Porsche wins Le Mans with a 1 - 2 over Audi

[DavidV]

After a long and exciting race Porsche wins Le Mans!
The nr 19 car , with Nico Hulkenberg driving, wins over the nr. 19 Porsche with a margin of over 30 seconds.
Early this morning Porsche finally took some distance from the Audi nr 7, and didn't give it away any more.


Final results:

Pos	N°	State	Cat	Team	Car	Driver	Laps	Gap	Last lap	Best lap	Av speed	Pits
1	19	Pit	LM P1	Porsche Team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	HÜLKENBERG Nico	395		4:23.441	3:18.596	247.1	30
2	17	Pit	LM P1	Porsche Team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	HARTLEY Brendon	394	1 Lap	4:03.277	3:18.186	247.6	30
3	7	Pit	LM P1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	TRÉLUYER Benoît	393	2 Laps	3:30.964	3:17.475	248.5	32
4	8	Pit	LM P1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	DI GRASSI Lucas	392	3 Laps	3:52.564	3:17.831	248.0	31
5	18	Pit	LM P1	Porsche Team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	JANI Neel	391	4 Laps	3:43.420	3:18.917	246.7	30
6	2	Pit	LM P1	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS 040 - Hybrid	WURZ Alexander	387	8 Laps	3:32.099	3:22.633	242.1	30
7	9	Pit	LM P1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	ALBUQUERQUE Filipe	387	2:35.082	3:33.063	3:17.647	248.2	30
8	1	Pit	LM P1	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS 040 - Hybrid	BUEMI Sébastien	386	9 Laps	3:34.809	3:20.896	244.2	29
9	47	Pit	LM P2	KCMG	Oreca 05 - Nissan	BRADLEY Richard	358	37 Laps	3:58.612	3:36.836	226.3	31
10	38	Pit	LM P2	JOTA Sport	Gibson 015S - Nissan	TURVEY Oliver	358	48.182	3:56.681	3:36.679	226.4	32
11	26	Pit	LM P2	G-Drive Racing	Ligier JS P2 - Nissan	BIRD Sam	358	1:47.522	3:56.499	3:37.078	226.0	32
12	28	Pit	LM P2	G-Drive Racing	Ligier JS P2 - Nissan	DERANI Luis Felipe	354	41 Laps	3:58.801	3:38.109	225.0	35
13	48	Pit	LM P2	Murphy Prototypes	Oreca 03R - Nissan	CHANDHOK Karun	347	48 Laps	4:25.359	3:38.715	224.3	30
14	27	Pit	LM P2	SMP Racing	BR01 - Nissan	MINASSIAN Nicolas	340	55 Laps	3:59.343	3:42.444	220.6	35
15	31	Pit	LM P2	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ligier JS P2 - HPD	VAN OVERBEEK Johannes	339	56 Laps	4:10.910	3:42.890	220.1	32
16	45	Pit	LM P2	Ibanez Racing	Oreca 03R - Nissan	PERRET Pierre	337	58 Laps	4:34.152	3:44.918	218.1	33
17	64	Pit	LM GTE Pro	Corvette Racing - GM	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	GAVIN Oliver	337	3:47.880	4:18.203	3:54.823	208.9	24
18	13	Pit	LM P1	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R-One - AER	IMPERATORI Alexandre	336	59 Laps	3:54.655	3:26.594	237.5	32
19	29	Pit	LM P2	Pegasus Racing	Morgan - Nissan	TUNG Ho-Pin	334	61 Laps	4:21.580	3:40.794	222.2	32
20	72	Pit	LM GTE Am	SMP Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia	SHAYTAR Victor	332	63 Laps	4:13.747	3:56.165	207.8	23
21	71	Pit	LM GTE Pro	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia	RIGON Davide	332	41.370	4:13.643	3:55.698	208.2	25
22	77	Pit	LM GTE Am	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	SEEFRIED Marco	331	64 Laps	4:11.626	3:58.832	205.4	23
23	12	Pit	LM P1	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R-One - AER	HEIDFELD Nick	330	65 Laps	3:49.484	3:27.184	236.8	34
24	62	Pit	LM GTE Am	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 458 Italia	SEGAL Jeffrey	330	19.836	4:18.580	3:57.299	206.8	25
25	51	Pit	LM GTE Pro	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia	BRUNI Gianmaria	330	1:04.725	4:14.948	3:54.991	208.8	26
26	83	Pit	LM GTE Am	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia	PERRODO François	330	1:05.847	4:15.825	3:56.841	207.2	23
