Le Mans 24 Hours 2018

The TS050 Hybrid with starting number 8; Winning car from Sébastien Buemi , Kazuki Nakajima and Fernando Alonso

The driver

The early failed Ginetta G60-LT-P1 by Oliver Rowland , Alex Brundle and Oliver Turvey

Dempsey-Proton-Porsche 911 RSR; Winner car in the LMGT-Am class

The 86th Le Mans 24-hour race , the 86 ^e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also known as 24 Heures du Mans , took place on June 16 and 17, 2018 on the Circuit des 24 Heures .

Before the race

LMP1 class

After Porsche withdrew with the LMP1 hybrid works car from the FIA World Endurance Championship at the end of the 2017 season , it was initially unclear whether LMP1 hybrid cars would even start at Le Mans in 2018. In December 2017, those responsible at Toyota Motorsport announced that they would also compete with the TS050 Hybrid in 2018 . The driver teams for the two cars were announced on January 30, 2018. Among other things, the two-time Formula 1 world champion and current McLaren driver Fernando Alonso will contest Le Mans for the entire world championship season for Toyota. Alonso has been more than two decades, the first Formula 1 driver, who in addition to his commitment to the highest international single-seater driving -Rennformel a full season in another racing series. In addition to Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima, he controls the car with the number 8. Anthony Davidson lost his previous cockpit in this car and became a replacement and development driver. The car with the number 7 is driven by Mike Conway , Kamui Kobayashi and José María López .

The number of LMP1 vehicles that would compete alongside the two Toyotas remained unclear for a while. Two weeks before the race, twelve LMP1 cars were registered. Rebellion Racing returned to the highest prototype class with the R13 . There were changes to the previous year in the driver squad, as André Lotterer and Neel Jani were signed. The ENSO CLM P1 / 01 was fundamentally revised for Colin Kolles' team and in the season opening race, the 6-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps , Oliver Webb , Dominik Kraihamer and Tom Dillmann finished fourth in the overall ranking. The trio was also registered with Kolles for the Le Mans race.

SMP Racing, the team of Russian oligarch Boris Rotenberg , also reported two LMP1 cars with four Russian drivers. The car with the number 11 was driven by Mikhail Aljoschin and the former Formula 1 and DTM driver Vitaly Petrov . The third driver was Jenson Button , the 2009 Formula 1 world champion , who made his Le Mans debut. The second BR Engineering BR1 was driven by the two young drivers Matewos Issaakjan (* 1998) and Jegor Orudschew (* 1995) in a team with Stéphane Sarrazin . Sarrazin, who had finished the 24-hour run four times in second place in the overall standings, had a Toyota contract. Since he had no opportunity to take part in the race there, the contract was terminated by mutual agreement.

There were problems in advance for the three remaining LMP1 cars. Substitute Pietro Fittipaldi had a serious accident in the DragonSpeed Dallara BR1 at the 6-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps in 2018 . He broke both of his legs and the vehicle was so badly damaged that a new chassis had to be built for Le Mans. After problems with the Chinese sponsor, CEFC Manor TRSM Racing decided not to use the two Ginetta G60-LT-P1 in Spa. The reports for Le Mans remained upright.

LMP2 class

As in previous years, most of the vehicles were registered in the LMP2 class. 20 cars with known drivers entered the race. Loïc Duval , the overall winner of 2013 (with Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish in the Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP3 ) drove an Oreca 07 for TDS Racing. Former Formula 1 drivers Paul di Resta , Pastor Maldonado and Juan Pablo Montoya made their Le Mans debut.

LMGT-Pro

In the LMGT Pro class, six manufacturers competed against each other in various racing teams. The Porsche works team fielded four new Porsche 991 RSR GTEs , in which Nick Tandy ( 2015 ), Earl Bamber (2015 and 2017 ), Timo Bernhard ( 2010 and 2017) and Romain Dumas (2010 and 2016 ) were four former overall winners were. Two cars entered the race in a retro design. The start number 91 was painted in the Rothmans look of the 1980s. The starting number 92 was also given a "pig" design , based on the Porsche 917/20 "Sau" from 1971 .

