2018 24 Hours of Le Mans

Automatic entry invitations were earned by teams that won their class in the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans. Invitations were also sent to teams who had won championships in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS), and the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup. The second-place finisher in the ELMS Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) championship earned an automatic invitation as well. Finally, the ACO choose two participants from the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (WTSC) to be automatic entries regardless of their performance or category. As invitations were granted to teams, they were allowed to change their cars from the previous year to the next but not their category. The LMGTE class invitations from the European and ALMS were allowed to choose between the Pro and Am categories. European Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) champion was required to field an entry in Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) while the ALMS LMP3 champion could choose between LMP2 or LMGTE Amateur (LMGTE Am). The Michelin Le Mans Cup LMP3 champion did not receive an automatic entry and the Grand Touring 3 (GT3) champion was limited to the LMGTE Am category.[8]

The ACO announced its initial list of automatic entries on 5 February 2018.[8] The Porsche LMP Team did not continue in the WEC after the 2017 season while the FIST-Team AAI squad opted to concentrate on their GT3 entries.[8] The JDC-Miller Motorsports team, which was invited via driver Misha Goikhberg winning the Jim Trueman Award as "the top sportsman" in the Daytona Prototype International (DPi) category of the 2017 WTSC, told ACO officials on 9 February that it would forgo its automatic invitation due to financial trouble concerning its entry.[9]

Automatic entries for the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans

Reason invited	LMP1	LMP2	LMGTE Pro	LMGTE Am
1st in the 24 Hours of Le Mans	Porsche LMP Team	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Aston Martin Racing	JMW Motorsport
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE)		G-Drive Racing	JMW Motorsport
2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMGTE)			TF Sport
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3)		United Autosports
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at-large entries		JDC-Miller Motorsports		Keating Motorsport
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT)		Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota	FIST-Team AAI
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP3)
2nd in the Asian Le Mans Series (GT)				FIST-Team AAI
1st in the Michelin Le Mans Cup (GT3)				Ebimotors
Source:[8]

In conjunction with the announcement of entries for the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship and the 2018 European Le Mans Series, the ACO announced the full 60 car entry list, plus nine reserves during a press conference at the Rétromobile Show in Paris on 9 February.[10] In addition to the 36 guaranteed entries from the WEC, 13 came from the ELMS, seven from the WTSC, three from the ALMS and a single one-off entry only competing at Le Mans. The field was split evenly with 30 cars in each of the combined LMP and LMGTE categories.[11]

The ACO intended to continue the Garage 56 concept, started in 2012. Garage 56 allows a 56th entry to test new technologies at the race. Panoz and Green4U Technologies announced during the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend they intended to enter its Green4U Panoz Racing GT-EV car in the 2018 race. The all-wheel drive car intended to utilise two electric motors on each of its axles with a swappable battery lasting between 90 to 110 mi (140 to 180 km) within a tandem style LMP body.[12] On 8 February, the ACO confirmed the Garage 56 concept would not be continued for 2018 due to a lack of feasible options.[13]

Nine reserves were initially nominated by the ACO, limited to the LMP2 (six cars) and LMGTE Am (three cars) categories.[10] ARC Bratislava announced the termination of its ELMS LMP2 programme on 11 February after its Ligier JS P217 car was placed eighth in the reserves list and leaving the team unlikely to be promoted to the race entry.[14] Six days later, IDEC Sport withdrew its reserve JS P217 entry so that the team could concentrate on improving the performance of its entered No. 28 car.[15] By the test day, two reserves remained on the list after five of the seven entries withdrew: KCMG's Dallara P217 entry and a Racing Engineering Oreca 07 car.[16]

Following testing the ACO altered the balance of performance for a second time in the LMGTE Pro and Am categories. The Aston Martin Vantage GTE received an increase in performance with its turbocharger boost pressure raised and a 4 l (0.88 imp gal; 1.1 US gal) increase in maximum fuel volume. BMW and Ford had their car's performance raised with a minor increase in turbocharger boost ratio; the Ford's fuel allocation was lowered to 2 l (0.44 imp gal; 0.53 US gal). The Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, BMW and Ford vehicles received weight increases. Porsche had no performance changes. In LMGTE Am the Aston Martin Vantage was given an increase of 2 l (0.44 imp gal; 0.53 US gal). Porsche and Ferrari had no performance alterations.[25]

