Le Mans 24 Hours live: Porsche snatch victory away from Toyota on final lap after heartbreaking breakdown
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow live updates from the Le Mans 24 Hours as Porsche look to record back-to-back victories at the Circuit de la Sarthe, with Audi and Toyota set to push them all the way as well as fierce battles throughout LMP2, GTE Pro and GTE Am. Keep up to date with the latest updates here.
- No 6 Toyota led throughout the night
- No 2 Porsche fights back to challenge for overall lead
- Other Toyota in close company in three-way battle for lead
- No 1 Porsche taken out of contention due to water pump failure
- Audi struggle after early turbocharger failure
- No 36 Alpine leads LMP2 battle
- No 82 Ferrari and No 68 Ford GT exchange GTE Pro lead throughout the night
- Ferrari leading GTE Am class with No 62
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Full grid:
1 LMP1 R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb Porsche Team Porsche 3m19.733s -
2 LMP1 T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley Porsche Team Porsche 3m20.203s 0.470s
3 LMP1 S.Sarrazin, M.Conway, K.Kobayashi Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota 3m20.737s 1.004s
4 LMP1 A.Davidson, S.Buemi, K.Nakajima Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota 3m21.903s 2.170s
5 LMP1 M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 3m22.780s 3.047s
6 LMP1 L.di Grassi, L.Duval, O.Jarvis Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 3m22.823s 3.090s
7 LMP1 M.Tuscher, A.Imperatori, D.Kraihamer Rebellion Racing Rebellion/AER 3m26.586s 6.853s
8 LMP1 N.Prost, N.Heidfeld, N.Piquet Jr. Rebellion Racing Rebellion/AER 3m27.348s 7.615s
9 LMP1 S.Trummer, O.Webb, P.Kaffer ByKOLLES Racing Team CLM/AER 3m34.168s 14.435s
10 LMP2 R.Rusinov, W.Stevens, R.Rast G-Drive Racing ORECA/Nissan 3m36.605s 16.872s
11 LMP2 D.Cheng, H-Pin Tung, N.Panciatici Baxi DC Racing Alpine Alpine/Nissan 3m37.175s 17.442s
12 LMP2 G.Menezes, N.Lapierre, S.Richelmi Signatech Alpine Alpine/Nissan 3m37.225s 17.492s
13 LMP2 T.Graves, M.Rao, R.Merhi Manor ORECA/Nissan 3m38.037s 18.304s
14 LMP2 J.Pew, O.Negri, L.Vanthoor Michael Shank Racing Ligier/HPD 3m38.837s 19.104s
15 LMP2 R.Dalziel, L.Derani, C.Cumming Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier/Nissan 3m39.366s 19.633s
16 LMP2 P.Thiriet, M.Beche, R.Hirakawa Thiriet by TDS Racing ORECA/Nissan 3m39.375s 19.642s
17 LMP2 N.Leventis, D.Watts, J.Kane Strakka Racing Gibson/Nissan 3m39.394s 19.661s
18 LMP2 T.Matsuda, M.Howson, R.Bradley KCMG ORECA/Nissan 3m39.436s 19.703s
19 LMP2 F.Barthez, P-L.Chatin, T.Buret Panis Barthez Competition Ligier/Nissan 3m39.470s 19.737s
20 LMP2 P.Jun Jin, T.Gommendy, N.de Bruijn Eurasia Motorsport ORECA/Nissan 3m40.631s 20.898s
21 LMP2 S.Dolan, J.Dennis, G.van der Garde G-Drive Racing Gibson/Nissan 3m40.685s 20.952s
22 LMP2 R.Gonzalez, B.Senna, F.Albuquerque RGR Sport by Morand Ligier/Nissan 3m40.899s 21.166s
23 LMP2 N.Minassian, M.Mediani, M.Aleshin SMP Racing BR Engineering/Nissan 3m41.132s 21.399s
24 LMP2 I.Taittinger, R.Striebig, L.Roussel Pegasus Racing Morgan/Nissan 3m41.285s 21.552s
25 LMP2 S.Sharp, E.Brown, J.van Overbeek Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier/Nissan 3m41.406s 21.673s
26 LMP2 V.Petrov, V.Shaytar, K.Ladygin SMP Racing BR Engineering/Nissan 3m41.776s 22.043s
27 LMP2 M.Munemann, C.Hoy, A.Pizzitola Algarve Pro Racing Ligier/Nissan 3m42.088s 22.355s
28 LMP2 M.Rojas, J.Canal, N.Berthon Greaves Motorsport Ligier/Nissan 3m42.570s 22.837s
29 LMP2 B.Keating, J.Bleekemolen, M.Goossens Murphy Prototypes ORECA/Nissan 3m43.508s 23.775s
30 LMP2 N.Leutwiler, S.Nakano, J.Winslow Race Performance ORECA/Judd 3m43.590s 23.857s
31 LMP2 V.Capillaire, E.Maris, J.Coleman So24 ! By Lombard Racing Ligier/Judd 3m44.347s 24.614s
32 Innov F.Sausset, C.Tinseau, J-B.Bouvet SRT41 By Oak Racing Morgan/Nissan 3m45.178s 25.445s
33 LMP2 T.Krohn, N.Jonsson, J.Barbosa Krohn Racing Ligier/Nissan 3m45.213s 25.480s
34 GTE Pro J.Hand, D.Muller, S.Bourdais Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford 3m51.185s 31.452s
35 GTE Pro R.Briscoe, R.Westbrook, S.Dixon Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford 3m51.497s 31.764s
