The84th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French:84^e 24 Heures du Mans) was a 24-hourautomobile endurance racing event held for teams of three drivers each fieldingLe Mans Prototype andLe Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars from 15 to 19 June 2016 at theCircuit de la Sarthe, close toLe Mans, France before 263,500 spectators. It was the 84th running of the24 Hour race organised by theAutomobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) as well as the third and flagship round of the2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. A test day was held two weeks prior to the race on 5 June.

Neel Jani ofPorsche started frompole position for the second consecutive year, but heavy rainfall forced the organisers to start the race behind asafety car for the first time in history. Once the rain had stopped and the track sufficiently dried, the field was released from under safety car conditions.Toyota,Audi andPorsche traded off the race lead in the early hours until the No. 6 Toyota established a firm hold on first place, followed by the No. 5 Toyota and No. 2 Porsche. Issues for the No. 6 eventually allowed the No. 5 Toyota to take over the lead, maintaining a small gap from the Porsche.Kazuki Nakajima was driving the Toyota to the finish in the closing three minutes of the race when it suffered a mechanical issue and stopped on the circuit right after the finish line on his last lap. Jani overcame the one-minute gap with the ailing Toyota and passed it on the final lap, taking the race victory; It was Jani and co-driverMarc Lieb's first Le Mans win andRomain Dumas' second. The sister Toyota ofStéphane Sarrazin,Mike Conway andKamui Kobayashi finished three laps behind in second, while the No. 8 Audi ofLoïc Duval,Lucas di Grassi andOliver Jarvis completed the race podium.

TheSignatechAlpine-Nissan ofGustavo Menezes,Nicolas Lapierre andStéphane Richelmi won theLe Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category after it led the final 196 laps of the race.Roman Rusinov,René Rast andWill Stevens ofG-Drive Racing finished on the same lap as the Alpine, while the all-RussianSMP Racing BR01-Nissan ofVitaly Petrov,Kirill Ladygin andViktor Shaytar was four laps behind in third. On the day of the fiftieth anniversary oftheir first overall 24 Hours of Le Mans victory when they swept the podium,Ford won theLe Mans Grand Touring Endurance Professional (LMGTE) Pro class with the No. 68 American entry ofJoey Hand,Sébastien Bourdais andDirk Müller. As they did in 1966, Ford's winning vehicle was aFord GT (aFord GT40 Mk.II in 1966), and they bestedFerrari to win asRisi Competizione were second withGiancarlo Fisichella,Toni Vilander and Matteo Malucelli, after theirFerrari 488 GTE and the winning Ford GT had led all but 26 laps of the race. Ford USA's sister car ofRyan Briscoe,Scott Dixon andRichard Westbrook was third. Americans also led the Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Amateur (LMGTE Am) category, withScuderia Corsa'sTownsend Bell,Jeff Segal andBill Sweedler edging out the fellow Ferrari ofAF Corse, driven byEmmanuel Collard,Rui Águas andFrançois Perrodo.Khaled Al Qubaisi,Patrick Long andDavid Heinemeier Hansson were third in class forAbu Dhabi-Proton.

The result increased Lieb, Jani and Dumas'Drivers' Championship advantage over the new second-placed Duval, di Grassi and Jarvis to 38 points while Kobayashi, Conway and Sarrazin's second-place finish advanced them to third position.André Lotterer,Benoît Tréluyer andMarcel Fässler moved from eighth place to fourth andAlexandre Imperatori,Dominik Kraihamer andMathéo Tuscher fell to fifth after not finishing the race. In theManufacturers' Championship, Porsche extended their lead over Audi to 38 points while Toyota fell to third place with six races left in the season.

The date for the 2016 Le Mans race was officially confirmed as part of theFIA World Endurance Championship's 2016 schedule at aFIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris in December 2015. It was the third of nine scheduledendurancesports car rounds of the2016 calendar and the 84th running of theevent.^[1] With the end of the race scheduled for 19 June, the event conflicted with the2016 European Grand Prix.^[2]Force India driverNico Hülkenberg, who won the2015 race withPorsche would be unable to return and defend his title, leading to accusations thatFormula One Management had deliberately scheduled the race to conflict with Le Mans and prevent Formula One drivers from participating.^[3]

Before the race Porsche driversMarc Lieb,Neel Jani andRomain Dumas led theDrivers' Championship with 43 points, 18 ahead ofLoïc Duval,Lucas di Grassi andOliver Jarvis and a further three in front ofKamui Kobayashi,Mike Conway andStéphane Sarrazin.Alexandre Imperatori,Dominik Kraihamer andMathéo Tuscher were fourth on 15 points and their teammatesNick Heidfeld,Nico Prost andNelson Piquet Jr. were fifth with 12 points.^[4] In theManufacturers' Championship,Porsche lead with 55 points, 12 ahead ofToyota in second position, and a further three in front of the third-placed manufacturerAudi.^[4]

Modifications were made to the circuit in the run-up to the race. A new entryrun-off area was constructed at the Porsche Curves in response to a major accident sustained by Duval during practice for the2014 24 Hours of Le Mans although the turn's alignment was not altered.^[5]SAFER barriers were installed on the outside of the first entry section of the turn,^[6] marking the technology's first appearance at a European motor racing venue.^[7] Vincent Beaumesnil, theAutomobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) sporting manager, revealed was easier to install achicane, but following discussions with the national motor racing governing body of France, theFédération Française du Sport Automobile, the circuit's layout was allowed to remain unchanged.^[6]

The ACO initially planned to expand the race entry from 56 cars to 58 in 2015. But responding to an increase in the number of "high-quality entry requests" they allowed 60 entries for the 2016 race. The Selection Committee took steps to ensure the two additional required pits would be operational in time for the 2016 race.^[8]

