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 20: Three cars stream into the pits together as the No 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca follows the No 3 Rebellion in, with Ho-Pin Tung handing over to Stephane Richelmi in the battle for the LMP2 victory. The Rebellion stop isn't so simple though as that's an unscheduled stop for Nathanael Berthon, while the No 92 continues its recovery drive in its efforts to win the GTE Pro WEC championship as Kevin Estre returns to the Porsche cockpit.
Hour 20: After another nine-minute delay in the pits, the No 3 Rebellion returns to the track but they're now nine laps off the podium and five laps off the sister No 1, and they'll need a miracle to get back into podium contention.
Hour 20: The LMP2 leader is in along with the GTE Pro leader as the Corvette leads the Signatech Alpine in and out of the pits. As Lapierre continues on his way, the second-place Jackie Chan DC Racing No 38 is on the run from Arnage to the Porsche Curves, one full lap behind plus the best part of the final sector.
Hour 20: The No 7 pits for the 29th time from the lead as Conway hands over to Kamui Kobayashi, and with the No 8 still on the Mulsanne straight the advantage remains a healthy one. The No 34 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 has a left-rear puncture and Nigel Moore is attempting to limp home from the Mulsanne Corner, and he's done so tremendously well to get back to the pit lane while avoiding the rapidly approaching Rebellion on pit entry.
Hour 20: The lead GTE Am Ford is in for a front brake change, and the front-right is taking a lot longer than planned that may just bring it's 15-hour reign at the top of the limesheet to an end.
Hour 20: LEAD CHANGE! As has been the case for the last five hours, the Corvette retakes the lead when the Ferrari pits, with James Calado taking over the No 51 AF Corse GTE Pro in what is turning into a strategy battle of who can save the most fuel while keeping on the relentless pace.
Hour 20: So that long pit stop for the No 85 Keating Motorsport Ford hasn't cost it the lead, but the gap is down to the smallest it's been for the best part of 14 hours as the No 56 Team Project 1 Porsche trails by just 53.191s.
Hour 20: Richelmi brings the No 38 into pit lane for his first stop of the stint and he's still one lap off the leading Alpine in the LMP2 battle.
Hour 21: Into the final four hours we go and as the Signatech Alpine comes out of the pits, it's evident that the Jackie Chan DC Racing No 38 is slowly catching as this time around Riquelme is coming out of the Porsche Curves instead of Arnage, where it was the last time the two pitted. However, there remains the lap difference between them, giving the No 36 plenty of breathing space providing their are no issues ahead.
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