LeMans 24 hour 14: Same old story

2nd place #8 Toyota in the pits

Efficient pit work from the No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing crew put Kamui Kobayashi out front in time at the 14-hour point of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The two Toyota TS050 Hybrids have been exchanging positions throughout the FIA World Endurance Championship season finale, but it was the No. 7 leading after 14 hours.

A sixth safety car of the weekend, triggered by the ARC Bratislava Ligier LMP2 car going off at Indianapolis, bunched Buemi onto Kobayashi’s tail but the Japanese driver eked out a gap just after the restart and into the second half of the race.

In third was the No. 3 Rebellion R13 Gibson ahead of the lone remaining SMP BR1 of Mikhail Aleshin, 3 & 4 laps off the pace.

The GTE-Pro class was led at halfway by the the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.

Three of the four Porsche 911 RSRs worked their way into the top five during the opening stages of night running, while the Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs placed fifth through seventh.

The No. 63 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R has also been a mainstay in the top ten.

Hour 14 Standings

Pos	Cl P	No.	Team	Current Driver	Behind	Laps	Pit	Status
1	1	#7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Kamui Kobayashi	0.000s	222	19	RUN
2	2	#8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Fernando Alonso	1:22.526	222	20	OUT
3	3	#3	Rebellion Racing	Thomas Laurent	3 LAPS	219	24	RUN
4	4	#11	Smp Racing	Mikhail Aleshin	4 LAPS	218	23	RUN
5	5	#1	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani	7 LAPS	215	23	OUT
6	1	#26	G-Drive Racing	Jean-Eric Vergne	9 LAPS	213	21	RUN
7	2	#36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre	10 LAPS	212	21	RUN
8	3	#38	Jackie Chan Dc Racing	Stéphane Richelmi	1:44.697	212	20	RUN
9	4	#31	Dragonspeed	Anthony Davidson	11 LAPS	211	21	OUT
10	5	#28	Tds Racing	LoÃ¯c Duval	2:11.589	211	21	OUT
11	6	#22	United Autosports	Filipe Albuquerque	12 LAPS	210	22	RUN
12	7	#48	Idec Sport	Paul Loup Chatin	13 LAPS	209	21	RUN
13	8	#30	Duqueine Engineering	Romain Dumas	40.587	209	21	RUN
14	9	#23	Panis Barthez Competition	William Stevens	14 LAPS	208	21	OUT
15	10	#39	Graff	Jonathan Hirschi	15 LAPS	207	21	RUN
16	11	#43	Rlr M Sport/Tower Events	Arjun Maini	16 LAPS	206	21	RUN
17	12	#47	Cetilar Villorba Corse	Giorgio Sernagiotto	17 LAPS	205	23	RUN
18	13	#25	Algarve Pro Racing	Andrea Pizzitola	18 LAPS	204	21	RUN
19	14	#50	Larbre Competition	Romano Ricci	16.664	204	21	RUN
20	15	#29	Racing Team Nederland	Nyck De Vries	49.216	204	22	OUT
21	16	#20	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen	1:39.407	204	23	RUN
22	17	#32	United Autosports	Alex Brundle	22 LAPS	200	20	RUN
23	18	#37	Jackie Chan Dc Racing	Ricky Taylor	23 LAPS	199	21	IN
24	19	#34	Inter Europol Competition	Nigel Moore	42:40.950	199	20	RUN
25	1	#51	Af Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi	25 LAPS	197	14	RUN
26	2	#93	Porsche Gt Team	Nick Tandy	44.095	197	13	RUN
27	3	#91	Porsche Gt Team	Gianmaria Bruni	45.752	197	13	RUN
28	4	#63	Corvette Racing	Antonio Garcia	58.144	197	14	RUN
29	5	#68	Ford Chip Ganassi Team Usa	Dirk MÃ¼ller	1:21.379	197	13	RUN
30	6	#69	Ford Chip Ganassi Team Usa	Ryan Briscoe	1:27.070	197	13	RUN
31	7	#67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team Uk	Andy Priaulx	2:13.266	197	14	RUN
32	8	#94	Porsche Gt Team	Mathieu Jaminet	26 LAPS	196	14	RUN
33	9	#66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team Uk	Billy Johnson	12.666	196	14	RUN
34	10	#89	Risi Competizione	Oliver Jarvis	1:40.739	196	15	RUN
35	11	#82	Bmw Team Mtek	Antonio Felix Da Costa	27 LAPS	195	15	RUN
36	1	#85	Keating Motorsports	Jeroen Bleekemolen	29 LAPS	193	13	RUN
37	12	#92	Porsche Gt Team	Kevin Estre	30 LAPS	192	14	RUN
38	2	#84	Jmw Motorsport	Jeffrey Segal	1:00.523	192	13	RUN
39	3	#56	Team Project 1	Egidio Perfetti	1:29.613	192	13	RUN
40	13	#81	Bmw Team Mtek	Martin Tomczyk	3:34.288	192	15	RUN
41	4	#62	Weathertech Racing	Robert Smith	3:40.856	192	15	RUN
42	5	#61	Clearwater Racing	Matteo Cressoni	3:59.297	192	13	RUN
43	6	#90	Tf Sport	Euan Alers-Hankey	4:02.347	192	14	IN
44	7	#57	Car Guy Racing	CÃ´me Ledogar	31 LAPS	191	14	OUT
45	8	#77	Dempsey – Proton Racing	Matt Campbell	1:40.098	191	14	RUN
46	9	#86	Gulf Racing	Thomas Preining	1:44.700	191	15	RUN
47	10	#78	Proton Competition	Louis Prette	32 LAPS	190	14	RUN
48	11	#54	Spirit Of Race	Giancarlo Fisichella	1:16.191	190	14	RUN
49	12	#83	Kessel Racing	Rahel Frey	33 LAPS	189	14	RUN
50	13	#70	Mr Racing	Olivier Beretta	1:03.365	189	16	RUN
51	14	#97	Aston Martin Racing	Alexander Lynn	34 LAPS	188	15	RUN
52	14	#60	Kessel Racing	Sergio Pianezzola	36 LAPS	186	15	OUT
53	6	#4	Bykolles Racing Team	Tom Dillmann	59 LAPS	163	22	STOP
54	7	#17	Smp Racing	Egor Orudzhev	9300370 LAPS	163	16	STOP
55	20	#49	Arc Bratislava – Kaneko Racing	Miro Konopka	62 LAPS	160	19	IN
56	15	#71	Af Corse	Miguel Molina	82 LAPS	140	11	IN
57	16	#95	Aston Martin Racing	Marco SÃ¸rensen	90 LAPS	132	9	STOP
58	15	#98	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy	135 LAPS	87	7	STOP
59	17	#64	Corvette Racing	Marcel FÃ¤ssler	140 LAPS	82	5	STOP
60	16	#88	Dempsey – Proton Racing	Matteo Cairoli	143 LAPS	79	9	IN
61	8	#10	Dragonspeed	Renger Van Der Zande	146 LAPS	76	14	STOP