Safety Cars shake up the rankings at mid-race

The halfway mark of 24 Hours of Le Mans 2019 (Sarthe) coincides with a significant clarification in most categories. The cause was the arrival of several Safety Cars due to Marco Sorensen's violent exit from the track (Aston Martin) in Indianapolis shortly after midnight. 

And now the sister car, the @AMR_Official Vantage #95 went wide at Indianapolis. We are now under SC procedure.#WEC # LEMANS24 #SuperFinal pic.twitter.com/pr7gwqZEDU

— WEC (@FIAWEC) 15th June 2019

While the Dane escaped unscathed, the race for LM P2, GTE Pro and GTE Am was completely modified due to the neutralization. Thus, the Aurus 01 of G-Drive Racing was two minutes ahead of theAlpine by Signatech Alpine because a safety car was inserted between the two prototypes! 

Même punition en GTE Pro, où seuls la Porsche n°92 and the Ferrari n°51 were separated from the rest of the peloton, which lost more than a minute and a half in the process. Finally, the Keating Motorsport Ford GT gained two minutes at the head of the race for free.

Il n’y a guère qu’en LM P1 que l’incertitude reste totale, puisque les deux Toyota hybride se sont échangées à plusieurs reprises les commandes, au jeu des arrêts aux stands. Cette catégorie a d’ailleurs perdu deux éléments, et non des moindres, avec l’abandon sur accident de la BR Engineering n°17 du SMP Racing et le proto aligné par DragonSpeed sur souci de boîte de vitesses.

Long slide of #17 @SMP_Racing at the bend of karting !
The night is cruel...# LeMans24 pic.twitter.com/huVCW1N2QA

- 24 Heures du Mans (@ 24heuresdumans) 15th June 2019

This benefits Rebellion, which finally regains a place on the provisional podium, with the No. 3 in third place, more than two laps behind the Japanese leaders.

LM P2:

GTE Pro:

GTE Am: