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Le Mans Hour 20: Ferrari & Toyota battle rages on

Posted by AR1 staff

–by Mark Cipolloni–

As the clock struck the 20-Hour mark in the 24 Hours of Le Mans we were under caution with the #51 Ferrari 499P Hypercar just in front of the #8 Toyota GR010 Hypercar.

With James Calado was at the wheel of the Ferrari and Brendon Hartley aboard the Toyota it will be an all-out 4-Hour sprint to determine the winner of the 100th running of this French classic.

Pier Guidi in the Ferrari had built a ten-second lead over the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid before the caution.

The #2 and #3 Cadillacs still run 3rd and 4th with the #93 Peugeot lingering in 5th.

The #50 pole sitting Ferrari is back up to 7th after earlier troubles not of their own doing, but they are 6 laps behind. They run behind the 6th place #5 Penske Porsche.

LMP2: No change since Hour 19 – 11th and 12th overall, the #34 still leads the #41. The #34’s Race Director has just been summoned to Race Control for a potential improper pit stop procedure.

GTE-Am: The top 3 are on the same lap with the#85 Porsche ahead of the #25 Aston Martin and the #33 Corvette. The three are running 27th, 28th and 29th overall.

Garage 56: The NASCAR Camaro is 34th overall with Jenson Button now behind the wheel.