In one of the three Ferrari 488 GTE of AF Corse was Antonio Giovinazzi his debut. As in previous years, Chip Ganassi Racing came to Le Mans with four Ford GTs . In addition to the two Corvette C7.R , Aston Martin Racing and BMW came to the track with new GT cars. In the BMW M8 GTE , among others, the former went DTM -Master Martin Tomczyk at the start.

The course of the race

The race ended with the first overall victory for the Japanese vehicle manufacturer Toyota . Sébastien Buemi , Kazuki Nakajima and Fernando Alonso won in the Toyota TS050 Hybrid with starting number 8.

Invitations

Earlier than in previous years, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest published the invitations for the 2018 race on November 22, 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. The fact that Porsche , the overall winning team in 2017, would not accept the invitation, had been known since the end of July 2017, when the company's board of directors announced the withdrawal from the LMP1 project.

Start list

Start list
No.	team	vehicle	tires	driver
LMP1
1	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R13	M.	Neel Jani	André Lotterer	Bruno Senna
3	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R13	M.	Gustavo Menezes	Mathias Beche	Thomas Laurent
4th	ByKolles Racing Team	ENSO CLM P1 / 01	M.	Oliver Webb	Dominik Kraihamer	Tom Dillmann
5	CEFC Manor TRSM Racing	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	M.	Charles Robertson	Mike Simpson	Léo Roussel
6th	CEFC Manor TRSM Racing	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	M.	Oliver Rowland	Alex Brundle	Oliver Turvey
7th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Mike Conway	Kamui Kobayashi	José María López
8th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Sébastien Buemi	Kazuki Nakajima	Fernando Alonso
10	DragonSpeed	Dallara BR1	M.	Ben Hanley	Henrik Hedman	Renger van der Zande
11	SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR1	M.	Mikhail Alyoshin	Vitaly Petrov	Jenson Button
17th	SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR1	M.	Matewos Issaakjan	Yegor Orudschew	Stéphane Sarrazin
LMP2
22nd	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	D.	Philip Hanson	Filipe Albuquerque	Paul di Resta
23	Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P217	M.	Timothé Buret	Julien Canal	Will Stevens
25th	Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P217	D.	Mark Patterson	Ate de Jong	Tacksung Kim
26th	G-Drive Racing	Oreca 07	D.	Roman Russinov	Jean-Éric Vergne	Andrea Pizzitola
28	TDS Racing	Oreca 07	D.	François Perrodo	Matthieu Vaxivière	Loïc Duval
29	Racing Team Nederland	Dallara P217	M.	Frits van Eerd	Giedo van der Garde	Jan Lammers
31	DragonSpeed	Oreca 07	M.	Roberto González	Pastor Maldonado	Nathanaël Berthon
32	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	D.	Hugo de Sadeleer	Will Owen	Juan Pablo Montoya
33	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ligier JS P217	D.	David Cheng	Nicholas Boulle	Pierre Nicolet
34	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ligier JS P217	D.	Ricky Taylor	Côme Ledogar	David Heinemeier Hansson
35	SMP Racing	Dallara P217	D.	Viktor Schaitar	Harrison Newey	Norman Nato
36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Alpine A470	D.	Nicolas Lapierre	André Negrao	Pierre Thiriet
37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Oreca 07	D.	Jazeman Jaafar	Weiron Tan	Nabil Jeffri
38	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Oreca 07	D.	Ho-Pin Tung	Stéphane Richelmi	Gabriel Aubry
39	Graff SO24	Oreca 07	D.	Vincent Capillaire	Jonathan Hirschi	Tristan Gommendy
