Le Mans 24 hours: Alonso loses reclaimed time to Lopez at pitstop
Jose Maria Lopez moved back into a one-minute lead of the Le Mans 24 Hours after Fernando Alonso in the sister Toyota had earlier made inroads into his advantage
The #8 Toyota TS050 HYBRID driven by Alonso had edged towards the leading number #7 car - which Kobayashi used to drive away from Alonso before handing to Lopez - for much of the 15th hour, the gap coming down to as little as 51s.
But the pendulum swung the other way when the two Japanese cars pitted a lap apart as the end of the hour approached.
Thomas Laurent still held a comfortable third position in the best of the Rebellion-Gibson R-13s.
The top privateer was just under two minutes clear of Mikhail Aleshin in the survivng SMP Racing AER-powered BRE Engineering BR1.
LMP2 - G-Drive ahead, battle for third heats up
The G-Drive Racing ORECA-Gibson 07 continued to lead the LMP2 field following the latest round of stops.
Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne handed the #26 car over to Job van Uitert with a lead of over 1m30s to manage in the final minutes of the hour.
Nicolas Lapierre has the #36 Signatech-Alpine in a lonely second place at the conclusion of the 14th hour.
The #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing car of Stephane Richelmi came under pressure from Anthony Davidson in the DragonSpeed ORECA-Gibson 07 early on.
But Richelmi progressively built up a gap of 28s to maintain third in class.
The RLR MSport ORECA-Gibson 07 of Arjun Maini slowed at the Mulsanne late in the hour and lost eight minutes in the garage to rectify the problem and is down in 16th in class.
Alex Brundle dropped to the rear of the LMP2 class after the United Autosports Ligier somehow lost its left-rear wheel.
GTE - Ferrari leads as Corvette splits Porsches behind
James Calado took the wheel of the leading #51 Ferrari at the front of the GTE Pro field in the latest round of stops.
Calado holds an advantage of 19s over Richard Lietz's Manthey Porsche and has so far been unable to extend the gap the Ferrari driver built when Lietz's team-mate Gianmaria Bruni was driving.
The last remaining Corvette of Jan Magnussen is third in class ahead of the #93 Porsche of Nick Tandy and a train of factory Ford GT runners.
The GTE Am Ford of Ben Keating holds a commanding advantage over the rest of the class.
Positions after 15 hours
Pos | Class | Car | Drivers | Laps | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LMP1 | #7 Toyota | Conway, Kobayashi, Lopez | 238 | |
2 | LMP1 | #8 Toyota | Buemi, Nakajima, Alonso | 238 | + 1m04.702s |
3 | LMP1 | #3 Rebellion | Laurent, Berthon, Menezes | 235 | + 3 Laps |
4 | LMP1 | #11 BR | Petrov, Aleshin, Vandoorne | 234 | + 4 Laps |
5 | LMP1 | #1 Rebellion | Jani, Lotterer, Senna | 231 | + 7 Laps |
6 | LMP2 | #26 Aurus | Rusinov, Van Uitert, Vergne | 228 | + 10 Laps |
7 | LMP2 | #36 Alpine | Lapierre, Negrao, Thiriet | 227 | + 11 Laps |
8 | LMP2 | #38 Oreca | Tung, Richelmi, Aubry | 227 | + 1m38.644s |
9 | LMP2 | #31 Oreca | Gonzalez, Maldonado, Davidson | 227 | + 2m06.087s |
10 | LMP2 | #28 Oreca | Perrodo, Vaxiviere, Duval | 226 | + 12 Laps |
11 | LMP2 | #22 Ligier | Hanson, Albuquerque, Di Resta | 225 | + 13 Laps |
12 | LMP2 | #48 Oreca | Lafargue, Chatin, Rojas | 225 | + 24.123s |
13 | LMP2 | #30 Oreca | Jamin, Ragues, Dumas | 224 | + 14 Laps |
14 | LMP2 | #23 Ligier | Binder, Canal, Stevens | 223 | + 15 Laps |
