Le Mans Hour 12: Toyota 3 laps ahead, close battle in GTE Pro

The 24 Hours of Le Mans has reached the halfway mark with the two Toyota Hypercars out front and pulling away.

The pole sitting #7 Toyota continues to lead the sister #8 Toyota – the only two cars on the lead lap.

The #36 Alpine, which started third, remains third.

In LMP2 the #31 Team WRT Oreca leads the sister #41 car.

There is a close battle in LMGTE Pro between the leading #51 and #52 AF Corse Ferraris and the #63 Corvette

#51 and #52 red AF CORSE / ITA / Ferrari 488 GTE EVO are in a tight battle with the #63 Corvette in LM GTE Pro

AF Corse is also having a good race in LMGTE Am – the #83 Ferrari leading the #33 Aston Martin.

12 Hour Standings

POS	No.	CLASS	TEAM	CURRENT DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	BEHIND	STOPS
1	7	Hypercar H	TOYOTA GAZOO RACING	KOBAYASHI Kamui	Toyota GR010 HYBRID	176	–	14
2	8	Hypercar H	TOYOTA GAZOO RACING	HARTLEY Brendon	Toyota GR010 HYBRID	176	1:50.761	14
3	36	Hypercar	ALPINE ELF MATMUT	NEGRÃO André	Alpine A480 – Gibson	172	3 laps	15
4	708	Hypercar	GLICKENHAUS RACING	MAILLEUX Franck	Glickenhaus 007 LMH	172	8.762	13
5	31	LM P2	TEAM WRT	MILESI Charles	Oreca 07 – Gibson	172	54.120	16
6	41	LM P2	TEAM WRT	YE Yifei	Oreca 07 – Gibson	172	57.431	16
7	22	LM P2	UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA	SCHERER Fabio	Oreca 07 – Gibson	171	5 laps	17
8	65	LM P2	PANIS RACING	ALLEN James	Oreca 07 – Gibson	171	43.994	16
9	28	LM P2	JOTA	VANDOORNE Stoffel	Oreca 07 – Gibson	170	2:05.585	18
10	709	Hypercar	GLICKENHAUS RACING	DUMAS Romain	Glickenhaus 007 LMH	170	2:22.052	14
11	34	LM P2	INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION	SMIECHOWSKI Jakub	Oreca 07 – Gibson	170	6 laps	15
12	48	LM P2	IDEC SPORT	PILET Patrick	Oreca 07 – Gibson	169	7 laps	16
13	23	LM P2	UNITED AUTOSPORTS	DI RESTA Paul	Oreca 07 – Gibson	169	11.751	16
14	21	LM P2 P/A	DRAGONSPEED USA	MONTOYA Juan Pablo	Oreca 07 – Gibson	168	8 laps	16
15	82	LM P2	RISI COMPETIZIONE	NASR Felipe	Oreca 07 – Gibson	167	1:22.365	17
16	30	LM P2	DUQUEINE TEAM	BINDER René	Oreca 07 – Gibson	167	2:19.653	19
17	70	LM P2 P/A	REALTEAM RACING	GARCIA Esteban	Oreca 07 – Gibson	167	2:33.172	15
18	20	LM P2 P/A	HIGH CLASS RACING	TAYLOR Ricky	Oreca 07 – Gibson	167	9 laps	18
19	26	LM P2	G-DRIVE RACING	COLAPINTO Franco	Aurus 01 – Gibson	167	9.256	16
20	39	LM P2 P/A	SO24-DIROB BY GRAFF	CAPILLAIRE Vincent	Oreca 07 – Gibson	166	47.703	14
21	38	LM P2	JOTA	GONZALEZ Roberto	Oreca 07 – Gibson	166	10.600	15
22	29	LM P2 P/A	RACING TEAM NEDERLAND	VAN DER GARDE Giedo	Oreca 07 – Gibson	166	31.500	17
23	49	LM P2 P/A	HIGH CLASS RACING	MAGNUSSEN Jan	Oreca 07 – Gibson	165	11 laps	15
24	51	LM GTE Pro	AF CORSE	PIER GUIDI Alessandro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	164	12 laps	10
25	52	LM GTE Pro	AF CORSE	BIRD Sam	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	163	1:47.557	11
26	63	LM GTE Pro	CORVETTE RACING	CATSBURG Nicky	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	163	1:47.892	11
27	92	LM GTE Pro	PORSCHE GT TEAM	CHRISTENSEN Michael	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	163	2:10.769	11
28	91	LM GTE Pro	PORSCHE GT TEAM	MAKOWIECKI Frédéric	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	163	13 laps	11
29	83	LM GTE Am	AF CORSE	NIELSEN Nicklas	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	161	14 laps	12
