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2017 24 Hours of Le Mans

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2017 24 Hours of Le Mans
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Layout of the Circuit de la Sarthe

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The overall-winning Porsche LMP Team No. 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid on display at the 2017 International Motor Show Germany

The 85th 24 Hours of Le Mans was a 24-hour automobile endurance event held for Le Mans Prototype (LMP) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) cars from 17 to 18 June 2017 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, near Le Mans before 258,500 spectators. The 85th running of the race, organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, was the third of nine rounds in the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship.

It was won by a Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Earl Bamber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley, which took the lead in the final two hours. The race was Bamber and Bernhard's second Le Mans victory, Hartley's first, and Porsche's 19th. Toyota's Sébastien Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima finished eighth in a TS050 Hybrid after starting second, and were the only other competitors in the Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) field to complete the event. The Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category was won by Oliver Jarvis, Thomas Laurent and Ho-Pin Tung in Jackie Chan DC Racing's Oreca 07-Gibson; they led the race for almost two hours before finishing second overall. The second DC Racing entry of David Cheng, Tristan Gommendy and Alex Brundle were three laps behind in third place overall, followed by the Signatech Alpine of André Negrão, Nelson Panciatici and Pierre Ragues.

Aston Martin won the Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Professional (LMGTE Pro) category after the Aston Martin Vantage shared by Jonathan Adam, Daniel Serra and Darren Turner overtook the stricken Chevrolet Corvette C7.R driven by Antonio García, Jan Magnussen and Jordan Taylor in the final two laps. A Ford GT also passed the Corvette on the final lap to take second place for Pipo Derani, Andy Priaulx, and Harry Tincknell. The Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Amateur (LMGTE Am) was won by a JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE driven by Robert Smith, Will Stevens and Dries Vanthoor. Ferraris also finished second and third, with Spirit of Race's Marco Cioci, Duncan Cameron and Aaron Scott second and Scuderia Corsa's Townsend Bell, Cooper MacNeil and Bill Sweedler in third place.

The result moved Bamber, Bernhard and Hartley to the World Endurance Drivers' Championship lead with 83 points, ahead of previous leaders Buemi, Nakajima and Davidson. Jarvis, Laurent and Tung moved to third after their LMP2-class victory. Derani, Priaulx and Tincknell remained atop the GT World Endurance Drivers' Championship with Adam, Serra and Turner's category win moving them to second. Porsche overtook Toyota to lead the World Manufacturers' Championship by 28.5 points, as Ford passed Ferrari for the GT World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship lead with six races left in the season.

Background[]

The date for the 2017 race was confirmed by the FIA World Motor Sport Council at a press conference held by race organiser Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) at the Musée des 24 Heures du Mans on 16 June 2016.[1] It was the 85th running of the event, held at the Circuit de la Sarthe from 17 to 18 June 2017,[2] and the third of nine scheduled rounds of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC).[3] The race was scheduled to avoid conflicts with other major motorsport events, as was the case in 2016 (when it was held the same day as the European Grand Prix).[4]

Before the race, Toyota drivers Anthony Davidson, Kazuki Nakajima and Sébastien Buemi led the World Endurance Drivers' Championship with 50 points50 points – 17 more than second-place Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley, and another five more than Neel Jani, Nick Tandy and André Lotterer in third.[5] Toyota led the World Manufacturers' Championship with 69.5 points, seven-and-a-half ahead of second-place Porsche.[5] Ford Chip Ganassi Racing's Pipo Derani, Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell led the GT World Endurance Drivers' Championship by two points over AF Corse's Sam Bird and Davide Rigon, and Ferrari led Ford by seven points in the GT World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship.[5]

Regulation and circuit changes[]

After the 2016 race, when the lead car failed on its final lap and was eventually not classified in the final results, the standards by which a car is classified were changed. Instead of the mandatory six minutes for the race's final lap, penalties were assessed for any lap over six minutes on a graduated scale. Failure to complete the last lap of the race under fifteen minutes no longer led a car to be classified.[6]

The slow-zone system used at Le Mans was also revised, with nine dedicated slow zones laid out around the circuit. Previously, individual marshal posts were used to mark the beginning and end of slow zones. The dedicated zones were located so the beginning of 80 km/h (50 mph) is in a slow section of the circuit; previous slow zones could begin in areas of the track where cars were required to slow down from high speeds, causing accidents.[7]

Modifications were made to the circuit from the Porsche Curves to the Ford Chicane. The run-off area where the last right-hand turn goes into the left-hand corner which begins the Corvette corner was widened, with the barrier at the Porsche Curves moved further back. The angle of the wall at the left-hand entry to the short straight before the Ford Chicane was also altered.[8] The Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category was revamped with the introduction of a single specification engine from Gibson, with increased power output compared to 2016 LMP2 cars.[9] Cockpit and chassis designs mimicked the Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) regulations for safety.[10] The four approved chassis manufacturers were Dallara, Ligier, Oreca and Riley.[11]

Entries[]

Automatic invitations[]

Automatic entry invitations were earned by teams which won their class in the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans or won championships in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS) and GT3 Le Mans Cup (GT3 LMC). The second-place finisher in the ELMS Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) championship received an automatic invitation. Two participants from the IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA) were selected by the series as automatic entries by the ACO, regardless of their performance or category. As invitations were issued to teams, they could change their cars (but not their category) from the previous year. The LMGTE-class invitations from the ELMS and ALMS allowed a choice between the Pro and Am categories. ELMS' Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) champion was required to field an entry in LMP2, and the ALMS LMP3 champion could choose between LMP2 or LMGTE Am. The GT3 LMC champions were limited to the LMGTE Am category.[12] The ACO issued its initial list of automatic entries on 23 January 2017.[12]

Automatic entries for the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans[12]
Reason invited LMP1 LMP2 LMGTE Pro LMGTE Am
1st in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 25px Germany Porsche Team 25px France Signatech Alpine 25px USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA 25px USA Scuderia Corsa
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE) 25px The flag of the Russian Federation G-Drive Racing 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing
2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMGTE) 25px Great Britain JMW Motorsport
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3) 25px USA United Autosports
IMSA SportsCar Championship at-large entries 25px USA Keating Motorsport 25px USA Scuderia Corsa
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT) 25px Flag of Portugal Algarve Pro Racing 25px Template:Country alias HKG DH Racing
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP3) 25px Great Britain Tockwith Motorsports – or – 25px Great Britain Tockwith Motorsports
1st in the GT3 Le Mans Cup 25px Great Britain TF Sport

Entry list and reserves[]

Further information: 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship § Teams and drivers

In conjunction with the announcement of entries for the 2017 FIA WEC and the ELMS seasons, the ACO announced the full 60-car entry list for Le Mans and two reserves. In addition to the 28 guaranteed entries from the WEC, 13 entries came from the ELMS, six from IMSA and eleven from the ALMS; the rest of the field was filled with one-off entries only competing at Le Mans.[13] Two cars were initially named to the reserve list; RLR Msport later withdrew their LMP2 Ligier, and a fourth entry (from Proton Competition) was not promoted to the race.[14] With the withdrawal of Audi Sport Team Joest from LMP1, the class was reduced to six entries for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[15]

Garage 56[]

The ACO intended to continue the Garage 56 concept, which began in 2012. Garage 56 allows a 56th entry to test new technology at the race.[16] Welter Racing intended to enter a three-cylinder 1.2 L (0.26 imp gal; 0.32 US gal) prototype vehicle powered by biomethane fuel, stored in cryogenic tanks which could withstand very low temperatures, to concentrate and maximise fuel volume.[16][17] The car was not entered in the race, due to the team's funding problems.[16]

