After the first six hours of racing, Ferrari was in the lead followed by Porsche. The Italian stable takes the first three places currently.
Launched for 16 hours on the Sarthe circuit, the 24 hours of Le Mans are currently dominated by Ferrari. After six hours of racing, the first three places are occupied by the Italian clan with n ° 50, n ° 51 and n ° 83. The AF Corse team maintains its rhythm while the Porsche n ° 6 is at the foot of the podium after 100 laps. The differences are low at the moment and the Safety because has not been intervened, when it had neutralized the race for many hours last year.
6th in the ranking, Toyota n ° 8 remains in ambush unlike n ° 7. The latter was sanctioned for speeding in the stands. A fairly crushed scene has led to this error. Indeed, Kobayashi struck the button for the speed limit in the stands with its knee. As a result, his teammate who replaced it resumed the steering wheel by accelerating at a speed rising rapidly at 80 km/h. 50 seconds of stop and go were sent to Toyota for this clumsiness. The classification however varies according to stops at the stand. Note the delays of Cadillac, BMW and Alpine, which alternate between the 7th and 14 place. Peugeot, for his part, explained his strategy with a top 10 for No. 94.
“We will spend a little less time in the stands”
Peugeot is not yet dismissed from the head of the race. If the n ° 93 remains 21st out of 21 in the hypercar category, Peugeot focuses on longer relays compared to opponents. “Our strategy is a little different. We take a look more than the others on the relays. At one point, we will spend a little less time in the stands. It is a compromise to do with the rate in racing but we are not necessarily in a fight and we have to do something different in terms of strategy, “said Stoffel Vandoorne, the pilot of n ° 94.
