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Le Mans Hour 4: Toyotas still 1-2, #71 Ferrari still leads GT-Pro

Posted by AR1 staff

The two Toyota TS050 Hybrids have seized control in the battle for the overall lead in the 88th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the #7 Toyota of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, and José Maria Lopez and the #8 Toyota of Sébastien Buemi having traded the lead throughout the first four hours of the race.

The two Rebellion Racing R13-Gibsons still run third and fourth, with the #1 – now over 3 minutes back of the #8 Toyota.

With the #92 Porsche out of sync having had a front puncture, both Porsches were noticeably absent from the fight at the front. Lapping a second off the leaders’ pace, strategy or not there was a clear deficit. The GTE-Pro class was not displaying quite the same close dogfight characteristics as might have been expected, but the AF Corse Ferrari pairing was looking sturdy, mixing it with the Aston Martins to make up the top four positions.

In LMP2 #37 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca is running off-sequence after making an extra pit stop at the end of the first Slow Zone intervention during the first hour.

The classification is such after the four-hour mark: The #37 JC/DC Oreca leads, the #26 G-Drive Aurus 2nd, the #32 United Oreca 3rd, and the #38 JOTA Oreca 4th.

In LMGTE Pro the #71 Ferrari (shown above) still leads the #97 Aston Martin in the 4th stint, the #51 car that showed well in the opening stint is third with the #95 Aston Martin running fourth.

Hour 4 Standings

 