Teams that won their class in the previous running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, or won championships in theEuropean Le Mans Series (ELMS) or theAsian Le Mans Series (ALMS) earned automatic entry invitations. Some championship runners-up were also granted automatic invitations in certain series. Two participants in theIMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA) were chosen by the series to be automatic entries by the ACO regardless of their performance. AllFIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) full-season entries automatically earned invitations. As invitations were granted to teams, they could change their cars from the previous year to the next but were not allowed to change their category. In the ELMS and ALMS, theLe Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) class invitations could choose between the Pro and Am categories. The ELMS Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) champion for2015 was required to field an entry inLe Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) while the2015–16 ALMS LMP3 champion was allowed to select between LMP2 or LMGTE Am. ELMS GTC class champions of 2015 were limited to the LMGTE Am category.^[9]

Among the fourteen automatic invitations granted, three teams chose not to accept:Team LNT andMarc VDS did not continue their ELMS efforts in 2016 whileSMP Racing opted to concentrate on their LMP2 entries and forgo defense of their Le Mans victory in LMGTE Am.^[9]

Automatic entries for the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans

Reason invited	LMP1	LMP2	LMGTE Am	LMGTE Pro
1st in the24 Hours of Le Mans	Porsche Team	KCMG	SMP Racing	Corvette Racing
1st in theEuropean Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE)		Greaves Motorsport	Formula Racing
2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMGTE)			BMW Team Marc VDS
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3 and GTC)		Team LNT	TDS Racing
IMSA SportsCar Championship at-large entries		Michael Shank Racing	Scuderia Corsa
1st in theAsian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT)		Race Performance	Clearwater Racing
1st in theAsian Le Mans Series (LMP3)		DC Racing
Source:[9]

In conjunction with the announcement of entries for the FIA WEC and theELMS, the ACO announced the full 60 car entry list and ten car reserve list in Paris on 5 February. In addition to the 32 guaranteed entries from the FIA WEC, 13 entries came from the ELMS, nine fromIMSA, four from theALMS, while one-off entries competing only at Le Mans filled the rest of the field.^[10]

The ACO named ten reserves to replace any entries which were withdrawn prior to the official test session.^[10]Greaves Motorsport,Riley Motorsports, andProton Competition later withdrew their reserve entries. Algarve Pro Racing was promoted to the race entry when TDS Racing withdrew their LMGTE Am Aston Martin.^[11] Six reserves remained before the race, with a second entry from Pegasus Racing andTeam AAI, as well as lone entries from JMW Motorsport,Courage,OAK Racing, andDragonSpeed.^[12]

The Garage 56 entry to display new technologies returned following an absence in 2015.^[13]Frédéric Sausset, aquadruple amputee, participated in the race driving a modifiedMorgan LMP2 developed in conjunction withOnroak Automotive. Theadapted automobile featured a throttle and braking system controlled by Sausset through his thighs while steering was achieved by attaching his right limb directly to the steering column. The car was also able to be driven in a normal fashion by his co-drivers.^[14] SRT 41 initially planned to use a new Audi engine for the programme but later changed to the ubiquitous Nissan LMP2 engine. The team participated in the SilverstoneELMS race as a precursor to Le Mans, the first Garage 56 entry to compete prior to Le Mans.^[15]

Some drivers made their first appearance in the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans. Four-time IndyCar Series championScott Dixon co-droveFord Chip Ganassi Racing's (CGR) No. 69 car, although he missed the first day ofscrutineering because of a rain delay in theFirestone 600 at theTexas Motor Speedway.^[16] It was announced in March that Olympic gold medallist and multiple cycling world championChris Hoy would share the No. 25 Algarve Pro RacingLigier JS P2-Nissan withAndrea Pizzitola and Michael Munemann.^[17] Hoy was the first Summer Olympic gold medallist to compete at Le Mans,^[17] the ninth former Olympian to race there and the second Olympic champion to do so, after alpine skierHenri Oreiller.^[18]British GT Championship race winner Oliver Bryant was paired withJohnny O'Connell andMark Patterson in the No. 57 Team AAIChevrolet Corvette C7.R.^[19]

A mandatory test session for all sixty entries was held on 5 June, split into two daytime sessions.^[20] The morning session was led by Porsche, with Jani setting a lap time of 3 minutes, 22.334 seconds. The second Porsche ofMark Webber followed, ahead of the two Audis ofMarcel Fässler and Duval and both Toyotas ofAnthony Davidson and Kobayashi.Oreca vehicles led the LMP2 category with six cars at the top of the timing charts, with theSignatech Alpine ofNicolas Lapierre ahead of Eurasia Motorsport andManor.^[21] Porsche also led the LMGTE Pro category with a one-two, the No. 92 ofFrédéric Makowiecki ahead of the No. 91 ofKévin Estre, followed byOliver Gavin's No. 63 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R.^[22] The No. 55AF CorseFerrari ofMatt Griffin was the fastest in LMGTE Am on his final lap, ahead of the second Ferrari of Scuderia Corsa. The session was temporarilystopped halfway through whenFrançois Perrodo beached his car in the Porsche Curves gravel trap and required extraction.^[21]

