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 six: SAFETY CAR
This second safety car period will have a big impact on the lead battle too, as this time the No 8 Toyota of Kaz Nakajima managed to make the same safety car train as the lead No 7, meaning that previously 70-second gap will be cut down to about 15-20 seconds upon the restart.
Hour 6: Approaching the end of the sixth hour, there's been a big change in LMP2 as Roman Rusinov was caught out on the restart, allowing the Alpine to pull away. An Immediate slow zone is produced though as the No 60 Kessel Racing Ferrari is off at Mulsanne, so an 80mph limit is in force from the entry to the second chicane on the Mulsanne until the exit of Mulsanne.
Hour 6: The top five in GTE Pro have all pitted with the slow zone out, so who will make it out first? Kevin Estre retains the lead in the No 92 Porsche ahead of Serras No 51 Porsche, and the No 63 Corvette - now the sole remaining Chevrolet in the field - is in third place ahead now back in the hands of Antonio Garcia. The No 69 and 67 Fords of Ryan Briscoe and Harry Tincknell follow them out of the pits in fourth and fifth in class.
Hour 7: FULL COURSE CAUTION
The No 3 Rebellion and No 11 SMP Racing LMP1s have both crashed!
Hour 7: FULL COURSE CAUTION
That's a big, strange crash. On the run to the second chicane on the Mulsanne, and the slow zone, Thomas Laurent hit the brakes and veered right immediately, straight into the barrier. Following right behind, the No 11 SMP Racing of Mikhail Aleshin had nowhere to go and followed him into the barrier, with both having heavy damage to the front of their cars. Both make it back to the pits/
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Hour 7: FULL COURSE CAUTION
I do not believe what I'm seeing. The No 3 Rebellion is into the garage, new nose attached, wheeled back out and immediately rejoins the race. That was unbelievably fast from the Rebellion squad and fair play to them. Let's hope they got what caused the problem though, as while there was rain in the area that may have caused it, the prospect of a suspension failure or brake disc explosion could easily have caused that.
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