36 GTE Pro G.Bruni, J.Calado, A.P.Guidi AF Corse Ferrari 3m51.568s 31.835s
37 GTE Pro M.Franchitti, A.Priaulx, H.Tincknell Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford 3m51.590s 31.857s
38 GTE Pro O.Pla, S.Mucke, B.Johnson Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford 3m52.038s 32.305s
39 GTE Pro D.Rigon, S.Bird, A.Bertolini AF Corse Ferrari 3m52.508s 32.775s
40 GTE Pro G.Fisichella, T.Vilander, M.Malucelli Risi Competizione Ferrari 3m53.176s 33.443s
41 GTE Am F.Makowiecki, E.Bamber, J.Bergmeister Porsche Motorsport Porsche 3m54.918s 35.185s
42 GTE Am N.Thiim, M.Sorensen, D.Turner Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 3m55.261s 35.528s
43 GTE Am P.Pilet, K.Estre, N.Tandy Porsche Motorsport Porsche 3m55.332s 35.599s
44 GTE Am R.Stanaway, F.Rees, J.Adam Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 3m55.380s 35.647s
45 GTE Pro R.Lietz, M.Christensen, P.Eng Dempsey Racing - Proton Porsche 3m55.426s 35.693s
46 GTE Pro O.Gavin, T.Milner, J.Taylor Corvette Racing Chevrolet 3m55.848s 36.115s
47 GTE Am W.Sun Mok, K.Sawa, R.Bell Clearwater Racing Ferrari 3m56.827s 37.094s
48 GTE Am P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 3m57.198s 37.465s
49 GTE Am K.Al Qubaisi, D.Hansson, P.Long Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Porsche 3m57.513s 37.780s
50 GTE Am D.Cameron, M.Griffin, A.Scott AF Corse Ferrari 3m57.596s 37.863s
51 GTE Am F.Perrodo, E.Collard, R.Aguas AF Corse Ferrari 3m57.742s 38.009s
52 GTE Pro J.Magnussen, A.Garcia, R.Taylor Corvette Racing Chevrolet 3m57.967s 38.234s
53 GTE Am Y.Yamagishi, P.Ragues, J-P.Belloc Larbre Competition Chevrolet 3m58.018s 38.285s
54 GTE Am J.Laursen, M.Mac, C.Nielsen Formula Racing Ferrari 3m58.760s 39.027s
55 GTE Pro C.Ried, W.Henzler, J.Camathias KCMG Porsche 3m59.034s 39.301s
56 GTE Am B.Sweedler, T.Bell, J.Segal Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 4m00.008s 40.275s
57 GTE Am C.MacNeil, L.Keen, M.Miller Proton Competition Porsche 4m00.107s 40.374s
58 GTE Am M.Wainwright, A.Carroll, B.Barker Gulf Racing UK Porsche 4m01.046s 41.313s
59 GTE Am J.O'Connell, O.Bryant, M.Patterson Team AAI Chevrolet 4m02.326s 42.593s
60 GTE Am A.Howard, L.Griffin, G.Hirsch Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 4m03.148s 43.
The JOTA Sport/G Drive Racing team go to work on the No 26 with a few changes along with a driver swap. The Toyota crew do the same, albeit a lap later, as Mike Conway hops out and Kamui Kobayashi jumps in. Can he challenge his Toyota team-mate for the win, but more importantly, can he keep the No 2 Porsche at bay?
The No 1 Porsche may be ahead on the road, but it's a solid 38 laps off the lead...
The No 1 Porsche ahead of the two Toyotas
After the double stop from the Toyotas, Marc Lieb finds himself back out in front in the No 2 Porsche, albeit out of sync with the pit stops. Anthony Davidson has jumped into the No 5 Toyota, and he's just four seconds off Lieb with Kobayashi a further 15 seconds behid. It's still anyones race this.
The No 68 Ford has hunted down the No 82 Ferrari to the point that he can almost smell his exhaust fumes, with just two seconds between the GTE Pro front-runners.
The No 68 Ford GT retakes the lead in GTE Pro after swooping around the outside of the No 82 Ferrari on the entrance to the first Mulsanne Chicane.
There's a problem with the No 8 Audi as Olly Jarvis crawls around the track, perhaps in safe mode or hybrid only power. He's bringing the R18 to the pits, though he does have the advantage of a 12-lap buffer over the No 7 Audi.
Davidson has got the gap down to just 2.1 seconds as Lieb begins to struggle, though Kobayashi has not been able to make inroads into the gap and is still 17 seconds adrift of his Toyota team-mate.
LEAD CHANGE!
Anthony Davidson passes the Porsch of Marc Leib to snatch first place for Toyota. Could this finally be the year that the Briton finally gets his hands of Le Mans?
There's double waved yellows out at the first Mulsanne Chicane as the No 57 Chevrolet Corvette has gone straight on into the tyres. No signs yet of a safe zone, but I wouldn't be surprised if we got one here.
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