2022 24 Hours of Le Mans

The Circuit de la Sarthe, where the race was held

The 24 Hours of Le Mans was first held in 1923 after automotive journalist Charles Faroux, Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) general secretary Georges Durand and industrialist Emile Coquile agreed to conduct a test of vehicle reliability and durability. Considered one of the world's most prestigious motor races, it is part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport.[1] The 2022 race, held at the Circuit de la Sarthe (near Le Mans, France) from 11 to 12 June 2022, was the event's 90th edition and the third round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship.[2][3] This was the first Le Mans race to host a full crowd and be run in June since restrictions were imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[4]

Before the race, Alpine drivers André Negrão, Nicolas Lapierre and Matthieu Vaxivière led the Hypercar Drivers' Championship with 57 points. Glickenhaus' Romain Dumas and Olivier Pla were second with 39 points, and Toyota's Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryō Hirakawa were third with 27.[5] Porsche's Michael Christensen and Kévin Estre led the GTE Drivers' Championship with 57 points, ahead of AF Corse's James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi (43 points) and third-place Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy of Corvette (39 points).[5] Alpine led Toyota in the Hypercar World Endurance Championship, and Porsche led Ferrari in the GTE Manufacturers' Championship.[5]

Following the 2021 race, where clerk of the course Patrick Morrisseau was almost struck by an approaching car at the finish line, the ACO allowed Morrisseau to wave the checkered flag from a footbridge in the event of a close finish for safety reasons.[6] For the first time, all entries used Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile-compliant renewable fuel produced by TotalEnergies from wine residue to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions.[7]

Entry to the race was initially open from 6 December 2021 to 28 February 2022.[8] In response to the Russian G-Drive Racing team's suspension of its racing programme and measures imposed on Russian drivers and entries by international sporting bodies after the country's invasion of Ukraine, the ACO selection committee invited new applicants to apply for entry to the race from 7 to 9 March 2022.[9] The committee issued 62 invitations, and entries were placed into the Le Mans Hypercar (LMH), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Professional (LMGTE Pro) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Amateur (LMGTE Am) classes.[8] Peugeot Sport withdrew their planned entries so they could continue testing their 9X8 Hypercars before homologation.[10]

Automatic entries

Teams which won their class in the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans or won championships in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS) and the Michelin Le Mans Cup (MLMC), received automatic entry invitations. The second-place finishers in the 2021 ELMS in LMP2 and LMGTE championships also received an automatic invitation. Two participants from the IMSA SportsCar Championship (WTSC) were chosen by the ACO as automatic entries, regardless of performance or category. Teams earning automatic entries in LMP2 were allowed to change their cars from the previous year. ELMS LMGTE and ALMS GT teams earning automatic entries were allowed to use them in LMGTE Pro or LMGTE Am. The European and Asian LMP3 (Le Mans Prototype 3) champion was required to field an entry in LMP2, and the Michelin Le Mans Cup Group GT3 (GT3) champion was limited to the LMGTE Am category.[8][11] The ACO announced the final list of automatic entries on 28 February 2022.[12]

Automatic entries for the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans[11][13]

Reason invited	LMP2	LMGTE Pro	LMGTE Am
1st in the 24 Hours of Le Mans	Team WRT		AF Corse
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE)	Team WRT	Iron Lynx
2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE)	United Autosports	Spirit of Race
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3)	DKR Engineering
IMSA SportsCar Championship at-large entries	Ben Keating		Rob Ferriol
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT)	Nielsen Racing	Inception Racing
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP3)	CD Sport
1st in the Michelin Le Mans Cup (GT3)			Iron Lynx

In the balance of performance adjustments, the Alpine A480-Gibson received a performance increase with an extra 13 hp (9.7 kW) of power and weight; the Toyota GR010 Hybrid and the Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH cars remained unchanged from the preceding 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. The LMGTE Pro-class Chevrolet Corvette C8.R had its performance slowed by an 0.8-millimetre (0.031 in) engine-air-restrictor diameter reduction. The Ferrari 488 GTE Evo was equipped with a revised power curve it had since the WEC season began, and the Porsche 911 RSR-19 received a 3-litre (0.66 imp gal; 0.79 US gal) fuel-capacity increase in both LMGTE categories. Aston Martin's LMGTE Am-category Vantage AMR had its fuel capacity decreased by 1 L (0.22 imp gal; 0.26 US gal).[19][20]

All entrants participated in eight hours of mandatory testing on 5 June, divided into two sessions.[8] The testing took place in mainly-dry weather, with a brief period of light rain. Driver Paul di Resta helped Pierson in one of the United Autosports Oreca cars, while the team waited for Alex Lynn and Oliver Jarvis to arrive at Le Mans from Detroit.[21]

José María López set the pace of both sessions of testing in the No. 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid.

