The racing heats up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as the sun rises over the Circuit de la Sarthe.

As we pass the halfway point of the race, the midnight madness appears to be calming down. We have lost six cars from this race.

Catch up with all the action from hour two to five of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2019

After a few delays, the announcement for the 2020/21 “Hyper Sport Car” class has come from the World Endurance Championship, with road-legal hypercars and bespoke prototypes both welcome in the new class.

Qualifying is at its end for the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans. Toyota Gazoo Racing took a one-two for the overall grid, with Aston Martin Racing claiming pole position in GTE Pro.

As qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans begins to draw to an end, it is the Toyota Gazoo Racing duo who hold the advantage at the front of the field. Provisional pole has remained unchanged in LMP2 and GTE Am, with #31 DragonSpeed, #92 Porsche GT Team and #88 Dempsey-Proton Racing in position to take class honours.

The first qualifying session of the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans is complete, giving us a provisional grid and benchmark times to be beaten tomorrow.

Toyota Gazoo Racing took top spot after the first practice session of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but all the drama was in the GTE classes.

Automobile Club de l’Ouest and FIA have agreed that the Balance of Performance for race week will have very little change since it was set ahead of the 24 hours of Le Mans Test Day.

Ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rebellion Racing revealed their ‘art car’ liveries for the blue-riband event.

The Equivalency of Technology released for the LMP1 class ahead of the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans sees Toyota Gazoo Racing keep their stint length and pit stop advantages over the Privateers.

Porsche GT Team will run special liveries for the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the WEC cars running a ‘Champion’ livery and the IMSA cars running the ‘Brumos Racing’ livery.