Ferrari, Porsche and Toyota don’t give up

The 24 Hours of Le Mans was completed under the same starting flag given by Zinedine Zidane. There have been achievements similar to those achieved The #50 Ferrari of Nielsen, Foucault and Molina will rise from fourth place to first; There were early sanctions similar to those suffered by the same 499P, which removed him from management due to “unsafe release.” pitted against the No. 3 Cadillac of Bourdais, Van der Zande and Dixon. There was a downpour that interrupted the race and burdened the No. 8 Toyota of Buemi, Hartley and Hirakawa with two additional stops due to their decision to run wet tires when the rain stopped. Fourth in the race were the Cadillacs, which lost a little ground. but still on the leader’s lap after showing speed in qualifying. Alex Palou made his debut at number 2 in Sarthe with limitation solid. Early morning accidents were seen, such as the crash of the No. 20 BMW in the chicane at the entrance to the finish, causing him to miss several laps and then abandon his twin. Then misfortune befell another team: Alpine. Mechanical failure forced the #35 out of action, and then the #36 returned to the garage for an early goodbye to the home race. But Peugeot was not there, which indicated problems expected for them. Finally, Isotta Fraschini does its thing, which for now is nothing less than the closure of the classification.

In the end, the passage of time put everyone in their place and left what was expected, a fight between Ferraris, Porsches and Toyotas, who had already taken the leading positions. From this point on, what remains is the surprise: night, rain announced for the morning, and a thrilling resolution to the race for power between the three strong sides of the resistance. In which anything can happen.

Because There is a platoon of several vehicles (12) at dawn they were on the front circle. And even more so with the safety car, which was deployed until 12 at night. The privately owned #83 Ferrari dominated, followed by the #5 Porsche and #8 Toyota, moving up slowly but surely. In a challenging French late night, two BMWs and two Alpines said goodbye, retiring ahead of the spectacular sunrise that lies ahead at the most unpredictable Le Mans of all time.

In the other two categories, Lorenzo Flux’s car took first place. In GT, Riberas finished sixth with Aston Martin and on the lead lap. Further back and already with a lost turn Dani Juncadella’s Corvette, which had problems during a pit stop.