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The standings after 23 hours of the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans, round two of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.  

Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima are closing in on Toyota's maiden victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans after pulling one lap clear of the sister #8 car following an error by Kamui Kobayashi that caused a fuel shortage.

The standings after 22 hours of the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans, round two of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.  

The standings after 21 hours of the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans, round two of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

The standings after 20 hours of the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans, round two of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.  

The standings after 19 hours of the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans, round two of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

Sebastien Buemi has maintained the rapid pace produced by teammates Fernando Alonso and Kazuki Nakajima to open up a useful lead for the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing over its sister car with six hours remaining of the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours.

The standings after 17 hours of the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans, round two of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

The standings after 16 hours of the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans, round two of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

Kamui Kobayashi has stemmed the loss of time to its sister #8 Toyota car to see the #7 car lead by 10 seconds with nine hours to go of the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours.

Mike Conway has stolen a march in the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing to take an advantage over Sebastian Buemi in the #8 Toyota, while the #17 SMP Racing drops out of the race from third place.

The standings after eight hours of the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans, round two of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

The standings after six hours of the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans, round two of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

Kazuki Nakajima has taken over in the #8 Toyota in the lead of the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours after six hours of the race completed with Fernando Alonso wrestling the lead from Jose Maria Lopez in the #7 sister car as the start of the night running approaches at Circuit de la Sarthe.

Juan Pablo Montoya says has no priority in securing the Triple Crown despite preparing for his maiden Le Mans 24 Hours with a chance to complete the feat this weekend.

Full qualifying practice 3 results ahead of the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours at the Circuit de la Sarthe.

Full qualifying practice 1 results ahead of the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours at the Circuit de la Sarthe.

Formula 1 drivers have never been strangers to Le Mans but amid the fanfare surrounding Fernando Alonso’s debut at the iconic 24 hour race it appears a number of former famous faces of Grand Prix racing have been pulled to the attraction.

Sebastien Buemi fears Toyota will have no excuses if it fails to win this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours as the sole LMP1 hybrid manufacturer but is confident his team is fully prepared for the race learning from its previous heartaches.

Fernando Alonso says he’s already turned his attention to his Le Mans 24 Hours debut next weekend after being forced to retire from the Canadian Grand Prix due to a broken charge air cooler pipe on his McLaren.

Fernando Alonso is adamant McLaren will be in the fight for the top 10 at the Canadian Grand Prix despite seeing the team off the pace of its major rivals in qualifying.

Fernando Alonso says it was frustrating to miss the majority of the opening free practice session in Monaco with a brake issue which has hampered his programme for McLaren.

Fernando Alonso says he’s relishing the opportunity to race in Monaco after missing out last season having opted to take on the Indianapolis 500.

Fernando Alonso says his early success with Toyota in the World Endurance Championship with have no bearing on his Formula 1 focus but has criticised the sport for being too predictable in recent seasons.