LeMans 24 Hour 1: Toyota runs 1-2

Toyota #8 leads
Toyota #8 leads

The #8 Toyota with Sebastien Buemi at the wheel leads the 24 Hours of LeMans by 1.6 sec. over the #7 Toyota of Mike Conway at the end of the first hour.

The #1 and #2 Porsche 919s with Neel Jani and Timo Bernhard at the wheel run 3rd and 4th and the #9 Toyota with Nicolas Lapierre at the wheel rounds out the top-5 – just as they qualified.

Oreca Gibson cars run 6th thru 11th in LMP2 with Bruno Senna leading the pack for the Rebellion team.

The #95 and #97 Aston Martins lead GT Pro category.

Hour 1 Standings

Pos # Status Team Driver Car Gap Laps Pits Cat.
1 #8 Run Toyota Gazoo Racing BUEMI Sebastien Toyota TS050 – Hybrid 0.000 17 1 P1
2 #7 Run Toyota Gazoo Racing CONWAY Mike Toyota TS050 – Hybrid 1.624 17 1 P1
3 #1 Run Porsche LMP Team JANI Neel Porsche 919 Hybrid 4.554 17 1 P1
4 #2 Run Porsche LMP Team BERNHARD Timo Porsche 919 Hybrid 12.198 17 1 P1
5 #9 Run Toyota Gazoo Racing LAPIERRE Nicolas Toyota TS050 – Hybrid 38.173 17 1 P1
6 #31 Run Valiante Rebellion SENNA Bruno Oreca 07 – Gibson 1 Lap 16 1 P2
7 #25 Run CEFC MANOR TRS RACING PETROV Vitaly Oreca 07 – Gibson 8.342 16 1 P2
8 #24 Run CEFC MANOR TRS RACING VERGNE JEAN-ERIC Oreca 07 – Gibson 10.541 16 1 P2
9 #13 Run Valiante Rebellion PIQUET JR Nelson Oreca 07 – Gibson 13.646 16 1 P2
10 #37 Out Jackie Chan DC Racing GOMMENDY Tristan Oreca 07 – Gibson 23.432 16 2 P2
11 #38 Run Jackie Chan DC Racing JARVIS Oliver Oreca 07 – Gibson 25.401 16 1 P2
12 #35 Run Signatech Alpine Matmut PANCIATICI Nelson Alpine A470 – Gibson 30.783 16 1 P2
13 #27 Run SMP Racing ALESHIN Mikhail Dallara P217 – Gibson 36.355 16 1 P2
14 #21 Run DRAGONSPEED – 10 STAR HANLEY Ben Oreca 07 – Gibson 37.363 16 1 P2
15 #28 Run TDS Racing COLLARD Emmanuel Oreca 07 – Gibson 51.128 16 1 P2
16 #32 Run UNITED AUTOSPORTS ALBUQUERQUE Filipe LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson 54.713 16 1 P2
17 #40 Run GRAFF ALLEN James Oreca 07 – Gibson 1:14.894 16 1 P2
18 #47 Run CETILAR VILLORBA CORSE BELICCHI Andrea Dallara P217 – Gibson 1:18.853 16 1 P2
19 #26 Pit G-Drive Racing RUSINOV Roman Oreca 07 – Gibson 1:19.666 16 2 P2
20 #34 Pit Tockwith Motorsports MOORE Nigel LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson 1:29.549 16 2 P2
21 #33 Run EURASIA MOTORSPORT NICOLET Pierre LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson 2:09.803 16 1 P2
22 #43 Run KEATING MOTORSPORTS TAYLOR Ricky Riley MK30 – GIBSON 2:11.482 16 1 P2
23 #17 Run IDEC SPORT RACING LAFARGUE Paul LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson 2 Laps 15 1 P2
24 #23 Run Panis Barthez Competition BARTHEZ Fabien LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson 28.508 15 1 P2
25 #45 Run Algarve Pro Racing PATTERSON Mark LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson 1:22.275 15 1 P2
