The #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez sits 2.4s clear in front after being let through by the sister car of Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa in the fourth hour of the race.
Second place would be enough for the #8 crew to clinch the championship with its chief rival, the #36 Alpine of Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Andre Negrao, running a lap down in third as the only other Hypercar contender not to suffer technical issues.