Pre-race balance of performance changes[]

The ACO and the FIA altered the balance of performance (BoP) in the two LMGTE categories in an attempt to eliminate sandbagging.[18] The Ford GT received a 20 kg (44 lb) minimum weight increase and reduced turbocharger boost across all RPM levels to lower its performance. The Aston Martin Vantage was made 10 kg (22 lb) heavier with an air restrictor elongated by 0.4 mm (0.016 in), and the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R had 1 L (0.22 imp gal; 0.26 US gal) less fuel capacity and its air restrictor lengthened by 0.7 mm (0.028 in). Porsche's 911 RSR received a minimum weight increase of 10 kg (22 lb), and its air restrictor was lengthened by 0.1 mm (0.0039 in). The LMGTE Am-class Porsche 911 RSR's ballast was increased by 10 kg (22 lb); the Ferrari 488 GTE and Aston Martin Vantage's ballasts were decreased by 10 kg (22 lb) and 5 kg (11 lb), respectively. All three cars had minor power and restrictor adjustments.[19]

Testing[]

A pre-Le Mans testing day was held at the circuit on 4 June. All race entrants were required to spend eight hours of track time, divided into two sessions.[20] The morning session, held on a dirty track with lap times improving throughout,[21] was led by pre-race favourite Toyota;[15] Nakajima's No. 8 car lapped at 3 minutes 20.778 seconds. The second Toyota of Kamui Kobayashi was almost seven-tenths of a second slower, and José María López was third in the No. 9 car.[21] Porsche were off Toyota's pace by more than two seconds, and completed the LMP1 field with Bernhard fourth and Lotterer fifth.[22] Oreca 07s led LMP2 with 13 cars leading the time sheets, led by the No. 36 Signatech Alpine of André Negrão – sole driver to lap below 3 minutes 30 seconds with a 3-minutes 29.809-second time, ahead of Rebellion and Graff.[21] LMGTE Pro was topped by Corvette with Magnussen's lap of 3 minutes 55.726 seconds, followed by Patrick Pilet's No. 91 Porsche and the second Corvette of Oliver Gavin. Matteo Cairoli's No. 77 Porsche led LMGTE Am from Andrea Bertolini's DH Racing Ferrari.[22]

The second session saw Toyota again leading with Kobayashi's 3-minute 18.132-second lap, followed by Buemi and López. Porsche were still off Toyota's pace with their best lap coming from Bamber's No. 2 car, followed by Jani's No. 1 entry.[23] Nelson Panciatici's No. 35 Signatech Alpine improved LMP2's fastest lap to lead the sole LMP1 privateer (the No. 4 ByKolles Racing ENSO CLM P1/01 of Dominik Kraihamer) for sixth overall, going faster than Jean-Éric Vergne's No. 24 Manor and Alex Brundle's No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing entries.[24] Gavin missed 91 minutes due to a mid-session engine change but set the day's best LMGTE Pro lap (3 minutes 54.701 seconds) towards the end of the test, beating Frédéric Makowiecki's No. 92 Porsche. Aston Martin led LMGTE Am with Pedro Lamy's 3-minutes 58.250-second lap from Fernando Rees' Larbre Compétition Corvette.[24] Erik Maris' No. 33 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 stopped the session by becoming stranded in the Dunlop Curves gravel trap. Paul-Loup Chatin's No. 17 IDEC Sport Ligier and Jan Lammers's Racing Team Nederland Dallara collided at the second Mulsanne Chicane, but both continued without major damage.[24] The session ended less than fifteen minutes early, when Roberto González's No. 25 Manor laid oil on the track and stopped.[24][25]

Post-testing balance of performance changes[]

After testing, the FIA re-adjusted the BoP. The LMGTE Pro-category Corvettes had their performance reduced with an air-restrictor reduction. The Aston Martins, Ferraris, Fords, and Porsches received fuel-capacity increases to equalise refuelling times and stint lengths. The LMGTE Am-class Aston Martin and Ferraris increased their fuel capacity, with the Ferraris receiving turbocharger boost pressure increases.[26]

Practice[]

Practice was held on 14 June, with the full 60-car field on the track for four hours in hot and sunny weather.[20][27] Toyota led from the start once again, with Nicolas Lapierre setting the early pace and leading for most of the session until Bamber went faster.[28] Kobayashi went quicker, until Jani's lap of 3 minutes 20.362 seconds in the final five minutes led the session.[29] Alex Lynn's No. 26 G-Drive Racing car led LMP2 with less than forty minutes left, with a 3-minute 30.363-second lap from Nelson Piquet Jr.'s No. 13 Rebellion. Bruno Senna's sister No. 31 Rebellion was third.[28] Aston Martins and Corvettes led LMGTE Pro from the start, until Bird's No. 71 AF Corse Ferrari lapped fastest at 3 minutes 54.832 seconds. The fastest Aston Martin was Darren Turner's No. 97 entry in second, and the second AF Corse car of James Calado was third.[27] The quickest LMGTE Am vehicle was Lamy's No. 98 Aston Martin, over a trio of Ferraris led by DH Racing.[28] The safety cars were required for one hour and fifteen minutes, after Christian Philippon's Larbre Compétition Corvette went off the track leaving the Porsche Curves and damaged the car's bodywork against the tyre barrier.[27] Stephane Lemeret's No. 88 Proton Porsche scraped a barrier through the Porsche Curves, but continued to the pit lane for repairs. Roberto Lacorte slid the Cetilar Villorba Corse Dallara into the Mulsanne corner gravel trap, and abandoned the car.[27][30]

Qualifying[]

The first of three qualifying sessions began late Wednesday night under clear conditions.[20] The start was delayed due to an incident during practice for the first Road to Le Mans race: a major crash necessitated barrier repairs to the Porsche Curves, and the session was shortened by twenty minutes.[31] Slow zones and yellow flags limited the amount of quick running,[32] and the rapidly-cooling track meant that the best chance to set the fastest lap times was missed.[33] The session's first timed laps saw Porsche lead early on with a benchmark effort from Jani, followed by Bernhard's 3-minute 19.710-second lap. Fifteen minutes later, Kobayashi had no slower traffic impeding him and took provisional pole position with a 3-minute 18.793-second lap.[31] Nakajima was six-tenths of a second behind in second, and Bernhard was a provisional third.[32] Lapierre was the slowest of the three Toyotas in fourth, and Jani was fifth. Rounding out the LMP1 field was Kraihamer, whose fastest time was ten seconds off Kobayashi's pace but clear of the LMP2 field.[33]

Matthieu Vaxivière carried TDS Racing's Oreca to the provisional pole in LMP2 with a 3-minute 29.333-second lap late in the session.[33] He was half-a-second clear of Senna, who held the class pole until Vaxivière's lap. Vitaly Petrov's No. 25 Manor was third-fastest, with teammate Vergne fourth.[32] Eric Trouillet, in the No. 39 Graff Oreca, caused the session's first yellow flag when he struck the barriers leaving the second Mulsanne Chicane. The No. 27 SMP Racing Dallara caused further disruption when it hit the barriers and had a quickly-extinguished fire.[33] Aston Martin led the LMGTE categories, with Nicki Thiim's No. 95 car quickest at 3 minutes, 52.117 seconds;[33] Mathias Lauda was the fastest Amateur-class entry with a 3-minute 55.134-second lap.[31] Risi Competizione's No. 82 Ferrari 488 was eleventh amongst the LMGTEs before ACO officials disallowed their fastest laps for disobeying parc fermé regulations by handling the tyres after the session.[34][35]

a serious-looking Kamui Kobayashi

Kamui Kobayashi (pictured in 2010) broke Neel Jani's 2015 lap record to clinch Toyota's third pole position at Le Mans.

