first stop Buemi got good drive down the Mulsanne straight to sweep past Conway.

#31 Vaillante Rebellion leads LMP2 as defending champions hit the gravel

The #31 Vaillante Rebellion drive by Bruno Senna has stormed into the lead while defending champions #36 Signatech Alpine was binned in t♚he gravel by Gustavo Menezes.

The #31 got the optimum performance 🦩in the opening hour stint to carve up the field to lead by over 10 seconds from the #25 CEFC Manor TRS Racing of Vitaly Petrov.

Aston Martin 1-2 in tight GTE Pro battle

Aston Martin has e💖njoyed the perfect start to its race with Nicki Thiim leading Darren Turner for a 1-2 with the #51 AF Corse Ferrari plus a couple of seconds ♔back in third.

Less than 30 seconds splits the top 10 contenders - indicating the Balance of Performance has been stacked up fairly so far - with all 🧸13 contenders running smooth so far.

#62 WeatherTech setting the pace in GTE Am

The #62 WeatherTech driven by experience hand Townsend Bell is the current pa🎃c✨e-setter in the GTE Am class followed by his namesake Rob Bell in the #90 Scuderia Corse Ferrari.

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