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Le Mans Hour 1: #50 Ferrari leads from Porsche

Posted by AR1 staff

It was too close to call at the front of the field in the 2024 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ferrari led for much of the first hour, but pit stops right around the 1-hour mark jumbled up the standings.

The #50 Ferrari 499P with Nicklas Nielsen at the wheel led overall by just over 1-second from the pole sitting #6 Porsche driven by Laurens Vanthoor.

The #51 Ferrari runs third with Antonio Giovanizzi driving.

Start of the 2024 24 Hours of LeMans. Photo courtesy of Rolex by Adam Warner

Sebastien Bourdais is fourth in the #3 Cadillac Racing V-Series.R, and Sebastien Buemi, from 11th on the grid, is now fifth – with the #35 Alpine A424 of Charles Milesi rounding out the top six in the premier class.

#9 Proton Racing led in LMP2. It is currently the #9 of Bent Viscaal leading ahead of the #65 Panis Racing car of Matthias Beche which also leads Pro-Am, then the #22 United Autosports car of Oliver Jarvis. Completing the top five are the #37 COOL Racing car, then the #28 IDEC Sport machine.

The pole-sitting #70 Inception Racing McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo of Frederik Schandorff holds the lead after a clean start at Le Mans for the LMGT3 class.

24 Hours of Le Mans Hour 1 Standings

POS NO. CLASS TEAM DRIVER CAR LAPS BEHIND
1 50 Hypercar H FERRARI AF CORSE Nielsen Nicklas Ferrari 499P 16 –
2 6 Hypercar H PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT Vanthoor Laurens Porsche 963 16 0.423
3 3 Hypercar H CADILLAC RACING Bourdais Sébastien Cadillac V-Series.R 16 2.558
4 51 Hypercar H FERRARI AF CORSE Giovinazzi Antonio Ferrari 499P 16 3.095
5 8 Hypercar H TOYOTA GAZOO RACING Buemi Sébastien Toyota GR010 – Hybrid 16 3.617
6 35 Hypercar H ALPINE ENDURANCE TEAM Milesi Charles Alpine A424 16 4.017
7 83 Hypercar H AF CORSE Kubica Robert Ferrari 499P 16 4.914
8 36 Hypercar H ALPINE ENDURANCE TEAM Lapierre Nicolas Alpine A424 16 6.593
9 5 Hypercar H PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT Makowiecki Frédéric Porsche 963 16 10.496
10 38 Hypercar H HERTZ TEAM JOTA Hanson Philip Porsche 963 16 11.602
11 311 Hypercar H WHELEN CADILLAC RACING Derani Luis Felipe Cadillac V-Series.R 16 12.975
12 4 Hypercar H PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT Nasr Felipe Porsche 963 16 13.782
13 2 Hypercar H CADILLAC RACING Lynn Alex Cadillac V-Series.R 16 15.690
14 93 Hypercar H PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES Müller Nico Peugeot 9X8 16 16.762
15 12 Hypercar H HERTZ TEAM JOTA Stevens Will Porsche 963 16 17.102
16 94 Hypercar H PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES Di Resta Paul Peugeot 9X8 16 18.566
17 7 Hypercar H TOYOTA GAZOO RACING De Vries Nyck Toyota GR010 – Hybrid 16 19.763
18 19 Hypercar H LAMBORGHINI IRON LYNX Caldarelli Andrea Lamborghini SC63 16 20.550
19 63 Hypercar H LAMBORGHINI IRON LYNX Mortara Edoardo Lamborghini SC63 16 20.702
20 20 Hypercar H BMW M TEAM WRT Rast René BMW M HYBRID V8 16 21.039
21 11 Hypercar H ISOTTA FRASCHINI Vernay Jean-Karl Isotta Fraschini Tipo6-C 16 1:19.761
22 9 LM P2 PROTON COMPETITION Viscaal Bent Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 2:41.456
23 65 LM P2 P/A PANIS RACING Beche Mathias Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 2:47.163
24 22 LM P2 UNITED AUTOSPORTS Jarvis Oliver Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 2:47.882
