LeMans Hour 2: Porsche takes over

No. 1 Porsche leads
No. 1 Porsche leads

Brendon Hartley and Porsche #1 went into the lead of the Le Mans 24 Hours in the second hour of the race with Toyota #6 in 2nd.

In LMP2 Manor’s Roberto Merhi's #44 finished the second hour 20s ahead of the #46 Oreca.
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In GTE the #92 Porsche moved into the lead over the #51 Ferrari after the early-leading Ford GT dropped back with a slow pitstop. Frederic Makowiecki drove from seventh to first at the beginning of the second hour, building a lead of almost 16 seconds at one stage.

Hour 2 Standings:

Pos Class Car Drivers Laps Behind
1 LMP1 #1 Porsche Bernhard, Webber, Hartley 27 +0.000s
2 LMP1 #6 Toyota Sarrazin, Conway, Kobayashi 27 + 4.404s
3 LMP1 #8 Audi Di Grassi, Duval, Jarvis 27 + 10.913s
4 LMP1 #5 Toyota Davidson, Buemi, Nakajima 27 + 30.149s
5 LMP1 #2 Porsche Dumas, Jani, Lieb 27 + 42.251s
6 LMP1 #13 Rebellion Tuscher, Imperatori, Kraihamer 26 + 1 Lap
7 LMP2 #44 Oreca Graves, Rao, Merhi 25 + 2 Laps
8 LMP2 #46 Oreca Thiriet, Beche, Hirakawa 25 + 20.134s
9 LMP2 #42 Gibson Leventis, Watts, Kane 25 + 35.330s
10 LMP2 #38 Gibson Dolan, Dennis, Van Der Garde 25 + 44.248s
11 LMP2 #26 Oreca Rusinov, Stevens, Rast 25 + 44.419s
12 LMP2 #47 Oreca Matsuda, Howson, Bradley 25 + 45.111s
13 LMP2 #37 BR01 Petrov, Shaytar, Ladygin 25 + 56.502s
14 LMP2 #43 Ligier Gonzalez, Senna, Albuquerque 25 + 1m05.241s
15 LMP2 #31 Ligier Dalziel, Derani, Cumming 25 + 1m09.473s
16 LMP2 #23 Ligier Barthez, Chatin, Buret 25 + 1m27.647s
17 LMP2 #25 Ligier Munemann, Hoy, Pizzitola 25 + 1m31.885s
18 LMP2 #36 Alpine Menezes, Lapierre, Richelmi 25 + 1m35.722s
19 LMP2 #27 BR01 Minassian, Mediani, Aleshin 25 + 2m02.470s
20 GTE Pro #92 Porsche Makowiecki, Bamber, Bergmeister 24 + 3 Laps
21 GTE Pro #51 Ferrari Bruni, Calado, Pier Guidi 24 + 1.544s
22 LMP2 #48 Oreca Keating, Bleekemolen, Goossens 24 + 4.201s
23 GTE Pro #82 Ferrari Fisichella, Vilander, Malucelli 24 + 4.503s
24 LMP2 #35 Alpine Cheng, Tung, Panciatici 24 + 8.863s
25 GTE Pro #68 Ford Hand, Muller, Bourdais 24 + 11.869s
26 GTE Pro #91 Porsche Pilet, Estre, Tandy 24 + 12.646s
27 GTE Pro #71 Ferrari Rigon, Bird, Bertolini 24 + 14.418s
28 GTE Pro #66 Ford Pla, Mucke, Johnson 24 + 18.981s
29 GTE Pro #64 Chevrolet Gavin, Milner, Taylor 24 + 22.618s
30 LMP2 #40 Ligier Krohn, Jonsson, Barbosa 24 + 24.118s
31 GTE Pro #77 Porsche Lietz, Christensen, Eng 24 + 32.558s
32 CDNT #84 Morgan Sausset, Tinseau, Bouvet 24 + 36.963s
33 LMP2 #41 Ligier Rojas, Canal, Berthon 24 + 48.157s
34 GTE Pro #69 Ford Briscoe, Westbrook, Dixon 24 + 58.403s
35 LMP2 #30 Ligier Sharp, Brown, Van Overbeek 24 + 1m07.950s
36 GTE Pro #63 Chevrolet Magnussen, Garcia, Taylor 24 + 1m18.312s
37 GTE Am #78 Porsche Ried, Henzler, Camathias 24 + 1m20.634s
38 GTE Am #88 Porsche Al Qubaisi, Heinemeier Hansson, Long 24 + 1m22.203s
39 GTE Pro #97 Aston Stanaway, Rees, Adam 24 + 1m50.051s
40 LMP2 #33 Oreca Pu, Gommendy, De Bruijn 24 + 1m50.089s
41 LMP1 #4 CLM Trummer, Webb, Kaffer 24 + 1m55.753s
42 GTE Pro #95 Aston Thiim, Sorensen, Turner 24 + 1m56.770s
43 GTE Am #55 Ferrari Cameron, Griffin, Scott 24 + 2m42.420s
44 LMP2 #22 Ligier Capillaire, Maris, Coleman 24 + 2m46.823s
45 GTE Am #57 Chevrolet O'Connel, Bryant, Patterson 24 + 2m52.501s
46 GTE Am #98 Aston Dalla Lana, Lamy, Lauda 24 + 2m52.895s
47 GTE Am #83 Ferrari Perrodo, Collard, Aguas 24 + 2m54.800s
48 GTE Am #89 Porsche Macneil, Keen, Miller 24 + 3m27.869s
49 GTE Am #86 Porsche Wainwright, Carroll, Barker 23 + 4 Laps
50 LMP2 #49 Ligier Pew, Negri Jr, Vanthoor 23 + 1m36.156s
51 GTE Am #61 Ferrari Mok, Sawa, Bell 23 + 1m40.735s
52 GTE Am #50 Chevrolet Yamagishi, Ragues, Belloc 23 + 1m43.231s
53 GTE Am #62 Ferrari Sweedler, Bell, Segal 23 + 1m43.614s
54 GTE Am #99 Aston Howard, Griffin, Hirsch 23 + 2m18.428s
55 LMP2 #28 Morgan Taittinger, Striebig, Roussel 23 + 3m36.485s
56 LMP1 #12 Rebellion Prost, Heidfeld, Piquet Jr 22 + 5 Laps
57 LMP2 #34 Oreca Leutwiler, Nakano, Winslow 22 + 1m52.873s
58 LMP1 #7 Audi Fassler, Lotterer, Treluyer 21 + 6 Laps
59 GTE Am #60 Ferrari Laursen, Mac, Nielsen 20 + 7 Laps
60 GTE Pro #67 Ford Franchitti, Priaulx, Tincknell 17 + 10 Laps