24 Hours of Le Mans, it is Ferrari once more. A second triumph, as in 2023 – Sport

Improbable encore for Ferrari. On the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, on the Sarthe circuit the place probably the most anticipated race of the season on the earth of Endurance takes place, the crimson automobile triumphs with the no. 50 automobile of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen. The Maranello group repeats the success of 2023. This yr too, Toyota was overwhelmed, the no. 7 automobile of Lopez, Kobayashi and De Vries. Additionally on the rostrum is the opposite Ferrari, the no. 51 of Pier Guidi-Calado-Giovinazzi, that’s, final yr’s champions.

For Ferrari, that is the eleventh victory within the French race, the second consecutive after the one obtained on 11 June 2023 with the 499P no. 51 and enriches the roll of honour, with the triumphs of 1949, 1954, 1958, and the years between 1960 and 1965.

“Our first and third place at Le Mans are testimony to how teamwork could make extraordinary achievements attainable. For this I wish to thank everybody – our drivers, engineers and mechanics – who, throughout these very powerful 24 hours, have proven braveness and nice tenacity. I’m completely satisfied that, between final yr and this yr, all our drivers have received at Le Mans – and with them the entire of Ferrari. Solely a group so united and decided may obtain this historic milestone” mentioned President John Elkann, congratulating them on the feat.

The victory is much more worthwhile contemplating how the Reds managed to repel the Japanese’s makes an attempt at a comeback, who tried to make the most of the technical issues that the Fuoco/Molina/Nielsen automobile had because of the closing of a door, the precise one. There have been a few hours left within the race and time didn’t enable for any extra errors. Paradoxically, that was the decisive second, in Ferrari’s favor: the group was excellent at altering technique, anticipating the pit cease and this prevented and ended Toyota’s hopes.

“It was powerful, a loopy race: the rain, the issues, an actual battle,” mentioned Molina, whereas Fuoco, who had additionally tasted System 1 earlier than, shook his head with happiness. With this success, the Wec, the World Endurance Championship of Hypercars, additionally reopens.