The #8 GR010 Hybrid of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa led the #7 car of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez by 20s after 12 hours.
At the start of Hour 9, Buemi retook the lead from Conway and – as they circulated just 0.5s apart – radioed his team to ask: “Can you ask Mike what he thinks because we are pushing crazy. I’m not sure this is sustainable in the long run.”
