Le Mans Hour 21: Ferrari stretches lead over Toyota

–by Mark Cipolloni–

With just 3 hours left in the 100th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, James Calado has stretched the #51 Ferrari’s lead to 14-seconds over Brendon Hartley in the #8 Toyota in the Hypercar class.

The Ganassi Cadillacs still run 3rd and 4th and the Peugeot is still 5th.

LMP2: No change since Hour 20 – 11th and 12th overall, the #34 still leads the #41 by a lap

GTE-Am: The #33 Corvette has now gone in front and it is stretching its lead in 27th overall

Garage 56: The NASCAR Camaro has now dropped to 40th overall as the NASCAR idea of a race car design begins to fall apart trying to keep up with the superior GTE-Am cars. On Lap 254 the No. 24 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 developed an issue and was brought back to the garage by Jenson Button. “We have a drive line issue and the team is working to repair it now. The goal remains to finish the race.” – Chad Knaus

The #24 NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet ZL1 driven by Jimmie Johnson, Jenson Button and Mike Rockenfeller is dropping down the order in the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Hour 21 Standings

POS	NO.	STATUS	CLASS	TEAM	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	BEHIND
1	51	RUN	Hypercar H	Ferrari AF Corse	Calado James	Ferrari 499P	292	0.000
2	8	RUN	Hypercar H	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Hartley Brendon	Toyota GR010 HYBRID	292	14.027
3	2	RUN	Hypercar H	Cadillac Racing	Lynn Alex	Cadillac V-Series.R	291	1:11.080
4	3	RUN	Hypercar H	Cadillac Racing	Van Der Zande Renger	Cadillac V-Series.R	290	2 laps
5	93	RUN	Hypercar H	Peugeot Totalenergies	Jensen Mikkel	Peugeot 9X8	288	4 laps
6	5	RUN	Hypercar H	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Cameron Dane	Porsche 963	286	6 laps
7	50	RUN	Hypercar H	Ferrari AF Corse	Nielsen Nicklas	Ferrari 499P	286	17.153
8	708	RUN	Hypercar	Glickenhaus Racing	Dumas Romain	Glickenhaus 007	285	7 laps
9	709	RUN	Hypercar	Glickenhaus Racing	Berthon Nathanaël	Glickenhaus 007	285	2:17.045
10	94	IN	Hypercar H	Peugeot Totalenergies	Duval Loïc	Peugeot 9X8	281	11 laps
11	34	RUN	LM P2	Inter Europol Competition	Costa Albert	Oreca 07 – Gibson	280	12 laps
12	41	RUN	LM P2	Team Wrt	Kubica Robert	Oreca 07 – Gibson	279	13 laps
13	48	RUN	LM P2	Idec Sport	Chatin Paul Loup	Oreca 07 – Gibson	279	1:32.974
14	30	RUN	LM P2	Duqueine Team	Jani Neel	Oreca 07 – Gibson	279	1:40.497
15	31	RUN	LM P2	Team Wrt	Habsburg Ferdinand	Oreca 07 – Gibson	279	2:32.072
16	65	RUN	LM P2	Panis Racing	Maldonado Manuel	Oreca 07 – Gibson	278	14 laps
17	36	RUN	LM P2	Alpine Elf Team	Milesi Charles	Oreca 07 – Gibson	278	3:06.235
18	10	RUN	LM P2	Vector Sport	Cullen Ryan	Oreca 07 – Gibson	277	15 laps
19	28	RUN	LM P2	Jota	Heinemeier-Hansson David	Oreca 07 – Gibson	275	17 laps
20	23	RUN	LM P2	United Autosports	Blomqvist Tom	Oreca 07 – Gibson	275	1:04.355
21	22	RUN	LM P2	United Autosports	Hanson Philip	Oreca 07 – Gibson	275	1:25.002
22	35	RUN	LM P2	Alpine Elf Team	Rojas Memo	Oreca 07 – Gibson	275	3:01.813
23	45	RUN	LM P2 P/A	Algarve Pro Racing	Allen James	Oreca 07 – Gibson	274	18 laps
24	311	RUN	Hypercar H	Action Express Racing	Aitken Jack	Cadillac V-Series.R	273	19 laps
25	6	RUN	Hypercar H	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Lotterer André	Porsche 963	270	22 laps
26	37	RUN	LM P2 P/A	Cool Racing	Lapierre Nicolas	Oreca 07 – Gibson	270	2:44.654
27	33	RUN	LM GTE Am	Corvette Racing	Varrone Nicolas	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	267	25 laps
