Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye, and Robert Shwartzman within the #83 AF Corse-run Ferrari 499P secured their first victory of the season, with a dramatic remaining hour of Lone Star Le Mans, spherical six of this 12 months’s FIA World Endurance Championship held on the Circuit of the Americas, which noticed an exciting shut end
Victory appeared destined for Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway, and Nyck de Vries, within the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing’s GR010, who had been poised to say their second win of the season after taking the lead within the fifth hour. Nevertheless, their hopes had been dashed when Kobayashi was handed a drive-through penalty for failing to gradual sufficiently for a yellow flag waved to recuperate the stranded #94 Peugeot 9X8.
Finishing the rostrum and making it two Ferraris within the high three was the #50 499P pushed by Miguel Molina, Antonio Fuoco, and Nicklas Nielsen.
The highest six was rounded off by the Cadillac Racing V-Sequence.R in fourth, the #35 Alpine of Charles Milesi, Ferdinand Habsburg, and Paul-Loup Chatin, and the #6 Porsche Penske of André Lotterer, Kévin Estre, and Laurens Vanthoor, with the trio nonetheless main the championship, however with their benefit within the standings over their closest opponents shrinking from 19 to 12 factors.
The #8 Toyota was penalised for avoidable contact following a controversial incident between Sébastien Buemi and Estre within the #6 Porsche throughout the penultimate hour.
The #38 Hertz Group Jota Porsche 963, pushed by Oliver Rasmussen, Jenson Button, and Phil Hanson, claimed their second consecutive FIA World Cup for Hypercar Groups victory.
Coronary heart of Racing dominates GT ranks
The #27 Coronary heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage achieved its first-ever WEC victory after a dominant show from Ian James, Daniel Mancinelli, and Alex Riberas. The group transformed pole place and led nearly all of the race, ending forward of the #92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche 911 RSR LMGT3, pushed by Aliaksandr Malykhin, Joel Sturm, and Klaus Bachler.
The #92 crew prolonged their title factors lead over the sister #91 Manthey EMA entry, which completed in third place.
