The race in numbers:
• The winning team of car number 2 completed 367 laps (5,001.23 kilometres) at an average speed of 208.2 km/h.
• Car number 2 headed the race’s overall classification for the final 20 laps.
• The most led laps of the race were completed by the number 1 sister Porsche of Neel Jani (CH), André Lotterer (DE) and Nick Tandy (GB). It led the field from lap 155 until and including lap 318 (00:45am until 11:09am). Additionally, it led two more laps from earlier in the race due to pit stop periods. In total the number 1 car led for 166 laps.
• At the time of the car number 1’s engine failure, it led by a 13 lap margin over the rest of the field.
• During the 24 hours, the race saw three safety car periods (15 laps) and 27 ‘slow zones’ during which the drivers had to reduce speed to 80 km/h.
• For only 246 laps of the 367 laps race distance, the 13.629 kilometre long track was entirely green.
• The winning car entered the pit lane a total of 29 times, once for a drive-through penalty. Including the long stop for repairs, it spent one hour 38 minutes and 5.211 seconds in the pits.
• The race winners used ten sets of slick tyres and the car was refuelled 28 times.
• The highest top speed of the winning Porsche 919 Hybrid in the race was officially measured at 334.9 km/h (Bernhard on lap 338).
• The longest distance covered with one set of tyres was 43 laps – lap 124 until lap 167 – with Earl Bamber at the wheel.
• Only one lap shorter than this was Bernhard’s final run from lap 325 until the finish after lap 367.
• Bernhard clearly drove the biggest share of the distance. He did 159 laps in total, Hartley was in the car for 106 laps and Bamber for 102.
• Before the race, Bernhard’s weight – including overalls and helmet – was 65.0 kilograms. After the race he tipped the scales at 63.8 kilograms.
• The fastest full service pit stop, including a tyre and driver change, by the Porsche Team was 82.343 seconds.
• The fastest stop for refuelling (full tank) was done in 64.342 seconds at 10:14pm.
• The drivers had 0.9 litres of drink on board for each stint. The drink bottle was changed at every refuelling stop.
• 11 tear-offs in total were removed from the winning car’s windscreen for the best possible visibility.
• The highest ambient temperature was 31.5 degrees Celsius shortly before the finish. During the night, the air cooled down to 19 degrees Celsius. The track temperature reached its peak on Saturday at 39 degrees Celsius. The lowest track temperature in the night was 27 degrees Celsius.
• 25.2 gigabytes of data from car number 2 was transmitted to the pits during the 24 hours.
• After three out of nine rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship, with double points in Le Mans, Porsche now leads the manufacturers’ standings with 111 points ahead of Toyota (74.5 points). In the drivers’ world championship, Bamber/Bernhard/Hartley have scored 83 points and are leading by a 21 point margin. Jani/Lotterer/Tandy are currently in 5th position with 28 points.