28	85	RUN	LM GTE Am	Iron Dames	Bovy Sarah	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	267	1:47.179
29	25	RUN	LM GTE Am	Ort By Tf	Al Harthy Ahmad	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	267	2:10.009
30	56	RUN	LM GTE Am	Project 1 – Ao	Cairoli Matteo	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	266	26 laps
31	54	RUN	LM GTE Am	AF Corse	Flohr Thomas	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	266	34.858
32	86	RUN	LM GTE Am	Gr Racing	Barker Benjamin	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	266	57.949
33	98	RUN	LM GTE Am	Northwest Amr	Mancinelli Daniel	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	265	27 laps
34	43	RUN	LM P2 P/A	Dkr Engineering	De Wilde Ugo	Oreca 07 – Gibson	263	29 laps
35	100	RUN	LM GTE Am	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Segal Jeffrey	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	263	2:19.932
36	39	RUN	LM P2 P/A	Graff Racing	Van Der Garde Giedo	Oreca 07 – Gibson	262	30 laps
37	9	RUN	LM P2	Prema Racing	Ugran Filip	Oreca 07 – Gibson	261	31 laps
38	74	RUN	LM GTE Am	Kessel Racing	Cozzolino Kei	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	259	33 laps
39	57	STOP	LM GTE Am	Kessel Racing	Serra Daniel	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	254	38 laps
40	24	IN	CDNT	Hendrick Motorsports	Button Jenson	Chevrolet Camaro ZL1	254	1:31.786
41	911	IN	LM GTE Am	Proton Competition	Fassbender Michael	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	246	46 laps
42	38	IN	Hypercar H	Hertz Team Jota	Stevens William	Porsche 963	242	50 laps
43	80	Ret	LM P2 P/A	AF Corse	Barnicoat Ben	Oreca 07 – Gibson	183	109 laps
44	88	Ret	LM GTE Am	Proton Competition	Ried Jonas	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	170	122 laps
45	4	Ret	Hypercar	Floyd Vanwall Racing Team	Vautier Tristan	Vanwall Vandervell 680	165	127 laps
46	777	STOP	LM GTE Am	D’station Racing	Fujii Tomonobu	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	163	129 laps
47	47	Ret	LM P2	Cool Racing	De Gérus Reshad	Oreca 07 – Gibson	158	134 laps
48	77	Ret	LM GTE Am	Dempsey – Proton Racing	Pedersen Mikkel	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	118	174 laps
49	32	IN	LM P2	Inter Europol Competition	Magnussen Jan	Oreca 07 – Gibson	117	175 laps
50	63	STOP	LM P2	Prema Racing	Kvyat Daniil	Oreca 07 – Gibson	113	179 laps
51	7	STOP	Hypercar H	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Kobayashi Kamui	Toyota GR010 HYBRID	103	189 laps
52	66	STOP	LM GTE Am	Jmw Motorsport	Prette Louis	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	89	203 laps
53	923	Ret	LM P2 P/A	Racing Team Turkey	Vanthoor Dries	Oreca 07 – Gibson	87	205 laps
54	75	STOP	Hypercar H	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Jaminet Mathieu	Porsche 963	84	208 laps
55	72	STOP	LM GTE Am	TF Sport	Robin Arnold	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	58	234 laps
56	83	STOP	LM GTE Am	Richard Mille AF Corse	Wadoux Lilou	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	33	259 laps
57	16	STOP	LM GTE Am	Proton Competition	Hardwick Ryan	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	28	264 laps
58	60	STOP	LM GTE Am	Iron Lynx	Schiavoni Claudio	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	28	0.000
59	55	STOP	LM GTE Am	Gmb Motorsport	Birch Gustav	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	21	271 laps
60	21	STOP	LM GTE Am	AF Corse	De Pauw Ulysse	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	21	0.000
61	13	STOP	LM P2 P/A	Tower Motorsports	Taylor Ricky	Oreca 07 – Gibson	19	273 laps
62	14	STOP	LM P2 P/A	Nielsen Racing	Sales Rodrigo	Oreca 07 – Gibson	18	274 laps