Kubica/Ye/Hanson are heroic with the #83 Giallo Modena 499P, beating the Porsche-Penske #6 and the Ferraris #51 and #50. Cadillac in High 5 forward of Toyota, LMP2 gained by Inter Europol, Porsche-Manthey’s Pera wins LMGT3.
AF Corse’s triumph on the 24 Hours of Le Mans is a historic success, the group’s second total win since competing within the FIA World Endurance Championship with the Ferrari 499P.
The official Ferraris #51 and #50 victories between 2023 and 2024 are actually adopted by a outstanding efficiency from the privately run #83 Giallo Modena, managed by the Piacenza-based squad that already claimed victory final yr in Austin.
Within the LMP2 class, Inter Europol Competitors edged out VDS Panis Racing on the final second, whereas Porsche-Manthey with Riccardo Pera on board claimed the LMGT3 class win.
HYPERCAR: Ferrari’s Triple Win
The heroes of the 93rd version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans are Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye, and Philip Hanson, after a race lengthy dominated by Ferrari, with the Porsche-Penske risk closing in late following a robust begin.
The battle was determined by methods aimed toward keeping off the official #6 963, expertly pushed by Estre/Campbell/Vanthoor, who, simply a few hours from the end, fitted contemporary tires to problem the 499Ps.
After the penalty for the #51 of Giovinazzi/Calado/Pier Guidi, the lead handed to the trio within the Giallo Modena #83 prototype with a strong margin to handle, and it was Kubica who in the end introduced the automotive residence.
Porsche pushed laborious, overtaking the official Ferraris, however couldn’t surpass the personal Piacenza group led by Amato Ferrari. Le Mans stays Ferrari territory, with the particular be aware that this win got here from an unbiased group, marking a triple victory for 3 totally different 499Ps in as a few years.
Porsche, nonetheless chasing its twentieth Sarthe victory, should wait longer, whereas the #51 completed third once more for the second consecutive time, leaving the #50 of Fuoco/Nielsen/Molina in fourth.
Among the many others, Cadillac completed solely with the V-Sequence.R #12 and #38 run by Jota, ending fifth and eighth respectively with Stevens/Lynn/Nato and Bamber/Bourdais/Button, each falling again after a great begin and struggling some penalties, however nonetheless forward of the Wayne Taylor Racing #101 and Motion Specific Racing #311 that retired.
Between them was the Porsche-Penske #5 pushed by Christensen/Andlauer/Jaminet in seventh, rapidly dropping so as and by no means recovering, behind Toyota #7 of Kobayashi/Conway/De Vries. The white-and-red GR010 Hybrid struggled early resulting from penalties, however completed sixth — the one Toyota to attain factors after the #8 of Buemi/Hartley/Hirakawa suffered a wheel failure on Sunday morning and dropped to sixteenth.
In ninth was the third Porsche-Penske #9 of Nasr/Tandy/Wehrlein, adopted by Alpine. The #35 with Milesi/Habsburg/Chatin completed forward of the #36 pushed by Schumacher/Gounon/Makowiecki, who, after a few penalties, had been by no means capable of get well and had been among the many weekend’s disappointments.
Peugeot had one other forgettable outing, failing to attain factors and remaining nameless for many of the race. Now all eyes flip to the way forward for the 9X8, which has been disappointing in each facet regardless of heavy funding.
The Aston Martin Valkyries completed their first Le Mans, removed from the leaders regardless of having no ballast and spectacular energy. The optimistic be aware is that no technical issues occurred, a great signal given this was their debut within the hardest race on the calendar.
Lastly, disappointment additionally got here from BMW, from which higher efficiency was anticipated. The M Hybrid V8s struggled to safe prime 10 locations and needed to return to the storage late within the race resulting from technical points, dropping laps and factors, leaving France with a bitter style.
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