In GTE-Am, Nico Varrone sat at the head of the class aboard the No. 33 Corvette C8.R, leading the No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Julien Andlauer.

Casper Stevenson was third for D’Station Racing, with AF Corse’s Simon Mann and Kessel Racing’s Scott Huffaker completing the top five.

Corvette saw one of its main rivals, the pole-sitting No. 85 Iron Dames Porsche, suffer a significant setback when Rahel Frey damaged the car’s rear bodywork running wide out of Turn 1.

The Iron Lynx squad is now running at the edge of the top ten in class, several laps down on Varrone’s leading Corvette.

With 2 hours to go