Kamui Kobayashi has moved into a healthy lead at the front of the pack three houไrs into the 24 Hours of Le Mans, leading fro⛎m Toyota teammate Fernando Alonso.

After Mike Conway managed to pull out 40 seconds at the head of the field in the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid during his quadruple stint from the start of 💦the race, Kobayashi took over midway through the third hour.

He was able to add to the lead after a Full Course Yellow compromised Alonso - who took over fromꦗ Sebastien Buemi in the #8✤ Toyota after his four stints - by hitting at one of the fastest points on the circuit, costing him another 20 seconds to Kobayashi.

The Toyotas are running comfortably clear at the front of the pac🙈k, with Rebellion Racing's #3 R13 Gibson sitting third in the hands of Nathanael Berthon, sitting half a minute clear of Stoffel Vandoorne in the #11 SMP Racing entry.

Signatech Alpine Matmut continues to lead LMP2 with the #36 Alpine A470 Gibson after a mammoth opening stint ꦰfrom Nicolas Lapierre, who holds a slender lead over Job van Uitert for G-Drive Racing in the #26 Oreca 07 Gibson. Van Uitert has a 10-second time penalty to serve at his next pit stop after a Full Course Yellow infringement by Jean-Eric Vergne at the end of his opening stint.

Corvette managed to retain its advantage in GTE-Pro despite being forced into an extra splash-and-dash pit stop under a Full Course Yellow during the third hour, with Jan Magnussen headi♑ng the field in the #63 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R. Jonathan Bomarito rose to P2 in class in the #67 Ford GT after Patrick Pilet was hit with a penalty FCY procedure, causing him to drop to third in the #93 Porsche 911 RSR.

Julien Andlauer leads for Dempsey-Proton Racing in the #77 Porsche in GTE-Am, sitting 12 seconds clear of Team Project 1's #56 Porsche wiꦍth three hours of the race down.