Night falls in the Sarthe

[Pic by Jo Martin.]
Overall positions after 8 hours:
Pos # Team Driver in Pit Laps
1 9 Peugeot Sport Total GENE Marc 130
2 8 Team Peugeot Total BOURDAIS Sebastien 128
3 1 Audi Sport Team Joest KRISTENSEN Tom 128
4 17 Pescarolo Sport BOULLION Jean-Christophe 127
5 007 AMR Eastern Europe MUCKE Stefan 127
6 14 Kolles ZWOLSMAN Charles 126
7 15 Kolles MONDINI Giorgio 125
8 11 Team Oreca Matmut AIM LAPIERRE Nicolas 125
9 16 Pescarolo Sport TINSEAU Christophe 125
10 13 Speedy Racing Sebah BELICCHI Andrea 124

LMP2 positions after 8 hours:
Pos # Team Driver in Pit Laps
1 31 Team Essex ELGAARD Casper 122
2 5 Navi Team Goh MAASSEN Sascha 122
3 33 Speedy Racing Sebah POMPIDOU Xavier 120
4 25 RML ERDOS Tommy 117
5 32 Team Barazi Epsilon BENNETT Phil 116
6 30 Racing Box BIAGI Thomas 116
7 35 OAK Racing LAHAYE Matthieu 114
8 24 OAK Racing HEIN Richard 113
9 41 G.A.C. Racing Team PETER Philipp 102
10 39 KSM DE PORTALES Jean 83

It is now dark at Le Mans but still quite warm.
Les Abandons: #68 motor; #77 ran out of petrol; #40 accident; #2 accident.
RLT.