2017 Le Mans 24-hour race

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Porsche 919 Hybrid with the number 2; Winning car at the IAA 2017
Toyota TS050 Hybrid and Porsche 919 Hybrid here at the 6-hour race at the Nürburgring 2017 ; In front the Toyota with the number 7, which failed at Le Mans, behind the victorious Porsche with the number 2
The Oreca 07 (car number 13) of Rebellion Racing who crossed the finish line in third place and was later disqualified
Memo Rojas , Ryō Hirakawa and José Gutiérrez's G-Drive-Oreca 07 during their first training session in the pit
Pit work at the fifth-placed United Autosports league JS P217 by William Owen , Hugo de Sadeleer and Filipe Albuquerque
The not started bio-methane LMP2 from Welter Racing from Garage 56

The 85th Le Mans 24-hour race , the 85 e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also known as 24 Heures du Mans , took place on the Circuit des 24 Heures from June 17 to 18, 2017 .

Before the race

LMP1 class

As in previous years, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, the organizer of the 24-hour race, announced a list of the first 14 invitations to the race in June at the end of January 2017. In addition to the overall and class winners of the previous year, the respective winners of the European and Asian Le Mans Series were invited . There were also two racing teams that were nominated by the International Motor Sports Association . In addition, all teams in the four racing classes registered for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship were given automatic starting rights.

Even before the end of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2016 , a decision was made that had a major impact on the 2017 season and the Le Mans 24-hour race. In October 2016, the Board of Management of Audi AG announced the end of the LMP program at the end of the season. With the exit from the endurance racing and the 23 years ended lasting era of Motorsport Audi Wolfgang Ullrich . Audi competed in Le Mans for the first time under his leadership in 1999 . Just one year later there was the first overall victory, clinched by Tom Kristensen , Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro in the Audi R8 . Another 13 overall victories followed in this 24-hour race . With Audi's withdrawal, the number of manufacturers in the LMP1 class has been reduced from three to two.

The privately run Swiss Rebellion Team also ended the LMP1 program at the end of 2016 and switched to the LMP2 class. This increased the loss of LMP1 vehicles from two to four.

There were also changes to the drivers. With Audi's withdrawal, six LMP1 drivers lost their cockpits. The three-time Le Mans winner André Lotterer , who switched to Porsche , found the best replacement cockpit . There, three of the six driver positions had become vacant. Mark Webber had ended his career at the end of 2016 and the two previous year's winners Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb had no longer received a contract. For they returned Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber in the LMP1 program from Porsche back.

Toyota Motorsport responded to the dramatic failure in 2016 when the leading car lost victory on the penultimate lap and reported a third vehicle. The number 8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid was entrusted to Sébastien Buemi , Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima , who drove the disastrous last part in 2016. In the car with the number 7, the three-time touring car world champion José María López was originally supposed to take the place alongside Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi . The previous regular driver Stéphane Sarrazin was transferred to the third car for Toyota returnees Nicolas Lapierre and Yūji Kunimoto . However, López had a serious accident at the 6-hour race at Silverstone and was unable to start the following 6-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps . As a result, he lacked racing kilometers. Toyota swapped cockpits before the race and placed Sarrazin, who drove with excellent performance in Spa, back in the car with the number 7.

There were also two changes to the planned driver line-up for the ByKolles Racing Team . Only the former Polish Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica , who was supposed to drive the ENSO CLM P1 / 01 , got out of the project in April 2017. James Rossiter was signed for him , who should join Oliver Webb and Dominik Kraihamer in the team. On June 1, the team announced that Rossiter had to do test drives for his traditional Super GT team in Japan on the Le Mans weekend . His replacement was the former Audi LMP1 test driver Marco Bonanomi .

LMP2 class

The LMP2 class had the largest number of starters with 25. Formula 1 record starter Rubens Barrichello was planning his Le Mans debut for Racing Team Nederland of the now 61-year-old Jan Lammers , who won the race with partners Johnny Dumfries and Andy Wallace in a Jaguar XJR9-LM in 1988 . Third in the team was Frits van Eerd from the Netherlands , co-owner of Jumbo supermarkets and financier of the project. At Signatech Alpine Matmut, Nicolas Lapierre was one of the regular drivers in the races of the world championship. When he switched to Toyota, a driver's seat at Alpine became vacant, which was taken by Romain Dumas. Former Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Jean-Éric Vergne , who competed at CEPC Manor TRS Racing with partners Tor Graves and Jonathan Hirschi, made his Le Mans debut .

LMGT Pro class

As in previous years, the GT class of professionals promised the greatest racing excitement. Five manufacturers competed against each other. In addition to the Ferrari , Ford , Aston Martin and Porsche teams involved in the world championship, Chevrolet was added at Le Mans . As in the previous year, the Ford team led by Chip Ganassi provided the largest line -up. Four vehicles were reported that were driven by an international team of drivers. Of the 12 drivers who started for Ford in 2016, ten were still there in 2017. The changes affected Marino Franchitti , who no longer received a contract and was replaced by Luís Felipe Derani and Sébastien Bourdais . Bourdais, who was originally registered in the number 68 car, had a serious accident in May while training for the Indianapolis 500 mile race . He suffered several pelvic fractures and a fracture of the right hip. Tony Kanaan was announced as a replacement pilot on May 31 . A big absentee at AF Corse was Gianmaria Bruni . The long-time Ferrari factory driver had canceled his contract during the season and switched to Porsche, but was not given the go-ahead for Le Mans. New to the team was Lucas di Grassi , who drove for Audi LMP1 vehicles at Le Mans over the past four years and finished three times on the podium of the top three in the overall standings. At Chevrolet Racing, the three-time overall Le Mans winner Marcel Fässler , also a long-time Audi LMP1 driver, joined the 2-car team.

Both the Porsche GT team and Aston Martin trusted drivers with many years of Le Mans experience. At Porsche they were Richard Lietz , Patrick Pilet and Frédéric Makowiecki , at Aston Martin Nicki Thiim and Darren Turner .

On Wednesday, June 14th, just before the first free practice session, Lucas di Grassi had to announce that he would not start. He had broken his fibula while playing soccer . Michele Rugolo received his place at AF Corse .

LMGT-Am class

The GT-Am class was very busy with 16 starters. Seven Ferrari 488 GTE , a Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 and three Aston Martin Vantage GTE , met on four Porsche 911 RSR and a Chevrolet Corvette C7.R .

