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Le Mans Hour 21: #8 Toyota stretches’ lead, LMGTE-Pro battle wages

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The #8 Toyota TS050 of Brendon Hartley, Kazuki Nakajima and Sebastian Buemi have extended their lead to 5-laps at the Le Mans 24 Hours.

An extended pit stop for the #1 Rebellion R13 of Gustavo Menezes, Norman Nato, and Bruno Senna cost them just over a lap as the team worked to resolve a number of minor issues. That elevated the sister #3 Rebellion R13 of Romain Dumas, Louis Deletraz and Nathanael Berthon into 2nd, but the #1 is gaining.

The #7 Toyota has been the fastest car on track for the last few hours and it is now just 1-lap behind the pair of Rebellions with 3-hours to go.  Can they make up a lap in that time? They are trying.

In LMP2, the #22 of Felipe Albuquerque and United Autosports have a comfortable advantage over the #38 JOTA Sport Oreca, with the #26 G-Drive Aurus 01 sitting in third.

The #22 United Autosport Oreca has taken command of LMP2

Astons lead both GTE classes

The #97 Aston Martin Vantage AMR of Alex Lynn, Maxime Martin and Harry Tincknell forged on at the front of GTE-Pro, chased hard by the #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo of James Calado, Alessandro Pier-Guidi and Daniel Serra, lapping a second quicker. With these two out of sync with each other on pit stops the lead switches between the two, but it is the Aston Martin that held the advantage of 1m04s at the clock struck Hour 21.

A lap back, the #95 Aston Martin of Nicki Thiim, Marco Sorensen and Richard Westbrook are ahead of the #71 AF Corse Ferrari of Davide Rigon, Sam Bird and Miguel Molina. The Risi Ferrari of Sebastien Bourdais sits fifth.

The #82 Risi Ferrari runs in 5th in GTE-Pro

The #90 TF Sport Aston Martin’s has consolidated its lead in LMGTE-Am and runs in 25th overall, ahead of the #77 Porsche 911 RSR