15 | LMP2 | #39 Oreca | Gommendy, Capillaire, Hirschi | 222 | + 16 Laps |
16 | LMP2 | #47 Dallara | Lacorte, Sernagiotto, Belicchi | 220 | + 18 Laps |
17 | LMP2 | #29 Dallara | Van Eerd, Van Der Garde, De Vries | 219 | + 19 Laps |
18 | LMP2 | #25 Oreca | Zollinger, Pizzitola, Falb | 219 | + 59.700s |
19 | LMP2 | #50 Ligier | Creed, Ricci, Boulle | 218 | + 20 Laps |
20 | LMP2 | #20 Oreca | Fjordbach, Andersen, Beche | 218 | + 36.768s |
21 | LMP2 | #43 Oreca | Farano, Maini, Nato | 218 | + 2m02.084s |
22 | LMP2 | #32 Ligier | Cullen, Brundle, Owen | 215 | + 23 Laps |
23 | LMP2 | #34 Ligier | Smiechowski, Winslow, Moore | 214 | + 24 Laps |
24 | GTE Pro | #51 Ferrari | Pier Guidi, Calado, Serra | 211 | + 27 Laps |
25 | GTE Pro | #91 Porsche | Lietz, Bruni, Makowiecki | 211 | + 19.437s |
26 | GTE Pro | #63 Chevrolet | Magnussen, Garcia, Rockenfeller | 211 | + 39.281s |
27 | GTE Pro | #93 Porsche | Pilet, Bamber, Tandy | 211 | + 54.721s |
28 | GTE Pro | #69 Ford | Briscoe, Westbrook, Dixon | 211 | + 1m10.371s |
29 | GTE Pro | #68 Ford | Hand, Muller, Bourdais | 211 | + 1m23.156s |
30 | GTE Pro | #67 Ford | Priaulx, Tincknell, Bomarito | 211 | + 1m54.322s |
31 | GTE Pro | #94 Porsche | Muller, Jaminet, Olsen | 210 | + 28 Laps |
32 | GTE Pro | #66 Ford | Mucke, Pla, Johnson | 210 | + 15.945s |
33 | GTE Pro | #89 Ferrari | Derani, Jarvis, Gounon | 209 | + 29 Laps |
34 | GTE Pro | #82 BMW | Farfus, Da Costa, Krohn | 209 | + 4m15.040s |
35 | GTE Am | #85 Ford | Keating, Bleekemolen, Fraga | 207 | + 31 Laps |
36 | GTE Pro | #92 Porsche | Christensen, Estre, Vanthoor | 206 | + 32 Laps |
37 | GTE Am | #56 Porsche | Bergmeister, Lindsey, Perfetti | 206 | + 2m11.899s |
38 | GTE Pro | #81 BMW | Catsburg, Tomczyk, Eng | 206 | + 2m31.773s |
39 | GTE Am | #90 Aston | Yoluc, Hankey, Eastwood | 205 | + 33 Laps |
40 | GTE Am | #84 Ferrari | Segal, Baptista, Lu | 205 | + 10.865s |
41 | GTE Am | #57 Ferrari | Kimura, Cozzolino, Ledogar | 205 | + 32.987s |
42 | GTE Am | #61 Ferrari | Perez-Companc, Griffin, Cressoni | 205 | + 41.943s |
43 | GTE Am | #62 Ferrari | Macneil, Vilander, Smith | 205 | + 1m11.293s |
44 | GTE Am | #77 Porsche | Campbell, Ried, Andlauer | 205 | + 2m20.603s |
45 | GTE Am | #86 Porsche | Wainwright, Barker, Preining | 205 | + 2m22.870s |
46 | GTE Am | #78 Porsche | Prette, Prette, Abril | 204 | + 34 Laps |
47 | GTE Am | #54 Ferrari | Flohr, Castellacci, Fisichella | 204 | + 35.192s |
48 | GTE Am | #83 Ferrari | Gostner, Frey, Gatting | 203 | + 35 Laps |
49 | GTE Am | #70 Ferrari | Ishikawa, Beretta, Cheever | 202 | + 36 Laps |
50 | GTE Am | #60 Ferrari | Schiavoni, Pianezzola, Piccini | 200 | + 38 Laps |
51 | LMP2 | #37 Oreca | Heinemeier-Hansson, King, Taylor | 199 | + 39 Laps |
52 | GTE Pro | #97 Aston | Martin, Lynn, Adam | 196 | + 42 Laps |
53 | LMP1 | #17 BR | Sarrazin, Orudzhev, Sirotkin | 163 | + 75 Laps |
54 | LMP1 | #4 Enso | Dillmann, Webb, Ruberti | 163 | + 2h35m00.370s |
55 | LMP2 | #49 Ligier | Konopka, Enqvist, Tereschenko | 160 | + 78 Laps |
56 | GTE Pro | #71 Ferrari | Rigon, Bird, Molina | 140 | + 98 Laps |
57 | GTE Pro | #95 Aston | Thiim, Sorensen, Turner | 132 | + 106 Laps |
58 | GTE Am | #98 Aston | Dalla Lana, Lamy, Lauda | 87 | + 151 Laps |
59 | GTE Pro | #64 Chevrolet | Gavin, Milner, Fassler | 82 | + 156 Laps |
60 | GTE Am | #88 Porsche | Hoshino, Roda Jr, Cairoli | 79 | + 159 Laps |
61 | LMP1 | #10 BR | Hedman, Hanley, Van Der Zande | 76 | + 162 Laps |
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