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2020 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 88e 24 Heures du Mans) was the eighty-eighth annual instance of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, an automobile endurance race held at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. The event was organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, and was the penultimate round of the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship. The event was originally scheduled between 13 and 14 June 2020, but was postponed to 19 and 20 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was truncated due to the pandemic, and fans were not allowed in attendance for the first time in the history of the event.

Toyota Gazoo Racing won the race for the third consecutive year, with drivers Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima also earning their third consecutive victory. Co-driver Brendon Hartley also won his second Le Mans, previously winning in 2017. Rebellion Racing finished in second five laps adrift, while the second Toyota completed the race podium.[1] United Autosports, with drivers Paul di Resta, Philip Hanson, and Filipe Albuquerque won the LMP2 category by a margin of approximately 30 seconds, clinching the World Endurance Championship for drivers and teams.[2] The LMGTE classes were led by Aston Martins, the No. 97 entry of Alex Lynn, Maxime Martin, and Harry Tincknell earning Aston Martin Racing victory, while the TF Sport entry led LMGTE Am to the flag with drivers Jonathan Adam, Charlie Eastwood, and Salih Yoluç.[3]

Background

The 24 Hours of Le Mans, was proposed in 1922 by the automotive journalist Charles Faroux to Georges Durand, the president of the automotive group, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and the industrialist Emile Coquilem to test car reliability and fuel-efficiency.[4][5] It is considered one of the world's most prestigious motor races and is part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport.[6]

Event

The 2020 event, which was the eighty eighth edition of the race was proposed to take place on the 13 and 14 of June. However, due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic the race was moved out to the 19 and 20 September.[7][8] This is the second occasion that the 24 Hours of Le Mans has been held in September, with the 1968 edition being postponed because of civil unrest.[9][10] As a result of the postponement of the race around two hours of extra night running will take place.[11] A virtual event of the race took place on the original dates in June.[12] In August, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) and the Sarthe Prefecture announced that the event would be held without fans present in the audience due to a rise in COVID-19 cases. Earlier in June, the organizers had stated that a limited amount of spectators would be present at the race.[13][14][15] Originally, the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans was to be the final round of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship.[16] However, due to postponements and cancellations of races caused by COVID-19, the race became the penultimate round of eight in the championship.[10][17] 29 entries of the 60 car grid across the four classes are eligible to score points in the World Endurance Championship. The LMP2 class has the largest grid at 24 entries, however just eight cars will be able to score points.[10]

The event usually takes place over a week, however this year, to save costs the test day was cancelled and the event was condensed into four days of action on track, with the race starting at 14:30 (local time) on Saturday and 11 hours of practice compared to 12 hours in other years.[18][19][20][21] As a result of the test day being scrapped, drivers who had not raced at the circuit within the last five years had to complete a minimum of 10 laps (including a minimum of five full timed laps) in the first two free practice sessions. In addition they were required to attend a session with an ACO approved simulator operator before 15 September.[11] The traditional scrutineering events in the city centre itself had also been moved to the circuit.[18][22] COVID-19 procedures as mandated by the French law were in place at the event.[23] A new qualifying procedure known as "Hyperpole" was introduced for this event. Originally qualifying would take place on Wednesday and Thursday, with 45 minutes of qualifying between 11:15 pm and midnight on the Wednesday. The top six in each class would return to the track on Thursday at 9pm for a half hour session to determine pole position in each class.[24][25] Due to schedule changes qualifying was held on Thursday afternoon with the hyperpole session taking place on Friday morning.[21][18]

Date Time (local: CEST) Event [21]
Wednesday, 16 September 08:00 - 18:00 Administrative and technical checks (Scrutineering)
Thursday, 17 September 10:00 - 13:00 Practice
14:00 - 17:00
17:15 - 18:00 Qualifying 1
20:00 - 00:00 Practice
Friday, 18 September 10:00 - 11:00 Practice
11:30 - 12:00 Qualifying 2 - Hyperpole
Saturday, 19 September 10:30 - 10:45 Warm-up
14:30 Start of the 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans
Sunday, 20 September 14:30 Finish of the 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans

