How Ferrari scored a historic victory at Le Mans
Despite Toyota’s dominance of the Le Mans 24 Hours in recent years, there was a sense history was there for the taking for the Hypercar newcomers.
Ferrari took that opportunity at the centenary race, and on its own return from a 50-year absence from the top class, but not without going through crashes, mechanical frights and almost everything else the Circuit de la Sarthe could throw at them...
Could there have been a better result at the end of the centenary running of the Le Mans 24 Hours?
Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 32nd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 75 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.
Gary, who also writes for Autoweek, Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.
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