25 37 LM P2 COOL RACING Jakobsen Malthe Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 2:48.176
26 28 LM P2 IDEC SPORT Van Uitert Job Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 2:51.746
27 15 Hypercar H BMW M TEAM WRT Wittmann Marco BMW M HYBRID V8 15 2:52.058
28 10 LM P2 VECTOR SPORT Pilet Patrick Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 2:53.457
29 24 LM P2 NIELSEN RACING Heinemeier Hansson David Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 3:10.628
30 34 LM P2 INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION Lomko Vladislav Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 3:13.383
31 30 LM P2 P/A DUQUEINE TEAM Falb John Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 3:30.510
32 14 LM P2 P/A AO BY TF Hyett Pj Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 3:34.007
33 183 LM P2 P/A AF CORSE Perrodo François Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 5.996
34 45 LM P2 P/A CROWDSTRIKE RACING BY APR Kurtz George Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 34.926
35 33 LM P2 P/A DKR ENGINEERING Mattschull Alexander Oreca 07 – Gibson 15 38.362
36 23 LM P2 P/A UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA Keating Ben Oreca 07 – Gibson 14 2 laps
37 99 Hypercar H PROTON COMPETITION Jani Neel Porsche 963 14 3:14.735
38 70 LMGT3 INCEPTION RACING Schandorff Frederik McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo 14 3:22.726
39 77 LMGT3 PROTON COMPETITION Barker Benjamin Ford Mustang LMGT3 14 3:23.717
40 66 LMGT3 JMW MOTORSPORT Ten Voorde Larry Ferrari 296 LMGT3 14 3:28.304
41 88 LMGT3 PROTON COMPETITION Olsen Dennis Ford Mustang LMGT3 14 6.708
42 59 LMGT3 UNITED AUTOSPORTS Saucy Grégoire McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo 14 9.948
43 95 LMGT3 UNITED AUTOSPORTS Sato Marino McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo 14 16.399
44 60 LMGT3 IRON LYNX Cressoni Matteo Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 14 17.918
45 46 LMGT3 TEAM WRT Martin Maxime BMW M4 LMGT3 14 18.902
46 44 LMGT3 PROTON COMPETITION Mies Christopher Ford Mustang LMGT3 14 19.874
47 27 LMGT3 HEART OF RACING TEAM James Ian Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 14 23.801
48 87 LMGT3 AKKODIS ASP TEAM Hawksworth Jack Lexus RC F LMGT3 14 24.267
49 85 LMGT3 IRON DAMES Frey Rahel Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 14 26.177
50 55 LMGT3 VISTA AF CORSE Mann Simon Ferrari 296 LMGT3 14 26.719
51 92 LMGT3 MANTHEY PURERXCING Malykhin Aliaksandr Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 14 24.254
52 777 LMGT3 D’STATION RACING Hoshino Satoshi Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 14 44.998
53 91 LMGT3 MANTHEY EMA Shahin Yasser Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 14 46.361
54 86 LMGT3 GR RACING Wainwright Michael Ferrari 296 LMGT3 14 48.665
55 31 LMGT3 TEAM WRT Leung Darren BMW M4 LMGT3 14 49.260
56 54 LMGT3 VISTA AF CORSE Flohr Thomas Ferrari 296 LMGT3 14 53.157
57 82 LMGT3 TF SPORT Koizumi Hiroshi Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R 14 55.305
58 155 LMGT3 SPIRIT OF RACE Laursen Johnny Ferrari 296 LMGT3 14 1:04.507
59 81 LMGT3 TF SPORT Van Rompuy Tom Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R 14 1:06.852
60 25 LM P2 ALGARVE PRO RACING Caldwell Olli Oreca 07 – Gibson 13 3 laps
61 78 LMGT3 AKKODIS ASP TEAM Van Der Linde Kelvin Lexus RC F LMGT3 13 2:34.126
62 47 LM P2 P/A COOL RACING Bell Matthew