LeMans 24 hour 20: Ferrari and Corvette battle in GTE-Pro
The #63 Corvette is now ahead in GTE-Pro |
The two Toyotas are still going at it as Kamui Kobayashi maintained the #7 TS050 HYBRID's near-two minute lead over the #8 car at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Kobayashi took over from Mike Conway midway through the 20th hour while Sebastien Buemi took over in the #8 Toyota.
The gap is now five laps ahead of their nearest rivals.
LMP2 – Signatech-Alpine in lead
Following the problems for G-Drive in the 19th hour, Signatech-Alpine's Nicolas Lapierre continued to manage a one lap lead in LMP2 with four hours to go.
His nearest rival is Stephane Richelmi in the #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA, which took a new nose section at the top of the hour when Richelmi took over from Ho-Pin Tung.
GTE-Pro – Corvette fending off Ferrari
Corvette held the upper hand in its fight with Ferrari as the 20-hour mark came and went, with Antonio Garcia holding a lead of around 11s over James Calado.
The two cars continue to run on divergent pit schedules, with Calado taking over from Alessandro Pier Guidi and holding a 35s buffer over Gianmaria Bruni's #91 Porsche.
Currently fourth is the #93 Porsche, now in the hands of Nick Tandy and 15s down on Bruni, while Fords fill out places five through eight, Andy Priaulx leading the Blue Oval charge in the #67 machine.
Hour 20 Standings
Pos | Class | CP | No. | Team | Current Driver | Behind | Laps | Pit | Status |
1 | LMP1 | 1 | #7 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Kamui Kobayashi | 0.000s | 320 | 29 | Run |
2 | LMP1 | 2 | #8 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Sebastien Buemi | 2:00.519 | 320 | 28 | Run |
3 | LMP1 | 3 | #11 | Smp Racing | Mikhail Aleshin | 6 LAPS | 314 | 33 | Run |
4 | LMP1 | 4 | #1 | Rebellion Racing | Andre Lotterer | 9 LAPS | 311 | 32 | Run |
5 | LMP2 | 1 | #36 | Signatech Alpine Matmut | Nicolas Lapierre | 15 LAPS | 305 | 30 | Run |
6 | LMP1 | 5 | #3 | Rebellion Racing | Nathanael Berthon | 24.185 | 305 | 36 | Out |
7 | LMP2 | 2 | #38 | Jackie Chan Dc Racing | Stephane Richelmi | 16 LAPS | 304 | 30 | Run |
8 | LMP2 | 3 | #28 | Tds Racing | François Perrodo | 17 LAPS | 303 | 30 | Run |
9 | LMP2 | 4 | #30 | Duqueine Engineering | Romain Dumas | 18 LAPS | 302 | 30 | Run |
10 | LMP2 | 5 | #22 | United Autosports | Filipe Albuquerque | 19.747 | 302 | 31 | Run |
11 | LMP2 | 6 | #48 | Idec Sport | Paul Loup Chatin | 1:23.311 | 302 | 31 | In |
12 | LMP2 | 7 | #26 | G-Drive Racing | Jean-Eric Vergne | 19 LAPS | 301 | 30 | Run |
13 | LMP2 | 8 | #39 | Graff | Jonathan Hirschi | 20 LAPS | 300 | 31 | Out |
14 | LMP2 | 9 | #23 | Panis Barthez Competition | William Stevens | 17.434 | 300 | 30 | Run |
15 | LMP2 | 10 | #29 | Racing Team Nederland | Nyck De Vries | 24 LAPS | 296 | 31 | Run |
16 | LMP2 | 11 | #25 | Algarve Pro Racing | Andrea Pizzitola | 25 LAPS | 295 | 31 | Run |
17 | LMP2 | 12 | #20 | High Class Racing | Mathias Beche | 28.002 | 295 | 32 | Run |
18 | LMP2 | 13 | #50 | Larbre Competition | Romano Ricci | 26 LAPS | 294 | 32 | Run |
19 | LMP2 | 14 | #43 | Rlr M Sport/Tower Events | Arjun Maini | 28 LAPS | 292 | 31 | Run |
20 | LMP2 | 15 | #47 | Cetilar Villorba Corse | Andrea Belicchi | 29 LAPS | 291 | 33 | Out |
21 | LMP2 | 16 | #34 | Inter Europol Competition | Nigel Moore | 31 LAPS | 289 | 29 | Run |
22 | LMP2 | 17 | #32 | United Autosports | Alex Brundle | 34 LAPS | 286 | 31 | Run |
