LeMans Hour 22: Alonso’s Toyota now up 1 lap on sister car

It will be an easy win for the #8 Alonso Toyota

After 22 hours of racing it's now a foregone conclusion that Fernando Alonso will win the 24 Hours of LeMans in his first try as Kazuki Nakajima now holds a 1-lap lead over the #7 Toyota with Kamui Kobayashi at the wheel. The two Toyota TS050 HYBRIDS are now 100 miles ahead of the nearest LMP1 competitor.

Throughout the race Alonso has showed how much faster an F1 driver is than the regular sportscar drivers, consistently turning laps 1/2 to 1.0 seconds faster. It underscores the fact that sportscar drivers are a step below F1 and IndyCar drivers in terms of outright speed.

Not much has changed since our last report in terms of standings.

Porsche continues to dominate LMGTE Pro with the No.92 Porsche GT Team 2m09s ahead of the No.91 911 RSR as the clock went past the 22-hour point. The No.68 Ford GT of Joey Hand was lying in third position, but now a lap behind the leading Porsche and still ahead of the sister #67 Ganassi Ford GT car of Harry Tincknell.

Mike Rockenfeller was a lap down in fifth in the sole remaining Corvette entry, the #63.

G-Drive Racing’s No.26 ORECA 07 Gibson holds the lead in the LMP2 class over 3 laps ahead of the second placed car in this class, the No.36 Signatech Alpine A470.

The No.77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR is still out in front of the LMGTE Am class, now a lap ahead of the No.85 Ferrari 488 GTE.

Hour 22 Standings