In the lead since the start of the night the day before, the bike ridden by Australian Josh Hook and Frenchmen Mike Di Meglio and Alan Techer still has a comfortable three-lap lead over the ERC Endurance Ducati N.6 and the Yart’s Yamaha N.7. Reigning world endurance champion, F.C.C TSR Honda France was already one of the big favorites for the final victory in the afternoon, three years after their last success at Le Mans.

The defending champion, Yoshimura SERT Motul, after falling in the first round on Saturday, managed to climb back into the first part of the standings overnight. And was in the Top 10 at 06:00 GMT, however 18 laps from the leader. The first of the four stages of the world endurance championship, the 24 Hours of Le Mans motorcycles will end on Sunday at 1 p.m. Of the 54 teams at the start, 12 have now retired.