POS NO. CLASS VEHICLE DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 LAPS BEHIND GAP
1 8 LMP1 Toyota TS050 – Hybrid Sébastien BUEMI Kazuki NAKAJIMA Brendon HARTLEY 69 0.000s 0.000s
2 7 LMP1 Toyota TS050 – Hybrid Mike CONWAY Kamui KOBAYASHI Jose Maria LOPEZ 69 13.756 13.756
3 1 LMP1 Rebellion R13 – Gibson Bruno SENNA Norman NATO Gustavo MENEZES 69 3’18.282 3’04.526
4 3 LMP1 Rebellion R13 – Gibson Romain DUMAS Nathanaël BERTHON Louis DELETRAZ 68 1 Laps 1 Laps
5 37 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Ho-Pin TUNG Gabriel AUBRY Will STEVENS 66 3 Laps 2 Laps
6 26 LMP2 Aurus 01 – Gibson Roman RUSINOV Jean-Eric VERGNE Mikkel JENSEN 66 3 Laps 1.523
7 32 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Will OWEN Alex BRUNDLE Job VAN UITERT 66 3 Laps 28.525
8 38 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Anthony DAVIDSON Antonio Felix DA COSTA Roberto GONZALEZ 65 4 Laps 1 Laps
9 30 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Jonathan HIRSCHI Konstantin TERESCHENKO Tristan GOMMENDY 65 4 Laps 0.679
10 22 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Philip HANSON Filipe ALBUQUERQUE Paul DI RESTA 65 4 Laps 1.180
11 31 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Nicolas JAMIN Julien CANAL Matthieu VAXIVIERE 65 4 Laps 57.118
12 39 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson James ALLEN Vincent CAPILLAIRE Charles MILESI 65 4 Laps 1’45.517
13 21 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Juan Pablo MONTOYA Timothé BURET Memo ROJAS 65 4 Laps 1’10.402
14 27 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Henrik HEDMAN Ben HANLEY Renger VAN DER ZANDE 64 5 Laps 1 Laps
15 25 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson John FALB Simon TRUMMER Matthew MCMURRY 64 5 Laps 53.231
16 50 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Tatiana CALDERON Sophia FLÖRSCH Beitske VISSER 64 5 Laps 2.226
17 33 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Kenta YAMASHITA Mark PATTERSON Anders FJORDBACH 64 5 Laps 13.434
18 16 LMP2 Aurus 01 – Gibson Ryan CULLEN Oliver JARVIS Nicholas TANDY 64 5 Laps 0.286
19 42 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Nicolas LAPIERRE Antonin BORGA Alexandre COIGNY 64 5 Laps 6.401
20 47 LMP2 Dallara P217 – Gibson Roberto LACORTE Andrea BELICCHI Giorgio SERNAGIOTTO 64 5 Laps 1’07.650
21 17 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Patrick PILET Kyle TILLEY Jonathan KENNARD 64 5 Laps 1’39.826
22 34 LMP2 Ligier JSP217 – Gibson Jakub SMIECHOWSKI René BINDER Matevos ISAAKYAN 64 5 Laps 3.765
23 36 LMP2 Alpine A470 – Gibson André NEGRÃO Pierre RAGUES Thomas LAURENT 63 6 Laps 1 Laps
24 28 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Paul LAFARGUE Paul Loup CHATIN Richard BRADLEY 63 6 Laps 3.772
25 29 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Frits VAN EERD Giedo VAN DER GARDE Nyck DE VRIES 62 7 Laps 1 Laps
26 4 LMP1 ENSO CLM P1/01 – Gibson Tom DILLMANN Bruno SPENGLER Oliver WEBB 61 8 Laps 1 Laps
27 35 LMP2 Ligier JSP217 – Gibson Nobuya YAMANAKA Nicholas FOSTER Roberto MERHI 61 8 Laps 1’01.585
28 71 LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Davide RIGON Miguel MOLINA Sam BIRD 61 8 Laps 19.970
29 97 LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage AMR Maxime MARTIN Alexander LYNN Harry TINCKNELL 61 8 Laps 9.560
30 51 LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Alessandro PIER GUIDI James CALADO Daniel SERRA 61 8 Laps 0.641
31 95 LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage AMR Nicki THIIM Marco SØRENSEN Richard WESTBROOK 61 8 Laps 19.311
32 92 LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR – 19 Michael CHRISTENSEN Kevin ESTRE Laurens VANTHOOR 61 8 Laps 17.901
33 82 LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Olivier PLA Sébastien BOURDAIS Jules GOUNON 60 9 Laps 1 Laps
34 91 LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR – 19 Gianmaria BRUNI Richard LIETZ Frédéric MAKOWIECKI 60 9 Laps 0.101
35 63 LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Cooper MACNEIL Toni VILANDER Jeffrey SEGAL 60 9 Laps 15.204
36 83 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo François PERRODO Emmanuel COLLARD Nicklas NIELSEN 60 9 Laps 2’09.018
37 72 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Morris CHEN Tom BLOMQVIST Marcos GOMES 60 9 Laps 24.012
38 56 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Egidio PERFETTI Larry TEN VOORDE Matteo CAIROLI 60 9 Laps 8.708
39 90 LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Salih YOLUC Charles EASTWOOD Jonathan ADAM 60 9 Laps 12.367
40 75 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Rino MASTRONARDI Matteo CRESSONI Andrea PICCINI 60 9 Laps 0.772
41 98 LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Paul DALLA LANA Ross GUNN Augusto FARFUS 59 10 Laps 1 Laps
42 57 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Ben KEATING Felipe FRAGA Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN 59 10 Laps 23.604
43 61 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Francesco PIOVANETTI Oswaldo NEGRI JR Côme LEDOGAR 59 10 Laps 33.086
44 55 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Duncan CAMERON Aaron SCOTT Matthew GRIFFIN 59 10 Laps 39.192
45 24 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Garett GRIST Alex KAPADIA Anthony WELLS 59 10 Laps 39.794
46 86 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Michael WAINWRIGHT Benjamin BARKER Andrew WATSON 59 10 Laps 6.916
47 77 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Christian RIED Riccardo PERA Matt CAMPBELL 59 10 Laps 7.743
48 66 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Richard HEISTAND Maxwell ROOT Jan MAGNUSSEN 59 10 Laps 24.658
49 99 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Vutthikorn INTHRAPHUVASAK Lucas LÉGERET Julien ANDLAUER 58 11 Laps 1 Laps
50 78 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Horst Jr FELBERMAYR Michele BERETTA Max VAN SPLUNTEREN 58 11 Laps 34.052
51 85 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Manuela GOSTNER Rahel FREY Michelle GATTING 58 11 Laps 41.076
52 60 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Claudio SCHIAVONI Sergio PIANEZZOLA Paolo RUBERTI 58 11 Laps 28.757
53 62 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Bonamy GRIMES Johnny MOWLEM Charles HOLLINGS 58 11 Laps 1’11.232
54 89 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Steve BROOKS Julien PIGUET Andreas LASKARATOS 57 12 Laps 1 Laps
55 52 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Christoph ULRICH Steffen GÖRIG Alexander WEST 57 12 Laps 2’08.381
56 54 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Thomas FLOHR Francesco CASTELLACCI Giancarlo FISICHELLA 57 12 Laps 2’51.516
57 70 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Takeshi KIMURA Vincent ABRIL Kei COZZOLINO 52 17 Laps 5 Laps
58 88 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Thomas PREINING Dominique BASTIEN Adrien DE LEENER 9 60 Laps 43 Laps
59 11 LMP2 Ligier JSP217 – Gibson Adrien TAMBAY Erik MARIS Christophe D’ANSEMBOURG 26 43 Laps -17 Laps