Mike Conway moved back into the lead of the 24 Ho𓃲urs of Le Mans during the ninth hour of the race as night fell at the Circuit de la Sarthꦫe, heading up a one-two for Toyota.

Conway pulled out a 40-second lead through the opening stint of the race in the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid, but saw the advantage get wiped away through the evening afteᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr a Safety Car period and two mistakes from Jose Maria Lopez helped the sist꧟er #8 Toyota move out front.

Despite consisten💖tly runnin𒊎g two laps longer, Lopez was unable to get the jump on Kazuki Nakajima in the #8 car, only for the positions to change upon the car handovers.

Lopez jumped out of the car to be replaced b🅺y Conway, who drove out of the pits and emerged just ahead of Buemi, putting 🌃the #7 car back in the lead of the race.

Conway was able to retain his lead through the next stint, opening up a🌱 seven-second lead heading into the 10th hour of the race.

Both Toyotas continue to run one lap ahead of the #17 SMP Racing entry, which sits third, with the sister #11 SMP car runn✨ing fourth ahead of the pair of Reb꧋ellion Racing LMP1s.

G-Drive Racing reclaimed the lead in LMP2 as its tussle with Signatech Alpine Matmut raged on. Jean-Eric Vergne made a pass on And🧔re Negrao to take the position near the end of the seventh hour, and retained his advantage before handing the #26 Aurus Gibson over to Job van Uitert, who sits 10 seconds clear of Nicoꦕlas Lapierre in the Signatech entry.

Porsche managed to move ahea🧜d in the frantic GTE-Pro battle as #92 driver Kevin Estre got the jump on A♈F Corse's Daniel Serra before handing over to Michael Christensen for the first night stint. Christensen's lead stands at five seconds - the biggest it has been for some time in GTE-Pro.

Keating Motorsp💧orts continued to lead the way in GTE-Am with its #85 Ford GT, with team owner Ben Keating completing his first stint of the race out front.