2024 24 Hours of Le Mans standings at noon

After a relatively intense and rainy night dictated by the rhythm of the safety car, the remaining competitors could finally start racing again around 08:10 in the morning, 4 hours and 28 minutes after the beginning of the safety car procedure. Here are the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans standings at 12:00. Text: Luca W. © Images: 24h-lemans ©

First green flag in 4 hours and a half

15 minutes later, one of the leading #92 Porsche 911 LMGT3s of Manthey Pure Rxcing was pushed back into the pits due to a gearbox selection issue. Mechanics gathered to replace electronic components as quickly as possible.

Around 9 o’clock, everyone switched from wet tires to slicks as the track dried sufficiently to support this type of compound.

Felipe Nasr lost control of his #4 Porsche Team Penske Porsche 963 between Mulsanne and Indianapolis. The Weissach-developed car will not rejoin the track, as Nasr exited safely. w

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Porsche #4 is into the tyre wall!! That's a BIG impact! 😨

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— FIA World Endurance Championship (@FIAWEC) June 16, 2024

This marked the first retirement for a Porsche hypercar, joining both Alpines and the #15 BMW of Dries Vanthoor. Meanwhile, the fight for the third hypercar spot intensified between the #83 Ferrari, #50 Ferrari, and #7 Toyota.

Loads of action for a Sunday morning

The slow zone triggered by Nasr’s crash faded to a green flag around 9:34.

However, just a minute later, the biggest crash so far occurred at the Indianapolis curve, where Daniel Mancinelli flipped his #27 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 onto its roof, triggering the third safety car procedure of the race.

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Crash for #27 Heart of Racing!!! Driver is out of the car.

Watch live on https://t.co/IPZa0nvsLu. #WEC #LeMans24 pic.twitter.com/zwjV2fUOaJ

— FIA World Endurance Championship (@FIAWEC) June 16, 2024

While the pack regrouped behind the safety car, the #3 Cadillac encountered a major issue around 10:15. Scott Dixon struggled to keep the car moving and managed to bring it back to the pits, where the Detroit racing car was retired from the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Once the safety car cleared the track for racing, a thrilling battle ensued between the #83, #50, and #7 hypercars, going three-wide after the Mulsanne curve. It was brilliant racing.

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3-WIDE on the race restart with Ferrari and Toyota!!

This is world-class racing! 🤯

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— FIA World Endurance Championship (@FIAWEC) June 16, 2024

An hour later, Y. Ye (happy birthday, by the way) brought his #83 Ferrari 499P to the pits due to an apparent brake overheating issue. After some investigation, it appeared that the hybrid system was the cause, forcing the 6th retirement in the hypercar category.

