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 19: Amid all of the LMP2 drama, the LMP1 leader comes in for fuel only and Conway is sent on his way to resume the lead of the race.
Hour 19: Alpine lead the No 38 Oreca by a lap, but as we've just seen with the G-Drive Racing Aurus, anything can happen five five-and-a-half hours remaining. The No 26 is now in danger of falling behind the leading United Autosports car of Philip Hanson in the No 22, with Roman Rusinov still in the garage.
Hour 19: The G-Drive is back out! 20 minutes after disappearing into the garage, the No 26 rejoins down in seventh place in LMP2 and 12th overall in what is a cruel blow to the team that has led the class since early yesterday evening.
Hour 19: The fourth place No 3 Rebellion is going very slow down the Mulsanne and it looks to have another problem in its long list of costly problems. The No 1 comes by to regain the lap it trailed its teammate by, and the Rebellion team are getting ready to take it into the garage.
Hour 19: Another clean stop from the No 85 lead GTE Am Ford, with Felipe Fraga taking over the car for what could be the penultimate stint if they need to get Ben Keating back in the cockpit for the end of the race to clock up his minimum six hours driving time.
Hour 19: Alpine pit from the lead of LMP2 without drama and Pierre Thiriet hands over to Nicolas Lappierre with a healthy one-lap lead over the No 38. The No 3 Rebellion meanwhile is coming out of the pits after 15 minutes of repairs, but that's been more than enough time to allow the No 1 sister car of Bruno Senna to pass for fourth place in class and overall.
Hour 19: FULL COURSE YELLOW
The No 32 United Autosports Ligier has shed its rear bonnet and it's in the middle of the track along with shards of carbon fibre.
Hour 19: BACK TO GREEN
A brave marshal sprints out to retireve stricken bodywork and we're back racing again. However, the No 8 of Sebastien Buemi gets a full pit stop in before the FCY, whereas the No 7 has so come in for a splash to do another lap and come in next time by. Will that alter the gap at all?
Hour 20: The 19th hour proved a very decisive one for the LMP2 class as well as the LMP1 podium, with G-Drive Racing and Rebellion enduring an hour to forget after suffering from serious reliability issues. That has put the No 11 SMP Racing in first place of the non-hybrid LMP1s, and on course for an overall podium behind the two Toyotas, while Signatech Alpine have little over a lap on the second-place LMP2 car of Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca and TDS Racing in third.
The GTE Pro lead continues to change hands between the No 63 Chevrolet and the No 51 Ferrari each time they pit, while long-time GTE Am leaders the No 85 Keating Motorsport Ford has a two-minute advantage over the championship-chasing Team Project 1 Porsche.
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