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: So we're under 80kph speed limit just as the G-Drive and Alpine LMP2 leaders are due to pit, meaning they have to come in for a splash of fuel and then come in next time by for their full pit stop. In thoery with them both stopping on the same lap they won't lose any time to each other, but this may play into the hands of the third and fourth placed Jackie Chan DC Racing cars.
Hour 5: BACK TO GREEN
The Ferrari is out of the gravel and making his way back to the pits, giving us the signal for green racing.
Hour six: We have a lead change in GTE Am as the No 85 Keating Motorsports Ford becomes the fourth different leader in the class, taking over from the No 77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche during the pit stops.
In that LMP2 battle, the No 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing car benefitted from the two leaders having to pit twice to cut the gap to just over a minute, but the same did not happen for the No 37 as he David Heinemeier-Hansson got stuck behind the recovering Ferrari in the pits.
Hour 6: SAFETY CAR
The No 49 RLR M Sport LMP2 is off at Tetre Rouge with John Ferano currently behind the wheel, though he's definitely made contact with the tyre barrier as live footage shows.
Hour 6: SAFETY CAR
So as is the way with Le Mans, there is not one but three safety cars that pick up the field at different sections of the track: the start/finish line, the exit of the first Mulsanne chicane and at Arnage. However, this can really shake up the time gaps between the cars depending on what safety car you get caught behind.
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