Emanuele Pirro five time winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans was named as the Grand Marshall.[26][27][28] Carlos Tavares, CEO of the PSA Group, was the official starter of the race.[29][30][26]Tavares will also drive a Peugeot 908, which won the race 2009, just before the start as a nod to the manufacturer's impending return and past successes.[31] The 24 hours race was supported by the Road to Le Mans race which is the fourth round of the Michelin Le Mans Cup and a Porsche Carrera Cup race which was the third round of the Porsche Carrera Cup France and the first round of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland.[26][32] For this year's race the gravel traps at the Mulsanne corner have been made smaller with more tarmac run off to decrease the amount of disruption caused by a car going off.[26]

Entries

Automatic entries

Automatic entry invitations were earned by teams that won their class in the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, or won championships in the European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series, and the Michelin Le Mans Cup. The second-place finishers in the European Le Mans Series in LMP2 and LMGTE championships also earned an automatic invitation each.[33] Two participants from the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship were chosen by the series to be automatic entries by the ACO regardless of their performance or category. As invitations were granted to teams, they were allowed to change their cars from the previous year to the next, but not allowed to change their category. The LMGTE class invitations from the European and Asian Le Mans Series were allowed to choose between the Pro and Am categories. European Le Mans Series' LMP3 (Le Mans Prototype 3) champion is required to field an entry in LMP2 while the Asian Le Mans Series LMP3 champion were permitted to choose between LMP2 or LMGTE Am. The Michelin Le Mans Cup Group GT3 (GT3) champion was limited to the LMGTE Am category.

Reason invited[34][35] LMP1 LMP2 LMGTE Pro LMGTE Am
1st in the 24 Hours of Le Mans [25] Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing France Signatech Alpine Matmut Italy AF Corse Germany Team Project 1
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE) [25] France IDEC Sport United States Luzich Racing
2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE) [25] Russia G-Drive Racing Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3) United States EuroInternational
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at-large entries Canada Cameron Cassels United States Richard Heistand
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT) Russia G-Drive Racing with Algarve Taiwan HubAuto Corsa
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 Am) United States Rick Ware Racing
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP3) [36] United Kingdom Nielsen Racing – or – United Kingdom Nielsen Racing
1st in the Michelin Le Mans Cup (GT3) [25] Switzerland Kessel Racing

Entry list

Further information: 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship § Teams and drivers

For the first time since the mid 1970s there were two all female driver line ups competing, for Richard Mille Racing Team (LMP2) and Iron Lynx in the Iron Dames project (LMGTE), in the race,[37] this is the first time that women have raced in the LMP2 class.[10] During second free practice Dwight Merriman driving the number 17 IDEC ORECA-Gibson 07 car crashed coming out of the Porsche Curves.[38] Merriman was not cleared by medical staff to drive, as he had sustained a back injury and was replaced by Patrick Pilet.[39][40]

Porsche's factory GT team are running a special livery to mark 50 years since Porsche's first overall win at Le Mans.[41][42]

Qualifying

The new qualifying format for the Le Mans event, which had been three qualifying sessions, will reduce qualifying to two single sessions. The 45-minute Thursday late afternoon qualifying session will determine the field, except for the top six cars in each category. The top six cars in each class participate in a 30-minute shootout on Friday morning, known as "Le Mans Hyperpole". The shootout will determine the pole position in each category.[24] Cars will be placed on the starting grid in order by category, with all LMP1s at the front of the field regardless of lap time, followed by LMP2, LMGTE Pro, and LMGTE Am. The cars will be placed in following order: the 6 cars that qualified for Hyperpole by best Hyperpole session lap time, and then followed by the rest of the cars in the class that did not qualify for Hyperpole by best lap time set during first qualifying session.[43]

All five entries in the LMP1 class progressed to the hyperpole portion of qualifying. The 95 and 97 Aston Martin Racing Vantage's, along with car 51 and 71 AF Corse Ferrari's and Porsche 911 RSR-19 cars 91 and 92 progressed to Hyperpole in LMGTE Pro. LMGTE Am saw the 98 Aston Martin Racing Vantage and the 90 TF Sport Vantage along with Gulf Racing, the number 61 Luzich Racing Ferrari, Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche with car 77 and the Team Project 1 Porsche with car 56 going through to hyperpole. In LMP2 the Racing Team Nederlands entry along with entries from the Jackie Chan DC Racing team, the number 22 and 32 United Autosports and G-Drive Racing's number 26 car all qualified for the hyperpole session.[44]

