Porsche's win in the very last lap of the 24 Hours allowed the German marque to cement its lead in the Constructor championship. It is special in comparison to the other standings in that the two cars entered mark points, like in the GT Constructors Cup.

With 70 points on the books, Porsche now possesses a 32-point lead on Audi and 48 points on Toyota. The mechanical breakdown of the #5 Toyota TS050 Hybrid in the final lap when it was comfortably in the lead did its damage and prevented the car from even being ranked: it took longer to complete the last last than the six minutes stipulated in the regulations. Between the Japanese manufacturer's misfortune at Le Mans and the exclusion of the winning Audi for non-compliance at Silverstone, the road was paved for Porsche.

The winning trio at the 24 Hours, on the other hand, has been pretty flawless: after having clinched the win on a technicality at Silverstone, Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb claimed the second step on the podium at Spa before scoring the top spot at Le Mans. With 94 points, the three teammates now have a 39-point lead, which is more than a victory (25 points), on their immediate pursuers Lucas di Grassi, Loïc Duval (winner at the 24 Hours in 2013) and Oliver Jarvis (#8 Audi) and a 40-point lead on the #6 Toyota trio, Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Stéphane Sarrazin, second at Le Mans.

The situation is the same with the LM P1s entered by private teams since the #12 Rebellion R-One was the only car ranked after 24 hours of racing. Even though it was the #13 sister car that marked the maximum points at the first two races of the season, the result at Le Mans allowed the #12 car to carve out a comfortable lead of 36 points (86 points) which is more than a race. The standings are exactly identical for the Endurance Private LM P1 Drivers Trophy with Nick Heidfeld, Nelson Piquet, Jr. and Nicolas Prost (#12) in the lead.

Though Porsche continues its domination in LM P1, RGR Sport by Morand had to give up the top spot to Signatech Alpine in LM P2. With a second car in a row, the French team took off: with 87 points it has a 27-point lead on G-Drive Racing, the team that won the Endurance LM P2 Teams Trophy in 2015 and is still after a first win at Le Mans. Rookies Gustavo Menezes and Stéphane Richelmi, along with Nicolas Lapierre, who achieved a second success in a row in the class, find themselves in the lead in the Drivers standings, ahead of René Rast and Roman Rusinov.

The situation is a lot more unexpected in LM GTE Pro since the Aston Martin Racing outfit is in the lead despite fifth and sixth place finishes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The explication is simple: the three in the lead in the class (Ford, Risi Competizione and Ford) do not compete in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) and are therefore ineligible for points. Consequently, Aston Martin Racing gained the points for second and third places, which allows it, with 112 points, to climb to the top of the standings with a nine-point lead on Ferrari, and Ford is only third. The two Fords which finished in first and third place and participate in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the Ford GTs in the WEC marked the points of first and fifth places though they crossed the finish line in fourth and ninth places in the class.

A unique aspect of the GT Constructors Cup: the cars mark points in the order of the cumulative LM GTE Pro and LM GTE Am finish, that's why Ferrari gained points though the two cars entered by AF Corse in the WEC did not cross the finish line. The transalpine constructor was able to count on AF Corse's #83 Ferrari entered in LM GTE Am to score fourth place points: the car finished ninth of the GTs, but five of the cars ranked ahead of it were not eligible for points in the championship since they do not compete.

With every car marking its own points for the FIA Endurance LM GTE Pro Teams Trophy, the #66 Ford GT of Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK finds itself in the lead (60 points) with an eight-point lead on AF Corse's #71 Ferrari. The standings are the same for the FIA Endurance GT Drivers Cup for Billy Johnson, Stefan Mücke and Olivier Pla.

In LM GTE Am, as in LM GTE Pro, the winning car does not compete in the WEC but in the American WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, so AF Corse's #83 Ferrari ranked second marked the points for the win and cements its top spot, like drivers Rui Aguas, Emmanuel Collard and François Perrodo (38-point lead).

The fourth round of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) will take place July 24, 2016 at the Nürburgring.

Complete Standings

Translation by Nikki Ehrhardt / ACO

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