{"id":35918,"date":"2026-06-13T18:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T18:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/35918\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T18:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T18:42:13","slug":"le-mans-24h-h4-toyota-extends-advantage-over-bmw-in-the-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/35918\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Mans 24h, H4: Toyota extends advantage over BMW in the evening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toyota continues to lead the Le Mans 24 Hours at the end of the fourth hour, cementing its advantage over Cadillac and BMW in the Hypercar class.<\/p>\n

After an undercut catapulted the #8 Toyota TR010 at the head of the pack in the opening hour, Sebastien Buemi quickly pulled away from the chasing pack, building an advantage of nearly half a minute through his triple stint.<\/p>\n

Hartley took over the driving duties at the beginning of the third hour and carried on the work of his team-mate Buemi, with the gap continuing to hover around the 30s mark as the clock struck 8pm in France. However, the #8 Toyota remains on a different strategy to most of the Hypercar field.<\/p>\n

Jack Aitken propelled Jota\u2019s #38 Cadillac V.Series.R to second, passing the #20 BMW M Hybrid V8 of Sheldon van der Linde<\/a> at the second Mulsanne chicane halfway through the fourth hour. However, the #20 BMW surged back ahead during the final pitstop before the hour.<\/p>\n

The other Jota Cadillac driven by Louis Deletraz<\/a> remains fourth, despite having briefly got ahead of the sister car in the second hour.<\/p>\n

All three cars behind the leading Toyota were caught out by the timing of a virtual safety car at the beginning of the fourth hour. After coming in for emergency service, the trio were forced to bring their cars back to the pits for full service. The two Jota cars, along with the other Caddy entered by Wayne Taylor Racing, remain under investigation for the emergency stop.<\/p>\n

Behind, Charles Milesi<\/a> ran fifth in the #35 Alpine<\/a> A424, while Antonio Fuoco<\/a> remained fifth despite suffering a spin in the #50 Ferrari<\/a> 499P.<\/p>\n

Rafaelle Marciello held seventh in the #15 BMW ahead of Ricky Taylor in the #101 WTR Cadillac and Victor Martins in the #36 Alpine.<\/p>\n

The #51 Ferrari dropped to 10th place after Alessandro Pier Guidi<\/a> picked up a drive-through penalty for causing a collision with the #9 Proton LMP2 car of Jonas Reid. The #83 AF Corse<\/a> Ferrari copped up a five-second penalty for an unsafe release in a tough start to Scuderia\u2019s title defence.<\/p>\n

In LMP2, Duqueine moved to the front when Richard Verschoor took over the driving duties in the third hour. As the designated gold-rated driver in the #30 Oreca 07, Verschoor extended his advantage at the front, before handing over the car with a comfortable advantage to Doriane Pin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bijoy Garg propelled the #343 InterEuropol car to second, with the Polish team able to go a lap longer on fuel than most of its rivals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Manthey snatched the LMGT3 lead from ASP as reigning DTM champion Ayhancan Guven stormed through the field on an offset strategy in the #91 Porsche 911 GT3 R.<\/p>\n

Guven has built a significant lead over the #87 ASP Lexus RC F GT3 of Jose Maria Lopez<\/a>, while Mattia Drudi<\/a> propelled the polesitting #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 back to second place after the car dropped down the order in the hands of gentleman driver and team owner Ian James<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The #92 Porsche suffered an early setback, losing three laps due to a broken tie rod in the second hour.<\/p>\n

Le Mans order after four hours<\/p>\n

POS
\nNO
\nTEAM
\nCLASS
\nLAPS
\nGAP
\nINTERVAL<\/p>\n

1
\n8
\nToyota Racing
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

2
\n20
\nBMW M Team WRT
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n29.834
\n29.834<\/p>\n

3
\n38
\nCadillac Hertz Team Jota
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n33.19
\n3.356<\/p>\n

4
\n12
\nCadillac Hertz Team Jota
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n59.973
\n26.783<\/p>\n

5
\n35
\nAlpine Endurance Team
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n1’25.863
\n25.89<\/p>\n

6
\n50
\nFerrari AF Corse
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n1’26.522
\n0.659<\/p>\n

7
\n15
\nBMW M Team WRT
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n1’27.731
\n1.209<\/p>\n

8
\n101
\nCadillac WTR
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n1’28.399
\n0.668<\/p>\n

9
\n36
\nAlpine Endurance Team
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n1’37.565
\n9.166<\/p>\n

10
\n51
\nFerrari AF Corse
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n1’50.681
\n13.116<\/p>\n

11
\n7
\nAston Martin Thor Team
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n1’57.962
\n7.281<\/p>\n

12
\n7
\nToyota Racing
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n1’59.156
\n1.194<\/p>\n

13
\n83
\nAF Corse
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n2’02.924
\n3.768<\/p>\n