40	G-Drive Racing	Oreca 07	D.	James Allen	Enzo Guibbert	Jose Gutiérrez
44	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P217	D.	Andrea Bertolini	Niclas Jönsson	Tracy Krohn
47	Cetilar Villorba Corse	Dallara P217	D.	Roberto Lacorte	Felipe Nasr	Giorgio Sernagiotto
48	IDEC Sport	Ligier JS P217	M.	Paul Lafargue	Paul-Loup Chatin	Memo Rojas
50	Larbre Compétition	Ligier JS P217	M.	Thomas Dagoneau	Erwin Creed	Romano Ricci
LMGT-Pro
51	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE	M.	James Calado	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Daniel Serra
52	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE	M.	Toni Vilander	Luís Felipe Derani	Antonio Giovinazzi
63	Corvette Racing	Corvette C7.R	M.	Jan Magnussen	Antonio García	Mike Rockenfeller
64	Corvette Racing	Corvette C7.R	M.	Oliver Gavin	Tommy Milner	Marcel Fässler
66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	M.	Stefan Mücke	Olivier Pla	Billy Johnson
67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	M.	Andy Priaulx	Harry Tincknell	Tony Kanaan
68	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	M.	Dirk Mueller	Joey hand	Sébastien Bourdais
69	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	M.	Ryan Briscoe	Scott Dixon	Richard Westbrook
71	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE	M.	Davide Rigon	Sam Bird	Miguel Molina
81	BMW Team MTEK	BMW M8 GTE	M.	Martin Tomczyk	Nicky Catsburg	Philipp Eng
82	BMW Team MTEK	BMW M8 GTE	M.	Augusto Farfus	António Félix da Costa	Alexander Sims
91	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 991 RSR GTE	M.	Richard Lietz	Gianmaria Bruni	Frédéric Makowiecki
92	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 991 RSR GTE	M.	Michael Christensen	Kévin Estre	Laurens Vanthoor
93	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 991 RSR GTE	M.	Patrick Pilet	Nick Tandy	Earl Bamber
94	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 991 RSR GTE	M.	Timo Bernhard	Romain Dumas	Sven Müller
95	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M.	Nicki Thiim	Marco Sørensen	Darren Turner
96	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M.	Alex Lynn	Maxime Martin	Jonny Adam
LMGT-Am
54	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GTE	M.	Giancarlo Fisichella	Thomas Flohr	Francesco Castellacci
56	Project 1	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Jörg Bergmeister	Patrick Lindsey	Egidio Perfetti
61	Clearwater Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE	M.	Weng Sun Mok	Keita Sawa	Matt Griffin
70	MR Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE	M.	Motoaki Ishikawa	Olivier Beretta	Eddie Cheever III
77	Dempsey Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Matt Campbell	Julien Andlauer	Christian Ried
80	Ebimotors	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Fabio Babini	Christina Nielsen	Érik Maris
84	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GTE	M.	Liam Griffin	Cooper MacNeil	Jeff Segal
85	Keating Motorsports	Ferrari 488 GTE	M.	Ben Keating	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Luca pride
86	Gulf Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Mike Wainwright	Ben Barker	Alex Davison
88	Dempsey Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Matteo Cairoli	Khaled Al Qubaisi	Giorgio Roda
90	TF Sport	Aston Martin Vantage V8	M.	Salih Yoluç	Euan Hankey	Charlie Eastwood
98	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage V8	M.	Paul Dalla Lana	Pedro Lamy	Mathias Lauda
99	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Patrick Long	Tim Pappas	Spencer Pumpelly