Qualifying result

Pos.[45] Class No. Team Qualifying Hyperpole Grid
1 LMP1 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 3:17.089 3:15.267 1
2 LMP1 1 Rebellion Racing 3:21.598 3:15.822 2
3 LMP1 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 3:17.336 3:16.649 3
4 LMP1 3 Rebellion Racing 3:24.632 3:18.330 4
5 LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team 3:24.468 3:23.043 5
6 LMP2 22 United Autosports 3:27.148 3:24.528 6
7 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing 3:27.366 3:24.860 7
8 LMP2 29 Racing Team Nederland 3:26.648 3:25.062 8
9 LMP2 33 High Class Racing 3:27.611 3:25.426 9
10 LMP2 32 United Autosports 3:27.598 3:25.671 10
11 LMP2 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 3:27.097 3:25.785 11
12 LMP2 38 Jota 3:27.728 12
13 LMP2 16 G-Drive Racing by Algarve 3:27.767 13
14 LMP2 31 Panis Racing 3:27.791 14
15 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Elf 3:27.794 15
16 LMP2 27 DragonSpeed USA 3:27.913 16
17 LMP2 42 Cool Racing 3:28.509 17
18 LMP2 39 SO24-Has by Graff 3:28.574 18
19 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team 3:29.091 19
20 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing 3:29.402 20
21 LMP2 21 DragonSpeed USA 3:29.741 21
22 LMP2 47 Cetilar Racing 3:29.880 22
23 LMP2 35 Eurasia Motorsport 3:30.497 23
24 LMP2 24 Nielsen Racing 3:30.897 24
25 LMP2 50 Richard Mille Racing Team 3:31.020 25
26 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition 3:31.393 26
27 LMP2 11 EuroInternational 3:33.747 27
28 LMGTE Pro 91 Porsche GT Team 3:52.036 3:50.874 28
29 LMGTE Pro 51 AF Corse 3:51.244 3:51.115 29
30 LMGTE Pro 95 Aston Martin Racing 3:50.872 3:51.241 30
31 LMGTE Pro 97 Aston Martin Racing 3:50.925 3:51.324 31
32 LMGTE Pro 71 AF Corse 3:51.988 3:51.515 32
33 LMGTE Pro 92 Porsche GT Team 3:52.142 3:51.770 33
34 LMGTE Pro 63 WeatherTech Racing 3:52.508 34
35 LMGTE Am 61 Luzich Racing 3:53.292 3:51.266 36
36 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 3:53.334 3:51.322 37
37 LMGTE Am 56 Team Project 1 3:53.598 3:51.647 38
38 LMGTE Am 98 Aston Martin Racing 3:52.778 3:52.105 39
39 LMGTE Am 90 TF Sport 3:52.961 3:52.299 40
40 LMGTE Am 86 Gulf Racing 3:52.970 3:52.346 41
41 LMGTE Am 83 AF Corse 3:53.621 42
42 LMGTE Am 99 Dempsey-Proton Racing 3:53.670 43
43 LMGTE Am 57 Team Project 1 3:53.838 44
44 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse 3:54.144 45
45 LMGTE Am 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing 3:54.281 46
46 LMGTE Am 70 MR Racing 3:54.628 47
47 LMGTE Am 72 Hub Auto Racing 3:55.308 48
48 LMGTE Am 55 Spirit of Race 3:55.772 49
49 LMGTE Am 75 Iron Lynx 3:56.141 50
50 LMGTE Am 66 JMW Motorsport 3:56.383 51
51 LMGTE Am 78 Proton Competition 3:56.475 52
52 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Lynx 3:56.833 53
53 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx 3:57.876 54
54 LMGTE Am 62 Red River Sport 4:00.084 55
55 LMGTE Am 89 Team Project 1 4:00.691 56
- LMGTE Pro 82 Risi Competizione No Time[Q 1] 35
- LMGTE Am 52 AF Corse No Time[Q 1] 57
- LMP2 17 IDEC Sport No Time PL[Q 2]
- LMP2 28 IDEC Sport No Time PL[Q 2]
  1. ^ a b The No. 82 Risi Ferrari and No. 52 AF Corse Ferrari had all their qualifying lap times deleted after both teams broke parc fermé regulations by lifting the car.[46][47]
  2. ^ a b The No. 17 and No. 28 IDEC Oreca-Gibsons will start from pit lane after the conclusion of the first racing lap due to failing to participate in qualifying.[48]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification at the finish (70% of the overall race winner's distance) was 270 laps. Class winners are in bold.[49][50]

