LeMans Hour 22: Toyota still leads, but Porsche closes
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| Toyota #5 hangs on to lead |
With just over two hours left in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the lead in each class remains unchanged. But the race isn’t over yet! Neel Jani (#2 Porsche 919 Hybrid) is still chasing the Toyota TS050 HYBRID in the lead.
At 12:11 the #6 Toyota pitted and left nine minutes later with a new bonnet and side. It remains in third place while the #8 Audi just behind has more new brake discs. At 12:42, the #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Neel Jani refueled without changing tyres. A minute later, Kazuki Nakajima took over from Anthony Davidson in the #5 Toyota in P1. Mark Webber in the #1 Porsche 919 is making up lost ground and is now in sixteenth position.
No change in LM P2: the #36 Alpine A460 still leads, with Stephane Richelmi at the wheel. The #48 Oreca 03R fielded by Murphy Prototypes resumed the race after an hour in the garage for electrical repairs.
In LM GTE Pro, the #68 Ford GT by Ford Chip Ganassi Racing made a routine pitstop at 12:50. Dirk Muller replaced Joey Hand.
No change in LM GTE Am. Stuck in sixth gear, the #98 Aston Martin Vantage stopped in the Dunlop chicane. Mathias Lauda managed to squeeze an extra few meters but ground to a halt again. The #60 Ferrari was hit with a drive-through for refuelling without switching off the engine. It was signaled slow in track and had to change the front splitter.
Hour 22 Standings
| Pos | No. – Team | Driver | Car | Class | Laps | Behind | Gap |
| 1 | 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing | DAVIDSON / BUEMI / NAKAJIMA | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | LMP1 H | 351 | 0.000s | 0.000s |
| 2 | 2 Porsche Team | DUMAS / JANI / LIEB | Porsche 919 Hybrid | LMP1 H | 351 | 28.468 | 28.468 |
| 3 | 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing | SARRAZIN / CONWAY / KOBAYASHI | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | LMP1 H | 348 | 3 Laps | 3 Laps |
| 4 | 8 Audi Sport Team Joest | DI GRASSI / DUVAL / JARVIS | Audi R18 | LMP1 H | 338 | 13 Laps | 10 Laps |
| 5 | 7 Audi Sport Team Joest | FÄSSLER / LOTTERER / TRÉLUYER | Audi R18 | LMP1 H | 334 | 17 Laps | 4 Laps |
| 6 | 36 Signatech Alpine | MENEZES / LAPIERRE / RICHELMI | Alpine A460 – Nissan | LMP2 | 327 | 24 Laps | 7 Laps |
| 7 | 26 G-Drive Racing | RUSINOV / STEVENS / RAST | Oreca 05 – Nissan | LMP2 | 326 | 25 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 8 | 37 SMP Racing | PETROV / SHAITAR / LADYGIN | BR01 – Nissan | LMP2 | 322 | 29 Laps | 4 Laps |
| 9 | 42 Strakka Racing | LEVENTIS / WATTS / KANE | Gibson 015S – Nissan | LMP2 | 321 | 30 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 10 | 33 Eurasia Motorsport | PU / GOMMENDY / DE BRUIJN | Oreca 05 – Nissan | LMP2 | 318 | 33 Laps | 3 Laps |
| 11 | 41 Greaves Motorsport | ROJAS / CANAL / BERTHON | Ligier JS P2 – Nissan | LMP2 | 318 | 33 Laps | 2:23.509 |
