Kazuki Nakajima has moved into the lead♊ of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with one hour remaining after the race-leading #7 Toyota suffered punctures on back-to-back laps, wiping away its two-minute lead.

After leading the majority of the race, the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid was on course for victory heading towards the end of the 23rd hour,💫 with Jose Maria Lopez tasked with bringing the car home.

Lopez reported a puncture ꦆthat forced him into an additional pit stop, with Toyota only changing the front-right tyre in question before sending the Argentine driver out still leading the race.

But a second puncture on the very next lap caused L🧔opez to slow, allowing Nakajima to swoop past and take the lead of the race in the #8ꦡ car before the #7 could even return to the pits.

Toyota serviced Lopez's car, but by the time he was sent back out on-track, he was already over a minute do𝔍wn on Nakajima at the front 🧜of the pack.

The late swing means Nakajima, Sebastien Buemi and Fernando Alonso are now on-course f꧒or their second straight Le Mans victory despite having trailed the sister crew of Lopez, Mike Conway and Kamui K🍸obayashi for the majority of the race.