30	33	LM GTE Am	TF SPORT	FRAGA Felipe	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	161	15 laps	12
31	64	LM GTE Pro	CORVETTE RACING	TANDY Nicholas	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	161	1:29.813	11
32	80	LM GTE Am	IRON LYNX	MASTRONARDI Rino	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	161	1:38.940	12
33	72	LM GTE Pro	HUB AUTO RACING	PARENTE Alvaro	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	160	16 laps	14
34	54	LM GTE Am	AF CORSE	FISICHELLA Giancarlo	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	160	34.705	12
35	74	LM P2 P/A	RACING TEAM INDIA EURASIA	CLOET Tom	Ligier JSP217 – Gibson	160	57.419	16
36	71	LM GTE Am	INCEPTION RACING	MILLROY Ollie	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	159	17 laps	11
37	77	LM GTE Am	DEMPSEY – PROTON RACING	CAMPBELL Matt	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	159	21.481	12
38	60	LM GTE Am	IRON LYNX	GIAMMARIA Raffaele	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	159	39.959	12
39	44	LM P2 P/A	ARC BRATISLAVA	KONOPKA Matej	Oreca 07 – Gibson	158	2:37.225	16
40	95	LM GTE Am	TF SPORT	HANCOCK Oliver	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	158	2:45.253	11
41	777	LM GTE Am	D’STATION RACING	FUJII Tomonobu	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	158	3:40.952	13
42	88	LM GTE Am	DEMPSEY – PROTON RACING	ANDLAUER Julien	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	158	9.990	11
43	388	LM GTE Am	RINALDI RACING	HOOK Christian	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	157	19 laps	12
44	84	CDNT	ASSOCIATION SRT41	LAHAYE Matthieu	Oreca 07 – Gibson	157	1:17.003	15
45	69	LM GTE Am	HERBERTH MOTORSPORT	INEICHEN Rolf	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	156	2:02.250	11
46	18	LM GTE Am	ABSOLUTE RACING	SEEFRIED Marco	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	155	20 laps	13
47	85	LM GTE Am	IRON LYNX	FREY Rahel	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	155	21 laps	11
48	24	LM P2 P/A	PR1 MOTORSPORTS MATHIASEN	KELLY Patrick	Oreca 07 – Gibson	152	24 laps	19
49	86	LM GTE Am	GR RACING	BARKER Benjamin	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	150	26 laps	12
50	79	LM GTE Pro	WEATHERTECH RACING	MACNEIL Cooper	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	139	37 laps	11
51	46	LM GTE Am	TEAM PROJECT 1	FOLEY Robert	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	138	38 laps	11
52	57	LM GTE Am	KESSEL RACING	JENSEN Mikkel	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	128	48 laps	9
53	66	LM GTE Am	JMW MOTORSPORT	SALES Rodrigo	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	117	59 laps	9
54	55	LM GTE Am	SPIRIT OF RACE	GRIFFIN Matthew	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	109	67 laps	8
55	25	LM P2 P/A	G-DRIVE RACING	ANDRADE Rui	Aurus 01 – Gibson	108	68 laps	11
56	47	LM GTE Am	CETILAR RACING	LACORTE Roberto	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	90	86 laps	6
57	32	LM P2	UNITED AUTOSPORTS	MALDONADO Manuel	Oreca 07 – Gibson	75	101 laps	7
58	99	LM GTE Am	PROTON COMPETITION	INTHRAPHUVASAK Vuttikhorn	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	66	110 laps	6
59	98	LM GTE Am	ASTON MARTIN RACING	GOMES Marcos	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	45	130 laps	3
60	56	LM GTE Am	TEAM PROJECT 1	PERFETTI Egidio	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	84	188:44.875	6
61	1	LM P2	RICHARD MILLE RACING TEAM	FLOERSCH Sophia	Oreca 07 – Gibson	74	109:45.646	6