Time: 4.35am

Frank Dernie, chief engineer, Lola Cars International: "We fixed the oil leak and Kevin (McGarrity) went back out. The leak caused a number of stresses and strains which saw the temperature rise rapidly – so we called him in as it was running a bit too hot."

Kevin McGarrity: "It’s a little disappointing, everyone’s worked so hard. We’ve done extremely well to race for this long. So what we are going to do is go testing and come back again with a vengeance. It’s been fantastic. I wish I didn’t have to wait another year to come back."

Rob Oldaker, managing director, MG Sport & Racing Limited: "We are immensely proud to have brought MG back to Le Mans and frankly it has been beyond our expectations to have been running as high as third and to have completed more than half the race time!"

"This has always been our learning year and now we are confident that we will have the right package to make MG even more successful next year."

"I’d like to thank everyone on our team and also the thousands of people who have supported us here and at home."