LeMans turns into borefest as all 3 Toyotas falter
The lone #1 Porsche streaks through the night |
LMP1
The 24 hours of LeMans is now a borefest up at front. With the demise of all three Toyotas, the leading #1 Porsche now has a 9-lap lead over a lowly LMP2 car and is in stroker-ace mode for the last 12 hours of the race. Unless the lone LMP1 car also fails, which it should not in stroker mode, the over winner is a foregone conclusion.
The #1 Porsche continues to lead with Nick Tandy at the wheel. The #2 Porsche is P16 overall, 18 laps behind its sister car.
The lone remaining Toyota (#8) is 47th overall and 29 laps down from the leader.
LMP2
The #31 ORECA from Vaillante Rebellion continues to lead the category and is looking for an overall podium finish. It’s teammate, the #13 ORECA, has dropped to third after pitting and now chases the #38 ORECA run by Jackie Chan DC Racing.
The #49 ARC Bratislava Ligier made a trip to the gravel trap and continued, while the #47 Cetilar Villorba Corse Dallara had to limp its way back to the pits for a punctured tire.
LMGTE Pro
The #95 (Stanaway) and #97 (Adam) Aston Martins continue to lead the way, but faced strong competition from the #91 Porsche driven by Kevin Estre. The two teams are on different fuel strategies, so the #91 pitted before things could get too racy.
Now it is the #51 Ferrari (Pier Guidi) in third behind the Aston Martin teammates.
LMGTE Am
The #84 JMW Motorsport Ferrari still holds a comfortable lead in LMGTE Am. Behind it the #77 Porsche and #55 Ferrari are duking it out in the dark.
Hour 12 Standings
Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Gap | Laps | Cat. |
1 | #1 | TANDY Nick | Porsche 919 Hybrid | 0.000s | 186 | P1 |
2 | #31 | PROST Nicolas | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 9 Laps | 177 | P2 |
3 | #38 | TUNG Ho-Pin | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 16.978 | 177 | P2 |
4 | #13 | HEINEMEIER HANSSON David | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 56.795 | 177 | P2 |
5 | #35 | RAGUES Pierre | Alpine A470 – Gibson | 11 Laps | 175 | P2 |
6 | #40 | MATELLI Franck | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 2:08.712 | 175 | P2 |
7 | #24 | HIRSCHI Jonathan | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 2:21.346 | 175 | P2 |
8 | #32 | OWEN Will | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 3:29.232 | 175 | P2 |
9 | #37 | CHENG David | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 4:36.413 | 175 | P2 |
10 | #23 | BERTHON Nathanial | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 14 Laps | 172 | P2 |
11 | #34 | CHANDHOK Karun | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 15 Laps | 171 | P2 |
12 | #21 | ROSENQVIST Felix | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 30.063 | 171 | P2 |
13 | #28 | VAXIVIERE Matthieu | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 47.904 | 171 | P2 |
14 | #39 | WINSLOW James | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 17 Laps | 169 | P2 |
15 | #47 | LACORTE Roberto | Dallara P217 – Gibson | 34.002 | 169 | P2 |
16 | #2 | HARTLEY Brendon | Porsche 919 Hybrid | 18 Laps | 168 | P1 |
17 | #33 | NICOLET Pierre | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 20 Laps | 166 | P2 |
18 | #95 | STANAWAY Richie | Aston Martin VANTAGE | 22 Laps | 164 | Pro |
