Ferrari won the Le Mans 24 Hours by 14 seconds after a relentless battle with Toyota
After a relentless battle likely to be remembered for the ages even amid the storied history of this race, Ferrari’s victory at theUltimately it was the No50 Ferrari 499P of Italy’s Antonio Fuoco, Spain’s Miguel Molina and Denmark’s Nicklas Nielsen, who took the flag in the 92nd Grand Prix d’Endurance, a first win at the 24 for all three drivers, who will remember this day long into their dotage.
After a to-and-fro scrap throughout, albeit one interrupted by a four-hour safety car intervention in the early morning due to heavy rain and fog, with three hours remaining the five leading cars were separated by just 35sec. Cadillac, from Porsche, the two Ferraris and Toyota set for a dash to the end.
An extra stop had to be taken where it was fixed by the tried and tested method of a mechanic giving it a big old shove but his lead was gone to the Toyota with López at the wheel and an F1 grand prix distance still to run. The Ferrari pace was strong however and they retook the place through the stops as the two cars pounded to the finish in the teeming rain.
From the moment Zinedine Zidane waved the tricolour to set the 62-car field in motion at 4pm on Saturday, that there would be an intense fight was clear. Ferrari, Porsche, Toyota and Cadillac proceeded to go wheel to wheel at sprint race pace, with the lead repeatedly changing hands between them as the hours ticked by and strategy calls proved vital as rain repeatedly peppered the track.
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