Hour 20 Standings

POS NO. CLASS TEAM CURRENT DRIVER CAR LAPS BEHIND PITS
1 51 Hypercar H Ferrari AF Corse Calado James Ferrari 499P 276 – 25
2 8 Hypercar H Toyota Gazoo Racing Hartley Brendon Toyota GR010 HYBRID 276 2.940 25
3 2 Hypercar H Cadillac Racing Bamber Earl Cadillac V-Series.R 275 1 lap 23
4 3 Hypercar H Cadillac Racing Van Der Zande Renger Cadillac V-Series.R 274 2 laps 25
5 93 Hypercar H Peugeot Totalenergies Vergne Jean-Éric Peugeot 9X8 273 3 laps 25
6 5 Hypercar H Porsche Penske Motorsport Cameron Dane Porsche 963 271 5 laps 25
7 50 Hypercar H Ferrari AF Corse Molina Miguel Ferrari 499P 270 6 laps 26
8 709 Hypercar Glickenhaus Racing Gutierrez Esteban Glickenhaus 007 269 5:11.470 27
9 708 Hypercar Glickenhaus Racing Briscoe Ryan Glickenhaus 007 269 5:28.445 24
10 94 Hypercar H Peugeot Totalenergies Duval Loïc Peugeot 9X8 266 10 laps 25
11 34 LM P2 Inter Europol Competition Scherer Fabio Oreca 07 – Gibson 265 11 laps 28
12 41 LM P2 Team Wrt Delétraz Louis Oreca 07 – Gibson 264 12 laps 26
13 48 LM P2 Idec Sport Hörr Laurents Oreca 07 – Gibson 264 3:23.318 26
14 30 LM P2 Duqueine Team Jani Neel Oreca 07 – Gibson 264 4:29.246 30
15 65 LM P2 Panis Racing Maldonado Manuel Oreca 07 – Gibson 263 4:49.144 26
16 31 LM P2 Team Wrt Habsburg Ferdinand Oreca 07 – Gibson 263 13 laps 26
17 36 LM P2 Alpine Elf Team Vaxiviere Matthieu Oreca 07 – Gibson 263 57.836 28
18 28 LM P2 Jota Fittipaldi Pietro Oreca 07 – Gibson 263 4:08.237 25
19 10 LM P2 Vector Sport Cullen Ryan Oreca 07 – Gibson 262 5:41.735 25
20 23 LM P2 United Autosports Blomqvist Tom Oreca 07 – Gibson 260 16 laps 27
21 22 LM P2 United Autosports Hanson Philip Oreca 07 – Gibson 260 3:04.630 27
22 35 LM P2 Alpine Elf Team Caldwell Olli Oreca 07 – Gibson 260 3:08.729 27
23 45 LM P2 P/A Algarve Pro Racing Allen James Oreca 07 – Gibson 259 17 laps 26
24 311 Hypercar H Action Express Racing Aitken Jack Cadillac V-Series.R 258 18 laps 24
25 6 Hypercar H Porsche Penske Motorsport Lotterer André Porsche 963 255 21 laps 22
26 37 LM P2 P/A Cool Racing Lapierre Nicolas Oreca 07 – Gibson 254 22 laps 29
27 85 LM GTE Am Iron Dames Bovy Sarah Porsche 911 RSR – 19 253 23 laps 18
28 25 LM GTE Am Ort By Tf Dinan Michael Aston Martin Vantage AMR 253 2:58.941 21
29 33 LM GTE Am Corvette Racing Varrone Nicolas Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 253 4:30.124 20
30 56 LM GTE Am Project 1 – AO Jeannette Gunnar Porsche 911 RSR – 19 252 24 laps 20
31 86 LM GTE Am Gr Racing Pera Riccardo Porsche 911 RSR – 19 252 1:55.333 20
32 54 LM GTE Am AF Corse Rigon Davide Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 252 2:12.915 20
33 57 LM GTE Am Kessel Racing Serra Daniel Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 252 2:46.831 21
34 24 CDNT Hendrick Motorsports Button Jenson Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 251 25 laps 22
35 98 LM GTE Am Northwest Amr Riberas Alex Aston Martin Vantage AMR 251 2:21.624 19
36 43 LM P2 P/A Dkr Engineering Van Rompuy Tom Oreca 07 – Gibson 249 27 laps 26
37 100 LM GTE Am Walkenhorst Motorsport Segal Jeffrey Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 248 28 laps 19
38 39 LM P2 P/A Graff Racing Van Der Garde Giedo Oreca 07 – Gibson 247 29 laps 26
39 9 LM P2 Prema Racing Viscaal Bent Oreca 07 – Gibson 247 3:00.880 25
40 911 LM GTE Am Proton Competition Fassbender Michael Porsche 911 RSR – 19 246 30 laps 20
41 74 LM GTE Am Kessel Racing Cozzolino Kei Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 245 31 laps 21
42 38 Hypercar H Hertz Team Jota Ye Yifei Porsche 963 238 38 laps 24
DNF 80 LM P2 P/A AF Corse Barnicoat Ben Oreca 07 – Gibson 183 93 laps 18
DNF 88 LM GTE Am Proton Competition Ried Jonas Porsche 911 RSR – 19 170 106 laps 13
DNF 4 Hypercar Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Vautier Tristan Vanwall Vandervell 680 165 111 laps 19
DNF 777 LM GTE Am D’station Racing Fujii Tomonobu Aston Martin Vantage AMR 163 113 laps 14
DNF 47 LM P2 Cool Racing De Gérus Reshad Oreca 07 – Gibson 158 118 laps 16
DNF 77 LM GTE Am Dempsey – Proton Racing Pedersen Mikkel Porsche 911 RSR – 19 118 158 laps 14
49 32 LM P2 Inter Europol Competition Magnussen Jan Oreca 07 – Gibson 117 159 laps 15
DNF 63 LM P2 Prema Racing Kvyat Daniil Oreca 07 – Gibson 113 163 laps 11
DNF 7 Hypercar H Toyota Gazoo Racing Kobayashi Kamui Toyota GR010 HYBRID 103 173 laps 10
DNF 66 LM GTE Am Jmw Motorsport Prette Louis Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 89 187 laps 8
DNF 923 LM P2 P/A Racing Team Turkey Vanthoor Dries Oreca 07 – Gibson 87 189 laps 10
DNF 75 Hypercar H Porsche Penske Motorsport Jaminet Mathieu Porsche 963 84 192 laps 7
DNF 72 LM GTE Am TF Sport Robin Arnold Aston Martin Vantage AMR 58 218 laps 5
DNF 83 LM GTE Am Richard Mille AF Corse Wadoux Lilou Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 33 243 laps 3
DNF 16 LM GTE Am Proton Competition Hardwick Ryan Porsche 911 RSR – 19 28 248 laps 2
DNF 60 LM GTE Am Iron Lynx Schiavoni Claudio Porsche 911 RSR – 19 28 0.000 2
DNF 55 LM GTE Am Gmb Motorsport Birch Gustav Aston Martin Vantage AMR 21 255 laps 2
DNF 21 LM GTE Am AF Corse De Pauw Ulysse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 21 0.000 2
DNF 13 LM P2 P/A Tower Motorsports Taylor Ricky Oreca 07 – Gibson 19 257 laps 3
DNF 14 LM P2 P/A Nielsen Racing Sales Rodrigo Oreca 07 – Gibson 18 258 laps 2