Le Mans Hour 4: Toyotas still 1-2, #71 Ferrari still leads GT-Pro

The two Toyota TS050 Hybrids have seized control in the battle for the overall lead in the 88th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the #7 Toyota of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, and José Maria Lopez and the #8 Toyota of Sébastien Buemi having traded the lead throughout the first four hours of the race.

The two Rebellion Racing R13-Gibsons still run third and fourth, with the #1 – now over 3 minutes back of the #8 Toyota.

With the #92 Porsche out of sync having had a front puncture, both Porsches were noticeably absent from the fight at the front. Lapping a second off the leaders’ pace, strategy or not there was a clear deficit. The GTE-Pro class was not displaying quite the same close dogfight characteristics as might have been expected, but the AF Corse Ferrari pairing was looking sturdy, mixing it with the Aston Martins to make up the top four positions.

In LMP2 #37 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca is running off-sequence after making an extra pit stop at the end of the first Slow Zone intervention during the first hour.

The classification is such after the four-hour mark: The #37 JC/DC Oreca leads, the #26 G-Drive Aurus 2nd, the #32 United Oreca 3rd, and the #38 JOTA Oreca 4th.

In LMGTE Pro the #71 Ferrari (shown above) still leads the #97 Aston Martin in the 4th stint, the #51 car that showed well in the opening stint is third with the #95 Aston Martin running fourth.