The morning session was led by Toyota with a 3:31.626 lap from José María López's No. 7 entry with 17 minutes left,[22] demoting Dumas' No. 708 Glickenhaus entry to second.[23] Hartley made the No. 8 Toyota third-quickest, with Franck Mailleux's sister Glickenhaus No. 709 car fourth and the No. 36 Alpine of Vaxivière fifth. In LMP2, Jota's No. 38 car driven by Will Stevens lapped fastest at 3:33.964 during the third hour; United Autosport USA's No. 22 entry of Philip Hanson was second.[22][24] The quickest Pro/Am sub-class entry was Mathias Beche's No. 13 TDS Racing car in third,[22][24] and Alex Brundle's No. 34 Inter Europol Competition car was fourth in class.[22][23] Corvette were first and second in LMGTE Pro, with Milner's No. 64 car faster than Nicky Catsburg's No. 63 sister entry by almost two-tenths of a second. The highest-placed Porsche was Gianmaria Bruni's No. 91 car in third, with the best Ferrari the privateer Riley Motorsports entry of Felipe Fraga placing fourth.[23][24] Michelle Gatting's No. 85 Iron Dames Ferrari led in LMGTE Am ahead of the No. 52 AF Corse, LMGTE Pro's slowest entry.[24] Some cars went off the track during the session, sustaining damage; it was stopped after ten minutes when the No. 65 Panis car of Julien Canal lost a wheel at the Daytona chicane on the Mulsanne Straight and was returned to the pit lane.[22][24]

Dumas set the early pace in the second test session before López improved to a 3:29.986 lap with almost 90 minutes left to go. Hirakawa's No. 8 Toyota was third, and Mailleux was fourth in Glickenhaus' No. 709 car. Late in the session, López briefly went off the circuit during a car-safety procedure at Mulsanne Corner and forced the testing to end early. Filipe Albuquerque improved the fastest LMP2 lap to a 3:32.099 in the No. 22 United Autosports USA entry, and was fifth overall. The No. 38 Jota car of António Félix da Costa fell to second, and Lynn placed third in United Autosports' No. 23 sister vehicle. Alexander Sims improved the No. 64 Corvette's quickest lap to top LMGTE Pro, ahead of Davide Rigon's No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari and Frédéric Makowiecki's No. 91 Porsche. Ferrari were first and second in LMGTE Am, with Kessel Racing's No. 57 car of Mikkel Jensen leading JMW Motorsport's Renger van der Zande by four-tenths of a second.[25][26] Safety cars were required for Charlie Fagg's stopped No. 777 D'Station Racing Aston Martin at the pit lane exit into turn one due to a sensor fault, and the No. 88 Dempsey Proton Porsche driven by Jan Heylen was beached in the gravel entering the Porsche Curves with punctured front tyres.[25][26][27]

The first three-hour practice session was held on the afternoon of 8 June.[30] Quick laps were initially disregarded as teams tried to conduct race simulations.[31] Light rain had fallen on the circuit, and the session was declared wet before cars on slick tyres removed water.[32] Hartley's No. 8 Toyota lapped fastest at 3:29.441 in the last 20 minutes. Mailleux's No. 709 Glickenhaus was second. Glickenhaus' No. 708 sister entry of Pipo Derani was third, ahead of Kamui Kobayashi's No. 7 Toyota.[33] Lynn's No. 23 United Autosports car was quickest in LMP2 and fourth overall at 3:30.238 in the session's final minutes. Félix da Costa put the No. 38 Jota car second just before practice ended, with Prema Orlen Team's No. 9 entry of Robert Kubica third.[34][35] In LMGTE Pro, Corvette maintained its test-day pace with the No. 63 entry fastest after a lap by Antonio García demoted teammate Milner (in the No. 64 vehicle) to second. Porsche led in LMGTE Am, with the fastest class lap coming from the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing car driven by Julien Andlauer; brand mate Ben Barker's No. 86 GR Racing car was second.[33][35] Several cars went off the track during the session. The full-course yellow procedure was deployed for Ryan Cullen's No. 10 Vector Sport car, which stopped in the Tertre Rouge S-curves. The session ended early when Steven Thomas damaged the No. 45 Algarve Pro Racing car's front left corner on the left tyre wall entering the Ford chicane.[31][32]

