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 22: Good news! The Racing Team Nederlands is back out and circulating in 30th overall, 16th in class, after losing nine laps for those repairs following Nick de Vries' crash.
Hour 22: Aubry is catching up Negrao on the road and he can see the Alpine in front to give the No 38 Jack Chan DC Racing team a big incentive to keep racing as hard as possible in the hope of breaking the LPM2 leader. They very nearly got one on the last lap, with Negrao running wide in the Porsche Curves and onto the marbles with an error that he got away with.
Hour 22: Aston Martin saw their race disintigrate into a nightmare last night as the No 98 retired, No 97 crashed and No 95 went off heavily all before the halfway mark, but their boss Andy Palmer is still fuming at the BOP changes that were made before the race that heavily impacted their cars.
Hour 22: The Lead GTE-Am Ford comes in and Ben Keating remains in the car in an effort to get his driving time beyond the six hours necessary, with the team owner needing 46 more minutes to clear the final hurdle before he can pit again and hand over to one of his teammates to take it home. They led by 2:38.775s before the stop, so should return to the track with a solid 1:40m in the pocket.
Hour 23: We start the penultimate hour with a yellow flag at the second Mulsanne Chicane as the No 81 BMW of Philipp Eng grinds to a halt suddenly, with the car quickly wheeled behind the barriers an possibly out of the race. I take full blame for that one, having tweeted seconds before calling for everyone to make it home after slogging it through 22 hours.
Hour 23: This GTE Am battle is far from done. The Keating Motorsport team are preparing a new front end for the No 85 which only pitted a few laps ago, with damage to the front-left corner needing attention. I don't think this is far enough for Keating to pass the driving limit yet, so he'll have to go again and the gap at the fron of the class is down to 1:18.844s to the Team Project 1 Porsche.
Hour 23: The No 85 squad go to work on the car, but they get a massive boost as the second-placed No 56 Porsche follows them into the pits and the Ford is out by the time Patrick Lyndsey comes in to hand over to Jorg Bergmeister. However, that's going to put the No 56's best against the No 85's weakest driver, and the battle is well and truly on. The team give is confirmation that the ACO made them make the immediate stop to change the nose, despite it being taped up since last night.
Hour 23: The gap between Keating and Bergmeister with one hour 45 minutes to go is one minute and four seconds, and we'll keep an eye on how that develops over the course of the next stint. However, when Keating next pits, he should be able to pass over to the lightning quick Jeroen Bleekemolen.
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