The second test session had Audi move to the top of the field when di Grassi set a 3-minute, 21.375-second lap time, followed by an improved time for the No. 1 Porsche of Webber. The No. 8 Audi required repairs for much of the session after issues arose with the car's suspension system.Tristan Gommendy improved the fastest lap in LMP2, moving Eurasia Motorsport ahead of the Signatech Alpine. TheMichael ShankLigier-Honda ofOswaldo Negri Jr. had a heavy accident in the session's final hour at the left-hand barriers entering the second Mulsanne Chicane, bringing a premature end to the test. Negri was unhurt.Antonio García moved the No. 63 Chevrolet Corvette ahead of the pair of Porsches ofNick Tandy and Makowiecki, while another Corvette in LMGTE Am, driven by reserve driverNicky Catsburg forLarbre Compétition, overtook the fastest time from the morning session.^[23][24] Other incidents had the No. 99 Aston Martin ofLiam Griffin trigger the activation of the slow zone system when it stopped at the first chicane,^[23] and all cars slowed forPu Jun Jin who went into the gravel trap at Mulsanne Corner. Yutaka Yamagishi impacted the tyre barrier at Tertere Rouge corner but was able to drive back to thepit lane.Tommy Milner spun his No. 64 Chevrolet Corvette at Dunlop Chicane. Thesafety car was deployed whenTracy Krohn beached his car in the Porsche curves entry gravel trap.^[25]

A single four-hour free practice session was available to the teams before the three qualifying sessions.^[20] Rain fell on parts of the circuit throughout the four hours. The No. 8 Audi led for much of the session until overtaken by the No. 2 PorscheBrendon Hartley until it too was pipped by Jani with a lap of 3 minutes, 22.011 seconds in the closing ten minutes.^[26] The session was stopped briefly whenPierre Kaffer's ByKolles CLM-AER caught fire on theMulsanne Straight after exiting the first chicane. Toyota ended the session with the No. 6 entry of Sarrazin heavily damaged at its front-end after hitting the barriers exiting the Indianapolis corner.Richard Bradley ofKCMG led the LMP2 category ahead of the Signatech Alpine of Lapierre andPaul-Loup Chatin'sPanis-Barthez Ligier-Nissan. Separate crashes byBruno Senna ofRGR Sport andInès Taittinger of Pegasus Racing at the Porsche Curves and Indianapolis corner led to stoppages in the session.^[26][27] Ford and Ferrari entrants led the LMGTE Pro field with three Ford cars leading the class until overtaken by theRisi Ferrari ofToni Vilander and later the No. 51 AF Corse car ofGianmaria Bruni.Townsend Bell of Scuderia Corsa led the LMGTE Am category for much of the session untilRob Bell gave Le Mans rookiesClearwater Racing the fastest lap of the class in the final fifteen minutes.^[26][27]

Six hours of qualifying sessions to set the race's starting order with the fastest lap times set by each team's quickest driver were available to all the entrants,^[28][20] butpole position for the race was decided by Jani in the first ten minutes of the opening session. His 3-minute, 19.733-second lap time kept him at the top of the field as rain affected the two qualifying sessions the following day. The position was the second consecutive at Le Mans for both Jani and Porsche, while the sister car was nearly half a second behind in the second position. Sarrazin was a further half-second behind for third, followed by the other Toyota of Davidson.^[29] Audi struggled to get their cars on track at the start of the first session. Both R18s suffered mechanical ailments, eventually setting lap times three seconds slower than the pole position Porsche to hold onto fifth and sixth positions. Their best lap came from di Grassi.^[30] Kraihamer was the fastestprivateer in the No. 13 Rebellion. The ByKolles entry did not appear during the session while repairs were made following a fire in the practice session.René Rast ofG-Drive Racing led the LMP2 category with a three-minute and 36.605-second lap time set in the final fifteen minutes of the session, after the lead in the category had been swapped between the G-Drive entry and the two Alpines over the course of the two-hour session.Nelson Panciatici in DC Racing's Alpine held on for second in the class while Signatech's Lapierre was third. Jin had an accident near Tertre Rouge, heavily damaging his car, and ending Eurasia Motorsport's night.^[30]

The LMGTE Pro category qualifying was swept by the new cars making their debuts at Le Mans. Ford's newGT in the hands ofDirk Müller set a lap time of three minutes and 51.185 seconds, three-tenths of a second ahead of its American sister car the No. 69 Ford ofRyan Briscoe. Ferrari's new488 driven by Bruni was third in the class for AF Corse, a further tenth of a second behind the two Ford cars. The British pair of Fords driven byOlivier Pla andHarry Tincknell were in fourth and fifth places, followed by two further Ferraris, with Makowiecki's No. 92 Porsche almost four seconds off the class pole position time as the first vehicle with previous experience at Le Mans.^[30][31] Risi Competizione's Ferrari brought out the only red flag of the session asGiancarlo Fisichella became stuck in the gravel trap at the Porsche Curves after a spin. In LMGTE Am Rob Bell's 3-minute, 56.827-second lap in theClearwater Racing Ferrari beat outPedro Lamy in the No. 98 Aston Martin; two AF Corse Ferrari cars driven byMatt Griffin andEmmanuel Collard followed in third and fourth positions.^[30]

The following day the second qualifying session opened with a dry track but threatening skies. Several LMP2 and LMGTE teams were able to improve their qualifying times in the opening half an hour of the session before rainfall started. The biggest improvement in the beginning of the session was the Abu Dhabi-Proton Porsche in LMGTE Am, taking third place in the class, while the ByKolles CLM-AER of Kaffer went out in the wet to set first lap times of qualifying and take its place at the back of the LMP1 field.^[32] Pegasus Racing led the few improved times in the LMP2 category to earn the fifteenth position. Porsche No. 1 was the fastest in the session, but its lap time was over three seconds off the provisional pole position. The second session ended without the track drying again and no times were improved in any category. All four Aston Martins chose not to set lap times in the session as they changed their engines.^[32] The third qualifying session began an hour later under a light rain that changed to a deluge within ten minutes, prompting race officials to stop qualifying for nearly an hour as several carsaquaplaned. When the rain tapered off and qualifying resumed, many teams chose not to participate or set a large number of lap times as no improvements could be made to qualifying lap times.^[32]

Following qualifying the ACO altered thebalance of performance in the LMGTE Pro category, adding 10 kg (22 lb) of ballast and lowering turbocharger boost pressure in the Ford GT and adding 25 kg (55 lb) of ballast to the Ferrari 488s to lower their performance. Similarly, Aston Martin and Corvette received an increase in performance by allowing a largerair restrictor on the air intake of their engines. Porsche had no performance changes.^[33]

Provisionalpole positions in each class are denoted inbold. The fastest time set by each entry is denoted with a gray background. Times for Qualifying 3 are not included as many teams did not set a lap time, and no team made an improvement on their time.