Thursday's first qualifying session began with a stoppage for a crash. Maris spun and crashed his No. 33 car against the outside barriers leaving the first Mulsanne Chicane seventeen minutes in. He was unhurt, but was transported to the medical centre for a precautionary check-up; this meant that the organisers rescheduled the second qualifying to end at 21:30 Central European Summer Time (CEST) (UTC+02:00).[36] When it restarted, Kobayashi exited the pit lane early; aided by tailwinds on the Mulsanne Straight and headwinds through the Porsche Curves, he reset the track lap record to 3 minutes 14.791 seconds.[37][N 1] The No. 8 Toyota stopped leaving the second Mulsanne Chicane with an oil-supply problem which required an engine change. The Toyota returned to the track with ten minutes remaining, but fell to fourth as Buemi could not better its best time.[37] Jani and Bernhard in the two Porsches lapped quicker, and moved to second and third. Yuji Kunimoto also improved the No. 9 Toyota's best lap, but fell to fifth.[39]

Petrov's Manor set a new LMP2 class lap record of 3 minutes 25.549 seconds, more than a second faster than rookie Thomas Laurent in DC's No. 38 entry and Vergne's second Manor; Petrov demoted the ByKolles car to seventh overall. The LMGTE categories had some changes, with Aston Martin remaining the Pro leader; Jonathan Adam bettered Thiim's first session lap, with Calado improving to second. Euan Hankey became the provisional LMGTE Am pole-sitter before Will Stevens went faster to take the class pole.[37] At the premature end of qualifying, with a half-hour left, Timothé Buret lost control of the No. 23 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier on the grass and was stranded in a gravel trap going into Tertre Rouge corner after striking the barrier.[39]

As temperatures cooled for the final session, more than half the field improved their fastest laps[40] but Kobayashi's time was not bettered. He took Toyota's third pole position at Le Mans and their first since 2014.[41] Nakajima lapped more than two seconds quicker to put the No. 8 car alongside the sister No. 7 Toyota on the grid's front row. Porsche did not improve from the second session, and were third and fourth.[40] Hartley slowed and stopped the No. 2 Porsche at Indianapolis corner due to a rising oil temperature.[40] He failed to return to the pit lane on hybrid power, and abandoned the car.[37] Lapierre improved early on, and was fifth.[40] Oliver Webb used clear air to return the ByKolles car to sixth overall.[42] Lynn reset the LMP2 lap record early on by 11.3 seconds over the 2016 time, demoting the No. 25 Manor Oreca to second. Ho-Pin Tung's No. 38 DC car took third, battling with Senna for the position. The Oreca chassis, as well as the variant Alpine chassis, secured the first nine positions in LMP2; the Dallara of SMP Racing was the fastest of the other chassis, in tenth place.[31][37]

Aston Martin led LMGTE Pro, with Richie Stanaway setting a new class record before Turner improved with a 3-minute 50.837-second lap for Aston Martin's first class pole since 2015.[43] Calado separated the two cars in the closing minutes, and Bird came within 0.048 seconds of Stanaway. All five manufacturers in LMGTE Pro were within a second of Turner's lap, with the fastest Ford in fifth courtesy of Ryan Briscoe; Antonio García sixth for Corvette, and Porsche seventh courtesy of Michael Christensen.[42] The lead in LMGTE Am changed with Rees earning Larbre Compétition's first class pole in ten years with a 3-minute 52.843-second lap, almost four-tenths of a second clear of Lamy's No. 98 Aston Martin and Townsend Bell's No. 62 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari.[43][40]

Post-qualifying[]

After qualifying, the FIA imposed an 8-kilogram (18 lb) BoP ballast decrease on the LMGTE Am-category Porsches after they were 9 km/h (5.6 mph) slower on the straight; Porsche had requested a longer air restrictor for better performance.[44]

Qualifying results[]

Provisional pole positions in each class are denoted in bold. The fastest time set by each entry is denoted with a gray background.