23 | GTE-Pro | 1 | #63 | Corvette Racing | Antonio Garcia | 36 LAPS | 284 | 20 | Run |
24 | GTE-Pro | 2 | #51 | Af Corse | James Calado | 11.443 | 284 | 21 | Run |
25 | GTE-Pro | 3 | #91 | Porsche GT Team | Gianmaria Bruni | 37 LAPS | 283 | 19 | Run |
26 | GTE-Pro | 4 | #93 | Porsche GT Team | Nick Tandy | 16.356 | 283 | 19 | Run |
27 | GTE-Pro | 5 | #68 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team Usa | Sebastien Bourdais | 1:25.732 | 283 | 19 | Run |
28 | GTE-Pro | 6 | #67 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team Uk | Andy Priaulx | 1:59.089 | 283 | 20 | Run |
29 | GTE-Pro | 7 | #69 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team Usa | Ryan Briscoe | 38 LAPS | 282 | 21 | Run |
30 | GTE-Pro | 8 | #66 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team Uk | Billy Johnson | 2:03.433 | 282 | 20 | Run |
31 | GTE-Pro | 9 | #89 | Risi Competizione | Oliver Jarvis | 39 LAPS | 281 | 22 | Run |
32 | GTE-Pro | 10 | #82 | Bmw Team Mtek | Augusto Farfus | 2:02.610 | 281 | 20 | Run |
33 | GTE-Pro | 11 | #94 | Porsche GT Team | Mathieu Jaminet | 40 LAPS | 280 | 21 | Out |
34 | GTE-Pro | 12 | #92 | Porsche GT Team | Kevin Estre | 42 LAPS | 278 | 20 | Run |
35 | GTE-Pro | 13 | #81 | Bmw Team Mtek | Martin Tomczyk | 43 LAPS | 277 | 21 | Run |
36 | GT-AM | 1 | #85 | Keating Motorsports | Felipe Fraga | 1:23.364 | 277 | 19 | Run |
37 | GT-AM | 2 | #56 | Team Project 1 | Egidio Perfetti | 44 LAPS | 276 | 19 | Run |
38 | GT-AM | 3 | #84 | Jmw Motorsport | Wei Lu | 1:00.584 | 276 | 19 | Run |
39 | GT-AM | 4 | #61 | Clearwater Racing | Luis Perez Companc | 1:55.798 | 276 | 19 | Run |
40 | GT-AM | 5 | #77 | Dempsey – Proton Racing | Matt Campbell | 45 LAPS | 275 | 20 | Run |
41 | GT-AM | 6 | #62 | Weathertech Racing | Robert Smith | 1:27.327 | 275 | 21 | Run |
42 | GT-AM | 7 | #57 | Car Guy Racing | Côme Ledogar | 2:18.570 | 275 | 20 | Run |
43 | GT-AM | 8 | #78 | Proton Competition | Louis Prette | 46 LAPS | 274 | 20 | Run |
44 | GT-AM | 9 | #54 | Spirit Of Race | Giancarlofisichella | 2:33.023 | 274 | 20 | Run |
45 | GT-AM | 10 | #86 | Gulf Racing | Thomas Preining | 47 LAPS | 273 | 23 | Run |
46 | GT-AM | 11 | #83 | Kessel Racing | Rahel Frey | 48 LAPS | 272 | 20 | Run |
47 | GT-AM | 12 | #70 | Mr Racing | Olivier Beretta | 49 LAPS | 271 | 23 | Run |
48 | GT-AM | 13 | #90 | Tf Sport | Charlie Eastwood | 50 LAPS | 270 | 21 | Run |
49 | GT-AM | 14 | #60 | Kessel Racing | Andrea Piccini | 52 LAPS | 268 | 21 | Run |
50 | GTE-Pro | 14 | #97 | Aston Martin Racing | Alexander Lynn | 53 LAPS | 267 | 21 | Run |
51 | LMP2 | 18 | #31 | Dragonspeed | Pastor Maldonado | 75 LAPS | 245 | 24 | Stop |
52 | LMP2 | 19 | #37 | Jackie Chan Dc Racing | Ricky Taylor | 121 LAPS | 199 | 21 | In |
53 | LMP1 | 6 | #17 | Smp Racing | Egor Orudzhev | 157 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 | 160 LAPS | 160 | 19 | In |
56 | GTE-Pro | 15 | #71 | Af Corse | Miguel Molina | 180 LAPS | 140 | 11 | In |
57 | GTE-Pro | 16 | #95 | Aston Martin Racing | Marco Sørensen | 188 LAPS | 132 | 9 | Stop |
58 | GT-AM | 15 | #98 | Aston Martin Racing | Pedro Lamy | 233 LAPS | 87 | 7 | Stop |
59 | GTE-Pro | 17 | #64 | Corvette Racing | Marcel Fässler | 238 LAPS | 82 | 5 | Stop |
60 | GT-AM | 16 | #88 | Dempsey – Proton Racing | Matteo Cairoli | 241 LAPS | 79 | 9 | In |
61 | LMP1 | 8 | #10 | Dragonspeed | Renger Van Der Zande | 244 LAPS | 76 | 14 | Stop |