Romain Dumas lapped fastest overall on the first day of practice in the No. 709 Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH.

Algarve Pro installed a new chassis on the No. 45 car, which missed qualifying.[36] Dumas's No. 708 Glickenhaus car set the day's fastest time of 3:28.900 24 minutes into the second, two-hour evening session, 0.348 seconds faster than Kobayashi's second-place No. 7 Toyota.[30][37] Toyota's No. 8 sister car was third after a lap by Hartley, and Ryan Briscoe's No. 709 Glickenhaus was fourth-quickest.[38] René Rast recorded the quickest LMP2 lap at 3:33.119 in the No. 31 WRT vehicle, with Albuquerque's No. 22 United Autosports USA entry second. Dries Vanthoor was third with a late lap in Team WRT's No. 32 car.[37][39] Fabio Scherer stopped the No. 43 Inter Europol car on the start-finish straight with right front suspension damage from mounting the sausage kerbs at the Ford chicane;[39] a flatbed truck returned the car to the pit lane.[40] Catsburg kept Corvette first in LMGTE Pro, as Makowiecki moved the No. 91 Porsche to second. LMGTE Am was led by Mikkel O. Pedersen's No. 46 Project 1 Racing Porsche with a lap set with five minutes remaining, leading Heylen's No. 88 Dempsey-Proton car.[37]

Before the third practice session, a balance of performance adjustment gave the Alpine A480-Gibson 7 kW (9.4 hp) more power and 11 MJ (3.1 kWh) more energy per stint for a total power output of 427 kW (573 hp). The Toyota GR010 Hybrid and Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH had no performance changes.[41]

The third practice session, for three hours on the afternoon of 9 June, saw Kobayashi lap fastest early in the No. 7 Toyota; Hartley's No. 8 car was second.[30][42] Both Glickenhaus cars were third and fourth, with Pla's No. 708 entry ahead of Briscoe's No. 709 sister car. Hirakawa stopped between the Indianapolis and Arnage corners with a hybrid problem, but slowly returned to the pit lane for a half-hour of repairs. LMP2 was led by Albuquerque's No. 22 United Autosports USA car, which was less than one-tenth of a second faster than teammate Lynn's No. 23 vehicle. They were followed by WRT's No. 31 car, driven by Robin Frijns. Tandy's No. 64 Corvette led LMGTE Pro, and Richard Lietz's No. 91 Porsche remained second in class.[43][44] Pedersen kept the No. 46 Project 1 Porsche atop LMGTE Am, with the No. 33 TF Sport Aston Martin driven by Henrique Chaves slower by two-tenths of a second.[45] Accidents by Philippe Cimadomo's No. 13 TDS Racing entry (against the right concrete barrier at the Porsche Curves from contact with Sean Gelael's No. 31 WRT car), the No. 39 Graff Racing car driven by Sebastien Page (spinning into the barrier exiting the Indianapolis turn) and Alexander West's No. 59 Inception Racing Ferrari (which struck the Ford Chicane tyre wall) disrupted the session.[42][43][44]