Reserve vehicles

As in previous years, the ACO published a list of reserve vehicles at the same time as the first preliminary start list. Nominated in the list from one to nine, the vehicles move up in this order for failures in the original starting list.

class	No.	team	vehicle	Nominated driver	Nominated driver	Nominated driver
LMP2	41	APM Monaco Team KCMG	Dallara P217	Louis Prette
LMGT-Am	55	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GTE	Duncan Cameron	Aaron Scott
LMP2	49	High class racing	Dallara P217	Fjordbach is different	Dennis Andersen
LMP2	24	Repsol Racing Engineering	Oreca 07	Norman Nato
LMGT-Am	62	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GTE	Cooper MacNeil
LMGT-Am	83	Krohn Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE	Tracy Krohn	Niclas Jönsson	Andrea Bertolini
LMP2	27	IDEC Sport	Ligier JS P217	Patrice Lafargue
LMP2	43	ARC Bratislava	Ligier JS P217	MMiro Konôpka	Konstantins Calko
LMP2	42	Brian Alder	Riley MK.30	Mark Kvamme

Training times

qualification

Item	class	No.	team	Qualification 1 (min)	Qualification 2 (min)	Qualification 3 (min)	Residue (s)	Launch site
1	LMP1	8th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	3: 17.270	3: 18.021	3: 15.377		1
2	LMP1	7th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	3: 17.377	3: 19.860	3: 17.523	+2,000	2
3	LMP1	1	Rebellion Racing	3: 19.662	3: 23.261	3: 19.449	+4.072	3
4th	LMP1	17th	SMP Racing	3: 19.483	3: 27.288	3: 22.121	+4.106	4th
5	LMP1	3	Rebellion Racing	3: 19.945	3: 22,000	3: 24.156	+4.568	5
6th	LMP1	10	DragonSpeed	3: 21.110	4: 05.947	3: 23.413	+5.733	6th
7th	LMP1	11	SMP Racing	3: 21.408	3: 22.548		+6.031	7th
8th	LMP1	4th	ByKolles Racing Team	3: 22.505	3: 25.330	3: 42.221	+7.128	8th
9	LMP1	6th	Manor CEFC TRSM Racing	3: 30.339	3: 24.343	3: 23.757	+8.380	9
10	LMP2	48	IDEC Sport	3: 24,956	3: 29.270	3: 24.842	+9.465	10
11	LMP2	31	DragonSpeed	3: 26.508	3: 30.168	3: 24.883	+9.506	11
12	LMP2	26th	G-Drive Racing	3: 26.447	3: 27.975	3: 25.160	+9.780	12
13	LMP2	28	TDS Racing	3: 25.240	3: 25.291	3: 38.752	+9.863	13
14th	LMP1	5	Manor CEFC TRSM Racing	3: 30.481	3: 25.268	3: 32,100	+9.891	14th
15th	LMP2	23	Panis-Barthez Competition	3: 29.421	3: 28.008	3: 25.376	+9.999	15th
16	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	3: 26.681	3: 28.069	3: 27.297	+11,304	16
17th	LMP2	39	Graff-SO24	3: 29.860	3: 26.701	3: 29.696	+11,324	17th
18th	LMP2	22nd	United Autosports	3: 26.772	3: 32.989	3: 27.646	+11.395	18th
19th	LMP2	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing	3: 27.999	3: 31.581	3: 27.120	+11.743	19th
20th	LMP2	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	3: 27.468	3: 40.074	3: 27.226	+11.849	20th
21st	LMP2	40	G-Drive Racing	3: 31.291	3: 27.280	3: 27.503	+11.903	21st
22nd	LMP2	47	Cetilar Villorba Corse	3: 27.993	3: 28.292		+12.616	22nd
23	LMP2	29	Racing Team Nederland	3: 28.556	3: 32.343	3: 28.111	+12.734	23
24	LMP2	32	United Autosports	3: 30.347	3: 28.159	3: 29.299	+12,782	24
25th	LMP2	35	SMP Racing	3: 28.629	3: 32.178	3: 32.432	+13.252	25th