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Reason
Engine
1 LMP1 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Kazuki Nakajima 		Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 387 24:01:45.305
Toyota 2.4 L Hybrid Turbo V6
2 LMP1 1 Switzerland Rebellion Racing United States Gustavo Menezes
France Norman Nato
Brazil Bruno Senna 		Rebellion R13 M 382 +5 laps
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
3 LMP1 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López 		Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 381 +6 laps
Toyota 2.4 L Hybrid Turbo V6
4 LMP1 3 Switzerland Rebellion Racing France Nathanaël Berthon
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
France Romain Dumas 		Rebellion R13 M 381 +6 laps
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
5 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United Kingdom Philip Hanson
United Kingdom Paul di Resta 		Oreca 07 M 370 +17 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 38 United Kingdom Jota Portugal António Félix da Costa
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Mexico Roberto González 		Oreca 07 G 370 +17 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 31 France Panis Racing France Julien Canal
France Nico Jamin
France Matthieu Vaxivière 		Oreca 07 G 368 +19 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 36 France Signatech Alpine Elf France Thomas Laurent
Brazil André Negrão
France Pierre Ragues 		Alpine A470 M 367 +20 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 26 Russia G-Drive Racing Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Russia Roman Rusinov
France Jean-Éric Vergne 		Aurus 01 M 367 +20 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport United Kingdom Richard Bradley
France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Paul Lafargue 		Oreca 07 M 366 +21 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 42 Switzerland Cool Racing Switzerland Antonin Borga
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
France Nicolas Lapierre 		Oreca 07 M 365 +22 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States John Falb
United States Matt McMurry
Switzerland Simon Trummer 		Oreca 07 G 365 +22 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2 50 France Richard Mille Racing Team Colombia Tatiana Calderón
Germany Sophia Flörsch
Netherlands Beitske Visser 		Oreca 07 M 364 +23 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMP2 47 Italy Cetilar Racing Italy Andrea Belicchi
Italy Roberto Lacorte
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto 		Dallara P217 M 363 +24 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15 LMP2 17 France IDEC Sport United Kingdom Jonathan Kennard
France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Kyle Tilley 		Oreca 07 M 363 +24 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16 LMP2 27 United States DragonSpeed USA United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Sweden Henrik Hedman
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Oreca 07 M 361 +26 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
17 LMP2 32 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Alex Brundle
United States Will Owen
Netherlands Job van Uitert 		Oreca 07 M 359 +28 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18 LMP2 35 Philippines Eurasia Motorsport Australia Nick Foster
Spain Roberto Merhi
Japan Nobuya Yamanaka 		Ligier JS P217 M 351 +36 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
19 LMP2 29 Netherlands Racing Team Nederland Netherlands Frits van Eerd
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
Netherlands Nyck de Vries 		Oreca 07 M 349 +38 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
20 LMGTE
Pro 		97 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Belgium Maxime Martin
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 346 +41 laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L Turbo V8
21 LMGTE
Pro 		51 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Brazil Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 346 +41 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22 LMGTE
Pro 		95 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Marco Sørensen
Denmark Nicki Thiim
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 343 +44 laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L Turbo V8
23 LMGTE
Pro 		82 United States Risi Competizione France Sébastien Bourdais
France Jules Gounon
France Olivier Pla 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 339 +48 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24 LMGTE
Am 		90 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Turkey Salih Yoluç 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 339 +48 laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L Turbo V8
25 LMGTE
Am 		77 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing Australia Matt Campbell
Italy Riccardo Pera
Germany Christian Ried 		Porsche 911 RSR M 339 +48 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 LMGTE
Am 		83 Italy AF Corse France Emmanuel Collard
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
France François Perrodo 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 339 +48 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
27 LMGTE
Am 		56 Germany Team Project 1 Italy Matteo Carioli
Netherlands Egidio Perfetti
Netherlands Larry ten Voorde 		Porsche 911 RSR M 339 +48 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 LMP2 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Canada Garett Grist
United Kingdom Alex Kapadia
United Kingdom Anthony Wells 		Oreca 07 M 338 +49 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
29 LMGTE
Am 		86 United Kingdom Gulf Racing United Kingdom Benjamin Barker
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
United Kingdom Andrew Watson 		Porsche 911 RSR M 337 +50 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30 LMGTE
Am 		66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United States Richard Heistand
Denmark Jan Magnussen
United States Max Root 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 335 +52 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31 LMGTE
Pro 		91 Germany Porsche GT Team Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Austria Richard Lietz
France Frédéric Makowiecki 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 335 +52 laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
32 LMGTE
Am 		61 Switzerland Luzich Racing France Côme Ledogar
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