Driver categories

In order to be able to take part in one of the races of the FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24-hour race, the drivers in the four racing classes must meet different conditions. The classifications are made by the Endurance Committee of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . Without this classification, it is not possible to compete in Le Mans. The classification of the drivers under platinum , gold , silver and bronze is the basis for the participation of the drivers in the racing classes.

In contrast to the rest of the World Championship races, where teams of two are also possible, three drivers per vehicle are compulsory in Le Mans. The ACO can, however, grant exceptions to this rule in the event of force majeure - for example, the failure of a driver just before the race and no further replacement driver reported.

platinum

Platinum, gold and silver drivers are eligible to start in the large LMP class. The platinum drivers must not be older than 50 at the start of the race; they must, among other things, either have a super license, have won the overall ranking of the race once or have a works contract with an automobile manufacturer. For pilots who can show no regular long-distance race starts, results from single-seater used -Rennserien.

gold

Gold drivers basically have to meet the same requirements as platinum drivers, but are between 51 and 59 years old. There are also results from monoposto series and one-make cups.

silver

This classification means either a maximum age of 30 years and failure to meet the platinum / gold requirements or an age over 59 years if they are met. If the driver is over 59 years old and has no platinum / gold status, but has won an international one-make cup and won a GT or sports championship as a teammate of a professional driver, he will also receive silver status.

bronze

This status is given to drivers who have an international B license but have not yet been able to meet the criteria for platinum, gold and silver.

Vehicle class distribution

The drivers were classified as follows: LMP1 : no bronze drivers allowed
LMP2 : maximum 1 platinum driver; at least 1 silver or bronze driver
LMGT-Pro : No requirements and restrictions
LMGT-Am : 1 bronze driver mandatory; at least 1 silver or bronze driver

Garage 56

Garage 56 was also reserved in 2017 for a team with a special technical innovation. Welter Racing was awarded the contract for a vehicle with a biomethane drive. In December 2016, the team announced that it would not be possible to complete the project before the start of the race.

Pre-tests

The preliminary tests took place on June 4th. Divided into three training units, the 60 registered teams had a total of eight hours to prepare for the race. In the LMP1 class, the three factory Toyota drove the best times. The fastest lap time was achieved by Kamui Kobayashi in the Toyota number 7 with a time of 3: 18.132 minutes. He was 1.6 seconds faster than Neel Jani on his pole position drive in the Porsche 919 Hybrid the year before.

The vehicles in the LMP2 class made a huge leap in lap times. With top speed lap times just under or over the 3-minute-30 mark, the LMP2 prototypes were as fast as the LMP1 cars in the middle of 2000 to 2010. Nelson Panciatici was fastest in the Alpine A470 with a time of 3 : 28.146 minutes. He was faster than Dominik Kraihamer in the Kolles ENSO CLM P1 / 01, who achieved 3: 28.701 minutes.

In the GT cars, the times of the teams and vehicles involved were just as close as in previous years. Oliver Gavin in the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R was fastest with a time of 3: 54.701 minutes.

training

For the third time after 1999 ( Martin Brundle in a Toyota GT-One ) and 2014 (Kazuki Nakajima in a Toyota TS040 Hybrid ) a Toyota was on pole position at Le Mans . The second of the three qualifying sessions was interrupted for 50 minutes at the beginning of the session after Érik Maris had an accident in the Ligier JS P217 . When the track was opened again, Kamui Kobayashi achieved a record time in the Toyota TS050 Hybrid with starting number 7, which is only partially comparable with previous ones, considering the track modifications. Kobayashi drove a time of 3: 14.791 minutes and an average of 251.882 km / h, the fastest lap average achieved so far in Le Mans. This record was held by Hans-Joachim Stuck , who in 1985 in a Porsche 962 C drove an average of 251.815 km / h in a time of 3: 14.8 minutes, but still without the braking chicanes on the Les Hunaudières straight. These were only built after Jo Gartner's fatal accident in 1986 . Jackie Oliver set the absolutely fastest lap time in 1971 in a Porsche 917L in the preliminary tests with 3: 13.6 minutes (average 250.457 km / h) on an even shorter track variant without the Porsche corners. Kobayashi distanced his teammate Nakajima in the Toyota No. 8 by 2.337 seconds.

As expected after the pre-tests, there were new record laps in the LMP2 class. New best times were set in each of the three qualification training sessions. In the end, Alex Lynn was the fastest in the G-Drive-Oreca 07. In the third practice session he drove a time of 3: 25.352 minutes. By way of comparison: that time would have been enough for pole position in 2007 . Back then, Sébastien Bourdais drove a best time of 3: 26.344 minutes in the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP .

In the GT classes almost all times were close together. Only three teams in the AM class were more behind. The fastest in the GT Pro was Darren Turner in the Aston Martin with 3: 50.837, a new Le Mans record for GT racing cars. In the AM class, Fernando Rees was the fastest in the Larbre Corvette with a time of 3: 52.843.

Warm-up

In the warm-up, which was held on the Saturday before the race over a period of one hour, the Toyota were also the fastest vehicles on the track. Pole-setter Kamui Kobayashi achieved a time of 3: 18.308 minutes in the Toyota with the number 7. He was 0.353 seconds faster than his team mate Kazuki Nakajima in the car with the number 8. André Lotterer in the third-placed Porsche drove a time of 3: 20.120 minutes.

The course of the race

For Toyota, the race ended in another debacle. In the early evening hours, the hybrid unit on car number 8, in which Sébastien Buemi was second at the time, had to be replaced and the car lost 26 laps. Just after midnight, both of the remaining cars broke down: Kamui Kobayashi had to park the car, which was 1 minute ahead, after a clutch damage after a safety car phase . 30 minutes later, Nicolas Lapierre in the car with the number 9 collided with Simon Trummer's LMP2-Oreca 07 on the ramp to the Dunlop chicane . According to Lapierre, his car was rammed by the Oreca Trummer's. The reason given by the Toyota team management was that the fuel supply was programmed to cut out in order to put the car in so-called sailing mode. The vehicle decelerated briefly and was rammed by the still accelerating Oreca. Trummer vehemently contradicted this process. From his point of view, his car was touched by the side of the Toyota while lapping it when it drove on the far left through the fast right curve. In the accident, the Oreca was so badly damaged that it had to be withdrawn from the race. Lapierre tried to reach the pits at a slow pace. The Toyota had a puncture, broken tire parts first destroyed the exhaust and then parts of the transmission. Just before entering the pit lane, Lapierre had to park the car for good. On Sunday at lunchtime, the number 1 Porsche 919 Hybrid that had been in the lead since the night without oil pressure stopped after the first chicane and could no longer be started by André Lotterer. In the end, the second LMP1 Porsche won, in which the hybrid unit also had to be changed at an early stage of the race. The team lost 18 laps during the repair and dropped to 56th and last place. In the course of the race, the three drivers made up 55 positions and won the race.