The cars took to the circuit on Saturday morning for a 45-minute warm-up session. The No. 7 Audi driven byAndré Lotterer set the fastest time with a lap of 3 minutes, 25.886 seconds. Kobayashi and Lieb were second and third for Toyota and Porsche. Duval was fourth-fastest and had the fastest lap until the session's quickest three drivers recorded their times. The fastest LMP2 lap was set by Rast with a time of 3 minutes, 40.724 seconds. Müller, driving the No. 68 Ford GT, was the quickest driver in the LMGTE Pro category, with the No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Porsche ofPatrick Long the fastest of all the LMGTE Am drivers.^[38] Paul-Loup Chatin went off the track leaving the Porsche Curves and lightly damaged the right-hand side of his No. 23 Panis-Barthez car in a collision with the turn's barriers. This triggered the deployment ofred flags to allow his vehicle to be removed to a safe area.David Cheng went through standing water turning right heading into Indianapolis corner and slid sideways. He attempted to regain control of his car but heavily damaged his vehicle's right-hand side. The session was ended prematurely because of the limited time available.^[39]

The weather at the start of the race were wet. The air temperature throughout the race ranged from 12.2 to 20.4 °C (54.0 to 68.7 °F) and the track temperature between 13 and 32 °C (55 and 90 °F).^[40] 263,500 people attended the event.^[41] The French tricolour was waved at 15:00Central European Summer Time (CEST) by actorBrad Pitt to start the race.^[42] Heavy rain fell on the circuit in the hour before the event started, forcing the race organisers to start it behind the safety car for the first time in history.^[43] During the reconnaissance lap, the Ford No. 66 GT was pushed into the garage after it lost gearbox pressure making it difficult to change gears.^[44] The safety car remained on the track for 53 minutes after which the cars were allowed to overtake when the track begun to dry.^[45] Jani maintained his pole position advantage heading into the first corner.Mike Conway's No. 6 Toyota tried unsuccessfully to pass Bernhard heading into Mulsanne corner, allowing Lotterer to attack him entering theDunlop Bridge. The Audis passed the No. 5 Toyota ofSébastien Buemi for fourth and fifth. Conway overtook Bernhard on the way into the first Mulsanne Chicane for second and took the lead from Jani at the eighth lap's conclusion.^[44]

Duval passed Bernhard for third place while Lotterer began a sequence of pit stops to change to dry compound tyres soon after. After the pit stops, Lotterer moved to the front of the race with Hartley in second and Duval third after both Toyotas had slow stops. Lotterer extended his advantage to seven seconds before entering the pit lane for an unscheduled stop. He was pushed into his garage for a change ofturbocharger and repairs to his car's rearhydraulics system, promoting Hartley to the lead. Duval retook first by passing Hartley on the pit lanestraight but lost the position to him at Mulsanne corner when a short rain shower fell.^[46] The LMP2 lead was taken byRoberto Merhi's No. 44 Manor at the start of the hour after he switched to theintermediate tyres during the first lap of competitive racing. In LMGTE Pro, Makowiecki's No. 92 Porsche was 13.8 seconds ahead ofRichard Westbrook's No. 69 Ford. Westbrook eroded Makowiecki's advantage by going two seconds per lap faster than him. He took the class lead on the approach to Mulsanne Corner before the second hour was over.^[46][47] The battle for the outright lead continued to be a multi-car duel between representatives of the three manufacturers as they were separated by less than three seconds. This fluctuated due to the various levels of traffic.^[48]

Webber's No. 1 Porsche and Kobayashi's No. 6 Toyota exchanged the lead through the following pit stop cycle and the next three hours as the Toyotas were on track longer. This meant they ran a lap more at full speed in their attempt at making one less stop later in the race.^[49] The lead of LMGTE Pro was left to Vilander's Risi Ferrari after Briscoe relieved Westbrook in the No. 69 Ford. Vilander pulled away from Briscoe, whose performance faded in the early phase of his first stint, and he was caught byJoey Hand's sister No. 68 car which was on average 1.6 seconds faster. Hand moved out of Briscoe'sslipstream and overtook him on the Mulsanne Straight for second in class. Hand caught the Vilander's category-leading vehicle and the two battled for several minutes until Hand overhauled Vilander and Briscoe followed soon after.^[50][51] In LMP2 Matthew Rao took over from Merhi in the class leading No. 44 Manor, but he was under pressure fromRyo Hirakawa's No. 46TDS Racing car in second andWill Stevens' third-placed No. 26 G-Drive entry with the trio close by one other. Four hours and fifty minutes into the race, Rao spun at the Dunlop Chicane. This promoted Hirakawa into the lead of LMP2 while Rao fell to fourth.^[50]

