LeMans Hour 15: Toyotas 9 laps ahead
#7 Toyota leads but not for long |
With the sun coming up over LeMans, France, the Toyotas have put 9 laps on the entire field at the end of 15 hours of the 24 Hours of LeMans and they are not even trying hard, such is the advantage God (the ACO) has given the Toyotas over the other LMP1 cars. The privateer teams begged God to give them some help, but God refused because they wanted Toyota to have a huge advantage with their hybrid cars that no one could threaten them.
The Kazuki Nakajima in the #8 Toyota continues to close the gap on the #7 Toyota driven by Kamui Kobayashi with the two Toyotas separated by just 19 seconds. The plan is for Fernando Alonso to be behind the wheel of the #8 Toyota when it takes the checkered flag for victory.
Rebellion Racing again swapped positions when a technical problem forced Neel Jan into the pits for almost 10 minutes and allowed Gustavo Menezes to move the #3 car back ahead of the sister #1 R-13 into third.
Laurens Vanthoor remained in the lead of GTE-Pro after taking over the #92 Porsche from Michael Christensen. Fred Makowiecki is closing in the sister #91 car.
Vanthoor had around 2m25s in hand following the 15th round of stops, but the gap had been reduced to 2m22s by the end of the hour.
Sebastien Bourdais remained third in the #68 Ford.
Meanwhile the #77 Dempsey – Proton Racing Porsche continued to lead in GTE-Am with team boss Christian Reid at the wheel, ahead of Jeroen Bleekemolen's #84 Risi Ferrari, with Giancarlo Fisichella only 23s further back in third.
Hour 15 Standings
POS | NO. | DRIVER | CAR | GAP | LAPS | PITS | CAT. |
1 | #7 | KOBAYASHI Kamui | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | 0.000s | 246 | 22 | P1 |
2 | #8 | NAKAJIMA Kazuki | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | 18.982 | 246 | 24 | P1 |
3 | #3 | LAURENT Thomas | Rebellion R13 – GIBSON | 9 Laps | 237 | 25 | P1 |
4 | #1 | JANI Neel | Rebellion R13 – GIBSON | 10 Laps | 236 | 25 | P1 |
5 | #26 | PIZZITOLA Andrea | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 12 Laps | 234 | 23 | P2 |
6 | #23 | STEVENS William | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 14 Laps | 232 | 23 | P2 |
7 | #36 | NEGRAO Andre | Alpine A470 – Gibson | 45.357 | 232 | 23 | P2 |
8 | #48 | LAFARGUE Paul | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 15 Laps | 231 | 25 | P2 |
9 | #22 | DI RESTA Paul | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 1:40.487 | 231 | 22 | P2 |
10 | #39 | CAPILLAIRE Vincent | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 2:22.091 | 231 | 27 | P2 |
11 | #28 | VAXIVIERE Matthieu | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 16 Laps | 230 | 24 | P2 |
12 | #32 | DE SADELEER Hugo | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 1:35.762 | 230 | 23 | P2 |
13 | #29 | LAMMERS Jan | Dallara DALLARA P217 GIBSON | 20 Laps | 226 | 23 | P2 |
14 | #31 | BERTHON Nathanael | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 21 Laps | 225 | 26 | P2 |
15 | #37 | TAN Weiron | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 4:14.071 | 225 | 25 | P2 |
16 | #44 | JÃ-NSSON Niclas | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 5:49.282 | 225 | 24 | P2 |
17 | #47 | LACORTE Roberto | Dallara DALLARA P217 – GIBSON | 22 Laps | 224 | 23 | P2 |
18 | #33 | CHENG David | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 2:41.702 | 224 | 23 | P2 |
19 | #35 | NATO Norman | Dallara P217 – Gibson | 23 Laps | 223 | 22 | P2 |