Following qualifying, the ACO altered the balance of performance in the LMGTE categories for the third time. 10 kg (22 lb) of ballast was removed from the BMW M8 and the Aston Martin Vantage while the Corvette C7.R car was made 5 kg (11 lb) lighter. The Porsche 911 car had its weight increased by 10 kg (22 lb) and the Ford GT vehicles were lightened by 8 kg (18 lb). The Ferrari 488 received an 1 l (0.22 imp gal; 0.26 US gal) increase in fuel capacity. In LMGTE Am, Aston Martin received a 10 kg (22 lb) decrease of weight and Porsche had 10 kg (22 lb) added to their cars. Ferrari had no performance changes. The world governing body of motor racing, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), restricted all LMGTE Pro cars to a maximum of 14 laps per stint.[37]

Pole position winners in each class are indicated in bold. The fastest time set by each entry is denoted in gray.

Notes

The start of the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans

The conditions on the grid were dry and sunny before the race; the air temperature was between 15 to 22 °C (59 to 72 °F) and the track temperature ranged from 14 to 31 °C (57 to 88 °F).[44] Approximately 256,900 people attended the event.[45] The French tricolour was waved at 15:00 Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00),[19] by multiple Grand Slam tennis champion Rafael Nadal to start the race,[46] led by starting pole sitter Buemi.[47] At the start of the parade lap, a misfiring engine and a subsequent spin on cold tyres at the Dunlop Curve dropped Tom Dillmann's No. 4 ByKolles car to the rear of the field.[47] A mounting failure detached the front bodywork on Lotterer's No. 1 Rebellion vehicle and removed downforce from the car entering the Dunlop Curve. It struck the rear of Hanley's DragonSpeed BR1 car.[48] Both cars dropped down the race order. Conway passed Buemi to lead the first four laps until Buemi passed him on the fifth lap. Rain fell during this period though it was not heavy enough to affect the race.[49] Laurent passed Sarrazin's No. 17 BR1 car for third on the Mulsanne Straight before Sarrazin returned to third place by slipstreaming past Laurent into Mulsanne corner. The first hour ended with Vergne passing Duval for the lead of LMP2 and Chatin fell to third. The Porsches of Bruni and Estre duelled for first place in LMGTE Pro as Barker overtook Carioli for the top of LMGTE Am.[50]

Buemi relinquished the lead to his teammate Conway after the No. 8 Toyota made an unscheduled pit stop to have its rear crash structure replaced and the car rejoined the race in second position.[51][52] Berthon ceded fourth place in LMP2 after a front-right wheel detached on the approach to Arnage corner and lost three laps as a new wheel hub assembly was installed onto the car. 1 hour and 40 minutes in, Wainwright's No. 86 Gulf Porsche lost control under braking and crashed into an Armco steel barrier on the outside at Indianapolis turn with its left-hand corner, requiring a slow zone between Mulsanne and Arnage corners to recover the car and to repair the barrier.[52] Conway used the slow zone and a routine pit stop from his teammate Buemi to return to the lead on lap 32.[53] As the second hour ended, Sébastien Bourdais's No. 68 Ford, which moved to second place in LMGTE Pro after a pit stop sequence, was passed by Frédéric Makowiecki's No. 92 Porsche entering the Mulsanne corner and the No. 77 Dempsey-Proton led in LMGTE Am.[52] He continued to advance through the order and overtook his Porsche teammate Vanthoor for the lead of LMGTE Pro with the two cars running nose-to-tail.[54] During a pit stop to relieve Buemi, television footage appeared to show Alonso reversing in the pit lane to pass a LMGTE vehicle parked ahead of him. Footage released later confirmed Alonso had not reversed but was moved back by mechanics, preventing the car from being disqualified.[55]

