18 hours down in a frantic LeMansCentenary with Ferrari and Toyota battling for top honours! ⬇️ LeMans24
Ferrari holds a healthy advantage over Toyota following two-thirds distance at Le Mans 24 Hours, while Porsche’s hopes of a podium finish ended with an incident.The #8 Toyota had been at the head of the field as dawn broke at the Circuit de la Sarthe, but Ryo Hirakawa started to lose time with a damaged front splitter and a slow right-rear puncture to his hybrid-powered LMH contender.
Toyota elected to change the front end of the #8 Toyota during the pitstop, which proved crucial in the battle for the lead as it allowed the #51 Ferrari now driven by James Calado to surge to the front. Using fresher tyres, Hirakawa was able to bring the deficit down to 20s but Calado maintained his own to maintain Ferrari’s advantage at the head of the field.Photo by: Rainier Ehrhardt
Scott Dixon runs a lap down in the #3 Cadillac in fourth, Mikken Jensen holding fifth in the #93 Peugeot. The Frenchman was able to reverse out of the barriers and rejoin the track but eventually had to bring the #6 Porsche back into the garage, where it spent a whopping 43 minutes undergoing repairs.
Now driven by Albert Costa, the #34 InterEuropol Oreca remains over 30s clear of the #41 WRT car piloted by Rui Andrade, with Job van Uitert moving the #65 Panis Racing ahead of the #30 Duqueine Oreca of Neel Jani in the battle for the final spot of the podium.
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