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 10: Back to green
Lynn gets going again but there is damage, with the rear wing snapped on the right upright and the door mirror missing. That will need to head into the garage to get repaired.
Hour 10: SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED
A huge, huge crash for the No 95 Aston Martin of Marco Sorensen.
Hour 10: Safety car
Firstly, Sorensen is out of the car and, although he's limping, is out of danger that is a big relief. That's because the Aston Martin lost control on entrance to the kink before Indianapolis, with the car already on the grass on the inside before the apex of the corner. That send him left and out of control into the tyre barrier that protects the rest of the track after Indianapolis, and that rules the No 95 pole-sitting GTE Pro out of the race as Sorensen will need to head to the medical centre. What a nightmare day it's been for Aston Martin so far, with the No 97 still in the pits and the No 98 already retired.
Hour 10 : SAFETY CAR
Here's how the race ended for the No 95 Aston Martin
Hour 10: SAFETY CAR
This safety car period is going to have a major impact on the LMP1 lead, with the No 8 Toyota of Seb Buemi getting caught out behind the second safety car, with Mike Conway about two minutes down the road in the first safety car train. Meanwhile, the No 97 Aston Martin is back out on track to offer some solace for the team, but it's running last in GTE Pro.
Hour 10: SAFETY CAR
Remember our 35 overtakes on the opening lap? Well, as the lights go out on the safety car, we're up to 15,369 overtakes and we're not even at halfway.
Hour 10: SAFETY CAR
Confirmed - The No 95 Aston Martin has officially retired from the race.
Hour 10: BACK TO GREEN
Racing resumes and Mike Conway has a healthy lead over Sebastien Buemi.
Hour 10: The safety car has also destroyed the GTE Pro class battle that we were enjoying, as while the No 92 Porsche leads the No 51 Ferrari, the No 63 Corvette got caught behind another safety car and is now one minute 16 seconds behind. That feels brutally harsh when they were running within four seconds of the lead.
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