Kobayashi's reason for failure was particularly strange. After the pit stop during the safety car phase, the Japanese stopped at the end of the pit lane because a marshals stopped him there while the safety car with the following cars drove past the pit exit. When Kobayashi received a show of hands from another person - whom he interpreted as another outpost - he drove off. However, he was instructed to stop immediately by his race engineer via radio, as driving off would result in a penalty. When Kobayashi received clearance to drive off, the clutch broke and the internal combustion engine died. Since the car was already a few meters outside the pit lane on the track, the mechanics were no longer allowed to push it back and Kobayashi tried to drive 13 kilometers around the course back to the pit with the electric motor, which he was unable to do because the battery was not charged. On the Monday after the race, it emerged that the person who Kobayashi thought was a marshal was racing driver Vincent Capillaire , who gave the Toyota driver a thumbs up. This misunderstanding led to the failure of the leader.

The many different problems faced by the LMP1 racing cars made it possible for an LMP2 vehicle to be in control for the first time in the history of the race. After André Lotterer's retirement in the Porsche, Jackie Chan's Oreca 07 led DC Racing for hours. However, since the LMP2 cars lost around ten seconds per lap to the faster LMP1 cars, it was only a matter of time before the number 2 Porsche that remained in the race took the lead again, which was 1 hour and 15 minutes before The end of the race happened.

After the race, the number 13 rebellion, which had achieved third place overall, was disqualified because the homologated engine cover had been modified during the race. The Orecas engine could no longer be started by the driver, whereupon the team drilled a hole in the body to make it easier to get to the starter. Before that, it was necessary to remove the entire engine cover after every pit stop.

As a result of the disqualification, Jackie Chan DC Racing's start number 37 moved up to third place overall and gave the team a double victory in the LMP2 class.

The drivers of the LMGT Pro class offered the spectators a special spectacle. In the end, Jonny Adam in the Aston Martin Vantage GTE with the number 96 and Jordan Taylor in the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R with the number 63 fought a spectacular battle for class victory. After a driving time of 23 hours and 15 minutes, both cars returned to the track almost simultaneously after the last pit stop, with Jordan Taylor in the Chevrolet leading the way with a few meters. For laps, the two cars were a little more than a second apart on the track. The duel was decided by the more worn tires of the Chevrolet. On the penultimate lap Taylor braked before the second chicane of the Hunaudieres straight, drove at full speed across the meadow and thus managed a lead of a few seconds over the Aston Martin on the edge of the regulations. In the Ford chicane, before the start of the last lap, Adam then passed his opponent. In the last few kilometers, Taylor's car had a damage to the left front tire and lost second place in the final meters to the Ford with the number 67 of Andy Priaulx , Harry Tincknell and Luís Felipe Derani .

After the race

In the days after the race, criticism spread around the appearance of Toyota. The representation of the Toyota team management about the failure of Kobayashi was increasingly doubted in the professional world. The exit from the pit lane has been regulated by traffic lights for many years. Why the Le Mans-experienced Kobayashi should have followed the instructions of a marshal was just as unclear as the mistake of the racing driver Vincent Capillaire for another post. The images show that Capillaire - the Algarve Pro Racing box was at the end of the pit lane - fully equipped with helmet, HANS system and gloves, waiting for the Toyota driver to put his thumb in the right hand of the Toyota driver Height stretched. Capillaire apologized for his gesture, and the Toyota team management accepted the apology.

Toyota development chief Hisatake Murata questioned the use of the third car. The number 9 car was a waste, because Lapierre attacked at a point where he shouldn't have attacked and was then hit from behind. Murata also criticized the team management's decision to re-engage the French racing driver. Lapierre had already gambled away a possible victory in the TS040 Hybrid in 2014 after a driving error.

Akio Toyoda , the CEO of Toyota , questioned the use of hybrid technology at all. While hybrid technology is proving its capabilities in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship competition in the 6-hour races, it seems that it is not yet ready for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

On July 10th, four weeks after the race, Toyota team director Rob Leupen exercised self-criticism and provided explanations of the reasons for the defect and failure. In the car with the number eight, in contrast to Porsche, the decision was made to replace both the drive unit and the battery. A screw that was not secured with adhesive as intended had loosened, destroyed a gear and caused consequential damage to the unit. The batteries were also replaced for safety reasons. The repair took 1 hour and 57 minutes, almost twice as long as at Porsche. Leupen also commented on the failure of number 7: Everything has been said and written about it. There was a communication problem between the driver and his race engineer. That sort of thing seems to only happen to us . The failure of the number nine was also mentioned. Leupen described the collision between Lapierre and Trummer as a classic racing accident: This is proven by the TV images and our own. Among other things, the gearbox housing was damaged by the impact. Because the case cannot be changed, we had to take the # 9 out of the race .

Invitations

Start list

On February 2, 2017, the ACO published a first preliminary starting list plus reserve teams.

Start list
No. team vehicle tires driver
LMP1
1 GermanyGermany Porsche LMP team Porsche 919 Hybrid M. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Neel Jani United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nick Tandy GermanyGermany André Lotterer
2 GermanyGermany Porsche LMP team Porsche 919 Hybrid M. New ZealandNew Zealand Brendon Hartley GermanyGermany Timo Bernhard New ZealandNew Zealand Earl Bamber
4th AustriaAustria ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1 / 01 M. ItalyItaly Marco Bonanomi United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Webb AustriaAustria Dominik Kraihamer
7th JapanJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid M. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Conway JapanJapan Kamui Kobayashi FranceFrance Stéphane Sarrazin
8th JapanJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid M. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sébastien Buemi United KingdomUnited Kingdom Anthony Davidson JapanJapan Kazuki Nakajima
9 JapanJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid M. FranceFrance Nicolas Lapierre ArgentinaArgentina José María López JapanJapan Yūji Kunimoto
LMP2
13 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Vaillante rebellion Oreca 07 M. BrazilBrazil Nelson Piquet junior SwitzerlandSwitzerland Mathias Beche DenmarkDenmark David Heinemeier Hansson
17th FranceFrance IDEC Sport Racing Ligier JS P217 M. FranceFrance Patrice Lafargue FranceFrance Paul Lafargue FranceFrance David Zollinger
21st United StatesUnited States DragonSpeed ​​10 Star Oreca 07 D. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ben Hanley SwedenSweden Henrik Hedman SwedenSweden Felix Rosenqvist
22nd RussiaRussia G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 D. MexicoMexico Memo Rojas JapanJapan Ryō Hirakawa MexicoMexico José Gutiérrez
23 FranceFrance Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P217 M. FranceFrance Fabien Barthez FranceFrance Timothé Buret FranceFrance Nathanaël Berthon
24 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CEPC Manor TRS Racing Oreca 07 M. ThailandThailand Gate Graves SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jonathan Hirschi FranceFrance Jean-Éric Vergne
25th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CEPC Manor TRS Racing Oreca 07 M. MexicoMexico Roberto González SwitzerlandSwitzerland Simon Trummer RussiaRussia Vitaly Petrov
26th RussiaRussia G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 M. RussiaRussia Roman Russinov FranceFrance Pierre Thiriet United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alex Lynn
27 RussiaRussia SMP Racing Dallara P217 D. RussiaRussia Mikhail Alyoshin RussiaRussia Sergei Sirotkin RussiaRussia Viktor Schaitar
28 FranceFrance TDS Racing Oreca 07 M. FranceFrance Emmanuel Collard FranceFrance François Perrodo FranceFrance Matthieu Vaxivière
29 NetherlandsNetherlands Racing Team Nederland Dallara P217 D. BrazilBrazil Rubens Barrichello NetherlandsNetherlands Frits van Eerd NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Lammers
31 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Vaillante rebellion Oreca 07 M. FranceFrance Nicolas Prost BrazilBrazil Bruno Senna FranceFrance Julien Canal
32 United StatesUnited States United Autosports Ligier JS P217 D. United StatesUnited States Will Owen SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hugo de Sadeleer PortugalPortugal Filipe Albuquerque
33 PhilippinesPhilippines Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 D. FranceFrance Jacques Nicolet FranceFrance Pierre Nicolet FranceFrance Érik Maris
34 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tockwith Motorsports Ligier JS P217 D. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Philip Hanson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nigel Moore IndiaIndia Karun Chandhok
35 FranceFrance Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine A470 M. FranceFrance Nelson Panciatici FranceFrance Pierre Ragues BrazilBrazil André Negrao
36 FranceFrance Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine A470 M. FranceFrance Romain Dumas United StatesUnited States Gustavo Menezes United KingdomUnited Kingdom Matthew Rao
37 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 M. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China David Cheng FranceFrance Tristan Gommendy United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alex Brundle
38 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 M. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ho-Pin Tung FranceFrance Thomas Laurent United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
39 FranceFrance Graff Oreca 07 D. FranceFrance Eric Trouillet FranceFrance Enzo Guibbert United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Winslow
40 FranceFrance Graff Oreca 07 D. AustraliaAustralia James Allen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Bradley FranceFrance Franck Matelli
43 United StatesUnited States Keating Motorsport Riley MKXXX D. United StatesUnited States Ben Keating NetherlandsNetherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen United StatesUnited States Ricky Taylor
45 PortugalPortugal Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P217 D. United StatesUnited States Mark Patterson United StatesUnited States Matt McMurry FranceFrance Vincent Capillaire
47 ItalyItaly Cetilar Villorba Corse Dallara P217 D. ItalyItaly Andrea Belicchi ItalyItaly Roberto Lacorte ItalyItaly Giorgio Sernagiotto
48 SlovakiaSlovakia ARC Bratislava Oreca 07 M. SlovakiaSlovakia Miro Konôpka LatviaLatvia Konstantins Calko NetherlandsNetherlands Rik Breukers
LMGT-Pro
51 ItalyItaly AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE M. United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Calado ItalyItaly Alessandro Pier Guidi ItalyItaly Michele Rugolo
63 United StatesUnited States Corvette Racing - GM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M. DenmarkDenmark Jan Magnussen SpainSpain Antonio García United StatesUnited States Jordan Taylor
64 United StatesUnited States Corvette Racing - GM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Gavin United StatesUnited States Tommy Milner SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marcel Fässler
66 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford GT M. GermanyGermany Stefan Mücke FranceFrance Olivier Pla United StatesUnited States Billy Johnson
67 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford GT M. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andy Priaulx United KingdomUnited Kingdom Harry Tincknell BrazilBrazil Luís Felipe Derani
68 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford GT M. United StatesUnited States Joey hand GermanyGermany Dirk Mueller BrazilBrazil Tony Kanaan
69 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford GT M. AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Westbrook
71 ItalyItaly AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE M. ItalyItaly Davide Rigon United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sam Bird SpainSpain Miguel Molina
82 United StatesUnited States Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE M. FinlandFinland Toni Vilander ItalyItaly Giancarlo Fisichella GermanyGermany Pierre Kaffer
91 GermanyGermany Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR M. AustriaAustria Richard Lietz FranceFrance Patrick Pilet FranceFrance Frédéric Makowiecki
92 GermanyGermany Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR M. DenmarkDenmark Michael Christensen FranceFrance Kévin Estre GermanyGermany Dirk Werner
95 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE D. DenmarkDenmark Nicki Thiim DenmarkDenmark Marco Sørensen New ZealandNew Zealand Richie Stanaway
97 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE D. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Darren Turner United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jonny Adam BrazilBrazil Daniel Serra
LMGT-Am
50 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M. FranceFrance Romain Brandela FranceFrance Christian Philippon BrazilBrazil Fernando Rees
54 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE M. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Thomas Flohr ItalyItaly Francesco Castellacci MonacoMonaco Olivier Beretta
55 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE M. United StatesUnited States Duncan Cameron United KingdomUnited Kingdom Aaron Scott ItalyItaly Marco Cioci
60 SingaporeSingapore Clearwater Racing Ferrari 488 GTE M. SingaporeSingapore Richard Wee PortugalPortugal Álvaro Parente JapanJapan Hiroki Kato
61 SingaporeSingapore Clearwater Racing Ferrari 488 GTE M. MalaysiaMalaysia Weng Sun Mok JapanJapan Keita Sawa IrelandIreland Matt Griffin
62 United StatesUnited States Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GTE M. United StatesUnited States Cooper MacNeil United StatesUnited States Bill Sweedler United StatesUnited States Townsend Bell
65 United StatesUnited States Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GTE M. DenmarkDenmark Christina Nielsen ItalyItaly Alessandro Balzan United StatesUnited States Bret Curtis
77 GermanyGermany Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR D. GermanyGermany Christian Ried GermanyGermany Marvin service ItalyItaly Matteo Cairoli
83 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China DH Racing Ferrari 488 GTE M. United StatesUnited States Tracy Krohn SwedenSweden Niclas Jönsson ItalyItaly Andrea Bertolini
84 United KingdomUnited Kingdom JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Robert Smith United KingdomUnited Kingdom Will Stevens BelgiumBelgium Dries Vanthoor
86 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR M. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Wainwright United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ben Barker AustraliaAustralia Nick Foster
88 GermanyGermany Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR D. AustriaAustria Klaus Bachler BelgiumBelgium Stéphane Lémeret United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
90 United KingdomUnited Kingdom TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GTE D. TurkeyTurkey Salih Yoluc United KingdomUnited Kingdom Euan Hankey United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rob Bell
93 GermanyGermany Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR D. United StatesUnited States Patrick Long Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al Faisal United StatesUnited States Mike Hedlund
98 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE M. CanadaCanada Paul Dalla Lana AustriaAustria Mathias Lauda PortugalPortugal Pedro Lamy
99 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE D. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andrew Howard United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Bryant United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ross Gunn

Reserve vehicles

As in previous years, the ACO published a list of reserve vehicles at the same time as the first preliminary start list.

class No. team vehicle Nominated driver Nominated driver Nominated driver
LMGT-Am 94 GermanyGermany Mentos Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR NorwayNorway Egidio Perfetti

Training times

qualification

Item class No. team Qualification 1 (min) Qualification 2 (min) Qualification 3 (min) Residue (s) Launch site
1 LMP1 7th Toyota Gazoo Racing 3: 18.793 3: 14.791 3: 19.928 1
2 LMP1 8th Toyota Gazoo Racing 3: 19.483 No time 3: 17.128 +2.337 2
3 LMP1 1 Porsche LMP team 3: 21.165 3: 17.259 3: 18.210 +2.468 3
4th LMP1 2 Porsche LMP team 3: 19.710 3: 18.067 3: 20.154 +3.276 4th
5 LMP1 9 Toyota Gazoo Racing 3: 19,958 3: 19.889 3: 18.625 +3.834 5
6th LMP1 4th ByKolles Racing Team 3: 28.887 3: 26.026 3: 24.170 +9.379 6th
7th LMP2 26th G-Drive Racing 3: 31.945 3: 28.580 3: 25.352 +10.561 7th
8th LMP2 25th CEFC Manor TRS Racing 3: 30.502 3: 25.549 3: 26.521 +10.758 8th
9 LMP2 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing 3: 31.024 3: 26.776 3: 25.911 +11.120 9
10 LMP2 31 Vaillante rebellion 3: 29.851 3: 27.564 3: 26.736 +11.945 10
11 LMP2 13 Vaillante rebellion 3: 31.636 3: 27.071 3: 26.811 +12.020 11
12 LMP2 24 CEFC Manor TRS Racing 3: 30.847 3: 26.871 3: 27.359 +12,080 12
13 LMP2 28 TDS Racing 3: 29.333 3: 31.085 3: 27.108 +12.317 13
14th LMP2 35 Signatech Alpine Matmut 3: 31.439 3: 29.328 3: 27.517 +12.726 14th
15th LMP2 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 3: 41.393 3: 28.432 3: 27.535 +12.744 15th
16 LMP2 27 SMP Racing 3: 34.407 3: 30.262 3: 27.782 +12.991 16
17th LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut 3: 31.065 3: 28.856 3: 28.051 +13.260 17th
18th LMP2 39 Graff 3: 32.987 3: 36.128 3: 28.368 +13,577 18th
19th LMP2 40 Graff 3: 32.477 3: 29.396 3: 28.891 +14,100 19th
20th LMP2 22nd G-Drive Racing 3: 31.963 3: 28.937 3: 30.313 +14,146 20th
21st LMP2 32 United Autosports 3: 34.166 3: 30.693 3: 29.151 +14,360 21st
22nd LMP2 21st DragonSpeed ​​10 Star 3: 34.046 3: 30.396 3: 29.777 +14.986 22nd
23 LMP2 29 Racing Team Nederland 3: 33.796 3: 31.766 3: 29.976 +15.185 23
24 LMP2 47 Cetilar Villorba Corse 3: 34.846 3: 30.014 3: 33.412 +15.223 24
25th LMP2 45 Algarve Pro Racing 3: 37.814 3: 30.164 3: 32.425 +15.373 25th
26th LMP2 23 Panis Barthez Competition 3: 35.559 3: 31.346 3: 32.888 +16.555 26th
27 LMP2 34 Tockwith Motorsports 3: 41.628 3: 33.739 3: 32.536 +17.745 27
28 LMP2 49 ARC Bratislava 3: 37.226 3: 33.921 No time +19.130 28
29 LMP2 17th IDEC Sport Racing 3: 40.162 3: 36.362 3: 36.230 +21,439 29
30th LMP2 43 Keating Motorsport 3: 40.813 3: 37.350 3: 37.007 +22.216 30th
31 LMP2 33 Eurasia Motorsport 3: 42.660 3: 42.916 No time +27.869 31
32 LMGTE Pro 97 Aston Martin Racing 3: 53.296 3: 51.860 3: 50.837 +36.046 32
33 LMGTE Pro 51 AF Corse 3: 53.123 3: 52.087 3: 51.028 +36.237 33
34 LMGTE Pro 95 Aston Martin Racing 3: 52.117 3: 52.525 3: 51.038 +36.247 34
35 LMGTE Pro 71 AF Corse 3: 52.235 3: 52.903 3: 51.086 +36.295 35
36 LMGTE Pro 69 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA 3: 55.553 3: 52.496 3: 51.232 +36.441 36
37 LMGTE Pro 63 Corvette Racing - GM 3: 54.847 3: 52.886 3: 51.484 +36.693 37
38 LMGTE Pro 92 Porsche GT Team 3: 54.243 3: 52.177 3: 51.847 +37.056 38
39 LMGTE Pro 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 3: 55.803 3: 52.558 3: 51.991 +37.200 39
40 LMGTE Pro 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 3: 54.118 3: 53.059 3: 52.008 +37.217 40
41 LMGTE Pro 64 Corvette Racing - GM 3: 54.876 3: 52.391 3: 52.017 +37.226 41
42 LMGTE Pro 82 Risi Competizione No time 3: 52.138 3: 54.129 +37.347 42
43 LMGTE Pro 68 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA 3: 55.059 3: 52.626 3: 52.178 +37.387 43
44 LMGTE Pro 91 Porsche GT Team 3: 54.564 3: 52.593 3: 53.807 +37.802 44
45 LMGTE Am 50 Larbre Compétition 3: 56.259 3: 54.559 3: 52.843 +38.052 45
46 LMGTE Am 98 Aston Martin Racing 3: 55.134 3: 54.456 3: 53.233 +38.442 46
47 LMGTE Am 62 Scuderia Corsa 3: 57.267 3: 54.576 3: 53.312 +38.521 47
48 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 3: 55.692 3: 54.890 3: 53.381 +38.590 48
49 LMGTE Am 55 Spirit of Race 4: 01.098 3: 54.941 3: 53.641 +38.850 49
50 LMGTE Am 84 JMW Motorsport 3: 56.890 3: 53.981 3: 53.977 +39.186 50
51 LMGTE Am 83 DH Racing 3: 55.966 3: 54.813 3: 54.088 +39.297 51
52 LMGTE Am 90 TF Sport 3: 55.953 3: 54.319 3: 54.551 +39.528 52
53 LMGTE Am 99 Beechdean AMR 3: 57.463 3: 55.046 3: 54.328 +39.537 53
54 LMGTE Am 93 Proton Competition 3: 58.196 3: 54.621 3: 59.046 +39.830 54
55 LMGTE Am 61 Clearwater Racing 3: 56.333 3: 55.995 3: 54.955 +40.164 55
56 LMGTE Am 60 Clearwater Racing 3: 57.321 4: 02.436 3: 54.994 +40.203 56
57 LMGTE Am 88 Proton Competition 3: 56.507 3: 55.468 4: 00.323 +40.677 57
58 LMGTE Am 54 Spirit of Race 3: 58.904 3: 57.005 3: 56.301 +41.510 58
59 LMGTE Am 86 Gulf Racing 3: 58.427 No time 3: 56.469 +41.678 59
60 LMGTE Am 65 Scuderia Corsa 3: 58.249 3: 59.842 No time +43.458 60

Results

Pilots by nationality

FranceFrance 33 French United KingdomUnited Kingdom 32 British United StatesUnited States 17 Americans ItalyItaly 13 Italians BrazilBrazil 8 Brazilians
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 8 Swiss GermanyGermany 7 Germans DenmarkDenmark 6 Danes JapanJapan 6 Japanese New ZealandNew Zealand 5 New Zealanders
RussiaRussia 5 Russians NetherlandsNetherlands 4 Dutch AustriaAustria 4 Austrians AustraliaAustralia 3 Australians MexicoMexico 3 Mexicans
PortugalPortugal 3 Portuguese SwedenSweden 3 Sweden BelgiumBelgium 2 Belgians China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 2 Chinese SpainSpain 2 Spaniards
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 1 Emeriati ArgentinaArgentina 1 Argentine FinlandFinland 1 fin IndiaIndia 1 Indian IrelandIreland 1 Irish
CanadaCanada 1 Canadian LatviaLatvia 1 Latvian MalaysiaMalaysia 1 Malay MonacoMonaco 1 Monegasse Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia 1 Saudi
SingaporeSingapore 1 Singapore SlovakiaSlovakia 1 Slovak ThailandThailand 1 Thai TurkeyTurkey 1 Turk

Final ranking

Item class No. team driver chassis engine tires Round
1 LMP1 2 GermanyGermany Porsche LMP team GermanyGermany Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Earl Bamber
New ZealandNew Zealand
New ZealandNew Zealand
Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0L Turbo V4 M. 367
2 LMP2 38 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Jackie Chan DC Racing China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent Oliver Jarvis
FranceFrance
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 366
3 LMP2 37 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Jackie Chan DC Racing China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China David Cheng Tristan Gommendy Alex Brundle
FranceFrance
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 363
4th LMP2 35 FranceFrance Signatech Alpine Matmut FranceFrance Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues André Negrão
FranceFrance
BrazilBrazil
Alpine A470 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 362
5 LMP2 32 United StatesUnited States United Autosports United StatesUnited States Will Owen Hugo de Sadeleer Filipe Albuquerque
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
PortugalPortugal
Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 362
6th LMP2 40 FranceFrance Graff AustraliaAustralia James Allen Richard Bradley Franck Matelli
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
FranceFrance
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 361
7th LMP2 24 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CEPC Manor TRS Racing ThailandThailand Tor Graves Jonathan Hirschi Jean-Éric Vergne
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
FranceFrance
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 360
8th LMP1 8th JapanJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Anthony Davidson
JapanJapan
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6 M. 358
9 LMP2 47 ItalyItaly Cetilar Villorba Corse ItalyItaly Andrea Belicchi Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto
ItalyItaly
ItalyItaly
Dallara P217 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 353
10 LMP2 36 FranceFrance Signatech Alpine Matmut FranceFrance Romain Dumas Gustavo Menezes Matthew Rao
United StatesUnited States
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Alpine A470 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 351
11 LMP2 34 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tockwith Motorsports United KingdomUnited Kingdom Philip Hanson Nigel Moore Karun Chandhok
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
IndiaIndia
Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 351
12 LMP2 17th FranceFrance IDEC Sport Racing FranceFrance Patrice Lafargue Paul Lafargue David Zollinger
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 M. 344
13 LMP2 29 NetherlandsNetherlands Racing Team Nederland BrazilBrazil Rubens Barrichello Jan Lammers Frits van Eerd
NetherlandsNetherlands
NetherlandsNetherlands
Dallara P217 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 344
14th LMP2 21st United StatesUnited States DragonSpeed ​​- 10 Star SwedenSweden Henrik Hedman Felix Rosenqvist Ben Hanley
SwedenSweden
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 343
15th LMP2 33 PhilippinesPhilippines Eurasia Motorsport FranceFrance Jacques Nicolet Pierre Nicolet Érik Maris
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 341
16 LMP2 31 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Vaillante rebellion BrazilBrazil Bruno Senna Nicolas Prost Julien Canal
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 340
17th LMGTE Pro 97 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United KingdomUnited Kingdom Darren Turner Jonny Adam Daniel Serra
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
BrazilBrazil
Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5L V8 D. 340
18th LMGT Pro 67 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK United KingdomUnited Kingdom Harry Tincknell Andy Priaulx Luís Felipe Derani
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
BrazilBrazil
Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 M. 340
19th LMGTE Pro 63 United StatesUnited States Corvette Racing - GM DenmarkDenmark Jan Magnussen Antonio García Jordan Taylor
SpainSpain
United StatesUnited States
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 M. 340
20th LMGTE Pro 91 GermanyGermany Porsche GT Team AustriaAustria Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 M. 339
21st LMGTE Pro 71 ItalyItaly AF Corse ItalyItaly Davide Rigon Sam Bird Miguel Molina
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
SpainSpain
Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 M. 339
22nd LMGTE Pro 68 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA United StatesUnited States Joey Hand Tony Kanaan Dirk Müller
BrazilBrazil
GermanyGermany
Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 M. 339
23 LMGTE Pro 69 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook
New ZealandNew Zealand
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 M. 337
24 LMGTE Pro 64 United StatesUnited States Corvette Racing - GM United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fässler
United StatesUnited States
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5L V8 M. 335
25th LMGTE Pro 95 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Aston Martin Racing DenmarkDenmark Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen Richie Stanaway
DenmarkDenmark
New ZealandNew Zealand
Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5L V8 D. 334
26th LMGTE Am 84 United KingdomUnited Kingdom JMW Motorsport United KingdomUnited Kingdom Robert Smith Will Stevens Dries Vanthoor
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
BelgiumBelgium
Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F136GT 4.5L V8 M. 333
27 LMGTE Pro 66 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK GermanyGermany Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson
FranceFrance
United StatesUnited States
Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 M. 332
28 LMGTE Am 55 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Spirit of Race United KingdomUnited Kingdom Duncan Cameron Aaron Scott Marco Cioci
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
ItalyItaly
Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 M. 331
29 LMGTE Am 62 United StatesUnited States Scuderia Cors United StatesUnited States Cooper MacNeil Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 M. 331
30th LMGTE Am 99 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andrew Howard Ross Gunn Oliver Bryant
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 D. 331
31 LMGTE Am 61 SingaporeSingapore Clearwater Racing MalaysiaMalaysia Weng Sun Mok Keita Sawa Matt Griffin
JapanJapan
IrelandIreland
Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 M. 330
32 LMP2 45 PortugalPortugal Algarve Pro Racing United StatesUnited States Mark Patterson Matt McMurry Vincent Capillaire
United StatesUnited States
FranceFrance
Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 330
33 LMP2 27 RussiaRussia SMP Racing RussiaRussia Mikhail Aljoschin Sergei Sirotkin Viktor Schaitar
RussiaRussia
RussiaRussia
Dallara P217 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 330
34 LMGTE Am 77 GermanyGermany Dempsey-Proton Racing GermanyGermany Christian Ried Marvin Dienst Matteo Cairoli
GermanyGermany
ItalyItaly
Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 D. 329
35 LMGTE Am 90 United KingdomUnited Kingdom TF Sport TurkeyTurkey Salih Yoluc Euan Hankey Rob Bell
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5L V8 D. 329
36 LMGTE Am 98 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Aston Martin Racing CanadaCanada Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda Pedro Lamy
AustriaAustria
PortugalPortugal
Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5L V8 D. 329
37 LMGTE Am 93 GermanyGermany Proton Competition United StatesUnited States Patrick Long Mike Hedlund Abdulaziz Al Faisal
United StatesUnited States
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 D. 329
38 LMGTE Am 86 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gulf Racing UK United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Wainwright Ben Barker Nick Foster
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
AustraliaAustralia
Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 D. 328
39 LMP2 22nd RussiaRussia G-Drive Racing MexicoMexico Memo Rojas Ryō Hirakawa José Gutiérrez
JapanJapan
MexicoMexico
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 327
40 LMGTE Am 60 SingaporeSingapore Clearwater Racing SingaporeSingapore Richard Wee Álvaro Parente Hiroki Katō
PortugalPortugal
JapanJapan
Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 M. 327
41 LMGTE Am 54 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Spirit of Race SwitzerlandSwitzerland Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Olivier Beretta
ItalyItaly
MonacoMonaco
Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 M. 326
42 LMGT Am 83 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China DH Racing United StatesUnited States Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Andrea Bertolini
SwedenSweden
ItalyItaly
Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 M. 320
43 LMP2 39 FranceFrance Graff FranceFrance Eric Trouillet Enzo Guibbert James Winslow
FranceFrance
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 318
44 LMGTE Am 65 United StatesUnited States Scuderia Corsa DenmarkDenmark Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan Bret Curtis
ItalyItaly
United StatesUnited States
Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 M. 314
45 LMP2 49 SlovakiaSlovakia ARC Bratislava SlovakiaSlovakia Miro Konôpka Konstantins Calko Rik Breukers
LatviaLatvia
NetherlandsNetherlands
Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 M. 314
46 LMGTE Pro 51 ItalyItaly AF Corse United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Michele Rugolo
ItalyItaly
ItalyItaly
Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 M. 312
47 LMP2 43 United StatesUnited States Keating Motorsport United StatesUnited States Ben Keating Ricky Taylor Jeroen Bleekemolen
United StatesUnited States
NetherlandsNetherlands
Riley MKXXX Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 M. 312
48 LMGTE Am 50 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition FranceFrance Romain Brandela Christian Philippon Fernando Rees
FranceFrance
BrazilBrazil
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 M. 309
Disqualified
49 LMP2 13 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Vaillante rebellion BrazilBrazil Nelson Piquet junior Mathias Beche David Heinemeier Hansson
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
DenmarkDenmark
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 364
Failed
50 LMP1 1 GermanyGermany Porsche LMP team SwitzerlandSwitzerland Neel Jani Nick Tandy André Lotterer
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
GermanyGermany
Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 M. 318
51 LMP2 23 FranceFrance Panis Barthez Competition FranceFrance Fabien Barthez Timothé Buret Nathanaël Berthon
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 M. 296
52 LMP2 28 FranceFrance TDS Racing FranceFrance François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Matthieu Vaxivière
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 213
53 LMGTE Pro 92 GermanyGermany Porsche GT Team DenmarkDenmark Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Dirk Werner
FranceFrance
GermanyGermany
Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 M. 179
54 LMP1 9 JapanJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing ArgentinaArgentina José María López Nicolas Lapierre Yuji Kunimoto
FranceFrance
JapanJapan
Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6 M. 160
55 LMP1 7th JapanJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Stéphane Sarrazin
JapanJapan
FranceFrance
Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6 M. 154
56 LMP2 25th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CEPC Manor TRS Racing MexicoMexico Roberto González Simon Trummer Witali Petrow
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
RussiaRussia
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 152
57 LMGTE Pro 82 United StatesUnited States Risi Competizione FinlandFinland Toni Vilander Giancarlo Fisichella Pierre Kaffer
ItalyItaly
GermanyGermany
Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 M. 72
58 LMP2 26th RussiaRussia G-Drive Racing RussiaRussia Roman Russinow Pierre Thiriet Alex Lynn
FranceFrance
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 D. 20th
59 LMGTE Am 88 GermanyGermany Dempsey-Proton Racing AustriaAustria Klaus Bachler Stéphane Lémeret Khaled Al Qubaisi
BelgiumBelgium
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates
Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 D. 18th
60 LMP1 4th AustriaAustria ByKolles Racing Team AustriaAustria Dominik Kraihamer Oliver Webb Marco Bonanomi
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
ItalyItaly
ENSO CLM P1 / 01 Nismo VRX30A 3.0L Turbo V6 M. 7th