In the fourth hour, Alonso overtook his teammate López in the Porsche Curves to retake the lead in the No. 8 Toyota. Bourdais used a battle between the Porsche duo of Vanthoor and Makowiecki on the Mulsanne Straight to take the lead of LMGTE Pro. Not long after the left-rear tyre on Gabriel Aubry's No. 38 Jackie Chan Oreca failed on the Mulsanne Straight, littering the track with debris and removing the car's front-left fender. Aubry retained control of the vehicle to allow him to return to the pit lane and the incident required the deployment of the safety cars to slow the race.[56] The safety cars were withdrawn after 15 minutes and racing resumed.[57] The safety cars had separated the LMGTE Pro field, the No. 92 Porsche led by more than a minute from the sister No. 91 due to Richard Lietz being required to remain in the pit lane. Although López made an unscheduled pit stop to replace a left-rear puncture, he took the lead from his teammate Alonso and led by 4​¹⁄₂ seconds.[58] Antonio Giovinazzi in the No. 52 AF Corse Ferrari overtook Dixon on the outside for second in LMGTE Pro. Soon after Dominik Kraihamer was lapping slower LMGTE cars in the Porsche Curves when the rear of the No. 4 ByKolles car and the front of the No. 80 Ebimotors Porsche made contact. Kraihamer's rear wing was removed sending him into a collision against a concrete wall at Corvette corner. Kraihamer was unhurt; the crash caused the deployment of the safety cars for half an hour as marshals repaired the barrier and cleared the track of debris.[59][60]

As the safety car period ended the Toyota cars of López and Alonso scythed their way through heavy traffic. Toyota then invoked team orders on López to return the lead to Alonso entering Arnage turn one lap later.[59] The safety cars had divided the field in LMGTE Pro, leaving Nick Catsburg's No. 81 BMW in second place and the two class Porsches of Earl Bamber and Lietz in third and fourth.[60] Juan Pablo Montoya, driving the No. 23 United Autosports car, crashed into a tyre barrier at Indianapolis corner and activated a local slow zone. Marshals extricated the car from the gravel and Montoya continued.[61] Pierre Thiriet was caught out by the exit of the slow zone. He lost control of the rear of the Signatech car at Mulsanne turn and fell to fourth in LMP2.[62] In the seventh hour, Pilet and Bruni overtook Martin Tomczyk's BMW car for second and third in LMGTE Pro as Romain Dumas' No. 94 vehicle slowed in the Porsche Curves and retired with a front-right suspension bracket failure. Not long after Paul Dalla Lana was en route to the pit lane when he lost control of the No. 98 Aston Martin and crashed against a tyre barrier at the entrance to the Porsche Curves. The damage to the car caused its retirement and required a local slow zone. Vergne used the slow zone to increase his lead over the LMP2 field to almost two minutes and Kobayashi closed to within less than a second of Nakajima.[63][64]

As night fell, Kobayashi passed Buemi to return to the lead of the race. The No. 91 Porsche of Makowiecki was elevated to second in LMGTE Pro ahead of the No. 93 of Nick Tandy after a routine sequence of pit stops.[65] Matevos Isaakyan had an anxious moment with a rear suspension failure on the No. 17 SMP car at the entrance to the Porsche Curves. The car speared backwards into a tyre barrier to the outside of the track and sustained damage. Isaakyan could not get the car moving and contacted his team for advice on how it could be made mobile.[66] Marshals pushed the car behind a barrier and repairs were made to its rear. Isaakyan retired after an engine bay fire.[67][68] The retirement of the SMP vehicle elevated the Rebellion cars of Laurent and the recovering Lotterer to third and fourth and Vergne's LMP2-leading G-Drive car to fifth overall. Porsche's control on the first three positions in LMGTE Pro was broken after Tandy's No. 93 car was forced into the garage with an electrical problem.[67] Early in the tenth hour, the No. 8 Toyota of Buemi incurred a one-minute stop-and-go penalty for speeding in a slow zone, dropping the car two minutes, ten seconds behind Conway's No. 7 car. Philipp Eng's No. 81 BMW relinquished its hold on third place in LMGTE Pro due to a broken damper losing him 11 minutes in the garage.[69][70]

