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Sebastien Buemi has wrestled the lead for the #8 Toyota from its sister #7 driven by pole-sitter Mike Conway in a frantic opening hour o🌊f 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 afterꦍ Neel Jani in the #1 Porsche got the better of Buemi on the first lap.

The #8 Toyota pitted ahead of the tw🌄o leaders and achieved an undercut to get back into second and 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 #ꦦ31 Vaillante Rebellion drive by Bruno Senna has stormed into the lead while defending champions #36 Signatech Alpine was bin🌊ned in the 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 ཧTRS Racing of Vitaly 🐲Petrov.

Aston Martin 1-2 in tight GTE Pro battle

Aston Martin has enjoyed the perfect start to its race with Nicki Thiim l🃏eading 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 u🦄p 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 pace-setter in the GTE Am class followed by his namesake🔥 Rob Bell in the #90 Scuderia Corse Ferrari.

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