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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

Jack de Menezes
Sunday 16 June 2019 16:51 BST
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Le Mans 2019 winners Toyota head to the podium

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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 8: Neel Jani brings the No 1 Rebellion in from sixth place to hand back over to Bruno Senna, and Rebellion seize the chance to put another new nose on the car before sending it on its way.

Jack de Menezes15 June 2019 21:46

Hour 8: An interesting notice has arrived from the stewards that confirms the No 63 Chevrolet Corvette of Marcel Fassler has been blamed for causing the accident with the No 88 Porsche that ultimately took both of them out of the race, with the ACO fining Corvette Racing 7,000 euros and imposing six penalty points on Fassler's licence. That is...controversial.

Jack de Menezes15 June 2019 21:57

END OF HOUR EIGHT STANDINGS

Jack de Menezes15 June 2019 22:03

Hour 9: Into the second third of the race we go as we clear the eight-hour barrier, and we have a change of second place in GTE Pro as the Antonio Garcia No 63 Corvette is on the charge once again, getting past the No 51 Ferrari of Alessandro Pier Guidi. It gets even worse for the Ferrari at the end of the lap, as they pit alongside the No 67 Ford and Harry Tincknell gets out in front of new driver James Calado to take third place.

Jack de Menezes15 June 2019 22:07

Hour 9: Problems for the No 84 BMW Team MTEK of Philipp Eng, who is sitting in the garage with the engine being worked on, while the No 84 Porsche receives a new front splitter before heading back out.

Jack de Menezes15 June 2019 22:09

Hour 9: Nakajima brings the lead car in for the final time this stint and hands over to Sebastien Buemi after one hell of a slog, going back-to-back-to-back-to-back to take the overall lead for the No 8. Lopez should bring the No 7 in two laps later.

Jack de Menezes15 June 2019 22:11

Hour 9: A 10-second time penalty for the No 28 TDS Racing LMP2 for not respecting slow zones, and both the No 70 Ferrari and No 49 ARC Bratislava LMP2 have been given one-minute stop-and-go penalties for speeding in the pit lane.

Jack de Menezes15 June 2019 22:12

Hour 9: Lopez does indeed pit two laps later to hand over to Mike Conway, the man who led the race in the early stages. He gets on his way as the No 8 comes through the Porsche Curves, and he's held up slightly by the Ford in front of him going straight on at the Ford Chicane...the No 7 leads! 

LEAD CHANGE! Conway retakes the lead for the No 7 and manages to hold Buemi behind him through the first sector of the lap, getting his tyres up to speed in the process.

Jack de Menezes15 June 2019 22:18

Hour 9: Yellow flags briefly come out at the second Mulsanne chicane as the No 84 Ferrari of Wu Lei pins off, but he's kept the 488 out of the gravel and gets going again without any further dramas.

Jack de Menezes15 June 2019 22:32

Hour 9: Another pit stop for the lead LMP2 G-Drive Racing No 26 means only one thing, another pit stop for the second-placed Signatech Alpine No 36. The two have been on the same strategy since the very start of the race, though the G-Drive lollipop man just avoids getting clipped on the ankles as the Alpine comes in. The G-Drive had a bit of a slow stop there, and that could be a large chunk of time back for the Alpine.

Jack de Menezes15 June 2019 22:36

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