2017 24 Hours of Le Mans
The second DC Racing entry of David Cheng, Tristan Gommendy, and Alex Brundle finished third overall, three laps ahead of the Signatech Alpine of André Negrão, Nelson Panciatici, and Pierre Ragues.
The Aston Martin Vantage shared by Jonathan Adam, Daniel Serra, and Darren Turner overtook the stricken Chevrolet Corvette C7.R of Antonio García, Jan Magnussen, and Jordan Taylor in the final two laps to win the Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Professional (LMGTE Pro) category for Aston Martin Racing.
On the final lap, a Ford GT passed the Corvette to take second place for Pipo Derani, Andy Priaulx, and Harry Tincknell.
The JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE shared by Robert Smith, Will Stevens, and Dries Vanthoor won the Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Amateur (LMGTE Am) class.
Spirit of Race's Marco Cioci, Duncan Cameron, and Aaron Scott and Scuderia Corsa's Townsend Bell, Cooper MacNeil, and Bill Sweedler completed the class podium for Ferraris in second and third.
Derani, Priaulx, and Tincknell stayed first in the GT World Endurance Drivers' Championship, with Adam, Serra, and Turner's category win, moving them to second.
[5] Ford Chip Ganassi Racing's Pipo Derani, Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell led the GT World Endurance Drivers' Championship by two points over AF Corse's Sam Bird and Davide Rigon, and Ferrari led Ford by seven points in the GT World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship.
[8] The Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category was revamped with the introduction of a single specification engine from Gibson, with increased power output compared to 2016 LMP2 cars.
[13] The ACO initially named two cars to the reserve list; RLR MSport later withdrew their LMP2 Ligier, and a fourth entry (from Proton Competition) was not promoted to the race.
17 IDEC Sport Ligier and Jan Lammers's Racing Team Nederland Dallara collided at the second Mulsanne Chicane, but both continued without major damage.
[29] After Christian Philippon's Larbre Compétition Corvette left the Porsche Curves off the track and hit the tyre barrier, the safety cars were needed for 75 minutes.
[27] Due to a significant practice incident in the first Road to Le Mans race, the start was delayed by 20 minutes for barrier repairs at the Porsche Curves.
[32] Slow zones and yellow flags limited the amount of quick running,[33] and the rapidly-cooling track meant that the best chance to set the fastest lap times was missed.
82 Ferrari 488 was eleventh amongst the LMGTEs before ACO officials disallowed their fastest laps for violating parc fermé regulations by handling the tyres after the session.
He was unhurt, but was transported to the medical centre for a precautionary check-up; this meant that the organisers rescheduled the second qualifying to end at 21:30 Central European Summer Time (CEST) (UTC+02:00).
[37] When it restarted, Kobayashi exited the pit lane early; aided by tailwinds on the Mulsanne Straight and headwinds through the Porsche Curves, he reset the track lap record to 3 minutes 14.791 seconds.
[40] The LMGTE categories had some changes, with Aston Martin remaining the Pro leader; Jonathan Adam bettered Thiim's first session lap, with Calado improving to second.
23 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier on the grass and was stranded in a gravel trap going into Tertre Rouge corner after striking the barrier with half-an-hour left in qualifying.
All five of LMGTE Pro's manufacturers were within a second of Turner's lap, with the fastest Ford in fifth courtesy of Ryan Briscoe, Antonio García sixth for Corvette, and Porsche seventh through Michael Christensen.
[44] The LMGTE Am lead changed with Rees earning Larbre Compétition's first class pole in ten years with a 3-minute 52.843-second lap, almost four-tenths of a second clear of Lamy's No.
[51] Formula One Group's chair and chief executive Chase Carey waved the French tricolour to begin the race before 258,500 spectators with a rolling start at 15:00 local time.
7 Toyota's pole-position advantage for most of the first hour, before Buemi overtook him on the outside into Indianapolis turn for the lead after Conway made a braking error at the Dunlop Esses.
4 ByKolles car hit the wall at Tertre Rouge corner after suffering a front-left puncture, damaging both its front bodywork and engine.
[65][66] Kaffer was unhurt, but a lengthy slow zone was imposed by race officials to allow for barrier repairs; Vaxivière received a seven-minute stop-and-go penalty for the accident.
Due to a battery-damaging axle hybrid motor failure emitting smoke from the front-right wheel arch, he lost 29 laps and nearly two hours while components were changed in the garage.
64 Corvette was damaged in a spin towards the barrier at the exit of the Porsche Curves due to an incorrectly fitted left rear wheel nut when Milner, struggling to control the car, spun into the pit lane entry gravel.
7 Toyota to the pit-lane exit, Algarve Pro Racing driver Vincent Capillaire ran up to the car and gave Kobayashi the thumbs-up signal.
90 TF Aston Martin collided at the second Mulsanne chicane; they went to the garage to repair front bodywork damage and a rear diffuser replacement, respectively.
35 Signatech Alpine for third overall in slower traffic before Piquet's pace unsettled his vehicle through the Porsche Curves and allowed Negrão to pull clear.
[121] Bamber, Bernhard, and Hartley took the Drivers' Championship lead with 83 points; Buemi, Davidson, and Nakajima fell to second with 66, and Jarvis, Laurent, and Tung moved from sixth to third.