26th	LMP2	34	Jackie Chan DC Racing	3: 33.755	3: 36.004	3: 29.474	+14.097	26th
27	LMP2	44	Eurasia Motorsport	3: 35.385	3: 39.949	3: 33.585	+18.208	27
28	LMP2	33	Jackie Chan DC Racing	3: 35.237	3: 36.604	3: 36.517	+19.860	28
29	LMP2	50	Larbre Compétition	3: 38.206	3: 39.569	3: 39.401	+22.829	29
30th	LMP2	25th	Algarve Pro Racing	3: 44.177	3: 46.772	3: 39.518	+24.141	30th
31	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	3: 47.504	3: 51.150	3: 50.141	+32.127	31
32	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	3: 49.097	3: 51.101	3: 51.631	+33.720	32
33	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	3: 49.181	3: 52.849	3: 50.166	+33.804	33
34	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	3: 49.854	3: 53.032	3: 49.494	+34.117	34
35	LMGTE Pro	68	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	3: 49.582	3: 53.352	3: 50.706	+34.205	35
36	LMGTE Pro	93	Porsche GT Team	3: 50.261	3: 49.621	3: 49.589	+34.212	36
37	LMGTE Pro	69	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	3: 50.593	3: 52.298	3: 49.761	+34.384	37
38	LMGTE Pro	94	Porsche GT Team	3: 50.089			+34.712	38
39	LMGTE Pro	63	Corvette Racing - GM	3: 50.789	3: 52.994	3: 50.242	+34.865	39
40	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	3: 50.669	3: 53.998	3: 50.246	+34.869	40
41	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	3: 50.429	3: 53.883	3: 52.292	+35.052	41
42	LMGTE Pro	82	BMW Team MTEK	3: 50.579	3: 53.999	3: 52.123	+35.202	42
43	LMGTE Pro	81	BMW Team MTEK	3: 50.596	3: 55.150	3: 53.078	+35.219	43
44	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	3: 50.728	4: 09.946	3: 56.232	+35.351	44
45	LMGTE Pro	64	Corvette Racing - GM	3: 50.952	3: 52.923	3: 51.124	+35.575	45
46	LMGTE Pro	52	AF Corse	3: 52.112	3: 52.572	3: 50.957	+35.580	46
47	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing UK	3: 52.517	4: 03,603	3: 51.391	+36.014	47
48	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	3: 51.930	4: 09.835		+36.553	48
49	LMGTE Am	54	Spirit of Race	3: 52.756	3: 51.956	3: 56.496	+36.579	49
50	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	3: 52.486	3: 55.424	3: 53.534	+37.109	50
51	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	3: 52.985	3: 58.235	3: 54.406	+37.608	51
52	LMGTE Am	90	TF Sport	3: 55.661	4: 01.710	3: 53.070	+37.693	52
53	LMGTE Am	80	Ebimotors	3: 55.569	3: 58.072	3: 53.402	+38.025	53
54	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	3: 55.076	3: 55.727	3: 53.409	+38.032	54
55	LMGTE Am	84	JMW Motorsport	3: 54.384	3: 53.439	3: 58.615	+38.062	55
56	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	3: 54.780	3: 56.630	3: 53.523	+38.146	56
57	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	3: 54.307	3: 58.707	3: 53.817	+38.440	57
58	LMGTE Am	85	Keating Motorsport	3: 54,000	3: 58.661	3: 54.668	+38.623	58
59	LMGTE Am	99	Proton Competition	4: 03.107	3: 54.720	3: 54.953	+39.343	59
60	LMGTE Am	70	MR Racing	3: 54.951	4: 02.540	3: 55.343	+39.574	60

