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 23: The No 8 comes in and that will be it for Fernando Alonso's career with the Toyota Gazo Racing team, with the Spaniard moving on after this race and Brendon Hartley already unveiled as his replacement next season. Together they won last year's Le Mans 24 Hours, achieving what he set out to achieve, and they are also on course to win the WEC drivers' and LMP1 championship together, but a second straight Le Mans win looks one step too far.
Hour 23: How much do Ford want Keating Motorsport to hold on to GTE Am victory? So much that they sent their mechanics down to the No 85's pit box to perform that front end change to save every available second in the battle with the No 56 Porsche.
Hour 23: Oh my! The No 85 Ford's pit stop is under investigation! Have they infringed by using another team's mechanics?
Hour 23: The No 29 Racing Team Nederlands car has a puncture on the Mulsanne and Guido van der Garde has a long way to limp home in the rebuilt LMP2.
Hour 23: Bergmeister's taken over 10 seconds out of the GTE Am lead with their next stops due in about 30 minutes time. With the No 85 Keating Motorsport Ford also under investigation, this could go either way.
Hour 23: Van der Garde brings the No 29 into pit lane with a flat left-rear, and the tyre is completely shredded as it comes off the car, though looks to have left the frail body work alone and he's sent back out on his way.
Hour 23: Gabriel Aubry brings the No 38 in from secnd in LMP2 and hands over to Ho-Pin Tung in their attempt to chase down the Signatech Alpine.
Hour 23: David Heinemeier Hansson shells out a few more details on the early morning demise of the No 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing.
Hour 23: We haven't spoken about the GTE Pro lead for a while as the No 51 Ferrari is running in a race of its own, with Alessandro Pier Guidi holding a 55-second lead over the No 91 Porsche and looking to cruise home.
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