Final qualifying classification[45][46]
Pos. Class No. Team Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Qualifying 3 Gap Grid
1 LMP1 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 3:18.793 3:14.791 3:19.928 01
2 LMP1 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 3:19.431 No time 3:17.128 +2.337 02
3 LMP1 1 Porsche LMP Team 3:21.165 3:17.259 3:18.210 +2.468 003
4 LMP1 2 Porsche LMP Team 3:19.710 3:18.067 3:20.154 +3.276 0004
5 LMP1 9 Toyota Gazoo Racing 3:19.958 3:19.889 3:18.625 +3.834 00005
6 LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team 3:28.887 3:26.026 3:24.170 +9.379 000006
7 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing 3:31.945 3:28.580 3:25.352 +10.561 0000007
8 LMP2 25 CEFC Manor TRS Racing 3:30.502 3:25.549 3:26.521 +10.758 00000008
9 LMP2 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing 3:31.024 3:26.776 3:25.911 +11.120 000000009
10 LMP2 31 Vaillante Rebellion 3:29.851 3:27.564 3:26.736 +11.945 0000000010
11 LMP2 13 Vaillante Rebellion 3:31.636 3:27.071 3:26.811 +12.020 00000000011
12 LMP2 24 CEFC Manor TRS Racing 3:30.847 3:26.871 3:27.359 +12.080 000000000012
13 LMP2 28 TDS Racing 3:29.333 3:31.085 3:27.108 +12.317 0000000000013
14 LMP2 35 Signatech Alpine Matmut 3:31.439 3:29.328 3:27.517 +12.726 00000000000014
15 LMP2 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 3:41.393 3:28.432 3:27.535 +12.744 000000000000015
16 LMP2 27 SMP Racing 3:34.407 3:30.262 3:27.782 +12.991 0000000000000016
17 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut 3:31.065 3:28.856 3:28.051 +13.260 00000000000000017
18 LMP2 39 Graff 3:32.987 3:36.128 3:28.368 +13.577 000000000000000018
19 LMP2 40 Graff 3:32.477 3:29.396 3:28.891 +14.100 0000000000000000019
20 LMP2 22 G-Drive Racing 3:31.963 3:28.937 3:30.313 +14.146 00000000000000000020
21 LMP2 32 United Autosports 3:34.166 3:30.693 3:29.151 +14.360 000000000000000000021
22 LMP2 21 DragonSpeed – 10 Star 3:34.046 3:30.396 3:29.777 +14.986 0000000000000000000022
23 LMP2 29 Racing Team Nederland 3:33.796 3:31.766 3:29.976 +15.185 00000000000000000000023
24 LMP2 47 Cetilar Villorba Corse 3:34.846 3:30.014 3:33.412 +15.223 000000000000000000000024
25 LMP2 45 Algarve Pro Racing 3:37.814 3:30.164 3:32.425 +15.373 0000000000000000000000025
26 LMP2 23 Panis Barthez Competition 3:35.559 3:31.346 3:32.888 +16.555 00000000000000000000000026
27 LMP2 34 Tockwith Motorsports 3:41.628 3:33.739 3:32.536 +17.745 000000000000000000000000027
28 LMP2 49 ARC Bratislava 3:37.226 3:33.921 No time +19.130 0000000000000000000000000028
29 LMP2 17 IDEC Sport Racing 3:40.162 3:36.362 3:36.230 +21.439 00000000000000000000000000029
30 LMP2 43 Keating Motorsport 3:40.813 3:37.350 3:37.007 +22.216 000000000000000000000000000030
31 LMP2 33 Eurasia Motorsport 3:42.660 3:42.916 No time +27.869 0000000000000000000000000000031
32 LMGTE Pro 97 Aston Martin Racing 3:53.296 3:51.860 3:50.837 +36.046 00000000000000000000000000000032
33 LMGTE Pro 51 AF Corse 3:53.123 3:52.087 3:51.028 +36.237 000000000000000000000000000000033
34 LMGTE Pro 95 Aston Martin Racing 3:52.117 3:52.525 3:51.038 +36.247 0000000000000000000000000000000034
35 LMGTE Pro 71 AF Corse 3:52.235 3:52.903 3:51.086 +36.295 00000000000000000000000000000000035
36 LMGTE Pro 69 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA 3:55.553 3:52.496 3:51.232 +36.441 000000000000000000000000000000000036
37 LMGTE Pro 63 Corvette Racing – GM 3:54.847 3:52.886 3:51.484 +36.693 0000000000000000000000000000000000037
38 LMGTE Pro 92 Porsche GT Team 3:54.243 3:52.177 3:51.847 +37.056 00000000000000000000000000000000000038
39 LMGTE Pro 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 3:55.803 3:52.558 3:51.991 +37.200 000000000000000000000000000000000000039
40 LMGTE Pro 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 3:54.118 3:53.059 3:52.008 +37.217 0000000000000000000000000000000000000040
41 LMGTE Pro 64 Corvette Racing – GM 3:54.876 3:52.391 3:52.017 +37.226 00000000000000000000000000000000000000041
42 LMGTE Pro 82 Risi Competizione No time[N 2] 3:52.138 3:54.129 +37.347 000000000000000000000000000000000000000042
43 LMGTE Pro 68 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA 3:55.059 3:52.626 3:52.178 +37.387 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000043
44 LMGTE Pro 91 Porsche GT Team 3:54.564 3:52.593 3:53.807 +37.802 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000044
45 LMGTE Am 50 Larbre Compétition 3:56.259 3:54.559 3:52.843 +38.052 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000045
46 LMGTE Am 98 Aston Martin Racing 3:55.134 3:54.456 3:53.233 +38.442 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000046
47 LMGTE Am 62 Scuderia Corsa 3:57.267 3:54.576 3:53.312 +38.521 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000047
48 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 3:55.692 3:54.890 3:53.381 +38.590 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000048
49 LMGTE Am 55 Spirit of Race 4:01.098 3:54.941 3:53.641 +38.850 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000049
50 LMGTE Am 84 JMW Motorsport 3:56.890 3:53.981 3:53.977 +39.186 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000050
51 LMGTE Am 83 DH Racing 3:55.966 3:54.813 3:54.088 +39.297 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000051
52 LMGTE Am 90 TF Sport 3:55.953 3:54.319 3:54.551 +39.528 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000052
53 LMGTE Am 99 Beechdean AMR 3:57.463 3:55.046 3:54.328 +39.537 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000053
54 LMGTE Am 93 Proton Competition 3:58.196 3:54.621 3:59.046 +39.830 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000054
55 LMGTE Am 61 Clearwater Racing 3:56.333 3:55.995 3:54.955 +40.164 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000055
56 LMGTE Am 60 Clearwater Racing 3:57.321 4:02.436 3:54.994 +40.203 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000056
57 LMGTE Am 88 Proton Competition 3:56.507 3:55.468 4:00.323 +40.677 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000057
58 LMGTE Am 54 Spirit of Race 3:58.904 3:57.005 3:56.301 +41.510 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000058
59 LMGTE Am 86 Gulf Racing UK 3:58.427 No time 3:56.469 +41.678 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000059
60 LMGTE Am 65 Scuderia Corsa 3:58.249 3:59.842 No time +43.458 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000060

Warm-up[]

A 45-minute warm-up session was held on Saturday morning.[20] The No. 8 Toyota, driven by Nakajima, set the fastest lap at 3 minutes 18.308 seconds; Kobayashi's sister Toyota was three-tenths of a second slower in second. The best-placed Porsche was Tandy's No. 1 car in third, having led for most of the session. Kunimoto was fourth-fastest, and Hartley was fifth. Lynn set the fastest LMP2 lap at 3 minutes 27.096 seconds. Briscoe (driving the No. 69 Ford) was the quickest driver in LMGTE Pro, with the No. 83 DH Racing Ferrari driven by Bertolini the fastest of the LMGTE Am drivers by over a second.[47][48] Paul Lafargue oversteered the No. 17 IDEC car in the Porsche Curves, made contact with the barriers before stopping in the gravel trap, and returned to the pit lane for repairs.[48]

Race[]

Start to evening[]

White-and-red car

The No. 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid led most of the first ten hours before retiring with clutch trouble.

The weather was hot, with an air temperature of 19 to 32 °C (66 to 90 °F); the track temperature ranged from 27 to 38 °C (81 to 100 °F).[49] The race began before 258,500 spectators at 15:00 local time,[20][50] with the chairman and chief executive of the Formula One Group Chase Carey waving the French tricolour.[51] Mike Conway maintained the No. 7 Toyota's pole-position advantage for most of the opening 60 minutes, before Buemi overtook him on the outside into Indianapolis turn for the lead after Conway made a braking error at the Dunlop Esses.[52] The first hour saw the first retirement, when Webb had a front-left puncture at Tetre Rouge corner which made him crash the No. 4 ByKolles car against the wall and damage its front bodywork and engine.[2][52] At the close of the hour, Thiim put the No. 95 Aston Martin in the LMGTE Pro lead after Alessandro Pier Guidi moved the No. 95 AF Corse Ferrari to the category lead for the opening two laps before falling to third in class.[52]

Rees briefly overtook Hand's No. 68 LMGTE Pro-class Ford, and Rees continued to pace the LMGTE Am field until a faster pit stop for Bell's No. 62 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari promoted it to the category lead.[52][53] The LMP2 lead became a multi-team battle between the No. 38 DC car and the No. 13 and 31 Rebellion Racing teams, with the lead changing frequently during pit-stop cycles after the class pole-sitting No. 26 G-Drive Oreca of Roman Rusinov fell to 14th at the start.[2][54] Khaled Al Qubaisi's No. 88 Proton Porsche was caught by Rusinov, who lapped him on the inside in the centre of the Porsche Curves; both drivers crashed into the SAFER barrier at high speed.[55][56] Although both cars could be driven to the pit lane, they had severe damage and were retired.[57] The accident triggered the race's first localised slow-zone procedure to enable repairs to the barrier.[58] On the Mulsanne Straight, Conway retook the overall lead in the No. 7 Toyota when his teammate (Buemi, in the sister No. 8 car) went wide at Mulsanne turn.[55][56]

Laurent's No. 38 DC car was gaining on the two LMP2-leading Rebellion cars when its rear snapped out and he crashed lightly against the barrier at Indianapolis corner. Laurent entered the pit lane for new front bodywork, but the car lost two-and-a-half-minutes and fell to sixth place.[2][59] After Marco Sørensen relieved Thiim in the No. 95 Aston Martin, he was slowed by a left-rear puncture from debris at Tertre Rouge corner. Sørensen relinquished the LMGTE Pro lead to Daniel Serra's sister No. 97 Aston Martin, with the No. 67 Ford in second.[2][60] After three-and-a-half hours, Bamber's No. 2 Porsche was forced to the garage for 65 minutes– and 18 laps – to fix a failed front-axle hybrid harvesting motor which required multiple components (including the motor generator unit).[2][61] Tandy's No. 1 Porsche overtook Davidson's No. 8 Toyota for second overall after a pit-stop cycle, challenging the No. 7 Toyota for the lead.[60]