During the sixth hour of the race Kobayashi in the No. 6 Toyota was better able to mount a challenge to Webber and later Bernhard's No. 1 Porsche. Kobayashi lowered the No. 1 Porsche's advantage to 13.7 seconds after setting a new fastest lap of the race at 3 minutes, 21.445 seconds and consistently lapped in this range and strategically scythed his way through slower traffic. Matteo Malucelli returned the No. 82 Ferrari back to the front of LMGTE Pro after passing the two class leading Fords of Dixon andStefan Mücke. Malucelli was later demoted from the top of LMGTE Pro to third whenSébastien Bourdais and later Dixon got ahead of him.^[52][53] Kobayashi and later Sarrazin took the overall lead from Bernhard after a local slow zone procedure was activated for trackside officials to recover Taittinger's No. 28 Pegasus Morgan. Tattiner misjudged the braking point for the right-hand Mulsanne Corner and was beached in the gravel trap.^[53] Bernhard lost forty seconds to Kobayashi because he lost sight on the approach to the slow zone due to the diminishing sunlight. Heflat-spotted his tyres but stopped the No. 1 car from clouting the wall.^[52][54] LMGTE Am had been led by Porsche from the start. The No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton car and the No. 78 KCMG entry exchanged the class lead until Lamy's No. 98 Aston Martin broke up the monopoly midway through the seventh hour when he overtookChristian Ried for second and began to draw closer to Long.^[52][53]

As night fell on the circuit, the battle for the overall victory was left to both Toyotas and Porsches because Duval's No. 8 Audi dropped off the pace in fifth. Jani lapped more than a second faster than his teammate Bernhard and overtook him for second on the 120th lap.^[55] This came as the Audis were instructed by race control to enter their garages for repairs to their number lighting systems.^[56] Repairs to both Audis took less than six minutes each, and the team's drivers rejoined in the same positions they were in earlier.^[55]Tsugio Matsuda's No. 47 KCMG car suffered an apparent power failure and pulled off to the side of the circuit on the straight linking the Mulsanne and Indianapolis turns. That allowedRoman Rusinov's No. 26 G-Drive Oreca back into third in LMP2 after the team recovered from a drive-through penalty and a subsequent puncture.^[55][56] For 20 minutes the safety cars were dispatched to slow the race for a second time as two near simultaneous incidents involving GTE cars occurred. The first sawPaul Dalla Lana's No. 98 Aston Martin hit the barrier beside the track on his way to the Porsche Curves. He spun across the track and beached the car facing oncoming traffic. Then Perrodo's No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari went straight into the gravel trap at Mulsanne Corner after he could not steer right.^[55] In the meantime, Hartley's No. 1 Porsche was forced out of contention for the victory when it went to the garage for two and a half hours to rectifywater pump and engine temperature problems, losing 39 laps and falling to 53rd.^[57]

In LMP2 the safety cars had split the field, leavingPierre Thiriet's No. 46 TDS Racing vehicle two minutes and 48 seconds ahead of Lapierre's second-place No. 36 Signatech Alpine car as it made a pit stop.^[58] It did not, however, have much effect on the GTE classes as the gaps at the front of their respective fields was narrow.^[55] When racing resumed Jani's No. 2 Porsche was able to attack Conway's No. 6 Toyota leaving Tertre Rouge turn and pass him for the lead into the first Mulsanne Chicane. Jani held the position until he made a pit stop and was relieved by Dumas.^[58] Bradley ran wide into the entrance of the Porsche Curves due to apower steering failure that sent the No. 47 KCMG car deep into the gravel trap. The car was abandoned since it could not be restarted. Not long after Estre's No. 91 Porsche begun leaking oil on the run to the Porsche Curves as the car's engine failed. Pizzitola's No. 25 Algarve Pro entry was caught out by Estre's oil and slid sideways into the gravel. That caused the third deployment of the safety cars asmarshals worked for 28 minutes to dry the spilled oil by scattering an oil-neutralising compound across the track. As the safety cars were recalled Dumas put pressure on Buemi's No. 5 Toyota and overtook him on the Mulsanne Straight for second. Soon after passing Kraihamer's No. 13 Rebellion for fifth Fässler's No. 7 Audi developed ahybrid system issue that forced its return to the pit lane.^[59]

The LMGTE Am lead changed midway through the twelfth hour fromKhaled Al Qubaisi's No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Porsche to Bell's No. 62Scuderia Corsa Ferrari.^[60] Not long after Stevens' No. 26 G-Drive Oreca served a one-minute stop-and-go penalty for speeding in a slow zone. He fell a further minute and a half behind Hirakawa's No. 46 TDS Racing car but stayed in third place in LMP2.^[61] Several LMGTE cars took the opportunity to changebrake discs at this point in the morning, including the LMGTE Pro leading Risi Ferrari of Fisichella. Halfway through the 13th hour, Kobayashi relinquished the No. 6 Toyota's hold on first to Lieb's No. 2 Porsche for five laps when he made an unscheduled pit stop to repair minor left-hand side bodywork damage.^[60][62] Lieb could not establish a healthy advantage as a local slow zone procedure was needed for the No. 13 Rebellion of Tuscher who retired just before the entrance to the second Mulsanne Chicane with afuel injector failure that shut down theR-One's engine.^[60][62][63] Just after the slow zone was lifted, Lieb ran over some gravel that was strewn on the track and picked up a slow puncture. He was forced into the pit lane for a replacement wheel and fuel. Davidson's No. 5 Toyota inherited second. He started closing up to his teammate Kobayashi before Lieb retook the lead through the following pit stop cycle.^[60][62]

A series of incidents in LMGTE Pro and LMP2 during the first hours of the morning prompted localised slow zone procedures and later the fourth deployment of the safety cars.Simon Dolan's No. 38 G-Drive car was hit by Dalla Lana's No. 98 Aston Martin that he lapped in the braking zone for the Ford Chicanes. Dolan was sent scuttling across thekerbing and heavily into the tyre barrier alongside the track. Later, Milner inflicted extensive damage to his No. 64 Corvette. He crashed into the end of the right-hand side tyre barrier at the entry to the Dunlop Chicane after losing control of its rear on the kerbs through driver error under braking. Soon after, Panciatici's fourth-placed No. 35Baxi DC Alpine LMP2 ran straight across the gravel trap at the first Mulsanne Chicane and into the concrete wall. The final incident happened when Thiriet hit the inside barrier beside the circuit and removed the front bodywork from the No. 46 TDS Racing entry. He then ran over several tracksidebollards on his way to beaching in the gravel trap.^[64][65][66] The safety car separated the LMP1 field as Conway's and Buemi's Toyotas made pit stops. After racing resumed they slipstreamed one another in slower traffic on the Mulsanne Straight and Buemi overtook Conway around the outside for second. Conway and Buemi retook first and second when Jani's No. 2 Porsche made a pit stop from the lead by the close of the 17th hour and emerged close behind the pair.^[64]