Hour 21 Standings

POS NO. CLASS VEHICLE DRIVER1 DRIVER2 DRIVER3 LAPS BEHIND GAP
1 8 LMP1 Toyota TS050 – Hybrid Sébastien BUEMI Kazuki NAKAJIMA Brendon HARTLEY 340 0.000s 0.000s
2 3 LMP1 Rebellion R13 – Gibson Romain DUMAS Nathanaël BERTHON Louis DELETRAZ 335 5 Laps 5 Laps
3 1 LMP1 Rebellion R13 – Gibson Bruno SENNA Norman NATO Gustavo MENEZES 335 5 Laps 0.937
4 7 LMP1 Toyota TS050 – Hybrid Mike CONWAY Kamui KOBAYASHI Jose Maria LOPEZ 334 6 Laps 1 Laps
5 22 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Philip HANSON Filipe ALBUQUERQUE Paul DI RESTA 325 15 Laps 9 Laps
6 38 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Anthony DAVIDSON Antonio Felix DA COSTA Roberto GONZALEZ 325 15 Laps 1’39.597
7 26 LMP2 Aurus 01 – Gibson Roman RUSINOV Jean-Eric VERGNE Mikkel JENSEN 324 16 Laps 1 Laps
8 31 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Nicolas JAMIN Julien CANAL Matthieu VAXIVIERE 324 16 Laps 3’01.279
9 36 LMP2 Alpine A470 – Gibson André NEGRÃO Pierre RAGUES Thomas LAURENT 322 18 Laps 2 Laps
10 39 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson James ALLEN Vincent CAPILLAIRE Charles MILESI 322 18 Laps 5.853
11 42 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Nicolas LAPIERRE Antonin BORGA Alexandre COIGNY 321 19 Laps 1 Laps
12 28 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Paul LAFARGUE Paul Loup CHATIN Richard BRADLEY 321 19 Laps 9.186
13 50 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Tatiana CALDERON Sophia FLÖRSCH Beitske VISSER 320 20 Laps 1 Laps
14 25 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson John FALB Simon TRUMMER Matthew MCMURRY 320 20 Laps 1’02.959
15 47 LMP2 Dallara P217 – Gibson Roberto LACORTE Andrea BELICCHI Giorgio SERNAGIOTTO 319 21 Laps 1 Laps
16 17 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Patrick PILET Kyle TILLEY Jonathan KENNARD 319 21 Laps 1’34.082
17 27 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Henrik HEDMAN Ben HANLEY Renger VAN DER ZANDE 317 23 Laps 2 Laps
18 32 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Will OWEN Alex BRUNDLE Job VAN UITERT 313 27 Laps 4 Laps
19 35 LMP2 Ligier JSP217 – Gibson Nobuya YAMANAKA Nicholas FOSTER Roberto MERHI 308 32 Laps 5 Laps
20 29 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Frits VAN EERD Giedo VAN DER GARDE Nyck DE VRIES 304 36 Laps 4 Laps
21 97 LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage AMR Maxime MARTIN Alexander LYNN Harry TINCKNELL 304 36 Laps 56.050
22 51 LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Alessandro PIER GUIDI James CALADO Daniel SERRA 304 36 Laps 1’04.161
23 95 LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage AMR Nicki THIIM Marco SØRENSEN Richard WESTBROOK 302 38 Laps 2 Laps
24 71 LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Davide RIGON Miguel MOLINA Sam BIRD 299 41 Laps 3 Laps
25 90 LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Salih YOLUC Charles EASTWOOD Jonathan ADAM 297 43 Laps 2 Laps
26 82 LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Olivier PLA Sébastien BOURDAIS Jules GOUNON 297 43 Laps 39.693
27 77 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Christian RIED Riccardo PERA Matt CAMPBELL 297 43 Laps 2’44.023
28 56 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Egidio PERFETTI Larry TEN VOORDE Matteo CAIROLI 297 43 Laps 2.754
29 83 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo François PERRODO Emmanuel COLLARD Nicklas NIELSEN 297 43 Laps 13.262
30 24 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Garett GRIST Alex KAPADIA Anthony WELLS 296 44 Laps 1 Laps
31 99 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Vutthikorn INTHRAPHUVASAK Lucas LÉGERET Julien ANDLAUER 295 45 Laps 1 Laps
32 86 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Michael WAINWRIGHT Benjamin BARKER Andrew WATSON 295 45 Laps 25.102
33 66 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Richard HEISTAND Maxwell ROOT Jan MAGNUSSEN 294 46 Laps 1 Laps
34 91 LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR – 19 Gianmaria BRUNI Richard LIETZ Frédéric MAKOWIECKI 294 46 Laps 2’07.264
35 61 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Francesco PIOVANETTI Oswaldo NEGRI JR Côme LEDOGAR 293 47 Laps 1 Laps
36 85 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Manuela GOSTNER Rahel FREY Michelle GATTING 292 48 Laps 1 Laps
37 54 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Thomas FLOHR Francesco CASTELLACCI Giancarlo FISICHELLA 291 49 Laps 1 Laps
38 98 LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Paul DALLA LANA Ross GUNN Augusto FARFUS 291 49 Laps 11.183
39 60 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Claudio SCHIAVONI Sergio PIANEZZOLA Paolo RUBERTI 290 50 Laps 1 Laps
40 92 LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR – 19 Michael CHRISTENSEN Kevin ESTRE Laurens VANTHOOR 290 50 Laps 2’45.112
41 78 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Horst Jr FELBERMAYR Michele BERETTA Max VAN SPLUNTEREN 289 51 Laps 1 Laps
42 62 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Bonamy GRIMES Johnny MOWLEM Charles HOLLINGS 285 55 Laps 4 Laps
43 57 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Ben KEATING Felipe FRAGA Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN 284 56 Laps 1 Laps
44 34 LMP2 Ligier JSP217 – Gibson Jakub SMIECHOWSKI René BINDER Matevos ISAAKYAN 282 58 Laps 2 Laps
45 89 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Steve BROOKS Julien PIGUET Andreas LASKARATOS 278 62 Laps 4 Laps
46 72 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Morris CHEN Tom BLOMQVIST Marcos GOMES 273 67 Laps 5 Laps
47 75 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Rino MASTRONARDI Matteo CRESSONI Andrea PICCINI 211 129 Laps 62 Laps
48 88 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Thomas PREINING Dominique BASTIEN Adrien DE LEENER 199 141 Laps 12 Laps
49 37 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Ho-Pin TUNG Gabriel AUBRY Will STEVENS 141 199 Laps 58 Laps
50 21 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Juan Pablo MONTOYA Timothé BURET Memo ROJAS 192 148 Laps -51 Laps
51 63 LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Cooper MACNEIL Toni VILANDER Jeffrey SEGAL 185 155 Laps 7 Laps
52 70 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Takeshi KIMURA Vincent ABRIL Kei COZZOLINO 172 168 Laps 13 Laps
53 16 LMP2 Aurus 01 – Gibson Ryan CULLEN Oliver JARVIS Nicholas TANDY 105 235 Laps 67 Laps
54 30 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Jonathan HIRSCHI Konstantin TERESCHENKO Tristan GOMMENDY 100 240 Laps 5 Laps
55 4 LMP1 ENSO CLM P1/01 – Gibson Tom DILLMANN Bruno SPENGLER Oliver WEBB 97 243 Laps 3 Laps
56 33 LMP2 Oreca 07 – Gibson Kenta YAMASHITA Mark PATTERSON Anders FJORDBACH 88 252 Laps 9 Laps
57 52 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Christoph ULRICH Steffen GÖRIG Alexander WEST 80 260 Laps 8 Laps
58 55 LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Duncan CAMERON Aaron SCOTT Matthew GRIFFIN 78 262 Laps 2 Laps
59 11 LMP2 Ligier JSP217 – Gibson Adrien TAMBAY Erik MARIS Christophe D’ANSEMBOURG 26 314 Laps 52 Laps