Marcel Fassler retook the Le Mans lead in the No. 2 Audi R18 at the close of the sixth hour.
The cat-and-mouse situation between Audi and Peugeot continued as Audi seemed to have the edge in raw pace, but were forced to pit on a more regular basis. Fassler made his seventh stop of the race at the midday point of the sixth hour, pitting with a 41s gap over Anthony Davidson in the lead No. 7 Peugeot.
Davidson therefore took the lead until his own stop, when he handed over the No. 7 Peugeot to Marc Gene. Gene rejoined in second, one minute down on Fassler.
Mike Rockenfeller took over the No. 1 Audi from Romain Dumas in fifth position, which became third after the No. 9 and No. 8 Peugeots of Pedro Lamy and Nicolas Minassian made their stops.
Rockenfeller was the first driver in the top five to make an eighth stop however, dropping him back down to fifth behind the No. 9 and No. 8 908s.
In the petrol class, Julien Jousse handed over the lead No. 16 Pescarolo-Judd to Emmanuel Collard, who came out behind Neel Jani in the No. 12 Rebellion Racing Lola.
Collard also dropped behind the sister No. 13 Rebellion Lola driven by Jean-Christophe Boullion after pitting for the eighth time.
Dominik Kraihamer continued to set a relentless pace in the LMP2 class, giving the No. 48 ORECA-Nissan a lead of more than one lap over their nearest challenger, Karim Ojjeh in the No. 41 Zytek-Nissan.
Nick Leventis in the No. 42 Strakka HPD is currently third in class, one minute down the road from Ojjeh.
In GTE Pro, Richard Westbrook continues to lead in the No. 74 Corvette, although Andy Priaulx in the No. 56 BMW M3 GT has reduced the deficit to less than one minute.
The No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari had also been closing in but Tony Villander beached the car in the gravel at Mulsanne. He handed the car over to Gianmaria Bruni in seventh position.
The No. 50 Larbre Corvette leads the GTE Am class by just five seconds from the No. 57 Krohn Ferrari.
POSITIONS AFTER SIX HOURS
Pos Car Team Class Gap
1. No. 2 Audi Audi Sport Team Joest (LMP1)
2. No. 7 Peugeot Peugeot Sport Total (LMP1) + 1:02.013
3. No. 9 Peugeot Team Peugeot Total (LMP1) + 2:07.473
4. No. 8 Peugeot Peugeot Sport Total (LMP1) + 2:07.911
5. No. 1 Audi Audi Sport Team Joest (LMP1) + 2:17.982
6. No. 10 Peugeot Team Oreca-Matmut (LMP1) + 1 Lap
7. No. 12 Lola Rebellion Racing (LMP1) + 3 Laps
8. No. 13 Lola Rebellion Racing (LMP1) + 3 Laps
9. No. 16 Pescarolo Pescarolo Team (LMP1) + 3 Laps
10. No. 48 Oreca Team Oreca-Matmut (LMP2) + 5 Laps
11. No. 24 OAK OAK Racing (LMP1) + 6 Laps
12. No. 22 Lola Kronos Racing (LMP1) + 6 Laps
13. No. 41 Zytek Greaves Motorsport (LMP2) + 7 Laps
14. No. 42 HPD Strakka Racing (LMP2) + 7 Laps
15. No. 39 Lola PeCom Racing (LMP2) + 7 Laps
16. No. 33 Lola Level 5 Motorsports (LMP2) + 8 Laps
17. No. 36 HPD RML (LMP2) + 8 Laps
18. No. 49 OAK OAK Racing (LMP2) + 9 Laps
19. No. 35 OAK OAK Racing (LMP2) + 9 Laps
20. No. 26 Oreca Signatech Nissan (LMP2) + 9 Laps
21. No. 74 Corvette Corvette Racing (GTEP) + 9 Laps
22. No. 56 BMW BMW Motorsport (GTEP) + 10 Laps
23. No. 75 Porsche Prospeed Competition (GTEP) + 10 Laps
24. No. 73 Corvette Corvette Racing (GTEP) + 10 Laps
25. No. 59 Ferrari Luxury Racing (GTEP) + 10 Laps
26. No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse (GTEP) + 10 Laps
27. No. 80 Porsche Flying Lizard Motorsports (GTEP) + 11 Laps
28. No. 89 Ferrari Hankook Team Farnbacher (GTEP) + 11 Laps
29. No. 66 Ferrari JMW Motorsport (GTEP) + 11 Laps
30. No. 88 Porsche Team Felbermayr-Proton (GTEP) + 11 Laps
31. No. 55 BMW BMW Motorsport (GTEP) + 11 Laps
32. No. 76 Porsche IMSA Performance Matmut (GTEP) + 11 Laps
33. No. 44 Norma Extr (LMP2) + 12 Laps
34. No. 77 Porsche Team Felbermayr-Proton (GTEP) + 12 Laps
35. No. 50 Corvette Larbre Competition (GTEA) + 12 Laps
36. No. 81 Porsche Flying Lizard Motorsports (GTEA) + 12 Laps
37. No. 57 Ferrari Krohn Racing (GTEA) + 12 Laps
38. No. 70 Porsche Larbre Competition (GTEA) + 12 Laps
39. No. 60 Aston Gulf AMR Middle East (GTEA) + 13 Laps
40. No. 61 Ferrari AF Corse (GTEA) + 13 Laps
41. No. 63 Porsche Proton Competition (GTEA) + 13 Laps
42. No. 40 Oreca Race Performance (LMP2) + 13 Laps
43. No. 65 Lotus Lotus Jetalliance (GTEP) + 14 Laps
44. No. 71 Ferrari AF Corse (GTEP) + 14 Laps
45. No. 62 Ferrari CRS Racing (GTEA) + 14 Laps
46. No. 79 Aston Jota (GTEP) + 16 Laps
47. No. 83 Ferrari JMB Racing (GTEA) + 16 Laps
48. No. 68 Ford Robertson Racing (GTEA) + 20 Laps
49. No. 64 Lotus Lotus Jetalliance (GTEP) + 21 Laps
50. No. 58 Ferrari Luxury Racing (GTEP) + 24 Laps
51. No. 5 Oreca Hope Racing (LMP1) + 36 Laps
52. No. 15 OAK OAK Racing (LMP1) + 48 Laps
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