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 13: LEAD CHANGE! Indeed, the No 92 pits at the end of the lap and the No 51 flashes past into the lead...but the Porsche is going into the garage! It's going up on the jacks and this could be a long one.
Hour 13: It's an exhaust change for the No 92, and they're going to take the opportunity to change the brakes too while it's up in the air as Estre remains in the car.
Hour 13: Laurens Vanthoor, driver of the No 92 Porsche, sums up the feeling in the team as he speaks to Radio Le Mans:
"When you lose a minute, you're not going to get that back. Miracles don't happen. All we can do now is make sure Kevin and Michael win the championship."
Heartbreaking admission from the team that has led the majority of the 13 hours of GTE Pro racing so far.
Hour 13: Yellow flags on the exit of Arnage as the No 4 ByKolles Racing has ground to a halt on the right of the track, halfway across the grass with what looks like a mechanical issue. This could be a slow zone or FCY.
Hour 14: SLOW ZONES
The ByKolles made it to the Porsche Curves before stopping once again, and a slow zone has been installed to retrieve it and drag it behind the barrier. Meanwhile the No 92 is back into the race, but it lost 20 minutes in the pits and that's them five laps down on the GTE Pro lead they held just half-an-hour ago. Estre rejoins 12th in class and 38th overall.
Hour 14: LEAD CHANGE! The No 51 GTE Pro lead Ferrari is into the pits and is having a rear brake change without heading into the garage, but the speed of the Italian team is not fast enough to get Pier Guidi out in the lead, meaning the No 93 Porsche flashes by to take the lead for the first time this race, with the No 91 locked in its slipstream. The No 63 Corvette also gets past, with the No 51 back out in fourth in class.
Hour 14: LEAD CHANGE! Both the No 93 and 91 pit at the same time, but the No 63 Corvette continues to retake the lead of the GTE Class ahead of the No 51 Ferrari.
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