Vaxivière unsettled the front of his TDS Racing Oreca car braking for the first Mulsanne chicane and moved left towards the unseen No. 82 Risi Ferrari of Pierre Kaffer which he was lapping in traffic. In the resulting contact, Kaffer struck the Armco barrier at high speed and forced the retirement of the No. 82 car stopped in the run-off area.[62][63] Kaffer was unhurt, but a lengthy slow zone was imposed to enable repairs to the damaged barriers; Vaxivière received a seven-minute stop-and-go penalty for the accident.[64] The slow-zone coverage zone was extended past the Dunlop chicane to the Tetre Rouge turn after a succession of incidents which had deposited gravel on the circuit.[65] The slowdown brought the leading cars together[66] and enabled Senna to extend the lead of the No. 31 LMP2 Rebellion Oreca car to over 90 seconds over his teammate, Piquet, in the second-place No. 13 entry.[64] Tung's recovering No. 38 DC car was third in class, passing Pierre Ragues' No. 35 Signatech Alpine.[64] Although Kunimoto had to make an unscheduled pit stop to repair a loose right-side door, the No. 9 Toyota remained fourth.[62][64]

Night to dawn[]

Another white-and-red car

The No. 1 Porsche 919 Hybrid took the race lead until a loss of oil pressure in the engine forced its retirement.

As dusk fell, Nakajima's No. 8 Toyota was lapping faster than Lotterer's No. 1 Porsche and overtook it exiting the Arnage corner for second overall midway through the seventh hour. Nakajima immediately began to pull clear of Lotterer and gain on the race-leading No. 7 Toyota of Sarrazin.[67][68] The No. 98 Aston Martin relinquished its lead in the LMGTE Am category to the No. 84 JMW Ferrari of Stevens when Lamy had a front-right puncture from debris. This removed the bodywork from the car's front-right corner, and Lamy dropped to the rear of the category when he made an unscheduled 18-minute pit stop for repairs.[2][69] The No. 31 Rebellion car of Senna was given a drive-through penalty for overtaking another vehicle under slow-zone conditions. He was demoted from the lead of LMP2 to third in the category and his teammate, Piquet in the No. 13 Rebellion entry, became the new class leader.[70]

Buemi was holding off Jani's No. 1 Porsche when the No. 8 Toyota began to leak oil, but telemetry did not indicate an issue. He went to the garage with smoke coming front the car's front right wheel arch due to a battery-damaging axle hybrid motor failure, losing 29 laps and almost two hours while components were changed.[2][61][69] The left rear of Tommy Milner's No. 64 Corvette was damaged in a spin towards the barrier at the exit of the Porsche Curves due to an incorrectly-fitted left rear wheel nut when Milner, struggling to control the car, spun into the pit lane entry gravel.[2][69] The car was beached on a kerb and was extricated by a recovery vehicle, but lost second in the LMGTE Pro (and four laps) to Tincknell's No. 67 Ford.[69][70] Piquet ceded the No. 13 Rebellion car's lead in LMP2 to Senna's sister No. 31 vehicle when it spent a minute in the pit lane to repair a failed left rear tail light.[71][72] Early in the tenth hour, Olivier Pla beached the No. 66 Ford in the gravel run-off area at the left-hand turn after Indianapolis corner; it was recovered, leaving gravel on the racing line. The incident led to the race's first safety car intervention, a half-hour for debris removal.[73][74]

During the slow period, Jani spun the No. 1 Porsche at the pit-lane entry but did not lose position.[2] When Kobayashi brought the race-leading No. 7 Toyota to the pit-lane exit, Algarve Pro Racing driver Vincent Capillare ran up to the car and gave Kobayashi the thumbs-up signal. Kobayashi interpreted this as a marshal's signal to exit the lane, but further confusion was created when Toyota radioed Kobayashi to stop the car because he had passed a red light.[75][76] When racing resumed, Kobayashi had worn out the clutch enough to brake it and slowed; the clutch, not designed for starting, was stressed by the engine's power and torque. Kobayashi lost drive in the engine and attempted to return to the pit lane on hybrid power, but got as far as the pit lane entry straight before retiring the No. 7 car because of a low battery charge.[2][61] The No. 7 Toyota's retirement promoted Tandy's No. 1 Porsche to the race lead, Lapierre's No. 9 Toyota to second and Rebellion's No. 31 LMP2-class-leading entry to third overall.[76]

Soon afterwards, the left rear corner of Lapierre's No. 9 Toyota and the right corner of Simon Trummer's No. 25 Manor Oreca made contact in the Dunlop Chicane.[61] Trummer was beached in the gravel and was forced to retire the No. 25 car with major damage, but was unhurt; Lapierre continued with a left-rear puncture which caused the bodywork to fail.[77] Lapierre drove too quickly, and chunks of rubber from the rim of the disintegrating tyre damaged the gearbox hydraulics and an oil line.[2][61] This caused the car to briefly catch fire, and Lapierre drove on hybrid power before being asked by his team to stop at the exit near the pit-lane entry and abandon the car at the side of the circuit. Safety cars were required again for 32 minutes as debris from the two stricken cars were removed from the track. The No. 9 Toyota's retirement moved the No. 31 and No. 13 Rebellion cars to second and third overall.[77][78] When racing resumed, Tandy slowed the race-leading No. 1 Porsche because he had a nine-lap lead over the LMP2 order.[2] Hankey's No. 90 TF Sport Aston Martin fended off Marvin Dienst's No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche for third in LMGTE Am, with second to fourth in class covered by ten seconds.[79][80]

After the race's halfway point, the No. 31 Rebellion Oreca car of Nicolas Prost entered the garage for an inspection because Prost reported a gearbox problem. The inspection took five minutes, and the car lost one lap to fall to fourth in LMP2 (ceding the category lead to Tung's No. 38 DC).[81][82] Christensen lost control of the No. 92 Porsche on the Ford Chicane kerb, heavily damaging the car's rear on the tyre barrier before stopping in the gravel.[83][84] Although the Porsche was extricated and moved behind a barrier for an attempted restart, damage forced its retirement.[74][84] Almost an hour later, Emmanuel Collard crashed the No. 28 TDS Oreca into the tyre wall exiting the Porsche Curves at high speed after a driver error and retired;[85][86] the safety cars came out for the third and final time (for 24 minutes) to enable repairs to the barrier and extrication of the stricken car.[74][87] Collard sustained bruising and exited the car unaided; he was transported to the medical centre and then Le Mans Hospital for checks.[2][86] AF Corse were caught out by the safety car's timing and brought both their cars into the pit lane, moving the No. 63 Corvette to fourth in LMGTE Pro.[88]

Morning to finish[]

Another white-and-red car

The race-winning No. 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid

After green-flag racing resumed in the early morning, a slow zone was imposed when James Allen beached the No. 40 Graff entry in the gravel trap on the left-hand Indianapolis turn after contact with the barrier and was pushed back onto the circuit.[74][87] The slow zone lowered the gap between Sørensen's LMGTE Pro-leading No. 95 Aston Martin and Pilet's second-placed No. 92 Porsche to less than 20 seconds.[89] The Aston Martin and Porsche LMGTE Pro teams had different pit-stop strategies: the Aston Martins could do two stints on their tyres, and the Porsches could do three tyre stints because the manufacturers used different tyre brands.[90] Tung used the slow zone to return the No. 38 DC car to the LMP2 lead when Piquet's No. 13 Rebellion entry lost a minute in the slow zone.[89] Calado's No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari had to drop out of the LMGTE Pro lead battle when Calado and Rob Bell's No. 90 TF Aston Martin collided at the second Mulsanne chicane; they went to the garage to repair front bodywork damage and a rear diffuser replacement, respectively.[90][91]

