Time: 10pm

Weather: Torrential rain is causing a great deal of aquaplaning on the circuit, worst areas hit: Porsche Curves and Mulsanne Corner.

MG Lola EX257 Car 33 8th position 1st in LMP 675 class

MG Lola EX257, Car 33

Mark Blundell: "Conditions are really poor out there - there is a lot of aquaplaning, a lot of surface water but after all the really heavy rain we were extremely competitive. So at this point, I’m sitting it out while we fix a small technical problem. Once they fix it we’ll go back out."

Frank Dernie, chief engineer Lola Cars International: "Unfortunately Mark is the only guy who knows where all the puddles are – so it would be mad for anyone other than Mark to go back out at this stage."

"We’ve got a problem with water in the electrics and we’ve also had a problem with the starter motor. We could be stopped for a little while."