Porsche wins 2017 Le Mans

The #2 Porsche crew took the lead only in the last hour in an incident-filled race at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France.
  • Published On: 22/06/17
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Porsche wins 2017 Le Mans

Porsche drivers Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley took the title after all six LMP1 cars encountered issues during the race. The #2 Porsche crew, in an incident-filled race, claimed the lead only in the final hour, when Bernhard passed LMP2 racer Ho-Pin Tung in the #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA.

He finished a lap clear of Tung to collect his and Bamber's second Le Mans win, while Hartley collected his first.

Le Mans 24 hours result

POS CLASS DRIVER TEAM CAR LAPS
1 LMP1 T.Bernhard, E.Bamber, B.Hartley Porsche LMP Team    Porsche     367
2 LMP2 H-Pin Tung, O.Jarvis, T.Laurent    Jackie Chan DC Racing        ORECA/Gibson 366
3 LMP2 N.Piquet Jr., M.Beche, D.H.Hansson Vaillante Rebellion ORECA/Gibson 364
4 LMP2 T.Gommendy, A.Brundle, D.Cheng    Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA/Gibson 363
5 LMP2 N.Panciatici, A.Negrao, P.Ragues Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine/Gibson 362
6 LMP2 F.Albuquerque, W.Owen, H.de Sadeleer United Autosports Ligier/Gibson 362
7 LMP2 R.Bradley, J.Allen, F.Matelli Graff  ORECA/Gibson    361
8 LMP2 J-E.Vergne, J.Hirschi, T.Graves CEFC Manor TRS Racing ORECA/Gibson    360
9 LMP1 A.Davidson, S.Buemi, K.Nakajima Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota    358
10   LMP2   A.Belicchi, R.Lacorte, G.Sernagiotto Cetilar Villorba Corse    Dallara/Gibson 353
11 LMP2 R.Dumas, G.Menezes, M.Rao Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine/Gibson 351
12 LMP2 N.Moore, K.Chandhok, P.Hanson Tockwith Motorsports Ligier/Gibson 351
13 LMP2 P.Lafargue, P.Lafargue, D.Zollinger Idec Sport Racing Ligier/Gibson 344
14 LMP2 R.Barrichello, J.Lammers, F.van Eerd    Racing Team Nederland Dallara/Gibson 344
15 LMP2 B.Hanley, F.Rosenqvist, H.Hedman Dragonspeed - 10 Star    ORECA/Gibson 343

 

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