LeMans Hour 7: Now Audi takes lead

No. 9 Audi in front

A back and forth battle between Porsche and Audi continued at the front of the 24 Hours of LeMans. Porsche led at the six hour mark but Audi led at the top of the seventh hour, as two of its cars battled with two Porsches.

The KCMG Oreca continues to lead LMP2 by nearly two minutes as Matt Howson continued the car's impressive run, extending its advantage by 10s to 1m51s and putting a lap on the third-placed Signatech Alpine.

Corvette reclaimed the GTE Pro advantage in a see-sawing battle with Aston Martin.

Hour Seven Standings

Pos Class Car Drivers Laps Behind
1 LMP1 #9 Audi Albuquerque, Bonanomi, Rast 110 + 0.000s
2 LMP1 #17 Porsche Bernhard, Webber, Hartley 110 + 14.453s
3 LMP1 #7 Audi Fassler, Lotterer, Treluyer 110 + 33.014s
4 LMP1 #18 Porsche Dumas, Jani, Lieb 110 + 44.737s
5 LMP1 #19 Porsche Hulkenberg, Bamber, Tandy 110 + 45.162s
6 LMP1 #8 Audi Di Grassi, Duval, Jarvis 109 + 1 Lap
7 LMP1 #2 Toyota Wurz, Sarrazin, Conway 108 + 2 Laps
8 LMP1 #12 Rebellion Prost, Heidfeld, Beche 105 + 5 Laps
9 LMP1 #1 Toyota Davidson, Buemi, Nakajima 105 + 12.842s
10 LMP1 #13 Rebellion Imperatori, Kraihamer, Abt 102 + 8 Laps
11 LMP2 #47 Oreca Howson, Bradley, Lapierre 101 + 9 Laps
12 LMP2 #46 Oreca Thiriet, Badey, Gommendy 100 + 10 Laps
13 LMP2 #36 Alpine Panciatici, Chatin, Capillaire 100 + 2m05.412s
14 LMP2 #26 Ligier Rusinov, Canal, Bird 100 + 3m02.452s
15 LMP2 #43 Morgan Ragues, Webb, Amberg 99 + 11 Laps
16 LMP2 #48 Oreca Chandhok, Patterson, Berthon 99 + 32.202s
17 LMP2 #28 Ligier Yacaman, Derani, Gonzalez 99 + 2m25.312s
18 LMP2 #38 Gibson Dolan, Evans, Turvey 98 + 12 Laps
19 LMP2 #42 Dome Leventis, Watts, Kane 98 + 51.308s
20 LMP1 #22 Nissan Tincknell, Krumm, Buncombe 98 + 53.220s
21 LMP2 #34 Ligier Cumming, Vanthoor, Estre 98 + 1m22.365s
22 LMP2 #27 BR Mediani, Markozov, Minassian 97 + 13 Laps
23 LMP2 #40 Ligier Krohn, Jonsson, Barbosa 96 + 14 Laps
24 GTE Pro #64 Chevrolet Gavin, Milner, Taylor 95 + 15 Laps
25 GTE Pro #99 Aston Rees, Macdowall, Stanaway 95 + 11.124s
26 LMP2 #45 Oreca Ibanez, Perret, Bellarosa 95 + 13.246s
27 GTE Pro #97 Aston Turner, Mucke, Bell 95 + 13.808s
28 GTE Pro #91 Porsche Lietz, Christensen, Bergmeister 95 + 2m35.347s
29 LMP2 #31 Ligier Brown, Van Overbeek, Fogarty 94 + 16 Laps
30 LMP2 #35 Ligier Nicolet, Merlin, Maris 94 + 12.871s
31 GTE Pro #51 Ferrari Bruni, Vilander, Fisichella 94 + 46.836s
32 LMP2 #29 Morgan Roussel, Tung, Cheng 94 + 1m00.662s
33 GTE Am #98 Aston Dalla Lana, Lamy, Lauda 94 + 1m22.891s
34 GTE Am #83 Ferrari Perrodo, Collard, Aguas 94 + 2m40.429s
35 GTE Am #72 Ferrari Shaytar, Bertolini, Basov 94 + 3m14.556s
36 GTE Am #77 Porsche Dempsey, Long, Seefried 93 + 17 Laps
37 GTE Am #62 Ferrari Sweedler, Bell, Segal 93 + 4.483s
38 LMP1 #21 Nissan Matsuda, Shulzhitskiy, Ordonez 92 + 18 Laps
39 GTE Am #53 Dodge Bleekemolen, Keating, Miller 92 + 12.756s
40 LMP1 #23 Nissan Pla, Mardenborough, Chilton 92 + 18.956s
41 GTE Am #55 Ferrari Cameron, Griffin, Mortimer 92 + 40.865s
42 GTE Am #66 Ferrari Al Faisal, Giermaziak, Avenatti 91 + 19 Laps
43 LMP2 #30 Ligier Sharp, Dalziel, Heinemeier Hansson 91 + 2m00.748s
44 GTE Pro #71 Ferrari Rigon, Calado, Beretta 91 + 2m25.160s
45 GTE Pro #95 Aston Sorensen, Thiim, Nygaard 91 + 3m26.979s
46 GTE Am #68 Porsche Chen, Vannelet, Parisy 90 + 20 Laps
47 GTE Am #61 Ferrari Mann, Giammaria, Cressoni 90 + 1m16.496s
48 GTE Am #67 Porsche Chen, Kapadia, Maassen 89 + 21 Laps
49 GTE Am #50 Chevrolet Roda, Ruberti, Poulsen 83 + 27 Laps
50 LMP2 #37 BR Aleshin, Ladygin, Ladygin 79 + 31 Laps
51 LMP2 #41 Gibson Hirsch, Paletou, Lancaster 71 + 39 Laps
52 LMP1 #4 CLM Trummer, Kaffer, Monteiro 66 + 44 Laps
53 GTE Am #96 Aston Goethe, Hall, Castellacci 57 + 53 Laps
54 GTE Am #88 Porsche Ried, Al Qubaisi, Bachler 44 Retired
55 GTE Pro #92 Porsche Pilet, Makowiecki, Henzler 14 Retired