Monday, 23 August 2021

2021 24 Hours of Le Mans Review, Toyota wins again for a fourth time

As the title says above a 24 Hours of Le Mans Review of the race. Round Four of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship at Le Mans. And this years 24 hours of Le Mans race will be remembered for the race for Toyota winning their fourth outright win at Le Mans.

The Toyota Gazoo Racing team won the race overall and the Hypercar class too of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López in their Toyota GR010 Hybrid; Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 and managed to do 371 laps altogether in a wet to dry and warm conditions to win this years 24 Hours of Le Mans race.



While, second place was the other Toyota Gazoo Racing to complete a Toyota one-two finish, with the team of Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley in their Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley; they were two laps behind the leaders at the end of the race. Meanwhile, third place was the Alpine Elf Matmut to complete the podium, with the team of Nicolas Lapierre, André Negrão and Matthieu Vaxivière in their Alpine A480, Gibson 4.5 L V8; they were four laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP2 class (all cars using the Gibson 4.2 L V8 engine), Team WRT of Robin Frijns, Ferdinand von Habsburg and Charles Milesi in their Oreca 07 won LMP2 class. They finish in sixth place overall and they were eight laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Pro class, was won by AF Corse team of James Calado, Côme Ledogar and Alessandro Pier Guidi won in their Ferrari 488 GTE Evo. They finish in twentieth place overall and they were twenty-six laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Am class, was won by AF Corse team of Nicklas Nielsen, François Perrodo and Alessio Rovera in their Ferrari 488 GTE Evo. They finish in twenty-fifth place overall and they were thirty-one laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

Special mention to the Association SRT41 team of Takuma Aoki, Nigel Bailly (who are both paralyzed below the waist) and Matthieu Lahaye in their modified LMP2 spec Oreca 07. They finish in thirty-seveneth place overall and they were thirty-seven 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 Bahrain in ten weeks time for Round Five of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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