As the race approached its midway point, Alonso lowered the deficit to the race-leading No. 7 Toyota to 1 minute and 16 seconds and Roman Rusinov's G-Drive car led by one lap over Lapierre in LMP2. Christensen in the No. 92 Porsche was 1 minute, 53 seconds ahead of his teammate Bruni in LMGTE Pro and Andlauer's No. 77 Dempsey-Proton held sway over Bleekemolen's Keating Ferrari in LMGTE Am.[71] During the 13th hour, Menezes drove the No. 3 Rebellion car to the garage for a nine-minute repair to its underfloor. He ceded third place to Jani's No. 1 car. José Gutiérrez crashed the No. 40 G-Drive car at the exit to the Porsche Curves and ricocheted onto the circuit facing oncoming traffic. Gutiérrez was unhurt; the damage to the car caused its retirement and a local slow zone was enforced.[72] The slow zone increased López's lead over Alonso to two minutes.[73] Soon after Jani came to the pit lane to repair his car's underbody and emerged after a nine-minute pit stop in fourth place, behind his teammate Menezes.[74][75] Fisichella brought the Spirit of Race Ferrari into third in LMGTE Am drivers and drew closer to Bleekemolen in second.[75]

In the early morning Kobayashi led his teammate Nakajima by around ten to twelve seconds.[76] Nakajima eliminated the time deficit to retake the lead from Kobayashi at the Mulsanne corner and a series of fast lap times put Buemi ahead by more than half a minute.[77] BMW lost one of their two LMGTE Pro entries when Alexander Sims slid on oil laid on the track in the Porsche Curves and damaged the rear of the No. 82 car in a collision against a barrier.[74] At the conclusion of the 16th hour, Cairoli was in fifth in LMGTE Am when he lost control of the No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Porsche car due to a suspension failure and crashed into a tyre barrier at the Ford Chicane.[78][79] The car was retired due to the heavy damage sustained to it and a slow zone was enforced in the area.[79] Both of the Toyota cars were observed speeding in the area and incurred separate one-minute stop-and-go penalties; their multi-lap lead over the Rebellion team kept them in first and second positions. Further down the order, the No. 10 DragonSpeed BR1 had an accident when Hanley lost control of the car in the Porsche Curves and retired.[80] Fifth place in the LMGTE Pro became a battle between the No. 63 Corvette of Mike Rockenfeller and Dixon's No. 69 Ford with the two exchanging position before Dixon claimed it.[81]

Several LMGTE cars took the opportunity to change brake discs at this point in the morning to ensure that cars would finish the race, including the leading car in LMGTE Pro, the No. 92 Porsche.[81] Antonio García drove the No. 63 Corvette car past Ryan Briscoe's No. 69 Ford and gradually drew closer to the No. 68 Ford.[82] Traffic loosened a drain cover built into a kerb at the outside of the Tertre Rouge corner and its metal casting was launched onto a verge. It required the deployment of the safety cars to allow workers to refit the grill and make it safe to drive over.[83] As the safety cars were recalled after half an hour,[84] Alonso fell behind Conway until he overtook him for the lead in slower traffic on the Mulsanne Straight. The LMGTE Pro field closed up with Bruni's No. 92 Porsche car and Müller's No. 68 car close by for second place in class.[83] Not long after Paul di Resta lost control of the No. 23 United Autosports Ligier in the Porsche Curves and the car's front-left corner struck an unprotected concrete barrier. The car slid onto the grass and stopped. Di Resta vacated the car unhurt and was transported to the medical centre for a precautionary check-up as the car was retired.[85] The accident required the intervention of a fourth safety car period. When racing resumed the Dempsey-Proton team's lead in LMGTE Am was lowered to less than half a minute and Makowiecki fell behind Bourdais and Priaulx to fourth place in LMGTE Pro. The No. 39 Graff vehicle of Vincent Capillaire overtook François Perrodo's TDS car for fourth in LMP2.[86]

The No. 23 Panis Barthez Ligier car of Will Stevens, which had held second place in the LMP2 category, entered the pit lane to undergo repairs to its clutch and promoted the Signatech Alpine team to the position.[87] López lost control of the No. 7 Toyota at the exit to the Dunlop Curve and lost 16 seconds to the race-leader Alonso.[88] The IDEC car forfeited second place in LMP2 to Capillaire due to a cracked gearbox casing forcing its retirement,[89] as Makowiecki and Bourdais exchanged second in LMGTE Pro; Makowiecki avoided punishment from the stewards for defensive driving preventing Bourdais from overtaking him.[88] Ben Keating, whose No. 85 Keating Ferrari was second in LMGTE Am, lost control of the rear of the car under braking and was beached in a gravel trap at Mulsanne corner. The car relinquished its hold on second place to the Spirit of Race team and fell one lap behind the class leading No. 77 Dempsey-Proton car.[90] Kobayashi, in second and within 80 minutes of the finish,[91] missed the entry to the pit lane and Toyota required him to slow to 80 km/h (50 mph) by engaging the full course yellow flag limiter to conserve fuel.[92] The No. 7 car lost one lap to the No. 8 entry; it incurred two ten-second stop-and-go penalties for exceeding the number of laps permitted for a single stint by a LMP1 hybrid car and fuel allowance.[93]