14
\n17
\nGenesis Magma Racing
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n2’08.289
\n5.365<\/p>\n

15
\n19
\nGenesis Magma Racing
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n2’11.580
\n3.291<\/p>\n

16
\n9
\nAston Martin Thor Team
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n2’41.538
\n29.958<\/p>\n

17
\n94
\nPeugeot Totalenergies
\nHYPERCAR
\n67
\n3’13.214
\n31.676<\/p>\n

18
\n93
\nPeugeot Totalenergies
\nHYPERCAR
\n66
\n1 Laps
\n1 Laps<\/p>\n

19
\n30
\nDuqueine Team
\nLMP2
\n64
\n3 Laps
\n2 Laps<\/p>\n

20
\n343
\nInter Europol Competition
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n1 Laps<\/p>\n

21
\n29
\nForestier Racing by Panis
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n0.304<\/p>\n

22
\n37
\nCLX Motorsport
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n2.645<\/p>\n

23
\n28
\nIDEC SPORT
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n11.922<\/p>\n

24
\n43
\nInter Europol Competition
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n11.679<\/p>\n

25
\n26
\nVector Sport
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n23.822<\/p>\n

26
\n24
\nNielsen Racing
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n11.351<\/p>\n

27
\n9
\nProton Competition
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n19.68<\/p>\n

28
\n22
\nUnited Autosports
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n0.435<\/p>\n

29
\n183
\nAF Corse
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n2.062<\/p>\n

30
\n99
\nAO by TF
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n7.746<\/p>\n

31
\n14
\nTDS Racing
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n17.13<\/p>\n

32
\n4
\nCrowdstrike Racing by APR
\nLMP2
\n63
\n4 Laps
\n28.064<\/p>\n

33
\n25
\nAlgarve Pro Racing
\nLMP2
\n62
\n5 Laps
\n1 Laps<\/p>\n

34
\n44
\nProton Competition
\nLMP2
\n62
\n5 Laps
\n27.422<\/p>\n

35
\n48
\nRD Limited
\nLMP2
\n62
\n5 Laps
\n51.196<\/p>\n

36
\n222
\nUnited Autosports
\nLMP2
\n62
\n5 Laps
\n52.401<\/p>\n

37
\n91
\nManthey DK Engineering
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n3 Laps<\/p>\n

38
\n87
\nAkkodis ASP Team
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n4.595<\/p>\n

39
\n27
\nHeart of Racing Team
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n12.953<\/p>\n

40
\n21
\nVista AF Corse
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n8.449<\/p>\n

41
\n23
\nHeart of Racing Team
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n0.308<\/p>\n

42
\n74
\nKessel Racing
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n0.46<\/p>\n

43
\n62
\nTeam Qatar by Iron Lynx
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n4.008<\/p>\n

44
\n78
\nAkkodis ASP Team
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n10.811<\/p>\n

45
\n77
\nProton Competition
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n11.963<\/p>\n

46
\n69
\nTeam WRT
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n23.751<\/p>\n

47
\n150
\nRichard Mille AF Corse
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n3.948<\/p>\n

48
\n32
\nTeam WRT
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n11.744<\/p>\n

49
\n34
\nRacing Team Turkey by TF
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n1.784<\/p>\n

50
\n10
\nGarage 59
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n4.502<\/p>\n

51
\n33
\nTF Sport
\nLMGT3
\n59
\n8 Laps
\n7.196<\/p>\n

52
\n58
\nGarage 59
\nLMGT3
\n58
\n9 Laps
\n1 Laps<\/p>\n

53
\n2
\nTF Sport
\nLMGT3
\n58
\n9 Laps
\n11.477<\/p>\n

54
\n54
\nVista AF Corse
\nLMGT3
\n58
\n9 Laps
\n0.179<\/p>\n

55
\n59
\nRacing Spirit Of Leman
\nLMGT3
\n58
\n9 Laps
\n10.436<\/p>\n

56
\n88
\nProton Competition
\nLMGT3
\n58
\n9 Laps
\n31.786<\/p>\n

57
\n79
\nIron Lynx
\nLMGT3
\n58
\n9 Laps
\n11.397<\/p>\n

58
\n57
\nKessel Racing
\nLMGT3
\n58
\n9 Laps
\n33.015<\/p>\n

59
\n92
\nThe Bend Manthey
\nLMGT3
\n55
\n12 Laps
\n3 Laps<\/p>\n

60
\n3
\nDKR Engineering
\nLMP2
\n55
\n12 Laps
\n32.364<\/p>\n

61
\n61
\nIron Lynx
\nLMGT3
\n51
\n16 Laps
\n4 Laps<\/p>\n

62
\n13
\n13 Autosport
\nLMGT3
\n49
\n18 Laps
\n2 Laps<\/p>\n

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