The final two-hour practice session took place on the night of 9 June.[30] Toyota led from the start with López's No. 7 entry going fastest overall at 3:28.322, 0.362 seconds quicker than Buemi's No. 8 sister car. The Glickenhaus team followed in third and fourth, with Derani's No. 708 entry faster than teammate Richard Westbrook's No. 708 car. Lynn's No. 23 United Autosport car led in LMP2 at 3:32.226, ahead of Panis Racing's Job van Uitert and Jonathan Aberdein's No. 28 Jota entry.[46][47] Graff driver David Droux, in their No. 39 car, went across the gravel and crashed lightly against the tyre barrier at Mulsanne corner. Félix da Costa's No. 38 Jota car and Alexandre Cougnaud's No. 3 DKR Engineering entry collided at the Ford chicane, sending Cougnaud sideways into the tyre wall. Cougnaud drove across the circuit to the pit lane for repairs.[46][48] Corvette continued their fast pace, with Catsburg lapping quickest in the No. 63 car in LMGTE Pro; the No. 64 sister C8R driven by Milner was second by 0.021 seconds. Dempsey-Proton led LMGTE Am with Harry Tincknell's No. 77 Porsche ahead of teammate Heylen in the second-place No. 88 entry.[46][47]

Divided into two sessions, the first one-hour qualifying session set the race's starting order except for the fastest six vehicles in each class; they qualified for a half-hour shootout, "Le Mans Hyperpole", which determined pole position in all four classes. Cars were placed in starting order by category, with every Hypercar at the front of the field regardless of lap time, followed by LMP2, LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am. The vehicles were placed with the six qualifying Hyperpole cars ordered by fastest Hyperpole-session lap time first, followed by the remaining non-qualifying class vehicles by fastest lap time set during the first qualifying session.[8]

The No. 93 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR-19 was crashed by actor Michael Fassbender in qualifying.

Each of the five entries in the Hypercar category progressed to Hyperpole, with the fastest lap a 3:27.247 recorded by Kobayashi's No. 7 Toyota early before light rain fell during the second half of the session. In LMP2, the qualifiers were Frijns' No. 31 WRT car with entries from Jota's Félix da Costa, Norman Nato for RealTeam by WRT, the United Autosports pair of Lynn and Albuquerque and Prema's Louis Delétraz. LMGTE Pro saw the six factory entrants advance to Hyperpole. The No. 92 Porsche driven by Laurens Vanthoor was fastest, ahead of García's No. 63 Corvette, Porsche's No. 91 car driven by Makowiecki, the No. 64 sister Corvette of Tandy and the AF Corse Ferrari entries driven by Calado (No. 51) and Antonio Fuoco (No. 52). LMGTE Am saw Nicki Thiim's No. 98 Northwest AMR, Jensen's Kessel Racing Ferrari, the No. 54 AF Corse Ferrari driven by Nick Cassidy, Rahel Frey's No. 85 Iron Dames Ferrari, Dempsey-Proton Racing's Tincknell in its No. 77 Porsche and the No. 61 AF Corse Ferrari driven by Vincent Abril.[49][50] Actor Michael Fassbender lost control of the rear of Proton Competition's No. 93 Porsche braking for the first Mulsanne chicane due to a front puncture, and struck the Armco barrier with the front.[50][51] Fassbender was unhurt, and the session was stopped for about 12 minutes to recover the damaged car.[49][52] The crash resulted in the Proton Competition mechanics replacing the chassis on the No. 93 Porsche.[53]

In Hyperpole, Hartley set the fastest lap (3:24.408) in the No. 8 Toyota for Toyota's sixth consecutive pole position at Le Mans late in the session on worn tyres after being slowed by traffic in the Porsche Curves earlier on. Kobayashi qualified the No. 7 sister Toyota second after his fastest lap was deleted, reinstated and then invalidated again for a track-limits infringement at the Tertre Rouge corner.[54][55] The No. 36 Alpine qualified third after a lap by Lapierre, and the Glickenhaus entries of Briscoe (No. 709) and Pla (No. 708) were fourth and fifth.[54] The LMP2 pole position was taken by Frjins' No. 31 WRT entry, with a time of 3:28.394. Nato's No. 41 Realteam entry was second, holding the category pole until Frijns' lap. Following in third to sixth were the lead United Autosports car of Albuquerque, the Jota entry of Félix da Costa, Delétraz's Prema car and Lynn's sister United Autosports car (after one of Lynn's laps was invalidated). Corvette Racing took the first two positions in LMGTE Pro with Tandy's No. 63 entry on category pole, with the only sub-3:50 class lap from his teammate García's No. 64 car. The two Porsches were third and fourth, with Makowiecki's No. 91 car faster than Laurens Vanthoor's No. 92 vehicle. Abril took pole position in LMGTE Am in AF Corse's No. 61 Ferrari early in the session from Jensen's No. 57 Kessel entry and Tincknell's Dempsey-Proton Porsche after a lap by Frey in Iron Dames' No. 85 vehicle was invalidated for violating track limits.[56][57]

The No. 13 TDS Racing x VaillanteOreca 07 was moved from the LMP2 Pro/Am subclass to the main LMP2 category after Nyck de Vries replaced the banned Philippe Cimadomo.

