Hot News World Endurance Championship

Le Mans: Toyota and Corvette lead with 8 hours to go

Posted by AR1 staff

It’s daybreak in Le Mans now and at the 2/3rds mark the Toyota Gazoo Racing continues its stranglehold at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, now with the #8 GR010 leading from the sister car. The Hirakawa, Hartley, and Buemi now lead after the #7, which had taken the lead just after the 13 hour mark, but the #8 is back in front by almost a lap now, after the #7 was delayed with a minor issue.

Don’t count the #7 out yet, they are charging.

Lopez was holding a comfortable lead of 15 seconds when his #7 Toyota GR010 crawled to a halt at Arnage, with Hartley passing him for the lead by the time the Argentine was able to perform a reset and get going again.

The #7 Toyota lost further time when Lopez brought the car into the pits at the end of the lap, leaving him more than a lap behind the sister car with eight hours remaining in the race.

The #7 sits comfortably in second, with Jose Maria Lopez enjoying a 3 lap gap to the third placed #709 Glickenhaus Racing SCG007, with Richard Westbrook behind the wheel. The 708 Glickenhaus is currently in 8th place overall.

LMP2 is still being lead by the #38 JOTA Oreca 07, now with Will Stevens behind the wheel.

There has been a change in GTE Pro, with the #92 Porsche of Michael Christensen, Kevin Estre, and Laurens Vanthoor now a couple laps behind the #64 Chevrolet Corvette and the #51 AF Corse Ferrari. The #91 has now taken up the charge for Porsche in 3rd but almost a lap back.

Corvette Racing; 24 Hours of Le Mans in Le Mans, France; Corvette C8.R #64 driven by Tommy Milner, Nick Tandy, and Alexander Sims leads at the 2/3rds mark. (Richard Prince/Chevrolet Photo).

The #99 Hardpoint Porsche leads in LM GTE Am by 26s over the #33 Aston Martin.

