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Jose Maria Lopez and Mike Conway consolidated the #7 Toyota's lead through the morning at the 24 Hours of Le Mans to sit 90 seconds clear of the field heading into the final quarter of the race.

Toyota continued to control proceedings in the 24 Hours of Le Mans as dawn broke through the 15th hour, with Jose Maria Lopez leading the way in the #7 car ahead of Fernando Alonso.

Kamui Kobayashi has wrestled the lead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans back from Sebastien Buemi at the halfway stage as the fight between the Toyotas intensifies.

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

Fernando Alonso says it was difficult to match the race-leading Toyota for outright pace through the opening stages of the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Saturday after trailing for the opening six hours of the race.

Jose Maria Lopez leads the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Toyota with six hours down, albeit with a reduced lead after a Safety Car period helped draw Kazuki Nakajima into closer contention at the front of the pack.

Kamui Kobayashi has moved into a healthy lead at the front of the pack three hours into the 24 Hours of Le Mans, leading from Toyota teammate Fernando Alonso.

Mike Conway wasted little time in opening up an early lead at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, setting a run of rapid lap times to sit over 10 seconds clear of Sebastien Buemi at the end of the opening hour.

Paul di Resta says his late crash at last year's 24 Hours of Le Mans still "haunts" him as he looks for redemption with United Autosports this weekend in the LMP2 class.

McLaren will make a decision on entering the FIA World Endurance Championship's new hypercar-led premier class by the end of the summer.

Kamui Kobayashi closed out the final warm-up session ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans fastest for Toyota, heading up a one-two finish for the Japanese manufacturer.

Toyota Gazoo Racing technical director Pascal Vasselon believes with the majority of the new Hypercar rules nailed down the Japanese manufacturer can press forward with its new hybrid-powered GR Super Sport car.

Kamui Kobayashi says he was “quite disappointed” not to break his own track record during qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Thursday night despite securing pole position for Toyota.

Toyota has confirmed it will continue to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship upon the introduction of the new Hypercar-based top class in the 2020-21 season.

Aston Martin president and group CEO Andy Palmer says the future direction of the Hypercar class at Le Mans looked “50-50” as recently as two weeks ago before agreements were struck ahead of their announcement.

Aston Martin Racing has announced it will enter the new Hypercar category set to debut at the 2020-2021 World Endurance Championship with its Valkyrie supercar.

The new Hypercar regulations set to be introduced from the 2020-2021 World Endurance Championship have been confirmed with hybrid power made optional.

The World Endurance Championship will see 33 entries join the 2019-2020 season having released the provisional full season entry list at the ACO presentation ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Toyota Gazoo Racing swept to a front-row lock-out for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as Kamui Kobayashi claimed his second pole position at the Circuit de la Sarthe in qualifying on Thursday night.

Toyota took control of qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as it locked out the top two positions in the second session on Thursday evening, led once again by Kamui Kobayashi.

Tracy Krohn will miss this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans on medical advice following his hefty practice crash at the Circuit de la Sarthe on Wednesday.

Dempsey-Proton Racing will build up a spare chassis ahead of Qualifying 2 for the 24 Hours of Le Mans later today after a crash during practice on Wednesday put its #99 Porsche 911 RSR at risk of missing the race.

Jean-Eric Vergne has vented his frustration over the ongoing struggles facing the top class of sports car racing, saying he would “prefer 100 times” to be racing in LMP2 than the premier LMP1 category.

Fernando Alonso has the chance to break an 80-year-old record at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend – but the Spaniard’s focus chiefly lays with clinching a maiden FIA World Endurance Championship crown.