After qualifying, stewards barred Cimadomo from racing at race director Eduardo Freitas's recommendation for his and other entrants' safety due to his "not driving to the standard required to safely participate in the remainder of the event" after his involvement in three incidents during free practice.[lower-alpha 1][58] Cimadomo was replaced by Formula E champion Nyck de Vries, and TDS' No. 13 car was moved from the LMP2 Pro/Am subclass to the main LMP2 category because De Vries held a platinum racing licence.[59] The FIA and ACO revised the balance of performance, increasing the LMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo's turbocharger boost pressure and decreasing the A480's engine power by 13 hp (9.7 kW) and a loss of 32 MJ (8.9 kWh) of energy allowance per stint.[60][61]

A 15-minute warm-up session was held on the morning of 11 June,[30] and a number of drivers did not have a fast lap due to incidents during the session. The No. 7 Toyota of Mike Conway lapped fastest at 3:31.236 seconds, ahead of the fastest LMP2 entry (driven by Rast) in WRT's No. 31 car; Buemi's No. 8 sister Toyota was 2.313 seconds slower in third, and second in Hypercar. The fastest LMGTE Pro lap was 3:54.788, set by Garcia in the No. 63 Corvette, and Toni Vilander's No. 21 AF Corse Ferrari paced LMGTE Am.[64] Mailleux appeared to lose control of the No. 709 Glickenhaus leaving the Mulsanne turn due to a malfunctioning traction-control sensor before stopping on the right hand side of the circuit. A driveline fault slowed Tandy's No. 64 Corvette between the Mulsanne and Indianapolis corners, necessitating a pit stop. Nico Müller beaching the No. 10 Vector Sport car in the gravel at the Indianapolis corner and Laurents Hörr losing control of the No. 3 DKR entry at the Dunlop Chicane prompted a full-course-yellow period.[64][65]

The post-race podium ceremony, with the overall top three teams

The top three teams in each of the four classes appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media at individual press conferences.[8] Hirakawa said that he did not expect to win the race in his first year with Toyota, and his next objective was to win as many as possible.[117] Hartley admitted being emotional about winning and said it was an "amazing race because we were pushing each other so hard. We were giving it everything: there was nothing left on the table because it was so evenly matched."[118] López said that making a car run perfectly was difficult.[112] Toyota's technical director, Pascal Vasselon, called the speed of the Glickenhaus cars "remarkable" given the team's inexperience.[119] Briscoe called Glickenhaus' podium finish "a massive accomplishment", but was disappointed at not matching Toyota's pace.[120] Westbrook said that finishing third felt like a victory, and Mailleux described a podium result as "so unreal".[112]

Félix da Costa said about the LMP2 win, "The win is special, but the way to get there takes a lot. It's a collective victory."[112] González said it was Jota's dream to win, something they had prepared for, for the previous three years.[112] Bruni said that luck was a factor in winning LMGTE Pro when the Corvette and the No. 92 Porsche encountered issues: "This is part of racing. Sometimes it works well, other times it works bad. For sure they were not lucky, Corvette was unlucky. In the end Le Mans chooses [whether] you win or not. This is the special thing of Le Mans. Sometimes she recognises you, other times not."[121] Lietz said a lot of misfortune and difficulty in the preceding two years prevented Porsche from achieving a decent result and that it felt good for them to be lucky again.[122] Keating said that his LMGTE Am win gave him a "little bit of vindication" after a 2019 post-race fuel disqualification from first place:[123] "Somebody asked me what it feels like to win Le Mans, I told them this is my second! Everyone knows we won it in 2019, the difference is this one will be in the record books. There's something special about that".[124]

