Triumph of number 50 with Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molin. Second was Toyota, third was the other Ferrari of Giovinazzi, Calado and Pier Guidi
Italian driver Antonio Fuoco steers his Ferrari 499P Hypercar during a practice session prior to the 100th edition of the 24 hours of Le Mans on June 7, 2023. The 100th edition of the 24 hours of Le Mans will start on June 10, 2023. ( Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP)
Ferrari has done it again. He triumphed at Le Mans by winning the 24 hours with car number 50, driven by Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molin. The fight with Toyota was tough, also due to a problem with the left door that the Ferrari number 50 had two hours from the end. 14 seconds behind the winners was the Toyota Gazoo Racing number 7 of Lopez, Kobayashi and De Vries. Also on the podium were the Ferrari of Pier Guidi, Calado and Giovinazzi, winners of the last Le Mans.
As reported by Ansa, this is the 11th overall victory for the Prancing Horse in the classic French endurance marathon, the second in a row after the one obtained on 11 June 2023 with the 499P number 51: the previous ones date back to 1949, 1954, 1958, and to the years between 1960 and 1965.
Ferrari won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which today celebrates one hundred years. Ferrari won with the 499P for the first time since 1965. Car number 51 of Giovinazzi, Pier Guidi and Calado won after 24 hours of an extraordinary race.
The other Hypercar, number 50, punctured a radiator with a stone and, due to the long pit stop, ended up far from the top positions.
Ferrari hadn’t raced at Le Mans in the top category for 50 years. He hadn’t won since 1965, with Rindt and Gregory. It is the tenth victory in its history.
Toyota comes second, American Cadillac completes the podium.
The ranking:
HYPERCAR : 1. Ferrari AF Corse n°51 (Pier Guidi, Calado, Giovinazzi); 2. Toyota no. 8 (Buemi, Hartley, Hirakawa); 3. Cadillac no. 2 (Bamber, Lynn, Westbrook); 4. Cadillac no. 3 (Bourdais, van der Zande, Dixon); 5. Ferrari AF Corse #50 (Fuoco/Molina/Nielsen); 6. Glickenhaus n. 708 (Dumas, Pla, Briscoe); 7. Glickenhaus no. 709 (Mailleux, Berthon, Gutiérrez); 8. Peugeot n°93 (Di Resta, Jensen, Vergne).
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