LeMans Hour 4: Porsche leads two Audis

The No. 17 Porsche back in front

Brendon Hartley was in the lead of the Le Mans 24 Hours for Porsche by 15 seconds over the #9 Audi in a fourth hour run mostly behind the safety car.

KCMG's Oreca still leads LMP2, with Nicolas Lapierre at the wheel.

With its fourth stop completed and racing underway again, KCMG's lead was 40s – its buffer before TDS's pre-safety car stop – and Lapierre ended the hour with 33s up his sleeve.

Corvette led a tight GTE race. Tommy Milner led in the #74 Chevrolet entry.

In GTE Am the #72 SMP Ferrari leads again, having got ahead of the #98 Aston Martin in a battle that has raged almost from the very start.

Hour 4 Standings

Pos Class Car Drivers Laps Behind
1 LMP1 #17 Porsche Bernhard, Webber, Hartley 58 + 0.000s
2 LMP1 #9 Audi Albuquerque, Bonanomi, Rast 58 + 15.256s
3 LMP1 #7 Audi Fassler, Lotterer, Treluyer 58 + 53.407s
4 LMP1 #18 Porsche Dumas, Jani, Lieb 58 + 1m06.889s
5 LMP1 #19 Porsche Hulkenberg, Bamber, Tandy 58 + 1m34.038s
6 LMP1 #1 Toyota Davidson, Buemi, Nakajima 57 + 1 Lap
7 LMP1 #2 Toyota Wurz, Sarrazin, Conway 57 + 12.077s
8 LMP1 #8 Audi Di Grassi, Duval, Jarvis 57 + 58.814s
9 LMP1 #12 Rebellion Prost, Heidfeld, Beche 56 + 2 Laps
10 LMP2 #47 Oreca Howson, Bradley, Lapierre 54 + 4 Laps
11 LMP2 #34 Ligier Cumming, Vanthoor, Estre 54 + 34.016s
12 LMP2 #46 Oreca Thiriet, Badey, Gommendy 54 + 35.927s
13 LMP2 #41 Gibson Hirsch, Paletou, Lancaster 54 + 46.247s
14 LMP2 #36 Alpine Panciatici, Chatin, Capillaire 53 + 5 Laps
15 LMP1 #13 Rebellion Imperatori, Kraihamer, Abt 53 + 27.148s
16 LMP2 #48 Oreca Chandhok, Patterson, Berthon 53 + 29.942s
17 LMP2 #43 Morgan Ragues, Webb, Amberg 53 + 1m08.747s
18 LMP2 #26 Ligier Rusinov, Canal, Bird 53 + 1m52.288s
19 LMP1 #21 Nissan Matsuda, Shulzhitskiy, Ordonez 53 + 2m15.768s
20 LMP1 #22 Nissan Tincknell, Krumm, Buncombe 53 + 2m20.145s
21 LMP2 #42 Dome Leventis, Watts, Kane 52 + 6 Laps
22 LMP2 #28 Ligier Yacaman, Derani, Gonzalez 52 + 34.164s
23 LMP2 #38 Gibson Dolan, Evans, Turvey 52 + 2m39.744s
24 LMP2 #27 BR Mediani, Markozov, Minassian 52 + 2m40.975s
25 LMP2 #30 Ligier Sharp, Dalziel, Heinemeier Hansson 51 + 7 Laps
26 GTE Pro #64 Chevrolet Gavin, Milner, Taylor 51 + 2m08.903s
27 GTE Pro #97 Aston Turner, Mucke, Bell 51 + 2m09.494s
28 GTE Pro #99 Aston Rees, Macdowall, Stanaway 51 + 2m10.978s
29 GTE Pro #71 Ferrari Rigon, Calado, Beretta 51 + 2m11.815s
30 GTE Pro #51 Ferrari Bruni, Vilander, Fisichella 51 + 2m53.344s
31 GTE Pro #91 Porsche Lietz, Christensen, Bergmeister 51 + 2m56.351s
32 GTE Am #72 Ferrari Shaytar, Bertolini, Basov 51 + 3m27.507s
33 GTE Am #98 Aston Dalla Lana, Lamy, Lauda 51 + 3m29.581s
34 GTE Am #53 Dodge Bleekemolen, Keating, Miller 51 + 3m31.877s
35 GTE Am #83 Ferrari Perrodo, Collard, Aguas 50 + 8 Laps
36 LMP2 #35 Ligier Nicolet, Merlin, Maris 50 + 5.110s
37 LMP2 #45 Oreca Ibanez, Perret, Bellarosa 50 + 18.119s
38 LMP2 #31 Ligier Brown, Van Overbeek, Fogarty 50 + 1m35.264s
39 GTE Am #66 Ferrari Al Faisal, Giermaziak, Avenatti 50 + 1m56.634s
40 LMP2 #40 Ligier Krohn, Jonsson, Barbosa 50 + 2m07.380s
41 GTE Am #77 Porsche Dempsey, Long, Seefried 50 + 2m20.185s
42 GTE Am #62 Ferrari Sweedler, Bell, Segal 50 + 2m27.230s
43 GTE Am #68 Porsche Chen, Vannelet, Parisy 49 + 9 Laps
44 GTE Am #55 Ferrari Cameron, Griffin, Mortimer 49 + 3m00.523s
45 LMP2 #29 Morgan Roussel, Tung, Cheng 48 + 10 Laps
46 GTE Am #67 Porsche Chen, Kapadia, Maassen 47 + 11 Laps
47 GTE Pro #95 Aston Sorensen, Thiim, Nygaard 46 + 12 Laps
48 GTE Am #61 Ferrari Mann, Giammaria, Cressoni 46 + 1m11.379s
49 LMP1 #23 Nissan Pla, Mardenborough, Chilton 45 + 13 Laps
50 GTE Am #88 Porsche Ried, Al Qubaisi, Bachler 44 + 14 Laps
51 LMP1 #4 CLM Trummer, Kaffer, Monteiro 44 + 35m18.292s
52 GTE Am #50 Chevrolet Roda, Ruberti, Poulsen 44 + 35m23.222s
53 LMP2 #37 BR Aleshin, Ladygin, Ladygin 36 + 22 Laps
54 GTE Am #96 Aston Goethe, Hall, Castellacci 28 + 30 Laps
55 GTE Pro #92 Porsche Pilet, Makowiecki, Henzler 14 Retired