Le Mans 24 Hours (hour 5): business as usual
Audi R18 (2016) #8 (Audi Sport Team Joest), Lucas di Grassi, Loïc Duval, Oliver Jarvis
Both cars of Audi Sport Team Joest reeled off lap by lap with consistently good times in the fifth hour of the race. Oliver Jarvis kept the #8 Audi within striking distance of the front. However, due to a routine stop shortly before the end of the hour, at which the left door was additionally changed, the Briton meanwhile dropped from third to fifth place.
The #7 Audi driven by Marcel Fässler continued to recover one position after the other. Following 76 laps, the Swiss was running in position 14.
Positions after 5 hour: 1 Toyota #6 2 Porsche #2 3 Porsche #1 4 Toyota #5 5 Audi #8 ... 14 Audi #7