Relative calm has fallen over the Le Mans 24 Hours as the♒ sun rises at the Circuit de la Sarthe with Peugeot's #2 car continuing to lead t🌊he way in the French classic.

The car maintains an advantage of a lap over t💧he chasing #9Audi while the #8 has suffered some minor delays that mean it has dropped further back from the leading pair in third place.

Showing t🐭he pace of the Peugeot, Nico﷽las Minassian posted the quickest lap of the race for the leading machine in the 15th hour.

Minass🎀ian isn't the only quick driver on track however, with Marc Gene in the recovering #1 Peugeot lapping consistently quicker than anyone else as he attempts to cli🍎mb back up the order. The car now sits fourth after its earlier mechanical issues and is ahead of the #7 Audi on the road.

The delayed🐠 Oreca Peugeot is sixth but a lap down on the Audi while t𓆉he two factory Aston Martins, the #15 Kolles Audi and the Signature Plus Lola-Aston remain static in positions seven through to ten.

Rebellion ꧑Racing's dire race came to an end when Neel Jani ground to a halt on the entry to the pit lane while Drayson Racing has continued to battle against a myriad of issues and is more than 90 laps behind the leader after requiring work ꧃on a number of problems. The team is currently working hard to try and rejoin the race.

A slight delay in the pits toℱ replace the rear bodywork means Highcroft Racing has been unable to make inroads into the lead held b🃏y Strakka Racing in LMP2, with the #42 HPD ARX-01 now lying eleventh overall with a three lap class lead.

The leading OAK Pescarolo remains third but the RML Lola Coupe is now fourth after the Quifel-ASM Ginetta-Zytek lost t🐲ime with a driveshaft problem.

GT1 continues to b🍬e headed by the Larbre Saleen from the #73 Corvette, although the second of the Luc Alphand Aventures-entered machines has now slipped to fourth in class behind the Young Driver Aston Martin after a strong stint from Tomas Enge.

The Matech Ford that had led the early stages before its clash with an LMP2 car was forced out with engine failure but - after spending more than three hours in the pits undergoing gearbox repairs - the JLOC Lamborghini is now back on track and turning laps, albeit miles behind the rest of the field. The focus for th🎃e Japanese team will now be on trying to complete enough laps to be classified as a finisher.

GT2 continues to be led by the two Corvettes, with the #64 heading the #63 and the two having extended their advantage over the third-placed Felbermayr-Proton💟 Porsche, which was delayed in the pits while undergoing a brake change. That has brought the IMSA Performance MATMUT Porsche into conte🐎ntion for a place on the GT2 podium.