Le Mans 2019 results: Positions and standings as No 8 wins 24 Hours after Toyota changed wrong tyre on No 7
Re-live all the action from the 87th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours at the Circuit de la Sarthe
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Your support makes all the difference.Toyota took an expected victory in the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours, but noe was prepared for the controversial ending that saw the No 7 car lose the win an hour from the finish after the team replaced the wrong wheel during an unscheduled pit stop, leaving the car that had led for nearly 12 consecutive hours limping around the circuit with a punctured tyre.
The No 7 car of Conway/Kobayashi/Lopez lost the lead of the race to the No 8 of Buemi/Alonso/Nakajima at the start of the final hour after it picked up a puncture, only for a faulty sensor telling the team to change the wrong wheel when it pitted from the lead to gift the sister car the win, with the No 11 SMP Racing BR1 of Petrov/Aleshin/Vandoorne finishing in third. A series of safety car periods throughout the night saw the No 26 G-Drive Racing move clear in LMP2 only to suffer a 20-minute delay in the pits to leave the No 36 Signatech Alpine in the lead, while the GTE Pro lead is with the No 51 Ferrari after its nearest rival, the No 63 Corvette, spun out with three hours to go with the No 91 and 93 Porsches in second and third, while the No 85 Ford is clear in GTE Am.
However, both Aston Martins crashed out of the GTE Pro battle inside 20 minutes of each other, with the GTE Am class No 98 already out, while Corvette Racing saw the No 64 become the first official retirement after a heaving crash early on. Re-live the live updates below.
What time does it start?
The 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours starts at 2pm BST (3pm CET) on Saturday 15 June.
When is the finish?
The chequered flag will drop at the end of the first lap after 2pm on Sunday 16 June.
How to watch
The 24 Hours of Le Mans will be shown live on Eurosport, along with a number of other sessions during the week.
Twenty-four-hour race coverage will be shown from the moment the flag drops to the chequered flag on Sunday, along with pre- and post-race analysis.
Viewers can watch the race coverage online by subscribing to the Eurosport Player, which comes with the added bonus of no advert breaks for uninterrupted Le Mans coverage. Viewers can buy a monthly pass for £6.99, sign up for a monthly subscription for £4.99 a month or buy a discounted annual pass for £39.99.
There will also be regular 10-minute catch-up shows screened every two hours until 11pm on Saturday, and again from 8am on Sunday morning.
Hour 17: Serra brings the Ferrari No 51 in, and as he pulls out of the pits the No 63 flashes past to take the lead. However, Rockenfeller will be bringing the Corvette in shortly.
Hour 18: YELLOW FLAG
The No 3 Rebellion is off! Menezes is in the gravel at the Porsche Curves and that's going to be a slow zone at the very least!
Hour 18: SLOW ZONE
The slow zone comes into effect to salvage the stricken Rebellion, and Menezes was absolutely flying before he spun off after setting his fastest first sector of the entire race. The Rebellion broke loose on entry to Porsche Curves 3, but didn't hit anything and they should be able to get going once their rescued. However, they will certainly lose a lap to the SMP and possibly even more.
Hour 18: BACK TO GREEN
Menezes gets going again and he's back to the pits for a fresh set of tyres and a checkover on the rear to make sure there wasn't an issue that caused the spin.
Hour 18: Rebellion are taking the No 3 back into the garage and they're changing the nose on it for what must be the third or fourth time this race.
Hour 18: The No 3 is back out after a quick check and he lost four minutes in the pits, plus a whole load more in the gravel trap. It means that the SMP Racing No 11 has a two-lap advantage over the fourth-placed Rebellion, and to make matters worse for Menezes the sister Rebellion has unlapped itself to close in from behind. However, the SMP comes in for a fuel-only stop at the end of the lap, and he loses about five of six seconds in not refiring the car quick enough once he's given the clear to pull away.
Meanwhile the No 54 Spirit of Race Ferrari recieves a black and white flag for track limits.
Hour 18: The third-placed LMP2 has a problem! The Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca of Gabriel Aubry is crawling around and it's not entirely clear what's wrong with the No 38. There's also a bollard that's rolled onto the track after being clipped by one of the Porsches, and that will need ot be removed as it's not far from the racing line.
Hour 18: It might not be too disatrous for the No 38 as the team are waiting with a new nose, four new tyres and a fresh driver in Ho-Pin Tung, which suggests it might be something as simple as a front puncture. However, the TDS Racing No 28 has already unlapped itself on the No 38, and it looks like he will get by to take third place in LMP2 here.
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