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 4: It looks like that overnight BOP change in GTE Pro is finally starting to get to the Aston Martin team, with the manufacturer's chief executive Andy Palmer hitting out at the "unfathomable" change. Their cars are currently running in 10th and 14th, despite the No 95 starting the race on pole.
Hour 4: The LPM1 battle for the non-hybrids looks to be hotting up, with Stoffel Vandoorne in the fourth-placed SMP Racing starting to catch the No 3 Rebellion in third in the hands of Berthon. Just 20 seconds splits them at the moment, though in typing that Vandoorne comes into the pits.
Hour 4: The No 26 lead LPM2 pits and comes out right behind the Signatech Alpine, putting the No 36 car back into the lead. But they're split by just half-a-second and the battle is well and truly on the class lead.
Hour four: The No 49 ARC Bratislava LPM2 is off on the exit of Indianapolis after clouting the barriers on the outside, and Henning Enqvist dangerously reverses across the track and pulls away just as one of the GTE Am Ferraris comes around the corner. Thankfully he gets away with it but that was a pretty dangerous incident there.
Hour four: LEAD CHANGE! The No 26 G-Drive Racing LMP2 of Jan van Uitert finally gets past the Signatech Alpine to retake the class lead, getting the move done on the Mulsanne out of the second chicane.
Hour four: Approaching the end of the fourth hour and the GTE Pro battle is hotting up, with the No 92 Porsche of Lars Vanthoor on the charge as he gets past Joey Hand on the exit of the Dunlop Chicane for fourth place. The No 51 Ferrari is right in front with Daniel Serra now at the wheel, and the lead Corvette is only four second up the road, such are the slender gaps between the lead pack.
Hour four: Let's catch up on the GTE Am battle, which continues to be led by the No 77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche that is very much carrying the team's hopes this weekend after the troubles for the No 88 and 99 entries. Julien Andlauer is now at the wheel and leads the No 85 Keating Motorsports Ford by 47.447s, with the No 84 JMW Motorsport Ferrari in third with Wei Lu at the wheel a further 50 seconds behind.
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