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 9: Buemi's on the charge, but there is a little bit of concern over the state of the race-leading No 7 Toyota as there is some sort of smoke or fluid that comes out the back of it under braking. It's been happening for the last two stints, so Toyota don't seem too concerned by it, but Buemi is now within 0.9s of the lead.
Hour 9: Confirmed - the No 98 Aston Martin Racing GTE Am has retired.
Hour 9: Indeed that LMP2 lead gap has been cut considerably to 4.342s, with Job van Uitert back in the No 26 G-Drive Oreca. Nicolas Lapierre continues in the No 36 Alpine.
Hour 9: Drama! The No 66 Ford of Olivier Pla tries to dive under the No 94 Porsche of Sven Muller, running in 10th and 11th, and Pla hits the side of Muller's car to turn himself around. That very much looked like two cars battling for the same patch of track, and just behind them was the No 7 race-leading Toyota whose heart would have been in his mouth for a few seconds there. The Ford gets going again immediately, but replays show there's a bit of damage between the two and Pla pits at the end of the lap.
Hour 9: Buemi comes in for his first stop in the No 8 and he runs a little wide on pit entry but gets it slowed down in time. Stewards are looking at that clash between Plan and Muller, though to me it looked a lot like a racing incident. Conway should be in to the pits in two laps' time.
Hour 9: Conway pits from the lead and it's all smooth from the Toyota crew to get him back out in front well ahead of Buemi, who is only exiting the Ford Chicanes as the No 7 rejoins the track.
Hour 9: LEAD CHANGE! The No 92 Porsche has been in the lead of GTE Pro battle for quite some time...until now! The No 51 Ferrari of James Calado gets back into the lead it lost to the Porsche in the pits a few hours ago as we approach the end of the ninth hour and midnight in Le Mans.
Hour 9: Almost to mess with our leaderboard, Calado pits at the end of the lap, meaning that he doesn't actually lead the lap as Michael Christensen retakes the leadin the No 92 Porsche. We'll wait to see how those stops cycle through, as the third-placed No 67 Ford also stops.
Hour 10: SLOW ZONES
Alex Lynn has come unstuck in the second Aston Martin, the No 97 that's running in a disappointing 15th position, as he comes out of the Porsche Curves, and he'll need to be rescued from the gravel trap before we can get back to clear green racing.
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