Le Mans – H+7: The No. 8 Toyota takes over the No. 1 Porsche

Au terme de la 7e heure de course au Mans, Toyota Gazoo Racing peut de nouveau compter deux TS050 Hybrid aux avant-postes. Au volant de la Toyota n°8, Kazuki Nakajima a repris l’avantage sur la Porsche n°1 d’André Lotterer.

The gaps remain tight at the head of the race since Stéphane Sarrazin only has a lead of 15 seconds at the wheel of the No. 7 Toyota over the No. 8 sister car. The #1 Porsche is still less than half a minute behind the leader. On the other hand, the No. 9 Toyota of Yuji Kunimoto is now more than a lap from the lead of the race after having been slowed down by a door problem.

Vaillante Rebellion remains in its bubble

The No. 31 Oreca of Bruno Senna is still in first position but the No. 13 sister car of Nelson Piquet Jr1 has lost a place to the No. 38 of Jackie Chan DC Racing driven by Oliver Jarvis.

The No. 24 CEFC Manor TRS Racing of Tor Graves slipped to 6th in the category following the No. 25 CEFC Manor TRS Racing of Vitaly Petrov and theAlpine n°35 by Nelson Panciatici.

The No. 28 TDS Racing Oreca received a 7-minute penalty for contact with Matthieu Vaxivière on the Ferrari of the Risi Competizione of Pierre Kaffer who abandoned. She finds herself in 14th position in LMP2.

The #97 Vantage remains leader in GTE Pro

The ranking does not change at the top of the GTE Pro. L'Aston Martin #97 of Darren Turner remains firmly in first place, ahead of the #20 Ford GT of Andy Priaulx by around 67 seconds. Stefan Mücke still completes the top three in the category in the No. 66.

Oliver Gavin gained a place in the #64 Corvette by a few seconds ahead of the #69 Ford GT of Richard Westbrook and the two AF Corse Ferraris. The GTE Pro peloton is grouped into a few hundred meters, with the exception of the first two cars.

The #98 Aston Martin of Paul Dalla-Lana still dominates GTE Am, having a lead of almost a lap over its closest pursuers.

Live text of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Leaders after 7 p.m. # LeMans24

LMP1: @Toyota_Hybrid #7
LMP2: @RebellionRacing #31
GTE-Pro: @AMR_Official #97
GTE-Am: @AMR_Official #98 pic.twitter.com/w2erPHZOwR

— 24 Hours of Le Mans (@24 hours of Le Mans) 17th June 2017