The No. 95 Aston Martin relinquished the LMGTE Pro lead to Jordan Taylor's No. 63 Corvette which cycled to Makowiecki's No. 92 Porsche on pit-stop rotation when driver Stanaway, on cold tyres after a scheduled pit stop, damaged the car's left front corner against the tyre wall at the Mulsanne hairpin. Stanaway drove to the pit lane for quick repairs, and was relieved by Thiim.[92][93] The No. 31 Rebellion car bowed out of the LMP2 lead duel when it was garaged for more than an hour to replace gearbox internals;[2][74] this promoted Panciatici's No. 35 Signatech Alpine to third in LMP2.[94] Will Owen, driving United Autosports' No. 32 car, was fourth in LMP2 when he spun twice (at Indianapolis corner and the Porsche Curves) and was passed by David Cheng's No. 37 DC entry. JMW had an anxious moment when Dries Vanthoor lost control of the team's Ferrari at the pit-lane entry, but recovered without losing the LMGTE Am lead.[95] The recovering No. 2 Porsche made its way to fifth overall with Hartley aboard by the 20th hour, and the LMGTE Pro lead battle was between three cars: the No. 97 Aston Martin, the No. 63 Corvette and the No. 91 Porsche.[96]

A red, black and white car

Jackie Chan DC Racing's No. 38 Oreca 07 took the race lead from the No. 1 Porsche 919 Hybrid, following its retirement.

After 21 hours 10 minutes, Lotterer's No. 1 Porsche slowed at the Dunlop Curves when the engine lost oil pressure. Lotterer tried to return to the pit lane on hybrid power, but was advised to stop and abandon the car at the side of the track on the Mulsanne Straight when Porsche thought that the problem could not fixed and did not want a slow zone or safety car to slow Hartley.[2][97] The No. 1 Porsche's retirement promoted Laurent's LMP2-category-leading No. 38 DC Oreca car to the race lead, the first LMP2 overall leader in race history. Mathias Beche (in second overall) received a stop-and-go penalty when his mechanics committed an infraction while adjusting the brake duct and rear of the No. 13 Rebellion vehicle, and he fell behind Hartley's recovering No. 2 Porsche.[74][98] Laurent lost a minute in the pit lane when the No. 38 DC car had its rear bodywork changed to repair faulty rear brake lights before Bernhard unlapped the Oreca entry to return the No. 2 Porsche to the lead lap, since he was lapping considerably quicker on average than the LMP2 entry.[99]

Piquet's No. 13 Rebellion car battled Negrão's No. 35 Signatech Alpine for third overall in slower traffic before Piquet's pace unsettled his vehicle through the Porsche Curves and allowed Negrão to pull clear. The Rebellion entry received a ten-second time penalty for Piquet's collision with the No. 49 ARC Bratislava Ligier, and it fell back from the Alpine.[100] Makowiecki's No. 91 Porsche bowed out of the battle for the LMGTE Pro victory when the car had a left-front puncture and made an unscheduled pit stop.[101] Bernhard gained enough ground on Tung's No. 38 DC Oreca car to overtake it on the inside on the right-hand kink into Indianapolis turn for the race lead with just over one hour remaining.[100] In the final hour, Negrão ceded the No. 35 Signatech Alpine's hold on third overall to Piquet's No. 13 Rebellion car when he slowly beached the Alpine in the gravel at Arnage corner while attempting to rejoin the circuit.[74][102] Adam in the No. 97 Aston Martin gained on Taylor's No. 63 Corvette and attempted to pass him for the LMGTE Pro lead, but ran wide and hit the Corvette. He tried again after Taylor drove across the gravel trap at the second Mulsanne Straight chicane and took the category lead on the start-finish straight with two laps remaining, which he maintained to the finish.[2][102]

The No. 2 Porsche team maintained the lead for the rest of the race to win after 367 laps,[2] earning Bamber and Bernhard their second Le Mans victories, Hartley his first and Porsche's 19th. Toyota were able to repair the No. 8 car enough for it to finish nine laps behind the winning Porsche in eighth overall and the final LMP1 finisher.[103] The No. 38 DC Oreca entry led the final 141 laps in LMP2 to win the category and finish a lap down in second overall.[54] Rebellion's No. 13 car followed in provisional second and third overall, with the class podium completed by DC's No. 37 entry.[2] Aston Martin secured their first LMGTE Pro Le Mans victory, with Turner taking his third category win and Adam and Serra their first.[104] Tincknell's No. 67 Ford took second in class with a last-lap pass of Taylor's No. 63 Corvette, which had bodywork damage and a slow front-left puncture.[2] JMW, unchallenged since the race's eighth hour, won the LMGTE Am class with the No. 84 Ferrari leading the last 234 laps.[2][54] The Spirit of Race and Scuderia Corsa Ferraris completed the category podium, two laps behind in second and third.[2]

Post-race[]

The top three teams in each of the four classes appeared on the podium to collect their trophies, and spoke to the media at a later press conference.[20] Bamber called Porsche's victory "incredibly nerve-wracking", "a great fightback from us, and one of those fairytale Le Mans stories I think."[105] Hartley added, "You can't write these stories. It's Le Mans. It's always unpredictable. Sometimes at the beginning of the race you don't believe that such a story exists. But it did."[105] Oliver Jarvis said, "We can't be disappointed winning LMP2 and finishing second, but there was a moment when I saw the #1 Porsche at the side of the track and thought we could actually win! It would have been incredible."[2] Tung called the LMP2 victory "extremely important. Not just to win here at Le Mans, it's so special, but also for the World Endurance Championship, it's a very important race."[106] Jota Sport team director Sam Hignett said an LMP2 car winning overall might have been "legendary" with "a little bit more luck", but the team was delighted to achieve its objectives.[106] Actor Jackie Chan equated his team's class victory to his winning an Academy Award.[107] FIA president Jean Todt said that LMP2 cars driven by unknown drivers leading the race and finishing on the overall podium were "great for racing".[108]

After the race, third-place-overall finisher No. 13 Rebellion Oreca was disqualified by race officials after it was found that the team had modified its rear bodywork by cutting a hole to allow them to access a faulty starter motor; it was declared an unnecessary modification of approved bodywork. The disqualification moved the second Jackie Chan DC Racing car to third place overall, and second in class.[109] Rebellion Racing issued a statement admitting an "error of judgement".[110] Rusinov was assessed a three-minute penalty at the following 6 Hours of Nürburgring, with three additional stop-and-go penalties suspended for the following three FIA WEC events, for his second-hour collision with Al-Qubaisi's Porsche.[111] Rusinov called the penalty a "very harsh decision", saying that he had apologised to Al-Quabisi and his team; Al-Quabisi told Rusinov that he would have allowed him past at the next corner.[112]

Toyota president Akio Toyoda suggested that hybrid technology may not yet have been developed enough to cope with the event's demands.[113] Oreca president Hugues de Chaunac echoed Toyoda, suggesting that hybrid systems be less convoluted. Porsche team principal Andreas Seidl felt that the hybrid failures were a consequence of faster racing, and Porsche had not experienced such problems.[114] Jarvis said that ACO rule changes attempting to slow the LMP1 hybrid cars were ineffective and impaired reliability.[115] Capillaire issued an apology to Toyota (which was accepted) for indirectly causing the No. 7 car's retirement, saying that he ran across the pit lane to encourage Kobayashi.[116] Kaffer accepted an apology from Vaxivière for the incident which took the Risi Ferrari out of the race, and for which Vaxivière was strongly criticised.[117] Prodrive chairman David Richards praised the "extraordinary" team effort of his Aston Martin team to win LMGTE Pro; Adam called his pursuit of Taylor "the stint of my life", saying that his team's reaction to his race-winning overtake of Taylor "was quite emotional".[118]

