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 21: SAFETY CAR
De Vries does brilliantly to get the car back to the pots and the Racing Team Nederlands squad go to work on trying to repair it. One of the safety cars has just five cars behind it, but the front two are the No 91 and No 93 Porsches of Leitz and Tandy for third position in GTE Pro that could be the fight to watch off the restart.
The No 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing of Stephane Riquelme pits and gets caught at the end of the pit lane, meaning they will lose more time to the Signatech Alpine at the front of the LMP2 battle.
Hour 21: Tandy has a run at Lietz immediately, but he does so having received a 10-second time penalty after rushing out of the pit lane to avoid getting caught at the red light and crossing the line on pit exit. Lietz holds on, and Tandy will have to serve that 10 seconds at his next stop.
Hour 21: The GTE Am leader comes unstuck and nearly piles it into the barrier at the final corner, with Fraga just keeping it out of the wall. Even more dramatic though is the No 63 Corvette spinning off at Porsche Curves! He's clipped the wall with the left front and Magnussen will have to bring that into pits, which is disastrous for their hopes of winning GTE Pro and could see them lose second spot too as they're going back into the garage.
Hour 21: The lead Ferrari comes in for a free stop as Calado will leave the pits still in the lead, and just behind it the Corvette pulls away have had its front splitter repaired and tyres changed following Magnussen's off. The No 63 had been fighting for class honours, but now finds itself down in eighth and all but out of the running, a lap down on the leader. Here's what happened on the restart...
Hour 22: Into the final three hours and the big change has come in GTE Pro, where the No 51 Ferrari is back in the lead and ahead by enough to give itself a pit stop of needed, putting the AF Corse outfit in the outright lead. Porsche move up to second and third, with the Fords now running fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh in their last Le Mans as the works Chip Ganassi team. Can they sneak a podium?
Hour 22: In comes the the second-placed Jackie Chan DC Racing No 38 for what could well be its final driver change as Stephane Richelmi hops out and Gabriel Aubry jumps in with about two hours and 40 minutes remaining.
Hour 22: As we approach two-and-a-half hours to go, let's take stock of where we are.
LMP1
The No 7 leads the No 8 by 2:08.286s in a Toyota one-two, with the No 11 SMP Racing six laps off the leader but three laps ahead of the No 1 Rebellion.
LMP2
The No 36 Signatech Alpine is on course for Le Mans victory for a second successive year and the WEC championship in the process as they lead the No 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing by one lap, with the No 28 TDS Racing Oreca 1:41.459s behind in third.
GTE PRO
It's smooth sailing for the No 51 AF Corse Ferrari, which has a 1:29.623s lead over the No 93 Porsche, with the No 91 2:22.236 behind in third.
GTE Am
Long-time leaders Keating Motorsports Ford No 85 is out in front, 2:45.220s ahead of the No 56 Team Project 1 Porsche that is on course for the class championship, while the JMW MOtorsport Ferrari remains in third.
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