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 5: Vanthoor is all over the back of the Serra-driven No 51 Ferrari, who in turn is within touch of the Earl Bamber Porsche in second place. However, it's all being led by Mike Rockenfeller in the lead No 63 Corvette, and just 2.4s splits the four cars at the front of GTE Pro!
Hour 5: Well, what a change a couple of laps makes. Vanthoor's charge has halted somewhat, allowing Serra to take the fight to Bamber and fire the No 51 Ferrari past at Arnage to take second place in GTE Pro. With Mike Rockenfeller in his sights, we may have a new leader in the class in the next few laps.
Hour 5: The front two in LMP2 come into the pits together as G-Drive Racing put Roman Rusinov into the No 26 in place of Job van Uitert, while Pierre Thiriet continues in the No 36 Signatech Alpine that narrowly missed the tyreman of the G-Drive team. They head back out line-astern with the No 26 leading the way.
Hour 5: This could not be closer! The GTE Pro frontrunners flash through Indianapolis, the 36, 51, 93 and 92, all within 1.5 second of each other!
Hour 5: Porsche are playing a smart game here as they tell Vanthoor in the No 92 to save fuel and sit in the three-car slipstream, which could prove the difference when it comes to pit-stop time. Daniel Serra in the Ferrari is doing nothing of the sort though, as he's lining up an attack on the lead Corvette.
Meanwhile, the Alonso-driven No 8 Toyota is into the pits for fuel only, and Kobayashi should be in next time by.
Hour 5: Kobayashi is in and out of pit lane for fuel only and maintains the overall lead in the No 7 Toyota.
Hour 5: LEAD CHANGE! The move at the front of the GTE Pro class finally comes as Daniel Serra gets inside the Rockenfeller-driven Corvette to take first place in the No 51 Ferrari. The third-placed No 93 Porsche of Earl Bamber pits at the end of the lap for fuel only, and the remaining front three should be in next time by.
Hour 5: Yellow flags are out and it's more misery for Aston Martin, this time in the GTE Am category as the No 98 is in trouble in the hands of Paul Dalla Lana. He's gone off on the entry to Porsche Curves and looks like he's got a puncture at least, but he does superbly well to make it back on track and then off it again to stay out of the way of the lead cars coming through in GTE Pro, before getting back to the pits and into the garage.
Rockenfeller pits the Corvettle at the end of the lap, but Vanthoor continues and will attempt to go the extra lap to get onto the same strategy as the Serra Ferrari, who continues to lead. As if this couldn't get tenser on the road, it's getting exciting off it in pit lane!
Hour 5: Serra and Vanthoor pit and the Porsche driver leaves it as late as possible to jam on the brakes for the speed limiter line, ensuring they come through pit lane glued to each other. They get away at the same time...and Vanthoor is out first! The No 92 Porsche takes the GTE Pro lead!
Hour 5: The No 54 Spirit of Race Ferrari, the previous GTE Am leader, is off in the gravel after losing the rear on the entry of the Porsche Curves, and that looks beached that could require a slow zone of FCY as he's not moving. That's a big error that will cost them a lot of time.
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