20 | #10 | HANLEY Ben | BR ENGINEERING BR1 – GIBSON | 1:48.108 | 223 | 23 | P1 |
21 | #38 | AUBRY Gabriel | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 25 Laps | 221 | 22 | P2 |
22 | #92 | VANTHOOR Laurens | Porsche 911 RSR | 29 Laps | 217 | 15 | Pro |
23 | #91 | MAKOWIECKI Frederic | Porsche 911 RSR | 2:22.051 | 217 | 15 | Pro |
24 | #68 | BOURDAIS Sebastien | Ford GT | 3:03.024 | 217 | 15 | Pro |
25 | #67 | PRIAULX Andy | Ford GT | 30 Laps | 216 | 16 | Pro |
26 | #52 | DERANI Luis Felipe | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 28.155 | 216 | 16 | Pro |
27 | #69 | WESTBROOK Richard | Ford GT | 30.722 | 216 | 15 | Pro |
28 | #63 | MAGNUSSEN Jan | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 53.121 | 216 | 15 | Pro |
29 | #51 | PIER GUIDI Alessandro | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 31 Laps | 215 | 15 | Pro |
30 | #82 | SIMS Alexander | BMW M8 GTE | 3:38.540 | 215 | 15 | Pro |
31 | #95 | TURNER Darren | Aston Martin VANTAGE AMR | 32 Laps | 214 | 15 | Pro |
32 | #66 | PLA Olivier | Ford GT | 33 Laps | 213 | 16 | Pro |
33 | #81 | ENG Philipp | BMW M8 GTE | 24.502 | 213 | 17 | Pro |
34 | #5 | ROBERTSON Charles | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 – MECACHROME | 1:56.309 | 213 | 24 | P1 |
35 | #71 | MOLINA Miguel | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 34 Laps | 212 | 17 | Pro |
36 | #64 | MILNER Tommy | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 35 Laps | 211 | 16 | Pro |
37 | #77 | RIED Christian | Porsche 911 RSR | 12.076 | 211 | 15 | Am |
38 | #50 | CREED Erwin | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 47.185 | 211 | 21 | P2 |
39 | #97 | LYNN Alexander | Aston Martin VANTAGE AMR | 48.022 | 211 | 15 | Pro |
40 | #54 | FISICHELLA Giancarlo | Ferrari F488 GTE | 1:58.510 | 211 | 15 | Am |
41 | #85 | STOLZ Luca | Ferrari F488 GTE | 2:16.084 | 211 | 16 | Am |
42 | #84 | SEGAL Jeffrey | Ferrari F488 GTE | 36 Laps | 210 | 15 | Am |
43 | #99 | PUMPELLY Spencer | Porsche 911 RSR | 19.727 | 210 | 15 | Am |
44 | #56 | LINDSEY Patrick | Porsche 911 RSR | 45.487 | 210 | 16 | Am |
45 | #88 | CAIROLI Matteo | Porsche 911 RSR | 59.415 | 210 | 16 | Am |
46 | #93 | BAMBER Earl | Porsche 911 RSR | 3:00.270 | 210 | 16 | Pro |
47 | #61 | GRIFFIN Matthew | Ferrari F488 GTE | 37 Laps | 209 | 16 | Am |
48 | #80 | MARIS Erik | Porsche 911 RSR | 21.916 | 209 | 16 | Am |
49 | #86 | DAVISON Alexander | Porsche 911 RSR | 39 Laps | 207 | 16 | Am |
50 | #90 | EASTWOOD Charlie | Aston Martin VANTAGE | 40 Laps | 206 | 15 | Am |
51 | #70 | BERETTA Olivier | Ferrari F488 GTE | 43 Laps | 203 | 14 | Am |
52 | #11 | BUTTON Jenson | BR ENGINEERING BR1 – AER | 53 Laps | 193 | 20 | P1 |
53 | #25 | KIM Tacksung | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 82 Laps | 164 | 17 | P2 |
54 | #6 | ROWLAND Oliver | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 – MECACHROME | 109 Laps | 137 | 15 | P1 |
55 | #17 | ISAAKYAN Matevos | BR ENGINEERING BR1 – AER | 123 Laps | 123 | 11 | P1 |
56 | #94 | DUMAS Romain | Porsche 911 RSR | 154 Laps | 92 | 8 | Pro |
57 | #98 | DALLA LANA Paul | Aston Martin VANTAGE | 6:08.912 | 92 | 7 | Am |
58 | #4 | KRAIHAMER Dominik | ENSO CLM P1/01 – Nismo | 181 Laps | 65 | 6 | P1 |
59 | #40 | GUTIERREZ Jose | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 49 Laps | 197 | 20 | P2 |
60 | #34 | LEDOGAR Côme | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 51 Laps | 195 | 20 | P2 |