Ferrari and its no. 51 499P LMH overcame last-minute gremlins to say victory on Sunday on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which served as spherical 4 of the 2023 World Endurance Championship.

Within the closing minutes, the no. 51 automotive, piloted by Alessandro Pier Guidi, Antonio Giovinazzi, and James Calado, was comfortably within the lead however did not restart following its remaining pit cease.

Essential seconds handed whereas Pier Guidi tried to restart the automotive, permitting the second-placed no. 8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid LMH of Brendon Hartley, Ryō Hirakawa, and Sébastien Buemi to shut in. However after near a minute making an attempt, Pier Guidi was profitable after which rolled on to victory, incomes Ferrari’s tenth general win at Le Mans and the primary since 1965. It additionally marked the primary time Ferrari has competed at Le Mans since 1973.

The no. 8 Toyota completed second, 81 seconds behind. Third place went to the no. 2 Cadillac V-Sequence.R LMDh of Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, and Richard Westbrook, ending a lap behind.

Ferrari was the dominant staff early on. Its no. 50 499P claimed the pole place and was joined on the entrance of the grid by the no. 51 Ferrari. The no. 50 automotive, pushed by Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, and Nicklas Nielsen, was in rivalry for a lot of the race however repairs throughout the evening to interchange a broken radiator dropped the automotive a number of locations. After a powerful struggle up the order, the no. 50 automotive handed the checkered flag in fifth, behind the no. 4 V-Sequence.R LMDh of Sébastien Bourdais, Renger van der Zande, and Scott Dixon.

Porsche had a tough race. Its no. 6 963 LMDh crashed early on with Kevin Estre behind the wheel, after which suffered additional time loss as a consequence of a battery drawback. The sister no. 5 automotive was in rivalry for a top-five end till a damaged driveshaft within the race’s closing hour dropped the automotive to ninth.

Porsche buyer staff Jota additionally had horrible luck. Its no. 38 963 suffered a serious crash whereas main the race within the fifth hour. With Yifei Ye behind the wheel, the automotive crashed into the obstacles on the Porsche Curves, after which it required round 20 minutes within the pits to get again into motion. It finally completed thirteenth.

Some of the spectacular performances of the day was from Glickenhaus Racing, which maintained its 100% ending document at Le Mans with the no. 708 and no. 709 007 LMH automobiles claiming the sixth and seventh positions. It wasn’t an ideal run, although. Each automobiles went off the monitor on the Indianapolis Straight at totally different levels of the race and subsequently frolicked within the pits for repairs.

Within the LMP2 class, victory went to the no. 31 Oreca 07 of Inter Europol Competitors, pushed by Jakub Śmiechowski, Fabio Scherer, and Albert Costa. Within the GTE Am class, the no. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R of Corvette Racing took the victory, with driving duties dealt with by Ben Keating, Nico Varrone, and Nicky Catsburg.

One other Chevy took to the monitor this 12 months. It was the Hendrick Motorsports’ no. 24 Camaro ZL1 NASCAR race automotive, which took half as a Storage 56 exhibition entry. It was piloted by Jimmie Johnson, Jenson Button, and Mike Rockenfeller, and completed thirty ninth of 62 starters. It led the entire GTE race automobiles early on however driveline repairs stole an hour from the squad.

Following the weekend’s motion, Ferrari stays second within the Producers’ standings of the 2023 World Endurance Championship, narrowing the hole with Toyota to 19 factors.

HIGH-RES GALLERY: Ferrari on the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans

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