LeMans Hour 15: Electrical failure terminates Toyota
Audi finally got the lead of the Le Mans 24 Hours during the 15th hour of the race when Toyota officially retired the former race-leading #7 car due to an electrical failure.
The official word form Toyota: With 10 hours remaining of the Le Mans 24 Hours, and having led throughout the night, the #7 TS040 HYBRID stopped on track at Arnage corner, with Kazuki Nakajima at the wheel. The cause of the stoppage has been diagnosed as an electrical problem relating to the loom. The car has officially retired from the race and the team will analyze the car and data to determine more precisely the cause.
That left the #2 Audi comfortably ahead of the #20 Porsche.
The battle for second was tight as the #1 Audi of Lucas di Grassi is closing on Brendon Hartley's Porsche 919 Hybrid.
While Toyota pulled down the garage shutters on its #7 garage, the #8 TS040 HYBRID has moved into 4th but out of contention for the win.
Hour 15 Standings
| Pos | Class | Car | Drivers | Laps | Behind |
| 1 | LMP1 | #2 Audi | Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer | 236 | +0.000s |
| 2 | LMP1 | #20 Porsche | Bernhard/Webber/Hartley | 233 | +3 Laps |
| 3 | LMP1 | #1 Audi | Di Grassi/Gene/Kristensen | 233 | +19.251s |
| 4 | LMP1 | #8 Toyota | Davidson/Lapierre/Buemi | 225 | +11 Laps |
| 5 | LMP1 | #14 Porsche | Dumas/Jani/Lieb | 224 | +12 Laps |
| 6 | LMP2 | #35 Ligier | Brundle/Mardenborough/Shulzhitskiy | 220 | +16 Laps |
| 7 | LMP2 | #46 Ligier | Thiriet/Badey/Gommendy | 219 | +17 Laps |
| 8 | LMP2 | #36 Alpine | Chatin/Panciatici/Webb | 219 | +22.054s |
| 9 | LMP2 | #34 Oreca | Frey/Mailleux/Lancaster | 218 | +18 Laps |
| 10 | LMP1 | #12 Rebellion | Prost/Heidfeld/Beche | 217 | +19 Laps |
| 11 | LMP2 | #38 Zytek | Dolan/Tincknell/Turvey | 217 | +1m17.850s |
| 12 | LMP2 | #24 Oreca | Rast/Charouz/Capillaire | 216 | +20 Laps |
| 13 | LMP2 | #43 Morgan | Klien/Hirsch/Brandela | 215 | +21 Laps |
| 14 | LMP2 | #33 Ligier | Cheng/Tung/Fong | 211 | +25 Laps |
| 15 | LMP2 | #42 Zytek | Kimber-Smith/McMurry/Dyson | 209 | +27 Laps |
| 16 | GTEP | #51 Ferrari | Bruni/Vilander/Fisichella | 208 | +28 Laps |
| 17 | GTEP | #97 Aston | Turner/Mucke/Senna | 208 | +1m56.602s |
| 18 | GTEP | #92 Porsche | Holzer/Makowiecki/Lietz | 207 | +29 Laps |
| 19 | LMP2 | #29 Morgan | Schell/Leutwiller/Roussel | 207 | +49.303s |
| 20 | GTEP | #73 Chevrolet | Magnussen/Garcia/Taylor | 206 | +30 Laps |
| 21 | GTEA | #95 Aston | Poulsen/Heinemeier-Hansson/Thiim | 206 | +6.387s |
| 22 | LMP2 | #50 Morgan | Ragues/Taylor/Ihara | 206 | +8.310s |
| 23 | GTEP | #74 Chevrolet | Gavin/Milner/Westbrook | 205 | +31 Laps |
| 24 | LMP2 | #27 Oreca | Zlobin/Salo/Ladygin | 204 | +32 Laps |
| 25 | GTEA | #88 Porsche | Ried/Bachler/Al Qubaisi | 202 | +34 Laps |
| 26 | GTEA | #90 Ferrari | Montecalvo/Roda/Ruberti | 202 | +5m53.316s |
| 27 | GTEA | #57 Ferrari | Krohn/Jonsson/Collins | 202 | +6m54.611s |
| 28 | GTEA | #61 Ferrari | Perez-Companc/Cioci/Venturi | 202 | +7m27.446s |
| 29 | GTEA | #77 Porsche | Dempsey/Foster/Long | 201 | +35 Laps |
| 30 | GTEA | #70 Ferrari | Nakano/Ehret/Rich | 200 | +36 Laps |
| 31 | GTEA | #66 Ferrari | Al Faisal/Neiman/Pumpelly | 200 | +2m37.206s |
| 32 | GTEA | #58 Ferrari | Barthez/Pons/Ayari | 200 | +3m21.663s |
| 33 | GTEA | #76 Porsche | Narac/Armindo/Hallyday | 199 | +37 Laps |
| 34 | GTEA | #98 Aston | Dalla Lana/Lamy/Nygaard | 198 | +38 Laps |
| 35 | GTEA | #67 Porsche | Maris/Merlin/Helary | 197 | +39 Laps |
| 36 | GTEP | #79 Porsche | MacNeil/Curtis/Bleekemolen | 194 | +42 Laps |
| 37 | GTEA | #53 Ferrari | Mowlem/Patterson/Hamilton | 191 | +45 Laps |
| 38 | GTEA | #72 Ferrari | Bertolini/Shaitar/Basov | 182 | +54 Laps |
| 39 | GTEP | #91 Porsche | Pilet/Bergmeister/Tandy | 178 | +58 Laps |
| 40 | GTEA | #62 Ferrari | Mallegol/Bachelier/Blank | 176 | +60 Laps |
| 41 | GTEA | #75 Porsche | Perrodo/Collard/Palttala | 166 | +70 Laps |
| 42 | GTEP | #52 Ferrari | Griffin/Parente/Leo | 139 | +97 Laps |
| 43 | LMP1 | #7 Toyota | Wurz/Sarrazin/Nakajima | 219 | Retired |
| 44 | LMP2 | #26 Morgan | Rusinov/Pla/Canal | 120 | Retired |
| 45 | GTEA | #60 Ferrari | Mann/Case/Giammaria | 115 | Retired |
| 46 | LMP2 | #47 Oreca | Howson/Bradley/Imperatori | 87 | Retired |
| 47 | LMP1 | #13 Rebellion | Kraihamer/Belicchi/Leimer | 73 | Retired |
| 48 | LMP2 | #48 Oreca | Berthon/Gonzalez/Chandhok | 73 | Retired |
| 49 | LMP2 | #41 Zytek | Munemman/Latif/Winslow | 31 | Retired |
| 50 | GTEP | #71 Ferrari | Rigon/Kaffer/Beretta | 28 | Retired |
| 51 | LMP1 | #3 Audi | Albuquerque/Bonanomi/Jarvis | 25 | Retired |
| 52 | GTEA | #81 Ferrari | Wyatt/Rugolo/Bird | 22 | Retired |
| 53 | LMP2 | #37 Oreca | Ladygin/Minassian/Mediani | 9 | Retired |
| 54 | CDNT | #0 Nissan | Ordonez/Reip/Motoyama | 5 | Retired |