Le Mans 24 Hours: Nick Tandy maintains Porsche's lead in 10th hour
The #19 Porsche continued to lead the Le Mans 24 Hours at the conclusion of the race's 10th hour, with Nick Tandy taking the car over from Nico Hulkenberg
Tandy moved the car back into the lead when the #7 and #9 Audis pitted, both with driver changes as Andre Lotterer and Marco Bonanomi took them over respectively.
Lotterer was unable to make any early gains on the leading Porsche, slipping back to more than half a minute adrift of the leader as Tandy was able to lap as low as 3m18.9s in the lead.
The #7 Audi's cause was then hit further when he was forced to negotiate a slow zone for the stopped #21 Nissan, which eventually retired, but Tandy had been able to pass through the section of track after Arnage before the speed restriction was in place.
That stretched Tandy's lead out to 52 seconds before he brought the leading Porsche in at the top of the hour.
Bonanomi picked up the #9 car around 28 seconds adrift of Lotterer in third, while Timo Bernhard was 1m28s behind in fourth with the #17 Porsche that was in the lead battle until it picked up a stop/go penalty in the previous hour.
LMP2
The #47 KCMG ORECA continues to dominate in LMP2, with Richard Bradley extending its advantage to two minutes.
He was aided by nearest challenger, the #46 Thiriet by TDS Racing ORECA, switching drivers during its latest stop with Ludovic Badey replacing Tristan Gommendy in the driving seat.
Sam Bird now runs third in the #26 G-Drive Racing Ligier after two pitstops in quick succession for Karun Chandhok's Murphy ORECA relegated it to fifth, behind the #43 Team SARD Morand Morgan.
GTE
Aston Martin remains in the lead of the GTE Pro battle, as Porsche joined the British marque's fight with Corvette.
Richie Stanaway kept the #99 Vantage ahead of the C7.R of Oliver Gavin, with Richard Lietz doing well to leapfrog the Chevrolet when it pit.
All three cars are slightly out of sync on pitstops, but have all made nine stops and Stanaway had a healthy lead by the end of the 10th hour.
In GTE Am the #98 Aston's control of the class continues without worry, ahead of the #72 and #83 Ferraris.
POSITIONS AFTER 10 HOURS
Pos | Class | Car | Drivers | Laps | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LMP1 | #19 Porsche | Hulkenberg, Bamber, Tandy | 158 | |
2 | LMP1 | #7 Audi | Fassler, Lotterer, Treluyer | 158 | + 39.113s |
3 | LMP1 | #9 Audi | Albuquerque, Bonanomi, Rast | 157 | + 1 Lap |
4 | LMP1 | #17 Porsche | Bernhard, Webber, Hartley | 157 | + 1m04.000s |
5 | LMP1 | #18 Porsche | Dumas, Jani, Lieb | 157 | + 3m13.543s |
6 | LMP1 | #8 Audi | Di Grassi, Duval, Jarvis | 156 | + 2 Laps |
7 | LMP1 | #2 Toyota | Wurz, Sarrazin, Conway | 155 | + 3 Laps |
8 | LMP1 | #1 Toyota | Davidson, Buemi, Nakajima | 151 | + 7 Laps |
9 | LMP1 | #13 Rebellion | Imperatori, Kraihamer, Abt | 147 | + 11 Laps |
10 | LMP2 | #47 Oreca | Howson, Bradley, Lapierre | 144 | + 14 Laps |
11 | LMP2 | #46 Oreca | Thiriet, Badey, Gommendy | 143 | + 15 Laps |
12 | LMP2 | #26 Ligier | Rusinov, Canal, Bird | 142 | + 16 Laps |
13 | LMP2 | #43 Morgan | Ragues, Webb, Amberg | 142 | + 2m55.028s |
