Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer kept Audi at the front of the Le Mans field at the end of the 13th hour, although Peugeot was able to make significant inroads into the overall lead.

Audi had enjoyed a gap of almost two minutes at the halfway stage of the race, but lost time as Treluyer handed over to Fassler in the pitlane.

Sebastien Bourdais meanwhile handed the reigns of the lead No. 9 Peugeot to Simon Pagenaud, and the Frenchman steadily reduced the arrears to Fassler - even moving back into the lead when the Audi made its 15th stop of the race.

Pagenaud stopped shortly after, but came back out just 40s behind Fassler - with the gap then staying fairly constant as the 13th hour concluded.

The No. 7 and No. 8 Peugeots swapped places twice, with Anthony Davidson in the No. 7 908 ending just eight seconds ahead of Stephane Sarrazin in the No. 8 car.

Julien Jousse took over in the No. 16 Pescarolo-Judd and re-enforced his team's lead in the gasoline standings, with the gap to the No. 12 Rebellion Racing Lola now more than a lap.

In LMP2, a flying Dominik Kraihamer in the No. 48 ORECA successfully hounded down Karim Ojjeh in the No. 41 Zytek-Nissan to recapture the class lead. Having made one stop less, Ojjeh trails Kraihamer by 14sec.

Having once lain second, the No. 42 Strakka HPD has thus far been unable to return to the track following a recurring problem toward the halfway stage of the race.

In the GTE Pro class, Jan Magnussen handed a healthy lead to his No. 74 Corvette team-mate Richard Westbrook. Gianmaria Bruni currently lies second in the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari, more than two minutes down the road.

Jean-Philippe Beloc leads the GTE Am field in the No. 70 Larbre Porsche 911.

POSITIONS AFTER 13 HOURS

Pos  Car            Team                      Class   Gap
 1.  No. 2  Audi       Audi Sport Team Joest     (LMP1)  
 2.  No. 9  Peugeot    Team Peugeot Total        (LMP1)  +   35.889
 3.  No. 7  Peugeot    Peugeot Sport Total       (LMP1)  + 1:10.739
 4.  No. 8  Peugeot    Peugeot Sport Total       (LMP1)  + 1:20.210
 5.  No. 16 Pescarolo  Pescarolo Team            (LMP1)  +   5 Laps
 6.  No. 12 Lola       Rebellion Racing          (LMP1)  +   7 Laps
 7.  No. 13 Lola       Rebellion Racing          (LMP1)  +   7 Laps
 8.  No. 10 Peugeot    Team Oreca-Matmut         (LMP1)  +   8 Laps
 9.  No. 22 Lola       Kronos Racing             (LMP1)  +  11 Laps
10.  No. 48 Oreca      Team Oreca-Matmut         (LMP2)  +  12 Laps
11.  No. 41 Zytek      Greaves Motorsport        (LMP2)  +  12 Laps
12.  No. 26 Oreca      Signatech Nissan          (LMP2)  +  14 Laps
13.  No. 33 Lola       Level 5 Motorsports       (LMP2)  +  14 Laps
14.  No. 49 OAK        OAK Racing                (LMP2)  +  15 Laps
15.  No. 35 OAK        OAK Racing                (LMP2)  +  18 Laps
16.  No. 74 Corvette   Corvette Racing           (GTEP)  +  18 Laps
17.  No. 51 Ferrari    AF Corse                  (GTEP)  +  19 Laps
18.  No. 75 Porsche    Prospeed Competition      (GTEP)  +  19 Laps
19.  No. 59 Ferrari    Luxury Racing             (GTEP)  +  19 Laps
20.  No. 73 Corvette   Corvette Racing           (GTEP)  +  19 Laps
21.  No. 55 BMW        BMW Motorsport            (GTEP)  +  20 Laps
22.  No. 80 Porsche    Flying Lizard Motorsports (GTEP)  +  20 Laps
23.  No. 76 Porsche    IMSA Performance Matmut   (GTEP)  +  21 Laps
24.  No. 56 BMW        BMW Motorsport            (GTEP)  +  21 Laps
25.  No. 77 Porsche    Team Felbermayr-Proton    (GTEP)  +  21 Laps
26.  No. 36 HPD        RML                       (LMP2)  +  22 Laps
27.  No. 81 Porsche    Flying Lizard Motorsports (GTEA)  +  23 Laps
28.  No. 70 Porsche    Larbre Competition        (GTEA)  +  23 Laps
29.  No. 50 Corvette   Larbre Competition        (GTEA)  +  24 Laps
30.  No. 61 Ferrari    AF Corse                  (GTEA)  +  24 Laps
31.  No. 40 Oreca      Race Performance          (LMP2)  +  25 Laps
32.  No. 65 Lotus      Lotus Jetalliance         (GTEP)  +  26 Laps
33.  No. 71 Ferrari    AF Corse                  (GTEP)  +  26 Laps
34.  No. 63 Porsche    Proton Competition        (GTEA)  +  29 Laps
35.  No. 83 Ferrari    JMB Racing                (GTEA)  +  30 Laps
36.  No. 66 Ferrari    JMW Motorsport            (GTEP)  +  35 Laps
37.  No. 68 Ford       Robertson Racing          (GTEA)  +  35 Laps
38.  No. 88 Porsche    Team Felbermayr-Proton    (GTEP)  +  39 Laps
39.  No. 60 Aston      Gulf AMR Middle East      (GTEA)  +  41 Laps
40.  No. 89 Ferrari    Hankook Team Farnbacher   (GTEP)  +  50 Laps
41.  No. 44 Norma      Extr                      (LMP2)  +  52 Laps
42.  No. 64 Lotus      Lotus Jetalliance         (GTEP)  +  56 Laps
43.  No. 58 Ferrari    Luxury Racing             (GTEP)  +  72 Laps
44.  No. 5  Oreca      Hope Racing               (LMP1)  +  73 Laps
45.  No. 42 HPD        Strakka Racing            (LMP2)  Retired
46.  No. 39 Lola       PeCom Racing              (LMP2)  Retired
47.  No. 57 Ferrari    Krohn Racing              (GTEA)  Retired
48.  No. 24 OAK        OAK Racing                (LMP1)  Retired
49.  No. 1  Audi       Audi Sport Team Joest     (LMP1)  Retired
50.  No. 62 Ferrari    CRS Racing                (GTEA)  Retired
51.  No. 15 OAK        OAK Racing                (LMP1)  Retired
52.  No. 79 Aston      Jota                      (GTEP)  Retired
53.  No. 20 Zytek      Quifel-ASM Team           (LMP1)  Retired
54.  No. 3  Audi       Audi Sport North America  (LMP1)  Retired
55.  No. 007  AMR-One  Aston Martin Racing       (LMP1)  Retired
56.  No. 009  AMR-One  Aston Martin Racing       (LMP1)  Retired