24 Hours of Le Mans 2016
This is the end of this 24-hour live broadcast. Discover the analysis of the 84th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans carried out by our special correspondents in AUTOhebdo °2068, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.
The No. 5 Toyota won't even take 2nd place. It was downgraded because the regulations require competitors to lap in less than 6 minutes compared to the leading car on the last lap!
A very heavy atmosphere fell on the circuit... The public remained silent, as if strangled by the emotion of such an end.
Alpine wins the LMP2 with the #36 of Menezes-Lapierre-Richelmi. Victory in GTE Pro for the No. 68 Ford GT of Müller-Hand-Bourdais. The #62 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari driven by Segal-Sweedler-Bell.
Against all expectations, it was the No. 2 Porsche of Lieb-Jani-Dumas which won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The No. 5 Toyota of Buemi-Davidson-Nakajima, for whom victory seemed certain, encountered a mechanical problem forcing it to stop for several minutes. Toyota is definitely cursed on this circuit, the Japanese LMP1 still in the lead four minutes from the checkered flag!
Toyota No. 5 starts again and stops. It's a nightmare for the Japanese brand that is decidedly cursed here.
The Porsche of Jani-Lieb-Dumas took the lead. It's over... Toyota will not win Le Mans this year.
The #5 Toyota is stopped on the pit straight! Toyota is losing Le Mans!
There are only 5 minutes left before the checkered flag. Nakajima dropped the pace, probably to avoid doing one more lap.
Porsche ensures the blow by changing the tires of Jani's 919 Hybrid n°2. The German brand has made a point…
The No. 82 Ferrari of Risi Competizione de Fisichella, which occupies 2nd place in GTE Pro, has fire problems which force the stewards to present it with the orange and black flag. The F488 is only half a minute ahead of Dixon's No. 69 Ford.
The #83 AF Corse Ferrari has just taken 2nd place in GTE Am, thanks to Collard overtaking the #88 Proton Porsche of Heinemeier-Hansson.
The checkered flag will be raised in half an hour!
Rusinov has just set his car's best time with a lap in 3'36″5. The No. 26 Oreca of G-Drive Racing is still 2 minutes behind theAlpine n ° 36.
There is now less than an hour of racing left before the checkered flag of the 84th edition.
THEAlpine No. 36 makes another pass through the pits and leaves well in the lead. Lapierre is at the wheel.
Still no change at the top of the ranking. Jani's #2 Porsche remains 32s behind Nakajima's #5 Toyota with 1h08 to go.
As the #1 Porsche returns to the garage, the Pegasus Morgan driven by Taittinger stops at the side of the track. No. 48 suffered an outbreak of fire.
Taittinger will once again visit the gravel pit at Mulsanne on the Pegasus Morgan, still in the race for 40th place.
It's Nakajima's turn to refuel with the No. 5 Toyota.