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 3: More problems for the No 1 Rebellion of Brino Senna, this time of the much more dramatic kind as he spins when touching the grass on the run to Tetre Rouge and spins all the way round into oncoming traffic. He keeps it out of the wall though, and manages to stay out of the firing line before spinning it back around and carrying on his way.
Hour 3: Nicki Thiim is out of the No 95 Aston Martin with Marco Sorensen behind the wheel, and he's refused to blame the BOP changes to the lack of pace from the two Astons so far.
As expected all manufacturers are within one-second and it's elbows out and just go for it, it's proper man racing out there. I had a big smile on my face the first three laps but then the tyres just dropped away and I fell back. We're hoping the track will rubber in and we'll pick up the pace.
Hour 3: The LMP2s are coming in again as the Racing Team Nederland entry stops first, followed next time by in a pit-race between the battling DragonSpeed and Jackie Chan DC Racing cars. Who will make it out first? It's the DragonSpeed entry by about nine second, and that allows the United Autosports entry to get between them - though all of them are behind the Racing Team Nederland car.
Hour 3: What feels like an inevitability is the sight of the No 1 Rebellion going into the garage, having had a number of small issues so far across the first two-and-a-half hours. It looks like it's just precautionary checks following that spin, and soon enough it's back out on track with four fresh tyres and Andre Lotterer at the wheel.
Hour 3: First driver change for the No 8 as Buemi brings it in on lap 42, with Fernando Alonso jumping into the car. As with the first three stops, the No 7 of Conway continues for another lap.
Hour 3: As predicted here comes the race leader, and Conway jumps out to hand over to Kamui Kobayashi, the fastest man of all from qualifying that put the No 7 Toyota on pole position. Just fuel only as they quad-stint the tyres, and Kobayashi is on his way back out in the lead.
Hour 3: After handing the lead Toyota over, Mike Conway says:
"I thought the sister car would be a bit closer, but they look to be struggling a little bit. It's tricky out there though, a lot of backmarkers battling between them."
Hour 3: Penalties - and penalties galore - as three teams are hit with 10-second time penalties for not respecting the Full Course Yellow speed limits. Most noticable is the one handed to the No 26 G-Drive Racing LMP2 that's running in tsecond in class, with Job van Uitert currently behind the wheel, and that time will be added at his next stop. The other cars hit with penalties are the No 60 Kessel Racing GTE Am, and the No 93 Porsche running in second place in class who pits at the end of the lap.
Meanwhile, the team director of No 4 ByKolles Racing has been called to see the stewards immediately.
Hour 3: FULL COURSE YELLOW
Our third FCY is out as Richard Westbrook goes around in the No 69 Ford while trying to lap the No 54 Ferrari, at the same time as the No 29 Team Racing Nederlands car has shed a rear tyre carcas, which is left on the track that needs retrieving.
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