2018 24 Hours of Le Mans Review, Toyota and Alonso wins

As the title says above a 24 Hours of Le Mans Review of the race. Round Two of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship at Le Mans. And this years 24 hours of Le Mans race will be remembered for the race for Toyota and Fernando Alonso winning their first outright win at Le Mans.

This was a cat and mouse race between #7 and #8 Toyota's throughout the 24 hour race. With a few hours to go #8 Toyota took the advantage over the #7 Toyota and widen the gap to lead comfortably for the last few hours to give Toyota their first outright win at Le Mans.

The Toyota Gazoo Racing team won the race overall and the LMP1 class too of Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Fernando Alonso in their Toyota TS050 Hybrid; Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 and managed to do 388 laps altogether in dry and warm conditions to win this years 24 Hours of Le Mans race.



And for Fernando Alonso became the first time a former Formula 1 World Champion to win Le Mans since Graham Hill for Matra in 1972.

While, second place was the other Toyota Gazoo Racing to complete a Toyota one-two finish, with the team of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López in their Toyota TS050 Hybrid,Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6; they were two laps behind the leaders at the end of the race. Meanwhile, third place was the Rebellion Racing, with the team of Mathias Beche, Thomas Laurent and Gustavo Menezes in their Rebellion R13, Gibson 4.5 L V8; they were twelve laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While former Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso did won the race, 2009 Formula 1 World Jenson Button made his Le Mans debut this weekend too alongside Mikhail Aleshin and Vitaly Petrov in their BR Engineering BR1; AER 2.4 L Turbo V6 for the SMP Racing team did not finish the race, retire in the final hour in the race with engine troubles.



In LMP2 class (all cars using the Gibson 4.2 L V8 engine), Signatech Alpine Matmut team of Nicolas Lapierre, Pierre Thiriet and André Negrão in their Alpine A470 won LMP2 class. They finish in fifth place overall and they were twenty-one laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Pro class, was won by Porsche GT Team of Michael Christensen, Kévin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor won in their Porsche 911 RSR. They finish in seventeenth place overall and they were forty-four laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Am class, was won by Dempsey-Proton Racing team of Matt Campbell, Christian Ried and Julien Andlauer in their Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE. They finish in twenty-eighth place overall and they were fifty-three laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

Highlights of the 24 Hours of Le Mans below, enjoy.



Next Stop 6 Hours of Silverstone in nine weeks time for Round Three of the FIA World Endurance Championship.