P1racenews AI automatic summary:
As the 92nd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans hit the 10th racing hour, Sebastien Buemi was in the lead in the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar. As the ninth hour commenced, the race had just continued eight minutes past midnight after a 90-minute safety car. Race leader Robert Kubica (#83 Ferrari 499P) […]
At the ninth hour of the race, which had started eight minutes past midnight following a 90-minute safety car period, race leader Robert Kubica (#83 Ferrari 499P) and many Hypercars pitted for wet tires due to increasing rain. Kubica easily overtook Frederic Makowiecki (#5 Porsche Penske 963) on wet tires but was later passed by Ryo Hirakawa’s #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid. Kubica received a 30-second stop-and-go penalty for incident responsibility. Alex Lynn in the #2 Cadillac V-Series.R impressively took fourth place from Antonio Fuoco’s #50 Ferrari. Hirakawa and Makowiecki eventually switched to slick tires as conditions improved. Sebastien Buemi led the Hypercar category, with Andre Lotterer in second, Kamui Kobayashi in third, followed by Fuoco and Earl Bamber. In LMP2, the #30 Duqueine Oreca 07 retired, while Nico Varrone led in the AF Corse Oreca followed by David Heinemeier Hansson, PJ Hyett, and Olly Jarvis. In LMGT3, Gregoire Saucy led with Kelvin van der Linde in second, Morris Schuring in third, Takeshi Kimura in fourth, and Nicolas Pino in fifth.