| 12 | 27 SMP Racing | MINASSIAN / MEDIANI / ALESHIN | BR01 – Nissan | LMP2 | 317 | 34 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 13 | 23 Panis Barthez Competition | BARTHEZ / CHATIN / BURET | Ligier JS P2 – Nissan | LMP2 | 316 | 35 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 14 | 49 Michael Shank Racing | PEW / NEGRI JR / VANTHOOR | Ligier JS P2 – Honda | LMP2 | 315 | 36 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 15 | 43 RGR Sport by Morand | GONZALEZ / SENNA / ALBUQUERQUE | Ligier JS P2 – Nissan | LMP2 | 313 | 38 Laps | 2 Laps |
| 16 | 1 Porsche Team | BERNHARD / WEBBER / HARTLEY | Porsche 919 Hybrid | LMP1 H | 313 | 38 Laps | 1:14.531 |
| 17 | 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports | SHARP / BROWN / VAN OVERBEEK | Ligier JS P2 – Nissan | LMP2 | 312 | 39 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 18 | 68 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | HAND / MÃœLLER / BOURDAIS | Ford GT | LMGTE Pro | 311 | 40 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 19 | 25 Algarve Pro Racing | MUNEMANN / HOY / PIZZITOLA | Ligier JS P2 – Nissan | LMP2 | 311 | 40 Laps | 18.769 |
| 20 | 82 Risi Competizione | FISICHELLA / VILANDER / MALUCELLI | Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE Pro | 311 | 40 Laps | 21.293 |
| 21 | 69 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | BRISCOE / WESTBROOK / DIXON | Ford GT | LMGTE Pro | 310 | 41 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 22 | 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | PLA / MÃœCKE / JOHNSON | Ford GT | LMGTE Pro | 309 | 42 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 23 | 95 Aston Martin Racing | THIIM / SØRENSEN / TURNER | Aston Martin Vantage | LMGTE Pro | 309 | 42 Laps | 3:00.269 |
| 24 | 40 Krohn Racing | KROHN / JÃ-NSSON / BARBOSA | Ligier JS P2 – Nissan | LMP2 | 308 | 43 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 25 | 97 Aston Martin Racing | STANAWAY / REES / ADAM | Aston Martin Vantage | LMGTE Pro | 308 | 43 Laps | 1:38.335 |
| 26 | 63 Corvette Racing – GM | MAGNUSSEN / GARCIA / TAYLOR | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | LMGTE Pro | 307 | 44 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 27 | 62 Scuderia Corsa | SWEEDLER / BELL / SEGAL | Ferrari 458 Italia | LMGTE Am | 303 | 48 Laps | 4 Laps |
| 28 | 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing | AL QUBAISI / HEINEMEIER HANSSON / LONG | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE Am | 302 | 49 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 29 | 83 AF Corse | PERRODO / COLLARD / AGUAS | Ferrari F458 Italia | LMGTE Am | 302 | 49 Laps | 45.243 |
| 30 | 22 SO24 ! By Lombard Racing | CAPILLAIRE / MARIS / COLEMAN | Ligier JS P2 – Judd | LMP2 | 301 | 50 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 31 | 61 Clearwater Racing | MOK / SAWA / BELL | Ferrari 458 Italia | LMGTE Am | 301 | 50 Laps | 1:29.899 |
| 32 | 12 Rebellion Racing | PROST / HEIDFELD / PIQUET JR | Rebellion R-One – AER | LMP1 | 300 | 51 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 33 | 77 Dempsey – Proton Racing | LIETZ / CHRISTENSEN / ENG | Porsche 911 RSR (2016) | LMGTE Pro | 300 | 51 Laps | 2:24.185 |