26 #29 Run Racing Team Nederland VAN EERD Frits Dallara P217 – Gibson 1:23.299 15 1 P2
27 #39 Run GRAFF TROUILLET Eric Oreca 07 – Gibson 2:40.909 15 1 P2
28 #49 Run Arc Bratislava BREUKERS Rik LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson 2:51.028 15 1 P2
29 #36 Run Signatech Alpine Matmut RAO Matthew Alpine A470 – Gibson 3:07.924 15 1 P2
30 #95 Run Aston Martin Racing THIIM Nicki Aston Martin VANTAGE 3:29.531 15 1 Pro
31 #97 Run Aston Martin Racing TURNER Darren Aston Martin VANTAGE 3:35.535 15 1 Pro
32 #51 Run AF Corse PIER GUIDI Alessandro Ferrari 488 GTE 3:38.142 15 1 Pro
33 #92 Run Porsche GT Team ESTRE Kevin Porsche 911 RSR 3:38.582 15 1 Pro
34 #66 Run Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK MÃœCKE Stefan Ford GT 3:39.538 15 1 Pro
35 #71 Run AF Corse BIRD Sam Ferrari 488 GTE 3 Laps 14 1 Pro
36 #63 Run Corvette Racing – GM GARCIA Antonio Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 0.677 14 1 Pro
37 #69 Run FORD CHIP GANASSI TEAM USA WESTBROOK Richard Ford GT 2.346 14 1 Pro
38 #91 Run Porsche GT Team MAKOWIECKI Frédéric Porsche 911 RSR 3.168 14 1 Pro
39 #67 Run Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK PRIAULX Andy Ford GT 4.881 14 1 Pro
40 #64 Run Corvette Racing – GM GAVIN Oliver Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 7.107 14 1 Pro
41 #68 Run FORD CHIP GANASSI TEAM USA HAND Joey Ford GT 10.713 14 1 Pro
42 #82 Run RISI COMPETIZIONE VILANDER Toni Ferrari 488 GTE 10.849 14 1 Pro
43 #62 Run Scuderia Corsa BELL Townsend Ferrari 488 GTE 51.037 14 1 Am
44 #90 Run TF Sport BELL Rob Aston Martin VANTAGE 54.407 14 1 Am
45 #98 Run Aston Martin Racing LAMY Pedro Aston Martin VANTAGE 54.940 14 1 Am
46 #50 Run LARBRE COMPETITION REES Fernando Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 55.766 14 1 Am
47 #55 Run SPIRIT OF RACE CIOCI Marco Ferrari 488 GTE 1:04.623 14 1 Am
48 #84 Run JMW Motorsport STEVENS Will Ferrari 488 GTE 1:06.194 14 1 Am
49 #99 Run Beechdean AMR GUNN Ross Aston Martin VANTAGE 1:08.588 14 1 Am
50 #60 Run Clearwater Racing KATOH Hiroki Ferrari 488 GTE 1:17.977 14 1 Am
51 #88 Out Proton Competition AL QUBAISI Khaled Porsche 911 RSR 991 1:22.592 14 1 Am
52 #77 Out Dempsey – Proton Racing CAIROLI Matteo Porsche 911 RSR 991 1:25.540 14 2 Am
53 #83 Run DH RACING JÃ-NSSON Niclas Ferrari 488 GTE 1:31.463 14 1 Am
54 #93 Run Proton Competition LONG Patrick Porsche 911 RSR 991 1:39.806 14 1 Am
55 #61 Out Clearwater Racing MOK Weng Sun Ferrari 488 GTE 1:41.750 14 1 Am
56 #86 Run GULF RACING UK BARKER Benjamin Porsche 911 RSR (2016) 1:48.258 14 1 Am
57 #65 Run Scuderia Corsa NIELSEN Christina Ferrari 488 GTE 1:55.277 14 1 Am
58 #54 Run SPIRIT OF RACE FLOHR Thomas Ferrari 488 GTE 3:12.765 14 1 Am
59 #4 Pit Bykolles Racing Team WEBB Oliver ENSO CLM P1/01 – Nismo 10 Laps 7 2 P1
60 #22 Pit G-Drive Racing HIRAKAWA Ryo Oreca 07 – Gibson 12 Laps 5 1 P2