Le Mans Hour 20: Ferrari & Toyota battle rages on

–by Mark Cipolloni–

As the clock struck the 20-Hour mark in the 24 Hours of Le Mans we were under caution with the #51 Ferrari 499P Hypercar just in front of the #8 Toyota GR010 Hypercar.

With James Calado was at the wheel of the Ferrari and Brendon Hartley aboard the Toyota it will be an all-out 4-Hour sprint to determine the winner of the 100th running of this French classic.

Pier Guidi in the Ferrari had built a ten-second lead over the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid before the caution.

The #2 and #3 Cadillacs still run 3rd and 4th with the #93 Peugeot lingering in 5th.

The #50 pole sitting Ferrari is back up to 7th after earlier troubles not of their own doing, but they are 6 laps behind. They run behind the 6th place #5 Penske Porsche.

LMP2: No change since Hour 19 – 11th and 12th overall, the #34 still leads the #41. The #34’s Race Director has just been summoned to Race Control for a potential improper pit stop procedure.

GTE-Am: The top 3 are on the same lap with the#85 Porsche ahead of the #25 Aston Martin and the #33 Corvette. The three are running 27th, 28th and 29th overall.

Garage 56: The NASCAR Camaro is 34th overall with Jenson Button now behind the wheel.

Hour 20 Standings

POS	NO.	CLASS	TEAM	CURRENT DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	BEHIND	PITS
1	51	Hypercar H	Ferrari AF Corse	Calado James	Ferrari 499P	276	–	25
2	8	Hypercar H	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Hartley Brendon	Toyota GR010 HYBRID	276	2.940	25
3	2	Hypercar H	Cadillac Racing	Bamber Earl	Cadillac V-Series.R	275	1 lap	23
4	3	Hypercar H	Cadillac Racing	Van Der Zande Renger	Cadillac V-Series.R	274	2 laps	25
5	93	Hypercar H	Peugeot Totalenergies	Vergne Jean-Éric	Peugeot 9X8	273	3 laps	25
6	5	Hypercar H	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Cameron Dane	Porsche 963	271	5 laps	25
7	50	Hypercar H	Ferrari AF Corse	Molina Miguel	Ferrari 499P	270	6 laps	26
8	709	Hypercar	Glickenhaus Racing	Gutierrez Esteban	Glickenhaus 007	269	5:11.470	27
9	708	Hypercar	Glickenhaus Racing	Briscoe Ryan	Glickenhaus 007	269	5:28.445	24
10	94	Hypercar H	Peugeot Totalenergies	Duval Loïc	Peugeot 9X8	266	10 laps	25
11	34	LM P2	Inter Europol Competition	Scherer Fabio	Oreca 07 – Gibson	265	11 laps	28
12	41	LM P2	Team Wrt	Delétraz Louis	Oreca 07 – Gibson	264	12 laps	26
13	48	LM P2	Idec Sport	Hörr Laurents	Oreca 07 – Gibson	264	3:23.318	26
14	30	LM P2	Duqueine Team	Jani Neel	Oreca 07 – Gibson	264	4:29.246	30
15	65	LM P2	Panis Racing	Maldonado Manuel	Oreca 07 – Gibson	263	4:49.144	26
16	31	LM P2	Team Wrt	Habsburg Ferdinand	Oreca 07 – Gibson	263	13 laps	26
17	36	LM P2	Alpine Elf Team	Vaxiviere Matthieu	Oreca 07 – Gibson	263	57.836	28
18	28	LM P2	Jota	Fittipaldi Pietro	Oreca 07 – Gibson	263	4:08.237	25
19	10	LM P2	Vector Sport	Cullen Ryan	Oreca 07 – Gibson	262	5:41.735	25
20	23	LM P2	United Autosports	Blomqvist Tom	Oreca 07 – Gibson	260	16 laps	27
21	22	LM P2	United Autosports	Hanson Philip	Oreca 07 – Gibson	260	3:04.630	27
22	35	LM P2	Alpine Elf Team	Caldwell Olli	Oreca 07 – Gibson	260	3:08.729	27
23	45	LM P2 P/A	Algarve Pro Racing	Allen James	Oreca 07 – Gibson	259	17 laps	26
24	311	Hypercar H	Action Express Racing	Aitken Jack	Cadillac V-Series.R	258	18 laps	24
25	6	Hypercar H	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Lotterer André	Porsche 963	255	21 laps	22
26	37	LM P2 P/A	Cool Racing	Lapierre Nicolas	Oreca 07 – Gibson	254	22 laps	29
27	85	LM GTE Am	Iron Dames	Bovy Sarah	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	253	23 laps	18