Results

Pilots by nationality

34 French	28 British	16 Americans	13 Italians	10 Germans
7 Brazilians	7 Dutch	7 Swiss	6 Danes	6 Russians
4 Australians	4 Japanese	4 malays	4 Austrians	3 Mexicans
3 Portuguese	3 Spaniards	2 Belgians	2 Chinese	2 Irish
2 Monegasque	2 New Zealanders	2 Sweden	1 Argentine	1 fin
1 emirati	1 Canadian	1 Colombian	1 Norwegian	1 South Korean
1 Turk	1 Venezuelan

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	LMP1	8th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Fernando Alonso	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6	M.	388
2	LMP1	7th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6	M.	386
3	LMP1	3	Rebellion Racing	Gustavo Menezes Mathias Beche Thomas Laurent	Rebellion R13	Gibson GK458 4.5L V8	M.	376
4th	LMP1	1	Rebellion Racing	Bruno Senna André Lotterer Neel Jani	Rebellion R13	Gibson GL458 4.5L V8	M.	375
5	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre Pierre Thiriet André Negrão	Alpine A470	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	367
6th	LMP2	39	Graff-SO24	Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi Tristan Gommendy	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	366
7th	LMP2	32	United Autosports	Hugo de Sadeleer Will Owen Juan Pablo Montoya	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	365
8th	LMP2	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Jazeman Jaafar Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	361
9	LMP2	31	DragonSpeed	Roberto González Pastor Maldonado Nathanaël Berthon	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	M.	360
10	LMP2	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	356
11	LMP2	29	Racing Team Nederland	Giedo van der Garde Jan Lammers Frits van Eerd	Dallara P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	M.	356
12	LMP2	33	Jackie Chan DC Racing	David Cheng Nicholas Boulle Pierre Nicolet	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	355
13	LMP2	23	Panis Barthez Competition	Julien Canal Timothé Buret Will Stevens	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	M.	352
14th	LMP2	35	SMP Racing	Viktor Schaitar Harrison Newey Norman Nato	Dallara P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	345
15th	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 991 RSR GTE	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	344
16	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 991 RSR GTE	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	343
17th	LMGTE Pro	68	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6	M.	343
18th	LMGTE Pro	63	Corvette Racing - GM	Jan Magnussen Antonio García Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	M.	342
19th	LMP2	47	Cetilar Villorba Corse	Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Felipe Nasr	Dallara P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	342
20th	LMGTE Pro	52	AF Corse	Toni Vilander Luís Felipe Derani Antonio Giovinazzi	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	M.	341
21st	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6	M.	340
22nd	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	M.	339
23	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen Darren Turner	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.0; L Turbo V8	M.	339
24	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	M.	338
25th	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Matt Campbell Christian Ried Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	335
26th	LMGTE Am	54	Spirit of Race	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	M.	335
27	LMGTE Pro	93	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Earl Bamber	Porsche 991 RSR GTE	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	334
28	LMGTE Am	85	Keating Motorsports	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	M.	334
29	LMGTE Am	99	Proton Competition	Patrick Long Tim Pappas Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	334
30th	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Harry Tincknell Andy Priaulx Tony Kanaan	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6	M.	332
31	LMGTE Am	84	JMW Motorsport	Liam Griffin Cooper MacNeil Jeff Segal	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	M.	332
32	LMGTE Am	80	Ebimotors	Fabio Babini Christina Nielsen Érik Maris	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	332
33	LMP2	50	Larbre Compétition	Erwin Creed Romano Ricci Thomas Dagoneau	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	M.	332
34	LMGTE Pro	81	BMW Team MTEK	Nicky Catsburg Martin Tomczyk Philipp Eng	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8	M.	332
35	LMGTE Am	56	Project 1	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	332
36	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	Matt Griffin Weng Sun Mok Keita Sawa	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	M.	332
37	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Jonny Adam Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8	M.	327
38	LMGTE Am	70	MR Racing	Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III Motoaki Ishikawa	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	M.	324
39	LMGTE Pro	69	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6	M.	309
40	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing	Mike Wainwright Ben Barker Alex Davison	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	283
41	LMP1	5	CEFC Manor TRSM Racing	Charles Robertson Mike Simpson Léo Roussel	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	Mecachrome V634P1 3.4L Turbo V6	M.	283
Disqualified
42	LMP2	26th	G-Drive Racing	Roman Russinow Andrea Pizzitola Jean-Éric Vergne	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	369
43	LMP2	28	TDS Racing	François Perrodo Loïc Duval Matthieu Vaxivière	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	366
Not classified
44	LMP2	44	Eurasia Motorsport	Andrea Bertolini Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	334
Failed
45	LMP1	11	SMP Racing	Mikhail Aljoschin Vitali Petrow Jenson Button	BR Engineering BR1	AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6	M.	315
46	LMP2	48	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Memo Rojas	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	M.	312
47	LMGTE Am	90	TF Sport	Euan Hankey Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	M.	304
48	LMP2	22nd	United Autosports	Philip Hanson Paul di Resta Filipe Albuquerque	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	288
49	LMGTE Pro	64	Corvette Racing - GM	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	M.	259
50	LMP1	10	DragonSpeed	Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Renger van der Zande	Dallara BR1	Gibson GL458 4.5L V8	M.	244
51	LMP2	25th	Algarve Pro Racing	Mark Patterson Ate de Jong Tacksung Kim	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	237
52	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Khaled Al Qubaisi Matteo Cairoli Giorgio Roda	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	225
53	LMGTE Pro	82	BMW Team MTEK	António Félix da Costa Alexander Sims Augusto Farfus	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8	M.	223
54	LMP2	40	G-Drive Racing	James Allen Jose Gutiérrez Enzo Guibbert	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	197
55	LMP2	34	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ricky Taylor Côme Ledogar David Heinemeier Hansson	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D.	195
56	LMP1	6th	CEFC Manor TRSM Racing	Oliver Rowland Alex Brundle Oliver Turvey	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	Mecachrome V634P1 3.4L Turbo V6	M.	137
57	LMP1	17th	SMP Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin Matewos Issaakjan Yegor Orudschew	BR Engineering BR1	AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6	M.	123
58	LMGTE Pro	94	Porsche GT Team	Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard Sven Müller	Porsche 991 RSR GTE	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	92
59	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	M.	92
60	LMP1	4th	ByKolles Racing Team	Oliver Webb Tom Dillmann Dominik Kraihamer	ENSO CLM P1 / 01	Nismo VRX30A 3.0L Turbo V6	M.	65

