Kubica sanctioned at Le Mans for touching Vanthur and causing SC
The 24 Hours of Le Mans was practically a dream for Robert Kubica and his teammates Robert Schwartzman and Ye Yifei.. His team, the No. 83 Ferrari, executed its pit stop strategy correctly during the first six hours of the race. setting up the perfect tires for every rainfall, leaving the leading car with a distinct advantage over the No. 50 Porsche, No. 8 Toyota and No. 50 Ferrari.which ultimately saved the last stop by keeping the tires on slicks.
However, about 7 hours into the test, things started to go wrong when The Polish driver touched the #15 BMW driven by Dries Vantur on the Mulsanne straight.. The former Formula 1 driver leaned to the right and caused the Belgian’s crash, which was the culmination of a very difficult week in La Sarthe with numerous incidents. In the following video you can see what the incident was like.
The German car ended up in the wall, and the stewards of the 24 Hours of Le Mans soon They found this maneuver very suspicious, so they continued to investigate No. 83 for Kubica’s maneuver.. Although everything seemed to indicate that there would be a sanction, the commission members first filed an application. “warning”, notice. However, they later corrected the situation and after almost 8 and a half hours of racing, they applied a 30-second penalty that will apply in Stop and Go.
An incident involving the abandoned No. 15 BMW, which ended up near the French circuit walls, prompted the first safety car of the race., shortly before reaching its first third. Some cars took advantage of this, such as the No. 50 Ferrari, which stopped to change the dry tires it had previously serviced at the end of their useful life.
The safety cars also divided the hypercars into three groups, favoring the leaders: the #83 Ferrari, which failed to comply with the sanction, the #5 Porsche and the #8 Toyota.. The remaining categories were led by the #37 Cool Racing LMP2 driven by Malthe Jacobsen and the #92 Manthey PureXRacing LMGT3 Porsche driven by Joel Sturm ahead of the #46 WRT BMW driven by Valentino Rossi on its debut. in the legendary test.