14 | LMP2 | #48 Oreca | Chandhok, Patterson, Berthon | 142 | + 3m26.870s |
15 | LMP2 | #28 Ligier | Yacaman, Derani, Gonzalez | 141 | + 17 Laps |
16 | LMP2 | #38 Gibson | Dolan, Evans, Turvey | 141 | + 1m26.014s |
17 | LMP2 | #34 Ligier | Cumming, Vanthoor, Estre | 141 | + 2m55.663s |
18 | LMP2 | #42 Dome | Leventis, Watts, Kane | 140 | + 18 Laps |
19 | LMP1 | #12 Rebellion | Prost, Heidfeld, Beche | 138 | + 20 Laps |
20 | LMP2 | #27 BR | Mediani, Markozov, Minassian | 136 | + 22 Laps |
21 | LMP2 | #31 Ligier | Brown, Van Overbeek, Fogarty | 136 | + 1m04.412s |
22 | GTE Pro | #99 Aston | Rees, Macdowall, Stanaway | 136 | + 1m08.794s |
23 | LMP2 | #45 Oreca | Ibanez, Perret, Bellarosa | 136 | + 2m05.519s |
24 | GTE Pro | #64 Chevrolet | Gavin, Milner, Taylor | 136 | + 2m08.179s |
25 | GTE Pro | #91 Porsche | Lietz, Christensen, Bergmeister | 135 | + 23 Laps |
26 | GTE Pro | #51 Ferrari | Bruni, Vilander, Fisichella | 135 | + 3m05.004s |
27 | GTE Am | #98 Aston | Dalla Lana, Lamy, Lauda | 134 | + 24 Laps |
28 | LMP2 | #35 Ligier | Nicolet, Merlin, Maris | 134 | + 56.150s |
29 | GTE Am | #72 Ferrari | Shaytar, Bertolini, Basov | 134 | + 1m08.989s |
30 | GTE Am | #83 Ferrari | Perrodo, Collard, Aguas | 134 | + 2m24.174s |
31 | LMP2 | #29 Morgan | Roussel, Tung, Cheng | 133 | + 25 Laps |
32 | GTE Am | #77 Porsche | Dempsey, Long, Seefried | 133 | + 1m21.433s |
33 | GTE Am | #62 Ferrari | Sweedler, Bell, Segal | 133 | + 3m18.291s |
34 | GTE Am | #53 Dodge | Bleekemolen, Keating, Miller | 132 | + 26 Laps |
35 | GTE Pro | #71 Ferrari | Rigon, Calado, Beretta | 132 | + 39.029s |
36 | GTE Am | #66 Ferrari | Al Faisal, Giermaziak, Avenatti | 132 | + 1m49.819s |
37 | GTE Am | #55 Ferrari | Cameron, Griffin, Mortimer | 131 | + 27 Laps |
38 | GTE Pro | #95 Aston | Sorensen, Thiim, Nygaard | 131 | + 22.470s |
39 | GTE Am | #68 Porsche | Chen, Vannelet, Parisy | 130 | + 28 Laps |
40 | GTE Am | #61 Ferrari | Mann, Giammaria, Cressoni | 129 | + 29 Laps |
41 | LMP1 | #23 Nissan | Pla, Mardenborough, Chilton | 126 | + 32 Laps |
42 | GTE Am | #67 Porsche | Chen, Kapadia, Maassen | 126 | + 34.850s |
43 | LMP1 | #22 Nissan | Tincknell, Krumm, Buncombe | 123 | + 35 Laps |
44 | LMP2 | #40 Ligier | Krohn, Jonsson, Barbosa | 122 | + 36 Laps |
45 | LMP2 | #30 Ligier | Sharp, Dalziel, Heinemeier Hansson | 122 | + 1m42.616s |
46 | LMP2 | #37 BR | Aleshin, Ladygin, Ladygin | 116 | + 42 Laps |
47 | LMP1 | #21 Nissan | Matsuda, Shulzhitskiy, Ordonez | 115 | + 43 Laps |
48 | LMP2 | #36 Alpine | Panciatici, Chatin, Capillaire | 110 | + 48 Laps |
49 | GTE Pro | #97 Aston | Turner, Mucke, Bell | 110 | + 33m08.020s |
50 | LMP1 | #4 CLM | Trummer, Kaffer, Monteiro | 100 | + 58 Laps |
51 | GTE Am | #96 Aston | Goethe, Hall, Castellacci | 96 | + 62 Laps |
52 | GTE Am | #50 Chevrolet | Roda, Ruberti, Poulsen | 94 | + 64 Laps |
53 | LMP2 | #41 Gibson | Hirsch, Paletou, Lancaster | 71 | + 87 Laps |
54 | GTE Am | #88 Porsche | Ried, Al Qubaisi, Bachler | 44 | Retired |
55 | GTE Pro | #92 Porsche | Pilet, Makowiecki, Henzler | 14 | Retired |
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