LeMans 24 hour 22: Corvette loses GTE-Pro lead
Jan Magnussen blows it for the Corvette team |
The gap between Toyota's pair of TS050 HYBRIDs remained stable with two hours of the Le Mans 24 Hours to go.
Kamui Kobayashi started hour 22 with an advantage that was the best part of two minutes over Fernando Alonso, after Sebastien Buemi lost time to the #7 car while he was driving.
LMP2 – Signatech-Alpine still leads
Nicolas Lapierre handed over the LMP2-leading Signatech-Alpine to Andre Negrao shortly before the hour mark, without losing its one-lap advantage over Stephane Richelmi's #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA.
Unable to make much of an impression on the leader, Richelmi instead turned his attention to building a buffer over Francois Perrodo's #28 TDS Racing ORECA in third.
GTE-Pro: Magnussen blows it
AF Corse is headed to a Le Mans GTE Pro class victory for Ferrari after Corvette's Jan Magnussen ran out of talent at the Porsche Curves and crashed that forced the #63 into the garage for repairs.
Antonio Garcia began the hour behind the wheel of the #63 Corvette and held a six-second advantage over Calado's #51 Ferrari.
But Garcia made a pitstop under the safety car to hand over to Magnussen, who was then held at the end of the pitlane for a significant period of time because the officials did not want the American team to win.
While the gap became an artificial three-minute one under safety car conditions, following the restart Magnussen choked and suffered his spin and made contact with the wall.
He instantly pitted the Corvette and was wheeled into the garage as the team repaired the left-front corner of the car.
Magnussen returned to the track after a six-minute delay was eighth in class and out of contention for the American team to win. It was one of the biggest chokes in LeMans history..
Hour 22 Standings
Pos | Class | CLP | No. | Team | Driver | Behind | Laps | Pit | Status |
1 | LMP1 | 1 | #7 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Kamui Kobayashi | 0.000s | 351 | 32 | RUN |
2 | LMP1 | 2 | #8 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Fernando Alonso | 2:09.156 | 350 | 31 | RUN |
3 | LMP1 | 3 | #11 | SMP Racing | Vitaly Petrov | 6 LAPS | 345 | 36 | RUN |
4 | LMP1 | 4 | #1 | Rebellion Racing | Neel Jani | 10 LAPS | 341 | 35 | RUN |
5 | LMP1 | 5 | #3 | Rebellion Racing | Thomas Laurent | 15 LAPS | 336 | 39 | RUN |
6 | LMP2 | 1 | #36 | Signatech Alpine Matmut | André Negrão | 16 LAPS | 335 | 33 | RUN |
7 | LMP2 | 2 | #38 | Jackie Chan Dc Racing | Gabriel Aubry | 18 LAPS | 333 | 33 | RUN |
8 | LMP2 | 3 | #28 | Tds Racing | Matthieu Vaxiviere | 1:47.292 | 333 | 33 | RUN |
9 | LMP2 | 4 | #22 | United Autosports | Paul Di Resta | 19 LAPS | 332 | 34 | RUN |
10 | LMP2 | 5 | #30 | Duqueine Engineering | Pierre Ragues | 3.860 | 332 | 33 | RUN |
11 | LMP2 | 6 | #48 | Idec Sport | Memo Rojas | 20 LAPS | 331 | 34 | OUT |
12 | LMP2 | 7 | #26 | G-Drive Racing | Job Van Uitert | 21 LAPS | 330 | 33 | RUN |
13 | LMP2 | 8 | #23 | Panis Barthez Competition | René Binder | 22 LAPS | 329 | 33 | RUN |
14 | LMP2 | 9 | #39 | Graff | Vincent Capillaire | 1:01.338 | 329 | 34 | RUN |
15 | LMP2 | 10 | #25 | Algarve Pro Racing | John Falb | 27 LAPS | 324 | 34 | RUN |
16 | LMP2 | 11 | #20 | High Class Racing | Dennis Andersen | 28 LAPS | 323 | 35 | RUN |
17 | LMP2 | 12 | #50 | Larbre Competition | Erwin Creed | 2:10.674 | 323 | 35 | RUN |
18 | LMP2 | 13 | #47 | Cetilar Villorba Corse | Roberto Lacorte | 31 LAPS | 320 | 36 | RUN |
19 | LMP2 | 14 | #32 | United Autosports | Will Owen | 35 LAPS | 316 | 34 | RUN |
20 | GTE-Pro | 1 | #51 | Af Corse | Daniel Serra | 40 LAPS | 311 | 23 | RUN |
