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 6: One of the safety cars has picked up the leaders of the GTE Pro class, ensuring that the thrilling battle between Porsche, Ferrari and Corvette will not be interrupted. We're just waiting on times to see how the LMP2 battle is, as well as the gap between the Toyotas.
Hour 6: The No 7 Toyota has been able to stretch its lead by about 27 seconds, as both cars pitted during the safety car period for driver changes with Jose Maria Lopez getting the No 7 out in one train and Kazuki Nakajima having to wait for the second.
The two LMP2 leaders found themselves in the same train and as such are split by just 2.608s, but Jackie Chan DC Racing's 'Mighty 38' got caught out in the pits and allowed the No 31 DragonSpeed through into third, though they are split by one second in their race-long duel.
Hour 6: The battle for the LMP1 non-hybrids is coming together nicely as the Rebellion returns to third, but both of the SMP Racing cars have managed to stretch their stints to 11 laps with the safety car and they're both coming into play against the No 3 Rebellion, with all of them on the same lap.
Hour 6: Rain has started falling in pit lane, not enough to worry the drivers yet but the stereotypical overturned hands are appearing out of the pit wall gantries.
Hour 6: That safety car has brought the GTE Pro battle together even closer by bringing the No 69 and 68 Fords back into play. Here's how they currently stand:
1. No 51 AF Corse Ferrari (Serra) 81 laps
2. No 92 Porsche GT Team (Vanthoor) +1.737s
3. No 93 Porsche GT Team (Bamber) +2.229s
4. No 63 Corvette Racing (Rockenfeller) +2.910s
5. No 69 Ford (Briscoe) +3.259s
6. No 69 Ford (Bourdais) +3.608s
Hour 6: LEAD CHANGE! Andre Negrao puts the Signatech Alpine back into the lead of LMP2, despite some robust and arguably over-the-top defending from Roman Rusinov. Negrao seems to think that, and gives him a bit of a shove without making contact as they brake for the second chicane on the Mulsanne. Race control have confirmed that it's been declared a wet track, though it's still too dry for intermediates or wets yet.
Hour 6: Yellow flags are out at Tertre Rouge with the Gulf Racing Porsche stopped on the entry to the Mulsanne, though a second safety car period is averted as Thomas Preining gets it going again.
Hour six: SAFETY CAR
That's a big crash for the No 64 Chevrolet Corvette, and that's going to be our first retirement of the race. Passing the No 88 Dempsey-Proton Porsche - the one that has already been involved in three offs today - Satoshi Hoshini inexplicably turns in on Marcel Fassler on the second left of the Porsche Curnes, colliding with the rear-right wheel and snapping the suspension immediately. Fassler is shot right and straight into the wall head-on, and while he is out of the car, he radios in "That was a hard one...f***".
That really was poor driving from Hoshini, and given how many times he's been off today, he has a lot to answer for there.
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