United States Francesco Piovanetti 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 335 +52 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
33 LMGTE
Am 		98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Brazil Augusto Farfus
United Kingdom Ross Gunn 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 333 +54 laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L Turbo V8
34 LMGTE
Am 		85 Italy Iron Lynx Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
Italy Manuela Gostner 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 332 +55 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
35 LMGTE
Pro 		92 Germany Porsche GT Team Denmark Michael Christensen
France Kévin Estre
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 331 +56 laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
36 LMGTE
Am 		99 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing France Julien Andlauer
Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Switzerland Lucas Légeret 		Porsche 911 RSR M 331 +56 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
37 LMGTE
Am 		60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Sergio Pianazzola
Italy Paolo Ruberti
Italy Claudio Schiavoni 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 331 +56 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
38 LMGTE
Am 		78 Germany Proton Competition Italy Michele Beretta
Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Netherlands Max van Splunteren 		Porsche 911 RSR M 330 +57 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
39 LMGTE
Am 		54 Italy AF Corse Italy Francesco Castellaci
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Switzerland Thomas Flohr 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 330 +57 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
40 LMGTE
Am 		57 Germany Team Project 1 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Brazil Felipe Fraga
United States Ben Keating 		Porsche 911 RSR M 326 +61 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
41 LMGTE
Am 		62 United Kingdom Red River Racing United Kingdom Bonamy Grimes
United Kingdom Charles Hollings
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 325 +62 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
42 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition Austria René Binder
Russia Matevos Isaakyan
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski 		Ligier JS P217 M 316[N 1] +71 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
43 LMGTE
Am 		89 Germany Team Project 1 France "Steve Brooks"
Greece Andreas Laskaratos
France Julien Piguet 		Porsche 911 RSR M 313 +74 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
NC LMGTE
Pro 		71 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Sam Bird
Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 340 Not classified
(Incomplete final lap)
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
NC LMGTE
Am 		88 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing United States Dominique Bastien
Belgium Adrien de Leener
Austria Thomas Preining 		Porsche 911 RSR M 238 Not classified
(Insufficient distance)
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF LMP2 39 France SO24-Has by Graff Australia James Allen
France Vincent Capillaire
France Charles Milesi 		Oreca 07 M 357 Contact
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Am 		72 Taiwan Hub Auto Racing United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
Taiwan Morris Chen
Brazil Marcos Gomes 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 273 Retired
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF LMGTE
Am 		75 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Rino Mastronardi
Italy Andrea Piccini 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 211 Retired
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF LMP2 21 United States DragonSpeed USA France Timothé Buret
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Mexico Memo Rojas 		Oreca 07 M 192 Misfire
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Pro 		63 United States WeatherTech Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Jeff Segal
Finland Toni Vilander 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 185 Collision damage
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF LMGTE
Am 		70 Japan MR Racing France Vincent Abril
Japan Kei Cozzolino
Japan Takeshi Kimura 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 172 Suspension
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF LMP2 16 Russia G-Drive Racing by Algarve United Kingdom Ryan Cullen
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Aurus 01 G 105 Electrical
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team France Tristan Gommendy
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
Russia Konstantin Tereshchenko 		Oreca 07 M 100 Contact
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF LMP1 4 Austria ByKolles Racing Team France Tom Dillmann
Canada Bruno Spengler
United Kingdom Oliver Webb 		ENSO CLM P1/01 M 97 Bodywork
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 33 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Anders Fjordbach
United States Mark Patterson
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		Oreca 07 M 88 Gearbox
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Am 		52 Italy AF Corse Germany Steffen Görig
Switzerland Christoph Ulrich
Sweden Alexander West 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 80 Contact
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF LMGTE
Am 		55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
United Kingdom Aaron Scott 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 78 Puncture damage
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF LMP2 11 United States EuroInternational Belgium Christophe d'Ansembourg
France Erik Maris
France Adrien Tambay 		Ligier JS P217 M 26 Alternator
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DSQ LMP2 37 China Jackie Chan DC Racing France Gabriel Aubry
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Netherlands Ho-Pin Tung 		Oreca 07 G 141 Disqualified[N 2]
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

Footnotes

  1. ^ The Inter Europol Ligier-Gibson was penalized 9 laps plus 56 seconds for René Binder failing to meet his minimum drive time of six hours.[51]
  2. ^ The No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca was disqualified for receiving outside assistance for repairs while the car was stopped on course.[52]

See also

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