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 |