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	Sébastien Buemi	Kazuki Nakajima	Fernando Alonso	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Overall victory
LMP2	Nicolas Lapierre	Pierre Thiriet	André Negrao	Alpine A470	Rank 5
LMGTE Pro	Michael Christensen	Kévin Estre	Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 991 RSR GTE	Rank 15
LMGTE Am	Matt Campbell	Christian Ried	Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 RSR	Rank 25

Racing data

• Registered: 69
• Started: 60
• Rated: 41
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 269 500
• Honorary starter of the race: Rafael Nadal , Spanish tennis player
• Weather on the race weekend: warm and cloudy
• Route length: 13.626 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00.52.247 hours
• Rounds of the winning team: 388
• Distance of the winning team: 5288.052 km
• Winner average:
• Pole position: Kazuki Nakajima - Toyota TS050 Hybrid (# 8) - 3: 15.377 = 251.100 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Sébastien Buemi - Toyota TS050 Hybrid (# 8) - 3: 17.658 = 248.200 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd round of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/19

Web links

Commons : 24 Hours of Le Mans 2018  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Toyota takes part in the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours
2. ^ Alonso for Toyota in Le Mans
3. ↑ Rebellion Racing returns to the LMP1 class
4. ^ The accident of Pietro Fittipaldi and the consequences
5. ↑ No Manor LMP1 in Spa am Sport
6. ↑ Porsche in retro design
7. ↑ First invitations for the 2018 race
8. ↑ Porsche ends LMP1 commitment
9. ↑ Rebellion confirms the composition of the drivers for the two vehicles
10. ↑ ByKolles driver trio complete
11. ↑ Stoneman and Roussel in the Manor with the number 5
12. ↑ Mike Simpson replaces Dean Stoneman
13. ↑ Alex Brundle in the Manor with the number 6
14. ↑ Oliver Turvey third driver at Manor
15. ↑ Fernando Alonso starts for Toyota in the 24 Hours of Le Mans
16. ↑ Jenson Button makes Le Mans debut for SMP Racing
17. ↑ Nominations in the SMP driver squad ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
18. ↑ Felipe Albuquerque confirmed as second driver for United Autosports number 22
19. ↑ Paul die Resta makes Le Mans debut
20. ↑ Julien Canal and Will Stevens in Panis-Barthez
21. ↑ Pastor Maldonado starts for Dragonspeed
22. ↑ Juan Pablo Montoya takes part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for United Autosports
23. ↑ Malaysian driver trio in number 37
24. ↑ Jackie Chan team complete
25. ↑ Krohn Racing enters into partnership with Eurasia
26. ↑ Felipe Nasr replaces the injured Andrea Belicchi
27. ↑ Paul-Loup Cahatin signed as the second driver
28. ↑ AF Corse announces driver squad
29. ↑ Mike Rockenfeller starts for Corvette Racing
30. ↑ Marcel Fässler starts for Corvette Racing
31. ↑ Ford announces the 12 drivers for four emergency vehicles
32. ↑ Porsche confirms four GT works cars for Le Mans 2018
33. ↑ Aston Martin Racing driver pairings complete
34. ↑ Maxime Martin becomes a works driver at Aston Martin Racing
35. ↑ Giancarlo Fisichella drives for Spirit of Race in Le Mans and in the WEC
36. ↑ Bergmeister, Lindsey and Perfetti start for Project 1
37. ↑ Christina Nielsen drives for Ebimootors in Le Mans
38. ↑ Luc Stolz drives the Le Mans 24-hour race
39. ↑ Ben Barker and Alex Davison for Gulf Racing
40. ↑ IDEC Sport withdraws the name of the reserve car
41. ↑ ARC Bratislava withdraws the entry for the race
42. ↑ 11 laps deduction due to a violation of the minimum driving time
43. ↑ G-Drive loses class victory

Previous race 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps 2018

FIA World Endurance Championship

Successor to the 6-hour race of Silverstone 2018