| 34 | 86 Gulf Racing | WAINWRIGHT / CARROLL / BARKER | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE Am | 299 | 52 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 35 | 48 Murphy Prototypes | KEATING / BLEEKEMOLEN / GOOSSENS | Oreca 03R – Nissan | LMP2 | 294 | 57 Laps | 5 Laps |
| 36 | 60 Formula Racing | LAURSEN / MAC / NIELSEN | Ferrari 458 Italia | LMGTE Am | 291 | 60 Laps | 3 Laps |
| 37 | 99 Aston Martin Racing | HOWARD / GRIFFIN / HIRSCH | Aston Martin V8 Vantage | LMGTE Am | 290 | 61 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 38 | 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports | DALZIEL / DERANI / CUMMING | Ligier JS P2 – Nissan | LMP2 | 288 | 63 Laps | 2 Laps |
| 39 | 50 Larbre Competition | YAMAGISHI / RAGUES / BELLOC | Chevrolet Corvette C7-Z06 | LMGTE Am | 288 | 63 Laps | 1:57.281 |
| 40 | 84 SRT41 By OAK Racing | SAUSSET / TINSEAU / BOUVET | Morgan LMP2 – Nissan | CDNT | 286 | 65 Laps | 2 Laps |
| 41 | 28 Pegasus Racing | TAITTINGER / STRIEBIG / ROUSSEL | Morgan – Nissan | LMP2 | 285 | 66 Laps | 1 Laps |
| 42 | 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | FRANCHITTI / PRIAULX / TINCKNELL | Ford GT | LMGTE Pro | 283 | 68 Laps | 2 Laps |
| 43 | 98 Aston Martin Racing | DALLA LANA / LAMY / LAUDA | Aston Martin V8 Vantage | LMGTE Am | 281 | 70 Laps | 2 Laps |
| 44 | 57 Team AAI | O'CONNEL / BRYANT / PATTERSON | Chevrolet Corvette C7-Z06 | LMGTE Am | 278 | 73 Laps | 3 Laps |
| 45 | 55 AF Corse | CAMERON / GRIFFIN / SCOTT | Ferrari 458 Italia | LMGTE Am | 274 | 77 Laps | 4 Laps |
| 46 | 78 KCMG | RIED / HENZLER / CAMATHIAS | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE Am | 272 | 79 Laps | 2 Laps |
| 47 | 34 Race Performance | LEUTWILER / NAKANO / WINSLOW | Oreca 03R – Judd | LMP2 | 267 | 84 Laps | 5 Laps |
| 48 | 38 G-Drive Racing | DOLAN / DENNIS / VAN DER GARDE | Gibson 015S – Nissan | LMP2 | 222 | 129 Laps | 45 Laps |
| 49 | 13 Rebellion Racing | TUSCHER / IMPERATORI / KRAIHAMER | Rebellion R-One – AER | LMP1 | 200 | 151 Laps | 22 Laps |
| DNF | 44 Manor | GRAVES / RAO / MERHI | Oreca 05 – Nissan | LMP2 | 283 | – | – |
| DNF | 46 Thiriet By Tds Racing | THIRIET / BECHE / HIRAKAWA | Oreca 05 – Nissan | LMP2 | 241 | – | – |
| DNF | 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine | CHENG / TUNG / PANCIATICI | Alpine A460 – Nissan | LMP2 | 234 | – | – |
| DNF | 64 Corvette Racing – GM | GAVIN / MILNER / TAYLOR | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | LMGTE Pro | 219 | – | – |
| DNF | 4 Bykolles Racing Team | TRUMMER / WEBB / KAFFER | CLM P1/01 – AER | LMP1 | 206 | – | – |
| DNF | 51 AF Corse | BRUNI / CALADO / PIER GUIDI | Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE Pro | 179 | – | – |
| DNF | 71 AF Corse | RIGON / BIRD / BERTOLINI | Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE Pro | 143 | – | – |
| DNF | 92 Porsche Motorsport | MAKOWIECKI / BAMBER / BERGMEISTER | Porsche 911 RSR (2016) | LMGTE Pro | 140 | – | – |
| DNF | 91 Porsche Motorsport | PILET / ESTRE / TANDY | Porsche 911 RSR (2016) | LMGTE Pro | 135 | – | – |
| DNF | 47 KCMG | MATSUDA / HOWSON / BRADLEY | Oreca 05 – Nissan | LMP2 | 116 | – | – |
| DNF | 89 Proton Competition | MACNEIL / KEEN / MILLER | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE Am | 50 | – | – |