Le Mans 24 Hours - Starting grid
The Le Mans 24 Hours race will get underway in tricky conditions, with light rain and drizzle timing its arrival for just 15 minutes before the world's premier endurance racing event was due to get underway.
There had been some early revisions to the starting grid order, with 15 cars receiving demotions because of not completing all the required number of laps within the 110 per cent time during the week. The biggest casualty in the LMP1 class is the #21 Strakka HPD ARX 03c (Leventis/Watts/Kane) which loses its eighth place on the grid and has been sent back to 36th.
Penalised in the LMP2 class are the #46 Thiriet Oreca 03 (demoted from 19th to 37th), #31 Lotus T128 (down from 24th to 38th) and the #28 Gulf Racing Lola B12/80 (losing 12 positions from 27th to 39th). Other LMP2 cars affected are the #39 DKR Lola B11/40 (moved from 36th to 41st) and the #40 Boutsen Oreca 03 (losing five spots from 37th for 42nd.) That will put them right in the middle of slower GTE-Pro traffic at the start.
The #98 AMR Vantage V8 was the only GTE-Pro car affected (down from 33rd to 40th) while eight GTE-Am cars were penalised but mostly only by a couple of positions.
1. #2 Kristensen/Duval/McNish Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1
2. #1 Lotterer/Fassler/Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1
3. #3 Gene/Di Grassi/Jarvis Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1
4. #8 Davidson/Buemi/Sarrazin Toyota Racing Toyota TS030 hybrid LMP1
5. #7 Wurz/Lapierre/Nakajima Toyota Racing Toyota TS030 hybrid LMP1
6. #12 Prost/Jani/Heidfeld Rebellion Racing Lola B12/60-Toyota LMP1
7. #13 Belicchi/Beche/Cheng Rebellion Racing Lola B12/60-Toyota LMP1
8. #24 Pla/Heinemeier Hansson/Brundle OAK Racing Morgan-Nissan LMP2
9. #26 Rusinov/Martin/Conway G-Drive Racing Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2
10. #38 Dolan/Turvey/Luhr Jota Sport Zytek-Nissan LMP2
11. #43 Gachnang/Mailleux/Lombard Morand Racing Morgan-Judd LMP2
12. #25 Graves/Nakano/Hamilton Delta-ADR Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2
13. #47 Imperatori/Tung/Howson KCMG Morgan-Nissan LMP2
14. #48 Hartley/Patterson/Chandhock Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2
15. #36 Paniatici/Ragues/Gommendy Signatech Alpine Alpine-Nissan LMP2
16. #35 Baguette/Gonzalez/Plowman OAK Racing Morgan-Nissan LMP2
17. #49 Companc/Kaffer/Minassian Pecom Racing Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2
18. #42 Mardenborough/Ordonez/Krumm Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan LMP2
19. #41 Kimber-Smith/Lux/Rossi Greaves Motorsport Zytek Nissan LMP2
20. #34 Frey/Niederhauser/Bleekemolen Race Performance Oreca 03-Judd LMP2
21. #32 Holzer/Kraihamer/Charouz Lotus Lotus T128 LMP2
22. #45 Nicolet/Merlin/Mondolot OAK Racing Morgan-Nissan LMP2
23. #33 Tucker/Franchitti/Briscoe Level 5 Motorsports HPD ARX-03b LMP2
24. #30 Mowlem/Hirschi/Burgess HVM Status GP Lola B12/80 Coupe-Judd LMP2
25. #99 Bell/Makowiecki/Senna Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 GTE-Pro
26. #97 Turner/Mucke/Dumbreck Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 GTE-Pro
27. #92 Lieb/Lietz/Dumas Porsche AG Team Manthey Porsche 911 RSR GTE-Pro
28. #51 Bruni/Fisichella/Malucelli AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GTE-Pro
29. #71 Beretta/Kobayashi/Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GTE-Pro
30. #91 Bernhard/Pilet/Bergmeister Porsche AG Team Manthey Porsche 911 RSR GTE-Pro
31. #95 Simonsen/Poulsen/Nygaard Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 GTE-Am
32. #74 Gavin/Milner/Westbrook Corvette Racing Corvette C6 ZR-1 GTE-Pro
33. #73 Garcia/Taylor/Magnussen Corvette Racing Corvette C6 ZR-1 GTE-Pro
34. #53 Farnbacher/Dalziel/Goossens SRT Motorsports Viper GTS-R GTE-Pro
35. #93 Bomarito/Kendall/Wittmer SRT Motorsport Viper GTS-R GTE-Pro
36. #21 Leventis/Watts/Kane Strakka Racing HPD ARX-03c LMP1 *
37. #46 Thiriet/Badey/Martin Thiriet by TDS Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 *
38. #31 Weeda/Rossiter/Bouchut Lotus Lotus T128 LMP2 *
39. #28 Giroix/ Haezebrouck/Ihara Gulf Racing Middle East Lola B12/80 Coupe-Nissan LMP2 *
40. #98 Auberlen/Dalla Lana/Lamy Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 GTE-Pro *
41. #39 Porta/Raffin/Brandela DKR Engineering Lola B11/40-Judd LMP2 *
42. #40 Downs/Dagonneau/Younessi Boutsen Ginion Racing Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 *
43. #88 Ried/Roda/Ruberti Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTE-Am *
44. #96 Goethe/Hall/Campbell-Walter Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 GTE-Am *
45. #61 Gerber/Griffin/Cioci AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GTE-Am*
46. #67 Gibon/Milesi/Henzler IMSA Performance MATMUT Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTE-Am *
47. #75 Collard/Crubile/Perrodo Prospeed Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTE-Am *
48. #77 Dempsey/Foster/Long Dempsey Del Piero-Proton Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTE-Am *
49. #76 Narac/Bourret/Vernay IMSA Performance MATMUT Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTE-Am *
50. #81 Pottolicchio/Aguas/Bright 8 Star Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GTE-Am *
51. #55 Perazzini/Case/O'Young AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GTE-Am
52. #70 MacNeil/Rodrigues/Dumas Larbre Competition Corvette C6 ZR-1 GTE-Am
53. #50 Bornhauser/Canal/Taylor Larbre Competition Corvette C6 ZR-1 GTE-Am
54. #66 Bertolini/Alfaisal/Qubaisi JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GTE-Pro
55. #54 Mallegol/Bachelier/Blank AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GTE-Am
56. #57 Krohn/Jonsson/Mediani Krohn Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GTE-Am
* denotes penalised for having at least one driver outside of the 110% qualifying time