The result promoted Bamber, Bernhard and Hartley to the Drivers' Championship lead with 83 points; Buemi, Davidson and Nakajima fell to second with 66, and Jarvis, Laurent and Tung moved from sixth to third.[5] Porsche overtook Toyota to lead the Manufacturers' Championship by 28.5 points.[5] Derani, Priaulx and Tincknell remained the GT World Endurance Drivers' Championship leaders, with Adam, Serra and Turner second. Ford took the GT World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship lead from Ferrari with six races remaining in the season.[5]

Race result[]

The minimum number of laps for classification (70 percent of the overall winning car's race distance) was 257 laps. Class winners are in bold.[2][119]

Final race classification
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP1 2 25px Germany Porsche LMP Team 25px Germany Timo Bernhard
25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley
25px New Zealand Earl Bamber 		Porsche 919 Hybrid M 367 24:01:14.075
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2 LMP2 38 25px Template:Country alias CHN Jackie Chan DC Racing 25px Netherlands Ho-Pin Tung
25px France Thomas Laurent
25px Great Britain Oliver Jarvis 		Oreca 07 D 366 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3 LMP2 37 25px Template:Country alias CHN Jackie Chan DC Racing 25px USA David Cheng
25px France Tristan Gommendy
25px Great Britain Alex Brundle 		Oreca 07 D 363 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4 LMP2 35 25px France Signatech Alpine Matmut 25px France Nelson Panciatici
25px France Pierre Ragues
25px Brazil André Negrão 		Alpine A470 D 362 +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 LMP2 32 25px USA United Autosports 25px USA Will Owen
25px Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer
25px Flag of Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 		Ligier JS P217 D 362 +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 40 25px France Graff 25px Australia James Allen
25px Great Britain Richard Bradley
25px France Franck Matelli 		Oreca 07 D 361 +6 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 24 25px Template:Country alias CHN CEFC Manor TRS Racing 25px Template:Country alias THA Tor Graves
25px Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
25px France Jean-Éric Vergne 		Oreca 07 D 360 +7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP1 8 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
25px Great Britain Anthony Davidson 		Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 358 +9 Laps
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
9 LMP2 47 25px Italy Cetilar Villorba Corse 25px Italy Andrea Belicchi
25px Italy Roberto Lacorte
25px Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto 		Dallara P217 D 353 +14 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 36 25px France Signatech Alpine Matmut 25px France Romain Dumas
25px USA Gustavo Menezes
25px Great Britain Matt Rao 		Alpine A470 D 351 +16 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 34 25px Great Britain Tockwith Motorsports 25px Great Britain Philip Hanson
25px Great Britain Nigel Moore
25px Flag of India Karun Chandhok 		Ligier JS P217 D 351 +16 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 17 25px France IDEC Sport Racing 25px France Patrice Lafargue
25px France Paul Lafargue
25px France David Zollinger 		Ligier JS P217 M 344 +23 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2 29 25px Netherlands Racing Team Nederland 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello
25px Netherlands Jan Lammers
25px Netherlands Frits van Eerd 		Dallara P217 D 344 +23 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMP2 21 25px USA DragonSpeed – 10 Star 25px Sweden Henrik Hedman
25px Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
25px Great Britain Ben Hanley 		Oreca 07 D 343 +24 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15 LMP2 33 25px PHL Eurasia Motorsport 25px France Jacques Nicolet
25px France Pierre Nicolet
25px France Erik Maris 		Ligier JS P217 D 341 +26 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16 LMP2 31 25px Switzerland Vaillante Rebellion 25px Brazil Bruno Senna
25px France Nicolas Prost
25px France Julien Canal 		Oreca 07 D 340 +27 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
17 LMGTE
Pro 		97 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing 25px Great Britain Darren Turner
25px Great Britain Jonathan Adam
25px Brazil Daniel Serra 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE D 340 +27 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18 LMGTE
Pro 		67 25px USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 25px Great Britain Harry Tincknell
25px Great Britain Andy Priaulx
25px Brazil Pipo Derani 		Ford GT M 340 +27 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
19 LMGTE
Pro 		63 25px USA Corvette Racing – GM 25px Flag of Denmark Jan Magnussen
25px Spain Antonio García
25px USA Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 340 +27 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
20 LMGTE
Pro 		91 25px Germany Porsche GT Team 25px Austria Richard Lietz
25px France Frédéric Makowiecki
25px France Patrick Pilet 		Porsche 911 RSR M 339 +28 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21 LMGTE
Pro 		71 25px Italy AF Corse 25px Italy Davide Rigon
25px Great Britain Sam Bird
25px Spain Miguel Molina 		Ferrari 488 GTE M 339 +28 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22 LMGTE
Pro 		68 25px USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA 25px USA Joey Hand
25px Brazil Tony Kanaan
25px Germany Dirk Müller 		Ford GT M 339 +28 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
23 LMGTE
Pro 		69 25px USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA 25px Australia Ryan Briscoe
25px New Zealand Scott Dixon
25px Great Britain Richard Westbrook 		Ford GT M 337 +30 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
24 LMGTE
Pro 		64 25px USA Corvette Racing – GM 25px Great Britain Oliver Gavin
25px USA Tommy Milner
25px Switzerland Marcel Fässler 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 335 +32 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
25 LMGTE
Pro 		95 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing 25px Flag of Denmark Nicki Thiim
25px Flag of Denmark Marco Sørensen
25px New Zealand Richie Stanaway 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE D 334 +33 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
26 LMGTE
Am 		84 25px Great Britain JMW Motorsport 25px Great Britain Robert Smith
25px Great Britain Will Stevens
25px Belgium Dries Vanthoor 		Ferrari 488 GTE M 333 +34 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
27 LMGTE
Pro 		66 25px USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 25px Germany Stefan Mücke
25px France Olivier Pla
25px USA Billy Johnson 		Ford GT M 332 +35 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
28 LMGTE
Am 		55 25px Switzerland Spirit of Race 25px Great Britain Duncan Cameron
25px Great Britain Aaron Scott
25px Italy Marco Cioci 		Ferrari 488 GTE M 331 +36 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29 LMGTE
Am 		62 25px USA Scuderia Corsa 25px USA Cooper MacNeil
25px USA Bill Sweedler
25px USA Townsend Bell 		Ferrari 488 GTE M 331 +36 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
30 LMGTE
Am 		99 25px Great Britain Beechdean AMR 25px Great Britain Andrew Howard
25px Great Britain Ross Gunn
25px Great Britain Oliver Bryant 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE D 331 +36 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
31 LMGTE
Am 		61 25px Singapore Clearwater Racing 25px Template:Country alias MYS Weng Sun Mok
25px Japan Keita Sawa
25px Flag of Ireland Matt Griffin 		Ferrari 488 GTE M 330 +37 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
32 LMP2 45 25px Flag of Portugal Algarve Pro Racing 25px USA Mark Patterson
25px USA Matt McMurry
25px France Vincent Capillaire 		Ligier JS P217 D 330 +37 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
33 LMP2 27 25px The flag of the Russian Federation SMP Racing 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Mikhail Aleshin
25px The flag of the Russian Federation Sergey Sirotkin
25px The flag of the Russian Federation Viktor Shaytar 		Dallara P217 D 330 +37 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
34 LMGTE
Am 		77 25px Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 25px Germany Christian Ried
25px Germany Marvin Dienst
25px Italy Matteo Cairoli 		Porsche 911 RSR D 329 +38 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
35 LMGTE
Am 		90 25px Great Britain TF Sport 25px Template:Country alias Turkey Salih Yoluç
25px Great Britain Euan Hankey
25px Great Britain Rob Bell 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE D 329 +38 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
36 LMGTE
Am 		98 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing 25px Canada Paul Dalla Lana
25px Austria Mathias Lauda
25px Flag of Portugal Pedro Lamy 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE D 329 +38 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
37 LMGTE
Am 		93 25px Germany Proton Competition 25px USA Patrick Long
25px USA Mike Hedlund
25px Template:Country alias KSA Abdulaziz Al Faisal 		Porsche 911 RSR D 329 +38 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
38 LMGTE
Am 		86 25px Great Britain Gulf Racing UK 25px Great Britain Michael Wainwright
25px Great Britain Ben Barker
25px Australia Nick Foster 		Porsche 911 RSR D 328 +39 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
39 LMP2 22 25px The flag of the Russian Federation G-Drive Racing 25px Mexico Memo Rojas
25px Japan Ryō Hirakawa
25px Mexico José Gutiérrez 		Oreca 07 D 327 +40 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
40 LMGTE
Am 		60 25px Singapore Clearwater Racing 25px Singapore Richard Wee
25px Flag of Portugal Álvaro Parente
25px Japan Hiroki Katoh 		Ferrari 488 GTE M 327 +40 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
41 LMGTE
Am 		54 25px Switzerland Spirit of Race 25px Switzerland Thomas Flohr
25px Italy Francesco Castellacci
25px Monaco Olivier Beretta 		Ferrari 488 GTE M 326 +41 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
42 LMGTE
Am 		83 25px Template:Country alias HKG DH Racing 25px USA Tracy Krohn
25px Sweden Niclas Jönsson
25px Italy Andrea Bertolini 		Ferrari 488 GTE M 320 +47 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
43 LMP2 39 25px France Graff 25px France Eric Trouillet
25px France Enzo Guibbert
25px Great Britain James Winslow 		Oreca 07 D 318 +49 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
44 LMGTE
Am 		65 25px USA Scuderia Corsa 25px Flag of Denmark Christina Nielsen
25px Italy Alessandro Balzan
25px USA Bret Curtis 		Ferrari 488 GTE M 314 +53 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
45 LMP2 49 25px Template:Country alias SVK ARC Bratislava 25px Template:Country alias SVK Miroslav Konôpka
LAT Konstantīns Calko
25px Netherlands Rik Breukers 		Ligier JS P217 M 314 +53 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
46 LMGTE
Pro 		51 25px Italy AF Corse 25px Great Britain James Calado
25px Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
25px Italy Michele Rugolo 		Ferrari 488 GTE M 312 +55 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
47 LMP2 43 25px USA Keating Motorsport 25px USA Ben Keating
25px USA Ricky Taylor
25px Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 		Riley Mk. 30 M 312 +55 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
48 LMGTE
Am 		50 25px France Larbre Compétition 25px France Romain Brandela
25px France Christian Philippon
25px Brazil Fernando Rees 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 309 +58 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
DNF LMP1 1 25px Germany Porsche LMP Team 25px Switzerland Neel Jani
25px Great Britain Nick Tandy
25px Germany André Lotterer 		Porsche 919 Hybrid M 318 Mechanical
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
DNF LMP2 23 25px France Panis Barthez Competition 25px France Fabien Barthez
25px France Timothé Buret
25px France Nathanaël Berthon 		Ligier JS P217 M 296 Retired
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF LMP2 28 25px France TDS Racing 25px France François Perrodo
25px France Emmanuel Collard
25px France Matthieu Vaxivière 		Oreca 07 D 213 Accident
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Pro 		92 25px Germany Porsche GT Team 25px Flag of Denmark Michael Christensen
25px France Kévin Estre
25px Germany Dirk Werner 		Porsche 911 RSR M 179 Retired
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF LMP1 9 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 25px Argentina José María López
25px France Nicolas Lapierre
25px Japan Yuji Kunimoto 		Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 160 Puncture
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF LMP1 7 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
25px France Stéphane Sarrazin 		Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 154 Clutch
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF LMP2 25 25px Template:Country alias CHN CEFC Manor TRS Racing 25px Mexico Roberto González
25px Switzerland Simon Trummer
25px The flag of the Russian Federation Vitaly Petrov 		Oreca 07 D 152 Collision
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Pro 		82 25px USA Risi Competizione 25px Finland Toni Vilander
25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
25px Germany Pierre Kaffer 		Ferrari 488 GTE M 72 Collision
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF LMP2 26 25px The flag of the Russian Federation G-Drive Racing 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Roman Rusinov
25px France Pierre Thiriet
25px Great Britain Alex Lynn 		Oreca 07 D 20 Collision
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Am 		88 25px Germany Proton Competition 25px Austria Klaus Bachler
25px Belgium Stéphane Lémeret
25px ARE Khaled Al Qubaisi 		Porsche 911 RSR D 18 Collision
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF LMP1 4 25px Austria ByKolles Racing Team 25px Austria Dominik Kraihamer
25px Great Britain Oliver Webb
25px Italy Marco Bonanomi 		ENSO CLM P01/01 M 7 Retired
Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6
DSQ LMP2 13 25px Switzerland Vaillante Rebellion 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.
25px Switzerland Mathias Beche
25px Flag of Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson 		Oreca 07 D 364 Disqualified[N 3]
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
D Dunlop
M Michelin