The outright leaders settled down as the 18th hour approached. The two Toyotas opened up a significant lead over Jani's No. 2 Porsche, who could not match their pace after his race-long speed advantage had been nullified at that point. Müller's No. 68 Ford fell back from the battle for the lead of LMGTE Pro with the No. 82 Risi Ferrari of Malucelli on the 245th lap. Müller was penalised with a drive-through penalty for having the engine running during his refuelling pit stop. He responded by going a second per lap faster than Malucelli. It lowered his lead in LMGTE Pro to seven seconds going into the next pit stop phase.^[67] Hand later relieved Müller in the No. 68 Ford and got the car back to the front of LMGTE Pro by overtaking Malucelli on the first part of the Mulsanne Straight. He began to pull clear with 41⁄2 remaining. Lieb's No. 2 Porsche returned to the outright lead, but he ceded it to Davidson's faster No. 5 Toyota entering Mulsanne corner. The sister No. 6 Toyota had an anxious moment when Kobayashi lost control of the car into Karting corner and came to a rest in the gravel trap. He returned to third without needing external aid but lost 20 seconds to teammate Davidson. The pressure put on Ford by Ferrari in LMGTE Pro eased when Vilander lost control of the rear of the No. 82 car leaving the Porsche Curves but retained second in class despite getting temporarily beached in the gravel trap.^[68][69]

Kobayashi bowed out of the battle for the outright victory when he entered the garage to fix the No. 6 Toyota's floor, which was damaged during the night when it hit a slower car and have a precautionary cooling system check done so it could get to the end of the race. Although repairs to the car lost it three laps to Davidson's sister No. 5 Toyota it retained its hold on third as the No. 8 Audi was ten laps behind in fourth.^[70] Davidson and later Nakajima matched Jani's pace. He could not get a consistent rate of lap times or get closer to the front of the pack. This was after Porsche changed its strategy to match the one employed by Toyota throughout the event, which had the No. 2 car stay on track for 14 laps at a time.^[71][72] Fuel mileage was also a concern for the LMGTE Pro leaders as Briscoe's No. 69 Ford stopped one lap later than all other cars in the class. That drew him closer to Vilander's No. 82 Risi Ferrari as Hand's sister No. 68 Ford was responding to his pace.^[70][71] During the 22nd hourMathias Lauda's No. 98 Aston Martin pulled off behind the left-hand concrete wall on the approach to the Porsche Curves with a terminal gearbox problem. Soon after that Tattinger's No. 28 Morgan Pegasus repeated its earlier excursion into the right-hand side gravel trap at Mulsanne Corner and retired a few minutes later with a right-rear tyre fire.^[71]

With six minutes remaining Nakajima's No. 5 Toyota was ahead of Jani's No. 2 Porsche by 70 seconds and looked set to claim the manufacturer's first overall Le Mans victory. But Nakajima slowed to less than 200 km/h (120 mph) on the Mulsanne Straight due to a failure of the connector line linking the turbocharger and theintercooler, reducing power and causing a sudden loss of control over the turbocharger. Nakajima slowed even more two minutes later, and stopped the No. 5 Toyota after the start/finish line as the car's power gave out entirely.^[73][74] Jani overcame the gap and overtook Nakajima seconds later to take the chequered flag for the No. 2 Porsche and the marque's 18th overall victory at Le Mans. It was Jani and Lieb's first Le Mans victory and Dumas' second after triumphing in2010. The sister No. 6 Toyota of Sarrazin, Conway and Kobayashi finished three laps behind in second, while the No. 8 Audi of Duval, di Grassi and Jarvis took third to maintain Audi's record of getting one car on the podium since debuting in1999.^[75] The No. 36 Signatech Alpine of Lapierre,Gustavo Menezes andStéphane Richelmi led the final 196 laps to take the victory in LMP2.^[76] The second-placed No. 26G-Drive Oreca of Rusinov, Rast and Stevens finished on the same lap as the Alpine. It gave Lapierre his second successive category win and Menezes and Richelmi's first. The all-Russian SMP Racing BR01 ofVitaly Petrov,Kirill Ladygin andViktor Shaytar, which came four laps behind in third, completed the class podium.^[77]

On the day of the 50th anniversary of their first overall 24 Hours of Le Mans victory in1966,Ford won the LMGTE Pro class with the No. 68 American entry of Hand, Bourdais and Müller. Risi Competizione's No. 82 Ferrari were provisionally one minute adrift in second position with Fisichella, Vilander and Malucelli after they and the category winning Ford had led all but 26 laps of the race. Ford CGR USA's sister No. 69 car of Briscoe, Dixon and Westbrook was third.^[76][78] After the race the No. 68 Ford was penalised a total of 70 seconds towards its total race time for being deemed to have sped in a slow zone and for having faulty wheel speed sensors. Risi's No. 82 Ferrari had twenty seconds added to its total time and fined €5,000 for ignoring multiple black flags with an orange disc that were deployed to instruct the team to rectify a faulty leader light board after Ford CGR filed a protest over the technical problem in the final hour of the event. The result of the penalties reduced the No. 68 Ford's margin of victory over the No. 82 Risi Ferrari to 10.2 seconds.^[79] Americans also led LMGTE Am with theScuderia Corsa's No. 62 Ferrari of Bell,Jeff Segal, and Bill Sweedler edging out the fellow No. 83 Ferrari ofAF Corse, driven byEmmanuel Collard,Rui Águas and Perrodo. Al Qubaisi, Long, andDavid Heinemeier Hansson were third in class forAbu Dhabi-Proton.^[78] There were 28 outright lead changes during the race; four cars reached the front of the field. The No. 6 Toyota led thirteen times for 173 laps, more than any other car. The No. 2 Porsche led twelve times for a total of 51 laps.^[76]

The top three finishers in all four categories appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and at their own separate press conferences. Lieb said of the No. 2 Porsche's outright victory, "The last quadruple stint I did was really on the edge. Even the first three stints were quite difficult with overtaking in the traffic and taking risks. In the last one I then also had to save fuel, and especially the front tyres that began to lose performance. I gave everything I had—and now I think I have to digest what all has happened today."^[80] Kobayashi said Toyota was unhappy to finish in second place, "Unfortunately our second position was not what we wanted. We are here to win so I am not really happy."^[80] His co-driver Conway spoke of his mixed feelings over the result, "I have mixed feelings. Second is okay but we are all gutted for car #5. They drove a great race ... It's okay to get one car on the podium but we wanted more."^[80] Third-placed di Grassi described Audi's race as "horrible" and said the improved competition from Porsche and Toyota would require his team to improve for the rest of the season. "To finish on the podium is a nice reward, but this race [performance] is not Audi, with how many times we went into the garage, how many repairs we had to do, and how much time we spent stopped. We have to improve a lot. We have to beat the others on the track."^[81]

The mechanical failure of the No. 5 Toyota in the closing minutes overshadowed the event.^[82] Toyota team principal Hughes de Chaunac was visibly distraught and tearful over the manufacturer being denied a first Le Mans win.^[83] He said, "You cannot accept that three minutes before the flag and just in front of you. You cannot believe it, we are just dreaming, it is so hard to accept it."^[84] Jarvis, Jani, Webber, and the head of Audi MotorsportWolfgang Ullrich expressed their reaction to Toyota.^[80][84] Following the completion of an initial investigation into the failure five days later, Toyota denied any connection to similar engine problems the cars had at the preceding6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps held the month before.^[73] The No. 5 car was not classified in the final result because it completed the last lap in 11 minutes, 53.815 seconds and it scored no championship points.^[85] After discussion over the final lap, the ACO announced a new series of rule changes in December 2016 to deal with cars in the final minutes. The standards by which a car is classified have been changed. Instead of the mandatory six minutes for the final lap of the race, penalties will be awarded for any lap over six minutes on a gradual scale. Failure to complete the last lap of the race in under fifteen minutes will now lead to a car no longer being classified. Under the2017 rules, there would have been a ten-lap penalty for the No. 5 car.^[86]

The result increased Lieb, Jani and Dumas' advantage over the new second-placed trio of Duval, di Grassi and Jarvis in the Drivers' Championship to 39 points. Kobayashi, Conway and Sarrazin's second-place finish advance the trio to third position in the standings. Lotterer, Fassler and Treulyer moved to fourth place and Kraihamer, Imperatori and Tuscher's non-finish dropped them to fifth.^[4] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Porsche extended their lead over Audi to 38 points and Toyota fell to third position with six races left in the season.^[4]

The minimum number of laps for classification (70 per cent of the overall winning car's race distance) was 268 laps. Class winners are denoted withbold.^[87]