19 | #97 | ADAM Jonathan | Aston Martin VANTAGE | 2.275 | 164 | Pro |
20 | #51 | PIER GUIDI Alessandro | Ferrari 488 GTE | 2.666 | 164 | Pro |
21 | #71 | MOLINA Miguel | Ferrari 488 GTE | 46.808 | 164 | Pro |
22 | #91 | MAKOWIECKI Frederic | Porsche 911 RSR | 51.922 | 164 | Pro |
23 | #92 | ESTRE Kevin | Porsche 911 RSR | 1:03.308 | 164 | Pro |
24 | #67 | DERANI Luis Felipe | Ford GT | 1:40.996 | 164 | Pro |
25 | #68 | HAND Joey | Ford GT | 2:03.570 | 164 | Pro |
26 | #63 | TAYLOR Jordan | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 2:05.048 | 164 | Pro |
27 | #17 | ZOLLINGER David | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 2:48.013 | 164 | P2 |
28 | #69 | WESTBROOK Richard | Ford GT | 3:01.912 | 164 | Pro |
29 | #29 | LAMMERS Jan | Dallara P217 – Gibson | 23 Laps | 163 | P2 |
30 | #36 | DUMAS Romain | Alpine A470 – Gibson | 24 Laps | 162 | P2 |
31 | #84 | VANTHOOR Dries | Ferrari 488 GTE | 1:54.897 | 162 | Am |
32 | #90 | HANKEY Euan | Aston Martin VANTAGE | 25 Laps | 161 | Am |
33 | #45 | CAPILLAIRE Vincent | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 7.122 | 161 | P2 |
34 | #77 | DIENST Marvin | Porsche 911 RSR 991 | 7.614 | 161 | Am |
35 | #27 | SIROTKIN Sergey | Dallara P217 – Gibson | 26 Laps | 160 | P2 |
36 | #62 | MACNEIL Cooper | Ferrari 488 GTE | 16:23.027 | 160 | Am |
37 | #55 | SCOTT Aaron | Ferrari 488 GTE | 16:27.605 | 160 | Am |
38 | #64 | FÄSSLER Marcel | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 17:31.329 | 160 | Pro |
39 | #99 | BRYANT Oliver | Aston Martin VANTAGE | 18:44.125 | 160 | Am |
40 | #61 | SAWA Keita | Ferrari 488 GTE | 27 Laps | 159 | Am |
41 | #93 | AL FAISAL Abdulaziz | Porsche 911 RSR 991 | 2:03.542 | 159 | Am |
42 | #83 | JÃ-NSSON Niclas | Ferrari 488 GTE | 2:05.458 | 159 | Am |
43 | #65 | NIELSEN Christina | Ferrari 488 GTE | 28 Laps | 158 | Am |
44 | #86 | FOSTER Nick | Porsche 911 RSR (2016) | 46.772 | 158 | Am |
45 | #66 | JOHNSON Billy | Ford GT | 2:17.366 | 158 | Pro |
46 | #98 | LAUDA Mathias | Aston Martin VANTAGE | 29 Laps | 157 | Am |
47 | #8 | DAVIDSON Anthony | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | 39.979 | 157 | P1 |
48 | #54 | BERETTA Olivier | Ferrari 488 GTE | 1:11.466 | 157 | Am |
49 | #60 | PARENTE Alvaro | Ferrari 488 GTE | 30 Laps | 156 | Am |
50 | #22 | HIRAKAWA Ryo | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 33 Laps | 153 | P2 |
51 | #43 | BLEEKEMOLEN Jeroen | Riley MK30 – GIBSON | 38 Laps | 148 | P2 |
52 | #50 | REES Fernando | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 39 Laps | 147 | Am |
53 | #49 | CALKO Konstantin | LIGIER JSP217 – Gibson | 54 Laps | 132 | P2 |
54 | #9 | LAPIERRE Nicolas | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | 26 Laps | 160 | P1 |
55 | #7 | KOBAYASHI Kamui | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | 32 Laps | 154 | P1 |
56 | #25 | TRUMMER Simon | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 34 Laps | 152 | P2 |
57 | #82 | KAFFER Pierre | Ferrari 488 GTE | 114 Laps | 72 | Pro |
58 | #26 | RUSINOV Roman | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 166 Laps | 20 | P2 |
59 | #88 | AL QUBAISI Khaled | Porsche 911 RSR 991 | 168 Laps | 18 | Am |
60 | #4 | WEBB Oliver | ENSO CLM P1/01 – Nismo | 179 Laps | 7 | P1 |