Championship standings after the race[]

2017 World Endurance Drivers' Championship[5]
Pos. +/– Driver Points
1 1uparrow green.svg 1 25px New Zealand Earl Bamber
25px Germany Timo Bernhard
25px New Zealand Earl Bamber 		83
2 1downarrow red.svg 1 25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px Great Britain Anthony Davidson
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima 		66
3 1uparrow green.svg 3 25px Great Britain Oliver Jarvis
25px France Thomas Laurent
25px Netherlands Ho-Pin Tung 		50
4 1uparrow green.svg 13 25px Great Britain Alex Brundle
25px USA David Cheng
25px France Tristan Gommendy 		31
5 1downarrow red.svg 2 25px Switzerland Neel Jani
25px Germany André Lotterer
25px Great Britain Nick Tandy 		28
2017 World Manufacturers' Championship[5]
Pos. +/– Team Points
1 1uparrow green.svg 1 25px Germany Porsche 111
2 1downarrow red.svg 1 25px Japan Toyota 82.5
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.
2017 GT World Endurance Drivers' Championship[5]
Pos. +/– Driver Points
1 1rightarrow blue.svg 25px Brazil Pipo Derani
25px Great Britain Andy Priaulx
25px Great Britain Harry Tincknell 		74
2 1uparrow green.svg 25px Great Britain Jonathan Adam
25px Brazil Daniel Serra
25px Great Britain Darren Turner 		63
3 1downarrow red.svg 1 25px Great Britain Sam Bird
25px Italy Davide Rigon 		60
4 1uparrow green.svg 1 25px France Richard Lietz
25px France Frédéric Makowiecki 		55
5 1downarrow red.svg 1 25px Germany Stefan Mücke
25px France Olivier Pla 		45
2017 GT World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship[5]
Pos. +/– Constructor Points
1 1uparrow green.svg 1 25px USA Ford 117
2 1downarrow red.svg 1 25px Italy Ferrari 108
3 1uparrow green.svg 1 25px Great Britain Aston Martin 95
4 1downarrow red.svg 1 25px Germany Porsche 72
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.

Footnotes[]

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