Perrodo and AF Corse team principal Amato Ferrari visited Corvette Racing's garage to apologise for the accident which caused the No. 64 car's retirement.[125] Perrodo said that he had no excuse: "I made a terrible mistake. It's like a small movement with huge consequences. So I had to apologise to Corvette. It's the least I can do. I know that nothing will make them feel better at this stage. It's horrible. It's horrible for me, for them, but of course particularly for them."[126] Sims said, "It's never nice when things happen outside of your control, but we're on track with 60 other cars and people make mistakes. I'm sure Perrodo didn't plan it, we were just in the wrong place, wrong time."[127] Owen believed that Rast was overly aggressive on the first lap: "That's how you cause accidents, honestly. I couldn't even react fast enough before I hit the blue car on my left and was just in the gravel. Of course, it took five or six minutes to get the car unstuck. That was quite a setback."[128] Rast thought that the cars behind him jumped the start, and he followed the race director's instructions: "Everybody who knows me knows that I'm a fair and hard driver, but I'm not taking somebody out on purpose. So yeah, it was the drivers behind me just jumping the start and I got the penalty for it."[73]

The result kept Lapierre, Negrão and Vaxivière atop the Hypercar Drivers' Championship with 81 points; race winners Buemi, Hartley and Hirakawa moved from third to second, three points behind. With 69 points, Dumas and Pla fell from second to third. Bruni's and Lietz's LMGTE Pro win placed them atop the GTE Drivers' Championship with 84 points, ahead of teammates Christensen and Estre by three points. Toyota and Porsche left Le Mans as the Hypercar and GTE Manufacturers' Championship leaders, respectively, with three rounds of the season left.[5]

The minimum number of laps for classification at the finish (70 per cent of the overall race winner's distance) was 266 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and with ‡.[129]