2024 24 Hours of Le Mans standings at 12:00

POS	#	STATUS	CLASS	TEAM	LAPS	GAPS	PITS
1	2	RUN	Hypercar H	CADILLAC RACING	265	–	23
2	50	RUN	Hypercar H	FERRARI AF CORSE	265	3.522	22
3	8	RUN	Hypercar H	TOYOTA GAZOO RACING	264	15.616	24
4	51	RUN	Hypercar H	FERRARI AF CORSE	264	30.903	24
5	6	RUN	Hypercar H	PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT	264	31.443	24
6	7	RUN	Hypercar H	TOYOTA GAZOO RACING	264	51.674	27
7	12	RUN	Hypercar H	HERTZ TEAM JOTA	264	1:13.065	23
8	5	RUN	Hypercar H	PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT	264	1:15.918	20
9	38	RUN	Hypercar H	HERTZ TEAM JOTA	264	1:26.430	26
10	94	RUN	Hypercar H	PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES	263	2 laps	26
11	63	RUN	Hypercar H	LAMBORGHINI IRON LYNX	263	2:15.260	21
12	93	RUN	Hypercar H	PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES	263	3:31.411	25
13	19	RUN	Hypercar H	LAMBORGHINI IRON LYNX	262	3 laps	23
14	11	RUN	Hypercar H	ISOTTA FRASCHINI	258	7 laps	25
15	28	RUN	LM P2	IDEC SPORT	252	13 laps	27
16	34	RUN	LM P2	INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION	252	47.579	26
17	37	RUN	LM P2	COOL RACING	252	48.089	25
18	22	RUN	LM P2	UNITED AUTOSPORTS	252	55.471	26
19	10	RUN	LM P2	VECTOR SPORT	252	56.314	27
20	183	RUN	LM P2 P/A	AF CORSE	252	1:05.904	25
21	14	RUN	LM P2 P/A	AO BY TF	251	14 laps	24
22	33	RUN	LM P2 P/A	DKR ENGINEERING	250	15 laps	27
23	25	RUN	LM P2	ALGARVE PRO RACING	250	1:12.171	26
24	65	RUN	LM P2 P/A	PANIS RACING	249	16 laps	31
25	47	OUT	LM P2 P/A	COOL RACING	248	17 laps	25
26	83	IN	Hypercar H	AF CORSE	248	37.872	21
27	24	RUN	LM P2	NIELSEN RACING	247	18 laps	26
28	99	IN	Hypercar H	PROTON COMPETITION	244	21 laps	24
29	91	RUN	LMGT3	MANTHEY EMA	239	26 laps	24
30	31	RUN	LMGT3	TEAM WRT	239	2:24.051	23
31	88	RUN	LMGT3	PROTON COMPETITION	239	3:29.394	25
32	87	RUN	LMGT3	AKKODIS ASP TEAM	239	17.119	23
33	85	RUN	LMGT3	IRON DAMES	238	27 laps	22
34	44	RUN	LMGT3	PROTON COMPETITION	238	39.201	24
35	78	RUN	LMGT3	AKKODIS ASP TEAM	238	2:03.374	27
36	86	RUN	LMGT3	GR RACING	238	2:10.948	26
37	55	RUN	LMGT3	VISTA AF CORSE	238	2:53.811	25
38	777	RUN	LMGT3	D’STATION RACING	237	28 laps	24
39	155	RUN	LMGT3	SPIRIT OF RACE	237	1:26.836	24
40	82	RUN	LMGT3	TF SPORT	236	29 laps	24
41	311	RUN	Hypercar H	WHELEN CADILLAC RACING	234	31 laps	21
42	70	RUN	LMGT3	INCEPTION RACING	233	32 laps	25
43	92	RUN	LMGT3	MANTHEY PURERXCING	233	1:13.051	27
44	23	RUN	LM P2 P/A	UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA	228	37 laps	27
45	81	RUN	LMGT3	TF SPORT	226	39 laps	25
46	60	RUN	LMGT3	IRON LYNX	217	48 laps	22
47	77	RUN	LMGT3	PROTON COMPETITION	185	80 laps	18
48	20	IN	Hypercar H	BMW M TEAM WRT	92	173 laps	10
49	3	Ret	Hypercar H	CADILLAC RACING	223	42 laps	22
50	59	Ret	LMGT3	UNITED AUTOSPORTS	220	45 laps	23
51	95	IN	LMGT3	UNITED AUTOSPORTS	212	53 laps	21
52	4	Ret	Hypercar H	PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT	211	54 laps	24
53	27	Ret	LMGT3	HEART OF RACING TEAM	196	69 laps	17
54	45	Ret	LM P2 P/A	CROWDSTRIKE RACING BY APR	149	116 laps	16
55	66	Ret	LMGT3	JMW MOTORSPORT	112	153 laps	14
56	30	Ret	LM P2 P/A	DUQUEINE TEAM	112	0.000	14
57	46	Ret	LMGT3	TEAM WRT	109	156 laps	10
58	15	Ret	Hypercar H	BMW M TEAM WRT	102	163 laps	10
59	36	Ret	Hypercar H	ALPINE ENDURANCE TEAM	88	177 laps	10
60	9	Ret	LM P2	PROTON COMPETITION	86	179 laps	10
61	35	Ret	Hypercar H	ALPINE ENDURANCE TEAM	75	190 laps	8
62	54	Ret	LMGT3	VISTA AF CORSE	30	235 laps	3