Hour 4 Standings

POS	NO.	CLASS	VEHICLE	DRIVER 1	DRIVER 2	DRIVER 3	LAPS	BEHIND	GAP
1	8	LMP1	Toyota TS050 – Hybrid	Sébastien BUEMI	Kazuki NAKAJIMA	Brendon HARTLEY	69	0.000s	0.000s
2	7	LMP1	Toyota TS050 – Hybrid	Mike CONWAY	Kamui KOBAYASHI	Jose Maria LOPEZ	69	13.756	13.756
3	1	LMP1	Rebellion R13 – Gibson	Bruno SENNA	Norman NATO	Gustavo MENEZES	69	3’18.282	3’04.526
4	3	LMP1	Rebellion R13 – Gibson	Romain DUMAS	Nathanaël BERTHON	Louis DELETRAZ	68	1 Laps	1 Laps
5	37	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Ho-Pin TUNG	Gabriel AUBRY	Will STEVENS	66	3 Laps	2 Laps
6	26	LMP2	Aurus 01 – Gibson	Roman RUSINOV	Jean-Eric VERGNE	Mikkel JENSEN	66	3 Laps	1.523
7	32	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Will OWEN	Alex BRUNDLE	Job VAN UITERT	66	3 Laps	28.525
8	38	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Anthony DAVIDSON	Antonio Felix DA COSTA	Roberto GONZALEZ	65	4 Laps	1 Laps
9	30	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Jonathan HIRSCHI	Konstantin TERESCHENKO	Tristan GOMMENDY	65	4 Laps	0.679
10	22	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Philip HANSON	Filipe ALBUQUERQUE	Paul DI RESTA	65	4 Laps	1.180
11	31	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Nicolas JAMIN	Julien CANAL	Matthieu VAXIVIERE	65	4 Laps	57.118
12	39	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	James ALLEN	Vincent CAPILLAIRE	Charles MILESI	65	4 Laps	1’45.517
13	21	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Juan Pablo MONTOYA	Timothé BURET	Memo ROJAS	65	4 Laps	1’10.402
14	27	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Henrik HEDMAN	Ben HANLEY	Renger VAN DER ZANDE	64	5 Laps	1 Laps
15	25	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	John FALB	Simon TRUMMER	Matthew MCMURRY	64	5 Laps	53.231
16	50	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Tatiana CALDERON	Sophia FLÖRSCH	Beitske VISSER	64	5 Laps	2.226
17	33	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Kenta YAMASHITA	Mark PATTERSON	Anders FJORDBACH	64	5 Laps	13.434
18	16	LMP2	Aurus 01 – Gibson	Ryan CULLEN	Oliver JARVIS	Nicholas TANDY	64	5 Laps	0.286
19	42	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Nicolas LAPIERRE	Antonin BORGA	Alexandre COIGNY	64	5 Laps	6.401
20	47	LMP2	Dallara P217 – Gibson	Roberto LACORTE	Andrea BELICCHI	Giorgio SERNAGIOTTO	64	5 Laps	1’07.650
21	17	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Patrick PILET	Kyle TILLEY	Jonathan KENNARD	64	5 Laps	1’39.826
22	34	LMP2	Ligier JSP217 – Gibson	Jakub SMIECHOWSKI	René BINDER	Matevos ISAAKYAN	64	5 Laps	3.765
23	36	LMP2	Alpine A470 – Gibson	André NEGRÃO	Pierre RAGUES	Thomas LAURENT	63	6 Laps	1 Laps
24	28	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Paul LAFARGUE	Paul Loup CHATIN	Richard BRADLEY	63	6 Laps	3.772
25	29	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Frits VAN EERD	Giedo VAN DER GARDE	Nyck DE VRIES	62	7 Laps	1 Laps
26	4	LMP1	ENSO CLM P1/01 – Gibson	Tom DILLMANN	Bruno SPENGLER	Oliver WEBB	61	8 Laps	1 Laps
27	35	LMP2	Ligier JSP217 – Gibson	Nobuya YAMANAKA	Nicholas FOSTER	Roberto MERHI	61	8 Laps	1’01.585
28	71	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Davide RIGON	Miguel MOLINA	Sam BIRD	61	8 Laps	19.970
29	97	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Maxime MARTIN	Alexander LYNN	Harry TINCKNELL	61	8 Laps	9.560
30	51	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Alessandro PIER GUIDI	James CALADO	Daniel SERRA	61	8 Laps	0.641
31	95	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Nicki THIIM	Marco SØRENSEN	Richard WESTBROOK	61	8 Laps	19.311
32	92	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	Michael CHRISTENSEN	Kevin ESTRE	Laurens VANTHOOR	61	8 Laps	17.901
33	82	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Olivier PLA	Sébastien BOURDAIS	Jules GOUNON	60	9 Laps	1 Laps
34	91	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	Gianmaria BRUNI	Richard LIETZ	Frédéric MAKOWIECKI	60	9 Laps	0.101
35	63	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Cooper MACNEIL	Toni VILANDER	Jeffrey SEGAL	60	9 Laps	15.204
36	83	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	François PERRODO	Emmanuel COLLARD	Nicklas NIELSEN	60	9 Laps	2’09.018
37	72	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Morris CHEN	Tom BLOMQVIST	Marcos GOMES	60	9 Laps	24.012
38	56	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Egidio PERFETTI	Larry TEN VOORDE	Matteo CAIROLI	60	9 Laps	8.708
39	90	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Salih YOLUC	Charles EASTWOOD	Jonathan ADAM	60	9 Laps	12.367
40	75	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Rino MASTRONARDI	Matteo CRESSONI	Andrea PICCINI	60	9 Laps	0.772
41	98	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Paul DALLA LANA	Ross GUNN	Augusto FARFUS	59	10 Laps	1 Laps
42	57	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Ben KEATING	Felipe FRAGA	Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN	59	10 Laps	23.604
43	61	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Francesco PIOVANETTI	Oswaldo NEGRI JR	Côme LEDOGAR	59	10 Laps	33.086
44	55	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Duncan CAMERON	Aaron SCOTT	Matthew GRIFFIN	59	10 Laps	39.192
45	24	LMP2	Oreca 07 – Gibson	Garett GRIST	Alex KAPADIA	Anthony WELLS	59	10 Laps	39.794
46	86	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Michael WAINWRIGHT	Benjamin BARKER	Andrew WATSON	59	10 Laps	6.916
47	77	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Christian RIED	Riccardo PERA	Matt CAMPBELL	59	10 Laps	7.743
48	66	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Richard HEISTAND	Maxwell ROOT	Jan MAGNUSSEN	59	10 Laps	24.658
49	99	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Vutthikorn INTHRAPHUVASAK	Lucas LÉGERET	Julien ANDLAUER	58	11 Laps	1 Laps
50	78	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Horst Jr FELBERMAYR	Michele BERETTA	Max VAN SPLUNTEREN	58	11 Laps	34.052
51	85	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Manuela GOSTNER	Rahel FREY	Michelle GATTING	58	11 Laps	41.076
52	60	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Claudio SCHIAVONI	Sergio PIANEZZOLA	Paolo RUBERTI	58	11 Laps	28.757
53	62	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Bonamy GRIMES	Johnny MOWLEM	Charles HOLLINGS	58	11 Laps	1’11.232
54	89	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Steve BROOKS	Julien PIGUET	Andreas LASKARATOS	57	12 Laps	1 Laps
55	52	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Christoph ULRICH	Steffen GÖRIG	Alexander WEST	57	12 Laps	2’08.381
56	54	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Thomas FLOHR	Francesco CASTELLACCI	Giancarlo FISICHELLA	57	12 Laps	2’51.516
57	70	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Takeshi KIMURA	Vincent ABRIL	Kei COZZOLINO	52	17 Laps	5 Laps
58	88	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Thomas PREINING	Dominique BASTIEN	Adrien DE LEENER	9	60 Laps	43 Laps
59	11	LMP2	Ligier JSP217 – Gibson	Adrien TAMBAY	Erik MARIS	Christophe D’ANSEMBOURG	26	43 Laps	-17 Laps