Final race classification Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Reason Engine 1 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 380 24:02:07.996‡ Toyota 3.5 L Turbo Hybrid V6 2 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 380 +2:01.222 Toyota 3.5 L Turbo Hybrid V6 3 Hypercar 709 Glickenhaus Racing Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Franck Mailleux Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH M 375 +5 Laps Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8 4 Hypercar 708 Glickenhaus Racing Olivier Pla Romain Dumas Pipo Derani Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH M 370 +10 Laps Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8 5 LMP2 38 Jota Roberto González António Félix da Costa Will Stevens Oreca 07 G 369 +11 Laps‡ Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 9 Prema Orlen Team Robert Kubica Louis Delétraz Lorenzo Colombo Oreca 07 G 369 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 28 Jota Oliver Rasmussen Ed Jones Jonathan Aberdein Oreca 07 G 368 +12 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 13 TDS Racing x Vaillante Nyck de Vries[lower-alpha 2] Mathias Beche Tijmen van der Helm Oreca 07 G 368 +12 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 5 Team Penske Dane Cameron Emmanuel Collard Felipe Nasr Oreca 07 G 368 +12 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 23 United Autosports USA Alex Lynn Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson Oreca 07 G 368 +12 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 37 Cool Racing Yifei Ye Ricky Taylor Niklas Krütten Oreca 07 G 367 +13 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 48 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick Pilet Oreca 07 G 366 +14 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP2 1 Richard Mille Racing Team Lilou Wadoux Sébastien Ogier Charles Milesi Oreca 07 G 366 +14 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Will Owen Oreca 07 G 366 +14 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 15 LMP2 32 Team WRT Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Dries Vanthoor Oreca 07 G 366 +14 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 16 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Julien Canal Nico Jamin Job van Uitert Oreca 07 G 366 +14 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 17 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Jakub Śmiechowski Alex Brundle Esteban Gutiérrez Oreca 07 G 365 +15 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 18 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition David Heinemeier Hansson Fabio Scherer Pietro Fittipaldi Oreca 07 G 364 +16 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 19 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 45 Algarve Pro Racing Steven Thomas James Allen René Binder Oreca 07 G 363 +17 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 20 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales Matt Bell Ben Hanley Oreca 07 G 362 +18 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 21 LMP2 41 RealTeam by WRT Rui Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato Oreca 07 G 362 +18 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 22 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 3 DKR Engineering Laurents Hörr Jean Glorieux Alexandre Cougnaud Oreca 07 G 362 +18 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 23 Hypercar 36 Alpine Elf Team André Negrão Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxivière Alpine A480 M 362 +18 Laps Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 24 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera Oreca 07 G 361 +19 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 25 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 47 Algarve Pro Racing Sophia Flörsch John Falb Jack Aitken Oreca 07 G 361 +19 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 26 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 44 ARC Bratislava Miroslav Konôpka Bent Viscaal Tristan Vautier Oreca 07 G 360 +20 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 27 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Nico Müller Ryan Cullen Sébastien Bourdais Oreca 07 G 357 +23 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 28 GTE Pro 91 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 350 +30 Laps‡ Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 29 GTE Pro 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 350 +30 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 30 GTE Pro 52 AF Corse Miguel Molina Antonio Fuoco Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 349 +31 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 31 GTE Pro 92 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 348 +32 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 32 GTE Pro 74 Riley Motorsports Felipe Fraga Sam Bird Shane van Gisbergen Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 347 +33 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 33 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 39 Graff Racing Eric Trouillet Sébastien Page David Droux Oreca 07 G 344 +36 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 34 GTE Am 33 TF Sport Ben Keating Henrique Chaves Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 343 +37 Laps‡ Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 35 GTE Am 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil Julien Andlauer Thomas Merrill Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 343 +37 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 36 GTE Am 98 Northwest AMR Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 342 +38 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 37 GTE Am 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright Riccardo Pera Ben Barker Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 340 +40 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 38 GTE Am 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Fred Poordad Maxwell Root Jan Heylen Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 340 +40 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 39 GTE Am 54 AF Corse Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Nick Cassidy Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 340 +40 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 40 GTE Am 85 Iron Dames Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 339 +41 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 41 GTE Am 21 AF Corse Simon Mann Christoph Ulrich Toni Vilander Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 339 +41 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 42 GTE Am 61 AF Corse Louis Prette Conrad Grunewald Vincent Abril Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 339 +41 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 43 GTE Am 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin David Perel Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 339 +41 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 44 GTE Am 99 Hardpoint Motorsport Andrew Haryanto Alessio Picariello Martin Rump Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 338 +42 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 45 GTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff Mikkel Jensen Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 336 +44 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 46 GTE Am 80 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Richard Heistand Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 336 +44 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 47 GTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Christian Ried Sebastian Priaulx Harry Tincknell Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 336 +44 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 48 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 35 Ultimate Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye François Heriau Oreca 07 G 335 +45 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 49 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 27 CD Sport Christophe Cresp Michael Jensen Steven Palette Ligier JS P217 G 333 +47 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 50 GTE Am 66 JMW Motorsport Renger van der Zande Mark Kvamme Jason Hart Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 331 +49 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 51 GTE Am 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender Matt Campbell Zacharie Robichon Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 329 +51 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 52 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Richard Bradley Memo Rojas Reshad de Gerus Oreca 07 G 326 +54 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 53 GTE Am 75 Iron Lynx Pierre Ehret Christian Hook Nicolás Varrone Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 324 +56 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 NC GTE Am 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni Alessandro Balzan Raffaele Giammaria Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 289 Incomplete final lap (Accident) Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DNF LMP2 31 WRT Sean Gelael Robin Frijns René Rast Oreca 07 G 285 Accident Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF GTE Pro 64 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims Chevrolet Corvette C8.R M 260 Accident Chevrolet LT2 5.5 L V8 DNF GTE Am 56 Team Project 1 Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Ben Barnicoat Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 241 Accident Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DNF GTE Pro 63 Corvette Racing Antonio García Jordan Taylor Nicky Catsburg Chevrolet Corvette C8.R M 214 Suspension Chevrolet LT2 5.5 L V8 DNF GTE Am 59 Inception Racing Alexander West Côme Ledogar Marvin Klein Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 190 Engine Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DNF GTE Am 71 Spirit of Race Franck Dezoteux Pierre Ragues Gabriel Aubry Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 127 Engine Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DNF GTE Am 777 D'Station Racing Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Charlie Fagg Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 112 Chassis damage Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 DNF GTE Am 46 Team Project 1 Matteo Cairoli Mikkel O. Pedersen Nicolas Leutwiler Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 77 Puncture damage Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6

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