Unhindered in the final hours of the race, Nakajima achieved victory for the No. 8 Toyota team, which completed 388 laps and was two laps ahead of Kobayashi's No. 7 Toyota. Rebellion, unable to match the pace of the Toyota cars, finished third and fourth with the No. 3 R13 ahead of the No. 1 car.[93] It was Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima's first Le Mans victory,[94] and Toyota's first on its 20th try.[95] Toyota became the first Japanese manufacturer to win at Le Mans since Mazda in 1991 and Alonso completed a second leg of the Triple Crown of Motorsport (the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix).[95] The G-Drive team led the final 360 laps with the No. 26 Oreca to be the first car to finish the race in LMP2,[96] provisionally earning the team and its drivers Andrea Pizzitola, Rusinov and Vergne their first class victories.[94] Signatech Alpine were the highest-placed full-season WEC team in second and the Graff Racing squad completed the class podium.[94] On its 70th anniversary Porsche took its first win in the LMGTE Pro category since 2013 with the No. 92 car ahead of the No. 91 entry, and the German marque won in LMGTE Am with the No. 77 Dempsey-Proton car winning by 1 minute, 39 seconds over the No. 54 Spirit of Race Ferrari.[97] There were 25 lead changes amongst two cars during the race. The No. 7 Toyota's 205 laps led was the most of any car with the race-winning No. 8 leading 13 times for a total of 183 laps.[96]

The minimum number of laps for classification (70 per cent of the overall winning car's race distance) was 272 laps. Class winners are in bold.[109]