Only in the entry list

Other registered teams, vehicles and drivers can be found in the start and reserve lists.

Class winner

class driver driver driver vehicle Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1 GermanyGermany Timo Bernhard AustraliaAustralia Brendon Hartley AustraliaAustralia Earl Bamber Porsche 919 Hybrid Overall victory
LMP2 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ho-Pin Tung FranceFrance Thomas Laurent United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Jarvis Oreca 07 Rank 2
LMGTE Pro United KingdomUnited Kingdom Darren Turner United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jonny Adam BrazilBrazil Daniel Serra Aston Martin Vantage Rank 17
LMGTE Am United KingdomUnited Kingdom Robert Smith United KingdomUnited Kingdom Will Stevens BelgiumBelgium Dries Vanthoor Ferrari 488 GTE Rank 26

Racing data

  • Registered: 61
  • Started: 60
  • Rated: 48
  • Race classes: 4
  • Spectators: 258,500
  • Honorary starter of the race: Chase Carey , Chairman of the Formula One Group
  • Weather on the race weekend: warm and cloudy
  • Route length: 13.629 km
  • Driving time of the winning team: 24:01: 14.075 hours
  • Rounds of the winning team: 367
  • Distance of the winning team: 5001.843 km
  • Winner's average: 245.600 km / h
  • Pole position: Kamui Kobayashi - Toyota TS050 Hybrid (# 7) - 3: 14.791 min = 251.882 km / h
  • Fastest race lap: Sébastien Buemi - Toyota TS050 Hybrid (# 8) - 3: 18.604 min
  • Racing series: 3rd round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship

Web links

Commons : 24 Hours of Le Mans 2017  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. First invitation list of the ACO
  2. Audi leaves the WEC
  3. Wolfgang Ullrich is retiring
  4. Rebellion switches to the LMP2 class
  5. André Lotterer changes to Porsche
  6. Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb no longer in the Porsche LMP1
  7. Nicolas Lapierre returns to Toyota
  8. Toyota swaps cockpits
  9. Robert Kubica leaves Kolles again
  10. Bonanomi for Rossiter at Kolles
  11. Frits von Eerd finances the Racing Team Nederland
  12. Jean-Éric Vergne drives for Manor in Le Mans
  13. Bourdais is out after a serious accident
  14. Lucas di Grassi drives for AF Corse in Le Mans
  15. Di Grassi does not start
  16. ^ Fia Endurance Committee
  17. Driver allocation
  18. Welter Racing does without Garage 56 (French) ( Memento from January 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  19. Preliminary tests 2017
  20. Qualification times
  21. Training 2017
  22. About the failure of Nicolas Lapierre in the Toyota with the number 9
  23. Simon Trummer contradicts the Toyota representation of the accident with the number 9
  24. Toyota incident in the pits: All just a misunderstanding!
  25. Vincent Capillaire was the wrong marshal
  26. Rebellion with the number 13 disqualified after the race
  27. Heartbeat finals in the LMGT Pro class
  28. Vincent Capillaire and the Thumb
  29. Toyota accepts Capillaire's apology
  30. Toyota development chief Hisatake Murata criticizes own team
  31. Criticism of the hybrid rules from the Toyota camp
  32. Toyota team management analyzes the reasons for defects and failure
  33. Toyota: Lopez and Sarrazin swap cockpits in Le Mans
  34. Toyota Motorsport announces remaining drivers for the third car
  35. David Zollinger third driver at IDEC Sport Racing
  36. Felix Rosenqvist makes his Le Mans debut
  37. Vitali Petrow drives for Manor in Le Mans
  38. SMP team complete
  39. Father and son Nicolet at Eurasia Motorsport
  40. Karun Chandhok returns to Le Mans with Tockwith
  41. Surprises in the Alpine driver squad
  42. Complete roster at DC Racing
  43. Ricky Taylor for Keating in Le Mans
  44. Konstantīns Calko as the first Latvian in Le Mans
  45. Marcel Fässler drives for Corvette Racing in Le Mans
  46. Tony Kanaan replaces Sebastien Bourdais
  47. Miguel Molina switches to GT racing
  48. Klaus Bachler in the Proton Porsche
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