27	95	Pit	LM GTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage V8	NYGAARD Christoffer	330	2:23.190	4:22.648	3:54.600	209.1	24
28	30	Pit	LM P2	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ligier JS P2 - HPD	DALZIEL Ryan	329	66 Laps	3:58.376	3:39.702	223.3	36
29	35	Pit	LM P2	Oak Racing	Ligier JS P2 - Nissan	MARIS Erik	328	67 Laps	4:17.280	3:46.095	217.0	32
30	91	Pit	LM GTE Pro	Porsche Team Manthey	Porsche 911 RSR	CHRISTENSEN Michael	327	68 Laps	4:09.033	3:56.863	207.1	25
31	61	Pit	LM GTE Am	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia	GIAMMARIA Raffaele	326	69 Laps	4:21.932	3:57.565	206.5	25
32	40	Pit	LM P2	Krohn Racing	Ligier JS P2 - Judd	KROHN Tracy	323	72 Laps	4:43.898	3:42.168	220.8	35
33	37	Pit	LM P2	SMP Racing	BR01 - Nissan	ALESHIN Mikhail	322	73 Laps	3:57.231	3:41.402	221.6	36
34	99	Pit	LM GTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing V8	Aston Martin Vantage V8	MACDOWALL Alex	320	75 Laps	4:10.601	3:54.246	209.5	25
35	68	Pit	LM GTE Am	Team AAI	Porsche 911 RSR	PARISY Mike	320	0.921	4:06.012	3:59.683	204.7	25
36	66	Pit	LM GTE Am	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia	AL FAISAL Abdulaziz	320	1.506	4:03.943	3:58.646	205.6	21
37	67	Pit	LM GTE Am	Team AAI	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997)	KAPADIA Alex	316	79 Laps	4:43.935	4:00.996	203.6	26
38	98	Pit	LM GTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage V8	DALLA LANA Paul	321	74 Laps	4:08.228	3:56.988	207.0	24
39	4	Pit	LM P1	Team Bykolles	CLM P1/01 - AER	TRUMMER Simon	260	135 Laps	4:15.327	3:33.560	229.7	29
40	22	Pit	LM P1	Nissan Motorsports	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	KRUMM Michael	242	153 Laps	4:05.620	3:35.888	227.3	26
41	34	Pit	LM P2	Oak Racing	Ligier JS P2 - HPD	VANTHOOR Laurens	329	66 Laps	5:44.792	3:38.251	224.8	33
42	53	Pit	LM GTE Am	RILEY MOTORSPORTS-TI AUTO	Srt VIPER GTS-R	BLEEKEMOLEN Jeroen	304	91 Laps	4:37.500	3:55.896	208.0	24
43	42	Pit	LM P2	Strakka Racing	Dome S103 - Nissan	LEVENTIS Nick	264	131 Laps	5:34.936	3:41.304	221.7	26
44	55	Pit	LM GTE Am	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia	MORTIMER Alexander	241	154 Laps	3:59.842	3:57.712	206.4	18
45	23	Pit	LM P1	Nissan Motorsports	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	MARDENBOROUGH Jann	234	161 Laps	3:43.889	3:36.525	226.6	23
46	46	Pit	LM P2	Thiriet By Tds Racing	Oreca 05 - Nissan	GOMMENDY Tristan	204	191 Laps	19:14.911	3:39.575	223.5	19
47	96	Pit	LM GTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage V8	GOETHE Roald	187	208 Laps	4:13.524	3:57.477	206.6	16
48	43	Pit	LM P2	Team Sard Morand	Morgan Evo - SARD	RAGUES Pierre	162	233 Laps	3:54.340	3:41.725	221.3	15
49	21	Pit	LM P1	Nissan Motorsports	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	MATSUDA Tsugio	115	280 Laps	3:41.027	3:37.863	225.2	13
50	36	Pit	LM P2	Signatech Alpine	Alpine A450b - Nissan	CHATIN Paul Loup	110	285 Laps	3:41.184	3:40.324	222.7	9
51	97	Pit	LM GTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage V8	BELL Rob	110	33:08.020	4:30.503	3:56.026	207.9	7
52	50	Pit	LM GTE Am	Larbre Competition	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	RUBERTI Paolo	94	301 Laps	4:13.361	3:58.640	205.6	9
53	41	Pit	LM P2	Greaves Motorsport	Gibson 015S - Nissan	HIRSCH Gary	71	324 Laps	3:42.955	3:40.834	222.2	6
54	88	Pit	LM GTE Am	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	RIED Christian	44	351 Laps	7:10.380	3:59.008	205.3	2
55	92	Pit	LM GTE Pro	Porsche Team Manthey	Porsche 911 RSR	PILET Patrick	14	381 Laps	3:59.084	3:58.639	205.6	1