Final race classification

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps	Time
					Engine
1	LMP1	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Fernando Alonso	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M	388	24:00.52.247
					Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
2	LMP1	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M	386	+2 Laps
					Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
3	LMP1	3	Rebellion Racing	Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Mathias Beche	Rebellion R13	M	376	+12 Laps
					Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
4	LMP1	1	Rebellion Racing	Bruno Senna André Lotterer Neel Jani	Rebellion R13	M	375	+13 Laps
					Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
5	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre Pierre Thiriet André Negrão	Alpine A470	D	367	+21 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6	LMP2	39	Graff-SO24	Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi Tristan Gommendy	Oreca 07	D	366	+22 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7	LMP2	32	United Autosports	Hugo de Sadeleer Will Owen Juan Pablo Montoya	Ligier JS P217	D	365	+23 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8	LMP2	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Nabil Jeffri	Oreca 07	D	361	+27 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9	LMP2	31	DragonSpeed	Roberto González Pastor Maldonado Nathanaël Berthon	Oreca 07	M	360	+28 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10	LMP2	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi	Oreca 07	D	356	+32 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11	LMP2	29	Racing Team Nederland	Giedo van der Garde Jan Lammers Frits van Eerd	Dallara P217	M	356	+32 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12	LMP2	33	Jackie Chan DC Racing	David Cheng Nicholas Boulle Jacques Nicolet	Ligier JS P217	D	355	+33 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13	LMP2	23	Panis Barthez Competition	Julien Canal Thimothé Buret Will Stevens	Ligier JS P217	M	352	+36 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14	LMP2	35	SMP Racing	Viktor Shaytar Harrison Newey Norman Nato	Dallara P217	D	345	+43 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR	M	344	+44 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	M	343	+45 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17	LMGTE Pro	68	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Joey Hand Dirk Müller Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	M	343	+45 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
18	LMGTE Pro	63	Corvette Racing – GM	Jan Magnussen Antonio García Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	342	+46 Laps
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
19	LMP2	47	Cetilar Villorba Corse	Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Felipe Nasr	Dallara P217	D	342	+46 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
20	LMGTE Pro	52	AF Corse	Toni Vilander Pipo Derani Antonio Giovinazzi	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	341	+47 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
21	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson	Ford GT	M	340	+48 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
22	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	339	+49 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
23	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen Darren Turner	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	339	+49 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
24	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	338	+50 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
25	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Matt Campbell Christian Ried Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 RSR	M	335	+53 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26	LMGTE Am	54	Spirit of Race	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	335	+53 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
27	LMGTE Pro	93	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Earl Bamber	Porsche 911 RSR	M	334	+54 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28	LMGTE Am	85	Keating Motorsports	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	334	+54 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29	LMGTE Am	99	Proton Competition	Patrick Long Tim Pappas Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 911 RSR	M	334	+54 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30	LMGTE Am	84	JMW Motorsport	Liam Griffin Cooper MacNeil Jeff Segal	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	332	+56 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31	LMGTE Am	80	Ebimotors	Fabio Babini Christina Nielsen Erik Maris	Porsche 911 RSR	M	332	+56 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32	LMP2	50	Larbre Compétition	Erwin Creed Romano Ricci Thomas Dagoneau	Ligier JS P217	M	332	+56 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
33	LMGTE Pro	81	BMW Team MTEK	Nick Catsburg Martin Tomczyk Philipp Eng	BMW M8 GTE	M	332	+56 Laps
					BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
34	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti	Porsche 911 RSR	M	332	+56 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
35	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	Matt Griffin Weng Sun Mok Keita Sawa	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	332	+56 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
36	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Harry Tincknell Andy Priaulx Tony Kanaan	Ford GT	M	332[N 1]	+56 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
37	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Jonathan Adam Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	327	+61 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
38	LMGTE Am	70	MR Racing	Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III Motoaki Ishikawa	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	324	+64 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
39	LMGTE Pro	69	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon	Ford GT	M	309[N 2]	+79 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
40	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing	Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Alex Davison	Porsche 911 RSR	M	283	+105 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
41	LMP1	5	CEFC TRSM Racing	Charlie Robertson Michael Simpson Léo Roussel	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	M	283[N 3]	+105 Laps
					Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6
NC	LMP2	44	Eurasia Motorsport	Andrea Bertolini Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Ligier JS P217	D	334	Incomplete final lap[N 4]
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	LMP1	11	SMP Racing	Mikhail Aleshin Vitaly Petrov Jenson Button	BR Engineering BR1	M	315	Engine
					AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF	LMP2	48	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Memo Rojas	Oreca 07	M	312	Gearbox
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Am	90	TF Sport	Euan Hankey Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	M	304	Driveshaft
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Phil Hanson Paul di Resta Filipe Albuquerque	Ligier JS P217	D	288	Crash
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	64	Corvette Racing – GM	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	259	Overheating
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
DNF	LMP1	10	DragonSpeed	Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Renger van der Zande	BR Engineering BR1	M	244	Crash
					Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Mark Patterson Ate de Jong Tacksung Kim	Ligier JS P217	D	237	Gearbox
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Khaled Al Qubaisi Matteo Cairoli Giorgio Roda	Porsche 911 RSR	M	225	Suspension
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	LMGTE Pro	82	BMW Team MTEK	António Félix da Costa Alexander Sims Augusto Farfus	BMW M8 GTE	M	223	Damage
					BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNF	LMP2	40	G-Drive Racing	James Allen José Gutierrez Enzo Guibbert	Oreca 07	D	197	Crash
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	LMP2	34	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ricky Taylor Côme Ledogar David Heinemeier Hansson	Ligier JS P217	D	195	Engine
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	LMP1	6	CEFC TRSM Racing	Oliver Rowland Alex Brundle Oliver Turvey	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	M	137	Electrical
					Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6
DNF	LMP1	17	SMP Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev	BR Engineering BR1	M	123	Crash
					AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF	LMGTE Pro	94	Porsche GT Team	Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard Sven Müller	Porsche 911 RSR	M	92	Suspension
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	M	92	Crash
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP1	4	ByKolles Racing Team	Oliver Webb Tom Dillmann Dominik Kraihamer	ENSO CLM P1/01	M	65	Collision
					Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6
DSQ	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Andrea Pizzitola Jean-Éric Vergne	Oreca 07	D	369	Disqualified [N 5]
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DSQ	LMP2	28	TDS Racing	François Perrodo Loïc Duval Matthieu Vaxivière	Oreca 07	D	365[N 6]	Disqualified [N 5]
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
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