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: We kick off the second half of the race with an immediate stop for the Toyota No 8, and finally Alonso jumps in as Buemi brings his 2 hr 40 min quad-stint to an end. Can the Spaniard get onto the tail of Kobayashi once the No 7 stops? Recent form suggests not, but the No 8 is showing much better pace as the race wears on.
Hour 13: As we clear halfway, whose hopes have already ended?
Official retirements
No 64 Corvette Racing
Retirements
No 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing
No 98 Aston Martin Racing
No 95 Aston Martin Racing
No 10 DragonSpeed
No 71 AF Corse Ferrari
The No 49 ARC Bratislava team have not called time on their race yet, but they've reported the driver Henning Enqvist has said that the front wheels are not touching the ground, which is quite an issue.
Hour 13: It's a smooth stop for Kobayashi and he returns to the track out in front of Alonso to maintain the Toyota one-two.
Hour 13: The ARC Bratislava entry lives! Enqvist makes his way through the second part of the Porsche Curves, and now it's a matter of can he make the pits? Yes he can!
Hour 13: The ARC Bratislava team sprint down to the front of the pitlane, put it on the dolly jacks and wheel it down to their garage where it is backed into the garage and the repairs begin.
Hour 13: LEAD CHANGE! There's a fair bit of confusion surrounding the No 92 Porsche, as Laurens Vanthoor brings it into the pits just six laps after taking over, with Kevin Estre jumping in. That hands the lead to the No 51 Ferrari as Daniel Serra passes over to Alessandro Pier Guidi.
Hour 13: The No 47 Larbre Competition has been hit with a hefty three-minute stop-and-hold penalty for exiting the pits while the light was red, which would have happened during one of the safety car periods. With the Dallara down in 14th in class, that isn't going to wreck any race-win hopes.
Hour 13: As expected Alonso is struggling to do anything about the gap to Kobayashi, and as it ticks over 12 seconds the No 8 is told he will receive a new rear body cover on his next pit stop to cure a touch of damage.
Hour 13: Alonso does indeed bring the No 8 Toyota in, and it's a new nose and tail for the second-placed car as well as a full tank of fuel before the Spaniard is sent on his way.
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