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 15: The gap betwen the lead Toyotas is 1:04s, meaning Alonso was just unable to take enough time out of Lopez to get the lead under a minute. They do however have a three-lap advantage over the third-place Rebellion No 3, which is about half-a-lap ahead of the No 11 SMP Racing BR1.
Hour 15: Drama for the No 32 United Autosports of Alex Brundle as he spins coming into the Porsche Curves, though luckily he avoids contact with anything and limps back to the pits with damage to his left-rear wheel. He's dragged back into the garage and the team go to work.
Hour 16: Into the 16th hour we go and James Calado brings the lead GTE Pro in for a brake disc change on fronts and rears, such is their advantage on the stops. However, the battle is far from over as the two Porsches and the Corvette are still in this, having worked their way back towards the front. However, the Ford challange has fallen away somewhat over the last two hours.
Hour 16: LEAD CHANGE! Having taken the lead from the No 51's stop, the No 91 Porsche pits from the lead and the 93 follows it in, promoting the Ferrari back up to second behind the No 63 Corvette.
Hour 16: Richard Westbrook in the No 69 Ford has a number of hairy moments behind the Car Guy GTE Am Ferrari of Takeshi Kimura, who twice turns in on the GTE Pro car in the final chicane and then again at the Dunlop Chicane. Kimura ignores a number of blue flags and keeps running off track, before finally allowing the frustrated Ford to pass by.
Hour 16: The No 63 Corvette pits in the GTE Pro battle, allowing the No 51 AF Corse Ferrari to resume the lead by 30 seconds over the No 91 Porsche with Jan Magnussen returning to the track in third place.
Hour 16: Lopez brings the leading Toyota into the pits for a regulation stop with a two-minute advantage over the No 8, which Alonso has now handed over to Kazuki Nakajima who was arguably their fastest driver from the first cycle of stints. Will he be able to go and catch the No 7?
Hour 16: As the sun rises over Le Mans, here;s a reminder of the cars that have retired over the course of the race so far...
No 10 DragonSpeed
No 64 Corvette Racing
No 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing
No 98 Aston Martin Racing
No 95 Aston Martin Racing
No 49 ARC Bratislava
No 71 AF Corse Ferrari
No 4 ByKolles Racing
No 17 SMP Racing
No 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing
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