28	25	LM GTE Am	Ort By Tf	Dinan Michael	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	253	2:58.941	21
29	33	LM GTE Am	Corvette Racing	Varrone Nicolas	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	253	4:30.124	20
30	56	LM GTE Am	Project 1 – AO	Jeannette Gunnar	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	252	24 laps	20
31	86	LM GTE Am	Gr Racing	Pera Riccardo	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	252	1:55.333	20
32	54	LM GTE Am	AF Corse	Rigon Davide	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	252	2:12.915	20
33	57	LM GTE Am	Kessel Racing	Serra Daniel	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	252	2:46.831	21
34	24	CDNT	Hendrick Motorsports	Button Jenson	Chevrolet Camaro ZL1	251	25 laps	22
35	98	LM GTE Am	Northwest Amr	Riberas Alex	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	251	2:21.624	19
36	43	LM P2 P/A	Dkr Engineering	Van Rompuy Tom	Oreca 07 – Gibson	249	27 laps	26
37	100	LM GTE Am	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Segal Jeffrey	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	248	28 laps	19
38	39	LM P2 P/A	Graff Racing	Van Der Garde Giedo	Oreca 07 – Gibson	247	29 laps	26
39	9	LM P2	Prema Racing	Viscaal Bent	Oreca 07 – Gibson	247	3:00.880	25
40	911	LM GTE Am	Proton Competition	Fassbender Michael	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	246	30 laps	20
41	74	LM GTE Am	Kessel Racing	Cozzolino Kei	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	245	31 laps	21
42	38	Hypercar H	Hertz Team Jota	Ye Yifei	Porsche 963	238	38 laps	24
DNF	80	LM P2 P/A	AF Corse	Barnicoat Ben	Oreca 07 – Gibson	183	93 laps	18
DNF	88	LM GTE Am	Proton Competition	Ried Jonas	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	170	106 laps	13
DNF	4	Hypercar	Floyd Vanwall Racing Team	Vautier Tristan	Vanwall Vandervell 680	165	111 laps	19
DNF	777	LM GTE Am	D’station Racing	Fujii Tomonobu	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	163	113 laps	14
DNF	47	LM P2	Cool Racing	De Gérus Reshad	Oreca 07 – Gibson	158	118 laps	16
DNF	77	LM GTE Am	Dempsey – Proton Racing	Pedersen Mikkel	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	118	158 laps	14
49	32	LM P2	Inter Europol Competition	Magnussen Jan	Oreca 07 – Gibson	117	159 laps	15
DNF	63	LM P2	Prema Racing	Kvyat Daniil	Oreca 07 – Gibson	113	163 laps	11
DNF	7	Hypercar H	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Kobayashi Kamui	Toyota GR010 HYBRID	103	173 laps	10
DNF	66	LM GTE Am	Jmw Motorsport	Prette Louis	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	89	187 laps	8
DNF	923	LM P2 P/A	Racing Team Turkey	Vanthoor Dries	Oreca 07 – Gibson	87	189 laps	10
DNF	75	Hypercar H	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Jaminet Mathieu	Porsche 963	84	192 laps	7
DNF	72	LM GTE Am	TF Sport	Robin Arnold	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	58	218 laps	5
DNF	83	LM GTE Am	Richard Mille AF Corse	Wadoux Lilou	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	33	243 laps	3
DNF	16	LM GTE Am	Proton Competition	Hardwick Ryan	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	28	248 laps	2
DNF	60	LM GTE Am	Iron Lynx	Schiavoni Claudio	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	28	0.000	2
DNF	55	LM GTE Am	Gmb Motorsport	Birch Gustav	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	21	255 laps	2
DNF	21	LM GTE Am	AF Corse	De Pauw Ulysse	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	21	0.000	2
DNF	13	LM P2 P/A	Tower Motorsports	Taylor Ricky	Oreca 07 – Gibson	19	257 laps	3
DNF	14	LM P2 P/A	Nielsen Racing	Sales Rodrigo	Oreca 07 – Gibson	18	258 laps	2