Audi took the lead of the Le Mans 24 Hours as the leading Toyota his trouble at the front.
Kazuki Nakajima appeared to have the threat of the #2 Audi under control after Stephane Sarrazin had struggled to prevent Andre Lotterer and then Benoit Treluyer from making inroads into its lead.
However, the Toyota then came to a halt near Arnage corner with an electrical problem, and was officially retired from the race shortly after.
Behind the new leader, Brendon Hartley's Porsche continued to run ahead of Lucas di Grassi in the #1 Audi, which had fallen out of a podium spot when it suffered fuel injection problems .
The second #14 Porsche lost its top five spot to the #8 Toyota, which continued its recovery following Nicolas Lapierre's crash early in the race.
The #35 OAK-run Ligier maintained its lead in LMP2 with Jann Mardenborough at the wheel, with the Signatech ORECA of Oliver Webb giving chase in second.
Also in the LMP2 class, Karun Chandhok's Murphy Prototypes team was forced into an early retirement in the tenth hour after a steering problem left the #48 Oreca Nissan stranded out on the circuit. This is the Indian's first retirement at Le Mans (in three attempts).
Darren Turner repassed Giancarlo Fisichella to ensure Aston Martin retained the lead in GTE Pro, and the British marquee also heads the Am division as well.
Turner had dropped behind Fisichella by virtue of taking on tyres in a pitstop right at the end of the previous hour but was quickly catching the AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia when he rejoined the track.
A six-second gap was reduced to nothing within half an hour and soon after Turner breezed past on the Mulsanne straight to, not for the first time in this race, wrest the lead away from the Italian.
A pitstop for Fisichella, during which he took on tyres, coupled with a stop for Turner that involved him double-stinting his rubber, extended the Briton's advantage further.
Long-time frontrunner Corvette's lead #74 C7.R dropped to fourth behind the #92 Manthey Porsche after spending time in the garage changing brakes, though the team insisted this was pre-planned and maintained it was in the running for victory.
While the #95 Aston Martin continues unabated in GTE Am, the order behind it has changed. The #61 AF Corse Ferrari is now second, with the #88 Proton Competition Porsche third after the SMP Ferrari was wheeled into the garage twice with mechanical problems.
POSITIONS AFTER 14 HOURS
Pos Cl Car Drivers Laps Gap
1. LMP1 #2 Audi Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer 220
2. LMP1 #7 Toyota Wurz/Sarrazin/Nakajima 219 + 1 Lap
3. LMP1 #20 Porsche Bernhard/Webber/Hartley 217 + 3 Laps
4. LMP1 #1 Audi Di Grassi/Gene/Kristensen 217 + 1m33.417s
5. LMP1 #8 Toyota Davidson/Lapierre/Buemi 208 + 12 Laps
6. LMP1 #14 Porsche Dumas/Jani/Lieb 208 + 39.524s
7. LMP2 #35 Ligier Brundle/Mardenborough/Shulzhitskiy 204 + 16 Laps
8. LMP2 #36 Alpine Chatin/Panciatici/Webb 204 + 1m14.822s
9. LMP2 #46 Ligier Thiriet/Badey/Gommendy 203 + 17 Laps
10. LMP2 #34 Oreca Frey/Mailleux/Lancaster 203 + 2m06.439s
11. LMP1 #12 Rebellion Prost/Heidfeld/Beche 201 + 19 Laps
12. LMP2 #38 Zytek Dolan/Tincknell/Turvey 201 + 1m33.702s
13. LMP2 #24 Oreca Rast/Charouz/Capillaire 201 + 3m05.431s
14. LMP2 #43 Morgan Klien/Hirsch/Brandela 200 + 20 Laps
15. LMP2 #33 Ligier Cheng/Tung/Fong 196 + 24 Laps
16. LMP2 #42 Zytek Kimber-Smith/McMurry/Dyson 194 + 26 Laps
17. GTEP #97 Aston Turner/Mucke/Senna 194 + 1m46.787s
18. GTEP #51 Ferrari Bruni/Vilander/Fisichella 194 + 2m22.906s
19. GTEP #92 Porsche Holzer/Makowiecki/Lietz 193 + 27 Laps
20. GTEP #74 Chevrolet Gavin/Milner/Westbrook 193 + 1m09.670s
21. LMP2 #29 Morgan Schell/Leutwiller/Roussel 192 + 28 Laps
22. LMP2 #50 Morgan Ragues/Taylor/Ihara 192 + 3m54.048s
23. GTEP #73 Chevrolet Magnussen/Garcia/Taylor 192 + 3m55.421s
24. GTEA #95 Aston Poulsen/Heinemeier-Hansson/Thiim 191 + 29 Laps
25. LMP2 #27 Oreca Zlobin/Salo/Ladygin 190 + 30 Laps
26. GTEA #61 Ferrari Perez-Companc/Cioci/Venturi 190 + 49.879s
27. GTEA #88 Porsche Ried/Bachler/Al Qubaisi 189 + 31 Laps
28. GTEA #90 Ferrari Montecalvo/Roda/Ruberti 188 + 32 Laps
29. GTEA #57 Ferrari Krohn/Jonsson/Collins 188 + 1m33.761s
30. GTEA #70 Ferrari Nakano/Ehret/Rich 187 + 33 Laps
31. GTEA #77 Porsche Dempsey/Foster/Long 187 + 12.399s
32. GTEA #66 Ferrari Al Faisal/Neiman/Pumpelly 186 + 34 Laps
33. GTEA #58 Ferrari Barthez/Pons/Ayari 186 + 56.526s
34. GTEA #76 Porsche Narac/Armindo/Hallyday 185 + 35 Laps
35. GTEA #67 Porsche Maris/Merlin/Helary 183 + 37 Laps
36. GTEA #98 Aston Dalla Lana/Lamy/Nygaard 183 + 8.443s
37. GTEA #72 Ferrari Bertolini/Shaitar/Basov 181 + 39 Laps
38. GTEP #79 Porsche MacNeil/Curtis/Bleekemolen 180 + 40 Laps
39. GTEA #53 Ferrari Mowlem/Patterson/Hamilton 176 + 44 Laps
40. GTEP #91 Porsche Pilet/Bergmeister/Tandy 163 + 57 Laps
41. GTEA #62 Ferrari Mallegol/Bachelier/Blank 163 + 1m05.975s
42. GTEA #75 Porsche Perrodo/Collard/Palttala 152 + 68 Laps
43. GTEP #52 Ferrari Griffin/Parente/Leo 139 + 81 Laps
44. LMP2 #26 Morgan Rusinov/Pla/Canal 120 Retired
45. GTEA #60 Ferrari Mann/Case/Giammaria 115 Retired
46. LMP2 #47 Oreca Howson/Bradley/Imperatori 87 Retired
47. LMP1 #13 Rebellion Kraihamer/Belicchi/Leimer 73 Retired
48. LMP2 #48 Oreca Berthon/Gonzalez/Chandhok 73 Retired
49. LMP2 #41 Zytek Munemman/Latif/Winslow 31 Retired
50. GTEP #71 Ferrari Rigon/Kaffer/Beretta 28 Retired
51. LMP1 #3 Audi Albuquerque/Bonanomi/Jarvis 25 Retired
52. GTEA #81 Ferrari Wyatt/Rugolo/Bird 22 Retired
53. LMP2 #37 Oreca Ladygin/Minassian/Mediani 9 Retired
54. CDNT #0 Nissan Ordonez/Reip/Motoyama 5 Retired
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