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 12: The LMP2 race has been subdued somewhat by the last two safety cars, with G-Drive Racing moving more than two minutes clear of the No 36 Signatech Alpine, with Gabriel Aubry in the No 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca a further minute and seven seconds behind.
Hour 12: The factory team may be suffering a race to forget, but they're firmly behind the privateer TF Sport entry in GTE Am that is up to third place in class.
Hour 12: Toyota radio in to Sebastian Buemi enquiring if he is able to do one more stint, albeit on the same set of tyres. We don't hear the response, but the grumpy reaction from Alonso suggests that he'd about to be stood down.
Hour 12: Buemi pits at the end of the lap and indeed Buemi is staying in the car for a fourth straight stint.
Hour 12: Good news from both Corvette and Aston Martin as both Marcel Fassler and Marco Sorensen have been given the OK following their heavy shunts, with both now back at the track to thanks their respective teams.
Hour 12: What's the key to lasting through the night? At Toyota, it's kinaesthetics as the team are led through certain exercises to keep them energised. At Jota Sport - the team running the Jackie Chan DC Racing cars - it's a combination of smoothies, high-energy snacks and the secret weapon of brushing your teeth (trust me, from experience this is key), and for a number in the pits it's grabbing sleep whenever possible between stops.
Hour 12: Anyway, getting back to the racing Mike Conway comes into the pits and unlike Buemi he is not going to quad-stint as he hands over to Kamui Kobayashi, who comes out of the pits right on the back of the No 8 lead car. Kobayashi gets a great run off the first chicane on the Mulsanne and... LEAD CHANGE! The No 7 is back into the lead.
Hour 12: The remaining Corvette of Mike Rockenfeller is being caught on the road by the No 69 Ford of Scott Dixon, who is of course one of their IMSA rivals from the American series and will be a familiar foe. The Corvette has really suffered since losing touch with the leaders due to the safety cars, with 'Rocky' 1:25.402s off the lead GTE Pro.
Hour 12: Change for third place in GTE Pro as Fred Makowiecki moves the No 91 Porsche up ahead of the No 93 entry, putting the two WEC championship rivals and teammates in first and third in class.
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