[Sticky]

Things went a bit better for Porsche at Le Mans this year compared to their result in their return to challenging for the overall title last year. Audi won yet again in 2014 for their 13th championship which put them on a rapid course to catch up to Porsche with its 16 titles.

Well, make that 17 titles for Porsche now as they increase their lead as the all time overall wins leader at Le Mans. That must be nice to have on the Porsche resume, eh? The 919 Hybrids finished 1-2 in the LMP1 class. Audi took the next two spots with their R18 e-tron and Toyota managed a sixth place finish with their very underrated TS 040 Hybrid.

Corvette Racing won the GTE Pro class in their C7R. This is the first win for Corvette Racing at Le Mans since 2011.

The full results are below. Congratulations to Porsche for providing real competition and breaking Audi's streak. It certainly is interesting that the competition had to come from inside the VW Group.

Congratulations to Corvette Racing as well who has a hell of a race car in the C7R which will be a challenger in the GTE classes for years to come.

LMP1:

LMP2:

LM GTE Pro:

LM GTE AM:

Porsche clinches 17th outright victory at Le MansBreaking news - Le Mans 24 Hours

Stuttgart. Porsche has scored its 17th overall victory at the 83rd edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours. No other manufacturer has achieved such impressive results at the world’s toughest endurance race. With the innovative Porsche 919 Hybrid, Earl Bamber (NZ), Nico Hülkenberg (D) and Nick Tandy (GB) won the coveted title exactly 45 years to the day after Porsche’s very first overall victory at the Sarthe. Their team mates Timo Bernhard (D), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber (AUS) finished second and completed the 1-2 for Porsche. The US race driver and actor Patrick Dempsey celebrated the biggest success of his racing career by coming in second with a Porsche 911 RSR in the GTE-Am class .

[SVP03]

I were at Le Mans.
It was a big crash Jan M had.
Hes balls are blue now from the hard impact

[BlackJetE90OC]

Corvette Racing won Le Mans with one car. It isn't easy going over there with your entire program that is based in a US series. Let alone win the race when one car, because the sister car was damaged beyond repair in quali.

Murica!

[Sticky]

Corvette Racing won Le Mans with one car. It isn't easy going over there with your entire program that is based in a US series. Let alone win the race when one car, because the sister car was damaged beyond repair in quali.

Murica!

That's... freaking impressive.