24h of Le Mans-H+17: Rebellion loses big for the podium

Published on 16/06/2019 à 08:10

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Si Toyota reste solidement ancrée en tête des 24 Hours of Le Mans 2019 after 17 hours of racing, with the TS050 n°7 of Mike conway, who has just replaced José Maria Lopez and is now leader ahead of the No. 8 of Kazuki Nakajima, the fight for the podium was relaunched with the penalty for violation of tire regulations for the No. 13 R3 of Gustavo Menezes.

The Rebellion Racing driver observed 3′ of stop&go, allowing Stoffel Vandoorne and SMP Racing to get back on the provisional podium. The Belgian had a slim lead over Menezes, but the latter has just made a mistake

Roman Rusinov and G-Drive Racing continue their race at the head of LM P2 with a 2'23" lead over Pierre Thiriet (Alpine No. 36). Gabriel Aubry (Oreca 07 n°38 – Jackie Chan DC Racing) remains in 3rd place at 3'21”. Note that DragonSpeed ​​was eliminated from the race, following the exit of Pastor Maldonado at Tertre Rouge.

The exchange of positions continues in GTE Pro with the No. 7 Corvette C63.R of Mike Rockenfeller currently in command of the category, 9″ ahead of the Ferrari n°51 de Daniel Serra. Patrick Pilet maintient la première Porsche n°93 en troisième position à 18″1, devant la voiture-soeur n°91 de Frédéric Makowiecki.

Keating Motorsports with the No. 85 Ford GT of Ben Keating maintains the lead in GTE Am.

 

 

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