Final race classification Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP1 2 Porsche Team Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani Porsche 919 Hybrid M 384 24:00:38.449 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 2 LMP1 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 381 +3 Laps Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 3 LMP1 8 Audi Sport Team Joest Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis Audi R18 M 372 +12 Laps AudiTDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6 4 LMP1 7 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer Audi R18 M 367 +17 Laps AudiTDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6 5 LMP2 36 SignatechAlpine Nicolas Lapierre Gustavo Menezes Stéphane Richelmi Alpine A460 D 357 +27 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 6 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov Will Stevens René Rast Oreca 05 D 357 +27 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 7 LMP2 37 SMP Racing Vitaly Petrov Viktor Shaytar Kirill Ladygin BR Engineering BR01 D 353 +31 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 8 LMP2 42 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts Gibson 015S D 351 +33 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 9 LMP2 33 Eurasia Motorsport Pu Junjin Tristan Gommendy Nick de Bruijn Oreca 05 D 348 +37 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 10 LMP2 41 Greaves Motorsport Memo Rojas Julien Canal Nathanaël Berthon Ligier JS P2 D 348 +37 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 11 LMP2 27 SMP Racing Nicolas Minassian Maurizio Mediani Mikhail Aleshin BR Engineering BR01 D 347 +37 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 12 LMP2 23 Panis-Barthez Compétition Fabien Barthez Timothé Buret Paul-Loup Chatin Ligier JS P2 M 347 +37 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 13 LMP1 1 Porsche Team Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber Porsche 919 Hybrid M 346 +38 Laps Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 14 LMP2 49 Michael Shank Racing John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr. Laurens Vanthoor Ligier JS P2 D 345 +39 Laps Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 15 LMP2 43 RGR Sport by Morand Ricardo González Filipe Albuquerque Bruno Senna Ligier JS P2 D 344 +40 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 16 LMP2 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Ligier JS P2 D 341 +43 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 17 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Michael Munemann Chris Hoy Andrea Pizzitola Ligier JS P2 D 341 +43 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 18 LMGTE Pro 68 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Joey Hand Dirk Müller Sébastien Bourdais Ford GT M 340 +44 Laps FordEcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 19 LMGTE Pro 82 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella Matteo Malucelli Toni Vilander Ferrari 488 GTE M 340 +44 Laps FerrariF154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 20 LMGTE Pro 69 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon Ford GT M 340 +44 Laps FordEcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 21 LMGTE Pro 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Olivier Pla Stefan Mücke Billy Johnson Ford GT M 339 +45 Laps FordEcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 22 LMP2 40 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson João Barbosa Ligier JS P2 M 338 +46 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 23 LMGTE Pro 95 Aston Martin Racing Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen Darren Turner Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 338 +46 Laps Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 24 LMGTE Pro 97 Aston Martin Racing Fernando Rees Jonathan Adam Richie Stanaway Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 337 +47 Laps Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 25 LMGTE Pro 63 Corvette Racing – GM Jan Magnussen Antonio García Ricky Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 336 +48 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 26 LMGTE Am 62 Scuderia Corsa Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Jeff Segal Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 331 +53 Laps FerrariF136GT 4.5 L V8 27 LMGTE Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Rui Águas Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 331 +53 Laps FerrariF136GT 4.5 L V8 28 LMGTE Am 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Khaled Al Qubaisi Patrick Long David Heinemeier Hansson Porsche 911 RSR M 330 +54 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 LMP1 12 Rebellion Racing Nicolas Prost Nick Heidfeld Nelson Piquet Jr. Rebellion R-One D 330 +54 Laps AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 30 LMGTE Am 61 Clearwater Racing Weng Sun Mok Rob Bell Keita Sawa Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 329 +55 Laps FerrariF136GT 4.5 L V8 31 LMGTE Pro 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Richard Lietz Philipp Eng Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR M 329 +55 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32 LMP2 22 SO24! by Lombard Racing Vincent Capillaire Erik Maris Jonathan Coleman Ligier JS P2 D 328 +56 Laps Judd HK 3.6 L V8 33 LMGTE Am 86 Gulf Racing Michael Wainwright Adam Carroll Ben Barker Porsche 911 RSR M 328 +56 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 34 LMP2 48 Murphy Prototypes Ben Keating Marc Goossens Jeroen Bleekemolen Oreca 03R D 323 +61 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 35 LMGTE Am 60 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Christina Nielsen Mikkel Mac Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 319 +65 Laps FerrariF136GT 4.5 L V8 36 LMGTE Am 99 Aston Martin Racing Andrew Howard Liam Griffin Gary Hirsch Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 318 +66 Laps Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 37 LMGTE Am 50 Larbre Compétition Yutaka Yamagishi Pierre Ragues Jean-Philippe Belloc Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 316 +68 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 38 84 SRT41 by OAK Racing Fréderic Sausset Christophe Tinseau Jean-Bernard Bouvet Morgan LMP2 M 315 +69 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 39 LMGTE Am 57 Team AAI Johnny O'Connell Mark Patterson Oliver Bryant Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 306 +78 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 40 LMGTE Pro 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx Marino Franchitti Harry Tincknell Ford GT M 306 +78 Laps FordEcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 41 LMGTE Am 78 KCMG Christian Ried Wolf Henzler Joël Camathias Porsche 911 RSR M 300 +84 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 42 LMP2 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ryan Dalziel Chris Cumming Pipo Derani Ligier JS P2 D 297 +87 Laps NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 43 LMGTE Am 55 AF Corse Duncan Cameron Aaron Scott Matt Griffin Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 289 +94 Laps FerrariF136GT 4.5 L V8 44 LMP2 34 Race Performance Nicolas Leutwiler James Winslow Shinji Nakano Oreca 03R D 289[N 3] +94 Laps Judd HK 3.6 L V8 NC LMP1 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 384 Incomplete final lap[N 4] Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 DNF LMP2 28 Pegasus Racing Inès Taittinger Léo Roussel Rémy Striebig Morgan LMP2 M 292 Fire NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP2 44 Manor Tor Graves Matthew Rao Roberto Merhi Oreca 05 D 283 Accident NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMGTE Am 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 281 Gearbox Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP2 46 Thiriet byTDS Racing Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche Ryō Hirakawa Oreca 05 D 241 Crash NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP2 35 Baxi DC RacingAlpine David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Nelson Panciatici Alpine A460 D 234 Crash NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP2 38 G-Drive Racing Simon Dolan Jake Dennis Giedo van der Garde Gibson 015S D 222 Crash NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMGTE Pro 64 Corvette Racing – GM Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 219 Accident Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 DNF LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team Simon Trummer Pierre Kaffer Oliver Webb CLM P1/01 D 206 Engine AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 DNF LMP1 13 Rebellion Racing Dominik Kraihamer Alexandre Imperatori Mathéo Tuscher Rebellion R-One D 200 Fuel injector AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 DNF LMGTE Pro 51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Ferrari 488 GTE M 179 Engine FerrariF154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DNF LMGTE Pro 71 AF Corse Davide Rigon Andrea Bertolini Sam Bird Ferrari 488 GTE M 143 Wheel FerrariF154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DNF LMGTE Pro 92 Porsche Motorsport Frédéric Makowiecki Jörg Bergmeister Earl Bamber Porsche 911 RSR M 140 Suspension Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DNF LMGTE Pro 91 Porsche Motorsport Patrick Pilet Kévin Estre Nick Tandy Porsche 911 RSR M 135 Engine Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DNF LMP2 47 KCMG Tsugio Matsuda Richard Bradley Matthew Howson Oreca 05 D 116 Electrical NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMGTE Am 89 Proton Competition[N 5] Leh Keen Marc Miller Porsche 911 RSR M 50 Crash Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer D Dunlop M Michelin

World Endurance Drivers' Championship standings[4] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani 94 2 1 Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis 55 3 2 Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi 54 4 4 André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler 35 5 3 Dominik Kraihamer Alexandre Imperatori Mathéo Tuscher 30

World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship standings[4] Pos. +/– Constructor Points 1 Porsche 127 2 1 Audi 95 3 1 Toyota 79

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