Ferrari has clinched its second consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans victory owing to the trio of Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina, sharing the #50 499P, which took their maiden triumph at Circuit de La Sarthe
Nielsen introduced the automobile dwelling, driving an excellent ultimate triple stint to safe a well-judged victory in a race marked by changeable climate circumstances and prolonged security automobile intervals in the course of the night time.
The #50 crew took Ferrari’s second Le Mans victory in as a few years amid points with one of many automobile’s doorways and an investigation for an unsafe pit cease launch.
In massively treacherous circumstances within the ultimate hours of the race, Nielsen was capable of forge to the entrance and open up a niche over the chasing pack which was bunched up after morning’s security automobile intervals.
Toyota with its #7 GR010 Hybrid completed second as super-sub José María López tried to chase down Nielsen within the closing levels of the race however was unable to take action, finally ending second aboard a automobile shared with team-mates Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries to separate the manufacturing facility Ferraris because the #51 entry of Antonio Giovinazzi, Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado rounded out the rostrum.
Pier Guidi was in touch with the second of the 2 Toyota GR010s, pushed by Brendon Hatley, at Mulsanne Nook within the penultimate hour and acquired a five-second penalty.
The Italian was additionally vulnerable to the chasing #6 Porsche 963 of Laurens Vanthoor within the ultimate 20 minutes however was capable of preserve the flying Belgian at bay.
Fourth general allowed the crew of Vanthoor and team-mates Kévin Estre and André Lotterer to maintain each their championship lead in addition to their 100% podium document in 2024.
Hertz Staff Jota took a 1-2 within the FIA World Cup for Hypercar Groups forward of the opposite Porsche buyer staff, Proton Competitors.
MANTHEY EMA PORSCHE VICTORIOUS IN LMGT3
The #91 Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3 R of Morris Schuring, Yasser Shahin and Richard Lietz turned the first-ever LMGT3 class winner at Le Mans. Schuring additionally turns into the youngest-ever class winner at 19 years of age.
The trio adopted up on their final month’s Spa-Francorchamps success after a faultless show which noticed a easy run all through your entire 24 hours.
Lietz, probably the most skilled Le Mans racer of all of the 186 drivers participating within the race (with 18 earlier begins), crossed the end line forward of the #31 Staff WRT BMW of Darren Leung, Augusto Farfus and Sean Gelael.
Finishing the rostrum at Le Mans was the #88 Proton Competitors Ford Mustang LMGT3 entry pushed by Dennis Olsen, Giorgio Roda and Mikkel Pedersen, who took the first-ever podium place for a Mustang within the famend French endurance traditional.
UNITED AUTOSPORTS WINS LMP2
The #22 United Autosports trio of Oliver Jarvis, Nolan Siegel and Bijoy Garg loved a robust run to LMP2 victory to register the outfit’s second LMP2 class win after its maiden triumph in 2020.
Inter Europol Competitors Oreca-Gibson within the fingers of Clement Novalak, Vlad Lomko and Kuba Śmiechowski took the runners-up place, a yr on from the Polish staff successful LMP2.
Novalak utilized late-race stress on Jarvis however the skilled British driver was in a position to withstand and produce the automobile dwelling to safe the victory.
Rounding out the rostrum in LMP2 was the IDEC Sport Oreca-Gibson entry of Job van Uitert, Paul Lafargue and Reshad de Gerus.