Hour 16 of 24 Standings

POS NO. STATUS CLASS TEAM CURRENT DRIVER CAR LAPS BEHINDS GAP
1 8 RUN Hypercar H Toyota Gazoo Racing HARTLEY Brendon Toyota GR010 HYBRID 260 – –
2 7 RUN Hypercar H Toyota Gazoo Racing LOPEZ Jose Maria Toyota GR010 HYBRID 259 1 lap 1 lap
3 709 RUN Hypercar Glickenhaus Racing WESTBROOK Richard Glickenhaus 007 LMH 256 4 laps 3 laps
4 38 RUN LM P2 JOTA STEVENS William Oreca 07 – Gibson 252 8 laps 4 laps
5 9 IN LM P2 Prema Orlen Team KUBICA Robert Oreca 07 – Gibson 252 8 laps 1:37.755
6 28 RUN LM P2 JOTA JONES Edward Oreca 07 – Gibson 251 2:18.302 2:18.302
7 37 RUN LM P2 Cool Racing TAYLOR Ricky Oreca 07 – Gibson 251 2:38.995 20.629
8 708 OUT Hypercar Glickenhaus Racing PLA Olivier Glickenhaus 007 LMH 251 2:54.547 15.405
9 23 RUN LM P2 United Autosports USA JARVIS Oliver Oreca 07 – Gibson 251 9 laps 1:00.451
10 13 OUT LM P2 TDS Racing X Vaillante VAN DER HELM Tijmen Oreca 07 – Gibson 251 1.640 1.640
11 5 RUN LM P2 Team Penske CAMERON Dane Oreca 07 – Gibson 251 8.888 7.248
12 31 RUN LM P2 WRT GELAEL Sean Oreca 07 – Gibson 251 18.100 9.223
13 32 RUN LM P2 Team WRT VANTHOOR Dries Oreca 07 – Gibson 250 1:44.098 1 lap
14 1 RUN LM P2 Richard Mille Racing MILESI Charles Oreca 07 – Gibson 250 10 laps 1:56.322
15 34 RUN LM P2 Inter Europol Competition BRUNDLE Alex Oreca 07 – Gibson 250 9.594 9.594
16 22 RUN LM P2 United Autosports Usa ALBUQUERQUE Filipe Oreca 07 – Gibson 249 1:25.652 1 lap
17 36 RUN Hypercar Alpine Elf Team VAXIVIERE Matthieu Alpine A480 – Gibson 249 11 laps 1:38.721
18 48 IN LM P2 Idec Sport LAFARGUE Paul Oreca 07 – Gibson 249 11 laps 20.709
19 65 OUT LM P2 Panis Racing CANAL Julien Oreca 07 – Gibson 248 2:04.500 1:50.993
20 43 RUN LM P2 Inter Europol Competition HEINEMEIER-HANSSON David Oreca 07 – Gibson 248 12 laps 2:19.780
21 41 RUN LM P2 Realteam By Wrt NATO Norman Oreca 07 – Gibson 247 1:27.321 1 lap
22 45 RUN LM P2 P/A Algarve Pro Racing ALLEN James Oreca 07 – Gibson 247 1:47.523 20.202
23 83 RUN LM P2 P/A AF Corse ROVERA Alessio Oreca 07 – Gibson 247 13 laps 1:13.532
24 3 RUN LM P2 P/A DKR Engineering HORR Laurents Oreca 07 – Gibson 246 1:23.831 1:23.831
25 24 RUN LM P2 P/A Nielsen Racing SALES Rodrigo Oreca 07 – Gibson 246 14 laps 1:34.803
26 39 RUN LM P2 P/A Graff Racing PAGE S̩bastien Oreca 07 РGibson 245 2:55.822 2:55.822
27 10 RUN LM P2 Vector Sport BOURDAIS S̩bastien Oreca 07 РGibson 245 3:21.774 26.157
28 44 RUN LM P2 P/A Arc Bratislava KONOPKA Miroslav Oreca 07 – Gibson 245 15 laps 23.143
29 47 IN LM P2 P/A Algarve Pro Racing AITKEN Jack Oreca 07 – Gibson 244 16 laps 1 lap
30 35 RUN LM P2 P/A Ultimate HERIAU Fran̤ois Oreca 07 РGibson 243 17 laps 3:16.550
31 64 RUN LM GTE Pro Corvette Racing SIMS Alexander Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 238 22 laps 5 laps
32 51 RUN LM GTE Pro AF Corse SERRA Daniel Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 238 21.002 21.002
33 91 RUN LM GTE Pro Porsche Gt Team LIETZ Richard Porsche 911 RSR – 19 237 23 laps 3:16.138
34 52 RUN LM GTE Pro AF Corse RIGON Davide Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 237 5.927 5.927
35 74 RUN LM GTE Pro Riley Motorsports VAN GISBERGEN Shane Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 236 24 laps 1 lap
36 92 RUN LM GTE Pro Porsche Gt Team VANTHOOR Laurens Porsche 911 RSR – 19 235 25 laps 3:02.666
37 99 RUN LM GTE Am Hardpoint Motorsport HARYANTO Andrew Porsche 911 RSR – 19 233 27 laps 57.489
38 33 OUT LM GTE Am TF Sport KEATING Ben Aston Martin VANTAGE AMR 233 26.263 26.263
39 98 RUN LM GTE Am Northwest Amr DALLA LANA Paul Aston Martin VANTAGE AMR 233 36.134 9.871
40 79 RUN LM GTE Am Weathertech Racing MACNEIL Cooper Porsche 911 RSR – 19 233 1:25.453 49.908
41 56 OUT LM GTE Am Team Project 1 IRIBE Brendan Porsche 911 RSR – 19 233 27 laps 7.426
42 77 OUT LM GTE Am Dempsey – Proton Racing RIED Christian Porsche 911 RSR – 19 233 2.520 2.520
43 86 RUN LM GTE Am Gr Racing PERA Riccardo Porsche 911 RSR – 19 233 36.598 33.939
44 54 OUT LM GTE Am AF Corse CASTELLACCI Francesco Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 232 28 laps 3:47.604
45 88 RUN LM GTE Am Dempsey – Proton Racing POORDAD Fred Porsche 911 RSR – 19 231 2:43.558 2:43.558
46 21 RUN LM GTE Am AF Corse ULRICH Christoph Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 231 29 laps 2:59.196
47 85 RUN LM GTE Am Iron Dames BOVY Sarah Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 230 1:04.617 1:04.617
48 55 OUT LM GTE Am Spirit Of Race CAMERON Duncan Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 230 2:38.587 1:33.271
49 61 RUN LM GTE Am AF Corse GRUNEWALD Conrad Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 229 31 laps 4:47.216
50 57 RUN LM GTE Am Kessel Racing SCHANDORFF Frederik Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 228 32 laps 1 lap
51 60 RUN LM GTE Am Iron Lynx BALZAN Alessandro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 228 16.809 16.809
52 80 OUT LM GTE Am Iron Lynx HEISTAND Richard Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 227 1:20.194 1:03.459
53 66 RUN LM GTE Am JMW Motorsport VAN DER ZANDE Renger Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 224 36 laps 3 laps
54 75 RUN LM GTE Am Iron Lynx EHRET Pierre Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 224 36 laps 2:21.016
55 93 OUT LM GTE Am Proton Competition CAMPBELL Matt Porsche 911 RSR – 19 222 38 laps 2 laps
56 27 RUN LM P2 P/A Cd Sport CRESP Christophe Ligier JSP217 – Gibson 222 38 laps 1:28.038
57 63 IN LM GTE Pro Corvette Racing TAYLOR Jordan Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 214 46 laps 8 laps
58 30 RUN LM P2 Duqueine Team DE GERUS Reshad Oreca 07 – Gibson 209 51 laps 5 laps
59 777 IN LM GTE Am D’station Racing FAGG Charles Aston Martin VANTAGE AMR 112 148 laps 97 laps
60 59 Ret LM GTE Am Inception Racing WEST Alexander Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 190 70 laps 3 laps
61 71 Ret LM GTE Am Spirit Of Race AUBRY Gabriel Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 127 133 laps 12 laps
62 46 Ret LM GTE Am Team Project 1 CAIROLI Matteo Porsche 911 RSR – 19 77 183 laps 35 laps