 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Muzviitiko zvitatu zvekusarudzwa zvakaitwa kuti zvigadzire grid yemaawa makumi maviri nemana eLe Mans, Nakajima mumotokari yeNhamba 7 akakunda Porsche kubva kumusoro kwemashizha enguva uye akavandudza muchikamu chinotevera kuti agadzire nzvimbo yekutanga yeToyota paLe Mans kubvira mujaho wa1999. Buemi akaisa motokari ine nhamba 8 yechitatu, yakaparadzaniswa neNakajima nePorsche yaDumas. Wurz akatanga mumotokari yeNhamba 7 uye akatungamira kwemaawa mazhinji ekuvhura, uye Lapierre akatendeuka kubva kune wechipiri mushure mekusiya chicane cheMulsanne Straight. Lapierre akaisa motokari yeNo. 8 kunze kwekukwikwidza muhafu yechipiri, yakabatwa nekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze pakati peMarco Bonanomis No. 2 Audi uye Sam Birds No. 81 AF Corse Ferrari 458 paMulsanne Straight uye aquaplaning mumatambudziko. Lapierre akadzokera kumugwagwa wemapoto, uye motokari ine nhamba 8 yakadzoka kuti ipedze yechitatu. Sarrazin akatora nzvimbo kubva kuWurz, uye akarasikirwa nekutungamira kuburikidza nechikamu chekumira kwepombi kune vatyairi vePorsche Brendon Hartley naTimo Bernhard vasati vaidzorera muawa rechina. Sezvo Nakajima akatyaira No. 7 Toyota kusvika paawa yake yechipfumbamwe achitungamirira, motokari yacho yakarasikirwa nesimba apo chikamu cheFIA-chakarayirwa chekucherechedza chakanyungudutsa tambo yemagetsi uye chakamumanikidza kusiya motokari paArnage corner. 