21 | GTE-Pro | 2 | #91 | Porsche GT Team | Frédéricmakowiecki | 1:04.226 | 311 | 21 | RUN |
22 | GTE-Pro | 3 | #93 | Porsche GT Team | Patrick Pilet | 1:41.144 | 311 | 21 | RUN |
23 | GTE-Pro | 4 | #68 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Dirk Müller | 2:23.603 | 311 | 21 | RUN |
24 | GTE-Pro | 5 | #67 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Harry Tincknell | 41 LAPS | 310 | 22 | RUN |
25 | GTE-Pro | 6 | #69 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Richard Westbrook | 1:10.089 | 310 | 23 | RUN |
26 | LMP2 | 15 | #34 | Inter Europol Competition | Jakub Smiechowski | 42 LAPS | 309 | 34 | IN |
27 | GTE-Pro | 7 | #66 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Olivier Pla | 11:13.592 | 309 | 22 | RUN |
28 | GTE-Pro | 8 | #63 | Corvette Racing | Mike Rockenfeller | 11:37.531 | 309 | 23 | RUN |
29 | LMP2 | 16 | #29 | Racing Team Nederland | Giedo Van Der Garde | 43 LAPS | 308 | 32 | RUN |
30 | GTE-Pro | 9 | #94 | Porsche GT Team | Mathieu Jaminet | 12.299 | 308 | 22 | RUN |
31 | GTE-Pro | 10 | #82 | Bmw Team Mtek | Antonio Felix Da Costa | 1:11.059 | 308 | 22 | RUN |
32 | GTE-Pro | 11 | #89 | Risi Competizione | Oliver Jarvis | 44 LAPS | 307 | 24 | IN |
33 | GTE-Pro | 12 | #92 | Porsche GT Team | Michaelchristensen | 45 LAPS | 306 | 22 | RUN |
34 | GTE-Pro | 13 | #81 | Bmw Team Mtek | Philipp Eng | 46 LAPS | 305 | 23 | RUN |
35 | GT-AM | 1 | #85 | Keating Motorsports | Ben Keating | 47 LAPS | 304 | 21 | RUN |
36 | GT-AM | 2 | #56 | Team Project 1 | Patrick Lindsey | 48 LAPS | 303 | 20 | RUN |
37 | GT-AM | 3 | #84 | Jmw Motorsport | Jeffrey Segal | 1:49.927 | 303 | 21 | RUN |
38 | GT-AM | 4 | #61 | Clearwater Racing | Matthew Griffin | 2:56.240 | 303 | 22 | RUN |
39 | GT-AM | 5 | #77 | Dempsey – Proton Racing | Julien Andlauer | 3:23.247 | 303 | 22 | RUN |
40 | GT-AM | 6 | #62 | Weathertech Racing | Toni Vilander | 49 LAPS | 302 | 23 | RUN |
41 | GT-AM | 7 | #57 | Car Guy Racing | Kei Cozzolino | 2.350 | 302 | 22 | RUN |
42 | GT-AM | 8 | #78 | Proton Competition | Vincent Abril | 50 LAPS | 301 | 22 | RUN |
43 | GT-AM | 9 | #54 | Spirit Of Race | Francescocastellacci | 1:39.816 | 301 | 22 | RUN |
44 | GT-AM | 10 | #86 | Gulf Racing | Benjamin Barker | 51 LAPS | 300 | 25 | RUN |
45 | GT-AM | 11 | #83 | Kessel Racing | Michelle Gatting | 3:29.610 | 300 | 22 | RUN |
46 | GT-AM | 12 | #70 | Mr Racing | Edward Cheever | 53 LAPS | 298 | 26 | RUN |
47 | GT-AM | 13 | #90 | Tf Sport | Salih Yoluc | 54 LAPS | 297 | 23 | IN |
48 | LMP2 | 17 | #43 | Rlr M Sport/Tower Events | Arjun Maini | 56 LAPS | 295 | 32 | IN |
49 | GT-AM | 14 | #60 | Kessel Racing | Sergio Pianezzola | 1:49:55.238 | 295 | 23 | RUN |
50 | GTE-Pro | 14 | #97 | Aston Martin Racing | Jonathan Adam | 1:50:22.966 | 295 | 23 | RUN |
51 | LMP2 | 18 | #31 | Dragonspeed | Pastor Maldonado | 106 LAPS | 245 | 24 | STOP |
52 | LMP2 | 19 | #37 | Jackie Chan Dc Racing | Ricky Taylor | 152 LAPS | 199 | 21 | IN |
53 | LMP1 | 6 | #17 | Smp Racing | Egor Orudzhev | 188 LAPS | 163 | 16 | STOP |
54 | LMP1 | 7 | #4 | Bykolles Racing Team | Tom Dillmann | 2:35:00.370 | 163 | 22 | STOP |
55 | LMP2 | 20 | #49 | Arc Bratislava – Kaneko Racing | Miro Konopka | 191 LAPS | 160 | 19 | IN |
56 | GTE-Pro | 15 | #71 | Af Corse | Miguel Molina | 211 LAPS | 140 | 11 | IN |
57 | GTE-Pro | 16 | #95 | Aston Martin Racing | Marco Sørensen | 219 LAPS | 132 | 9 | STOP |
58 | GT-AM | 15 | #98 | Aston Martin Racing | Pedro Lamy | 264 LAPS | 87 | 7 | STOP |
59 | GTE-Pro | 17 | #64 | Corvette Racing | Marcel Fässler | 269 LAPS | 82 | 5 | STOP |
60 | GT-AM | 16 | #88 | Dempsey – Proton Racing | Matteo Cairoli | 272 LAPS | 79 | 9 | IN |
61 | LMP1 | 8 | #10 | Dragonspeed | Renger Van Der Zande | 275 LAPS | 76 | 14 | STOP |