WEC – 24h Le Mans ... Ferrari wins both LMGTE classes


Porsche 911 RSR, HubAuto Racing (#72), Maxime Martin (B), Alvaro Parente (P), Dries Vanthoor (B)

Porsche 911 RSR, HubAuto Racing (#72), Maxime Martin (B), Alvaro Parente (P), Dries Vanthoor (B)

 

Le Mans, 20 August, 2021

The 89th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the oldest and most prestigious endurance race and the fourth round of the FIA WEC World Championship, was dominated by AF Corse’s 488 GTEs, which triumphed in the LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am classes. Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Côme Ledogar at the wheel of the #51 Ferrari won the LMGTE Pro class, while Nicklas Nielsen, François Perrodo and Alessio Rovera lorded it over the LMGTE Am class. The Iron Lynx 488 GTE, crewed by Italians Rino Mastronardi and Matteo Cressoni and the Ferrari Driver Academy’s Callum Ilott, completed the podium in this category. A very special starter, Ferrari Chairman John Elkann, sent the cars on their way at 4pm on Saturday.

LMGTE Pro
The 2019 winners Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado claimed a brilliant victory, leading the race for most of the 24 hours. On this occasion, the pair were assisted by Côme Ledogar, who, together with Pier Guidi, recently made a name for himself at the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. This is the Frenchman’s first triumph at Le Mans, while the two 2017 world champions now have two to their name. The trio battled for most of the race against the Corvette of Garcia-Taylor-Catsburg, gaining a decisive advantage through their superior handling of the race’s neutralisation phases. Once again, AF Corse’s second car, crewed by Miguel Molina, Daniel Serra and Sam Bird, was unlucky. The #52 car was well in contention for the overall win before having to pit due to a suspension problem during the Spaniard’s stint with 10 hours left. Then, a puncture at Tertre Rouge during Sam Bird’s stint led to another long stop for the Ferrari, which then had to settle for fifth. Nevertheless, it earned important championship points in a race with twice the usual number up for grabs. With this win, Pier Guidi and Calado move up to 124 points at the top of the standings. They lie 12 ahead of Estre and Jani, while Serra and Molina are now on 57. This is AF Corse’s fourth victory in the LMGTE Pro class following their wins in 2012, 2014 and 2019. It is the Prancing Horse’s 38th triumph in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with 29 class wins and nine overall. It is also the 488 GTE’s third victory in the French classic.

20

1

51

LMGTE PRO

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Alessandro Pier Guidi
 James Calado
 Côme Ledogar

345

21

2

63

LMGTE PRO

Chevrolet Corvette C8.R

 

 Antonio Garcia
 Jordan Taylor
 Nick Catsburg

345

22

3

92

LMGTE PRO

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Kevin Estre
 Neel Jani
 Michael Christensen

344

23

4

91

LMGTE PRO

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Gianmaria Bruni
 Richard Lietz
 Frédéric Makowiecki

343

37

5

52

LMGTE PRO

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Daniel Serra
 Miguel Molina
 Sam Bird

331

44

6

64

LMGTE PRO

Chevrolet Corvette C8.R

 

 Tommy Milner
 Nick Tandy
 Alexander Sims

313

NC
dnf

72

LMGTE PRO

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Dries Vanthoor
 Alvaro Parente
 Maxime Martin

227

NC
dnf

79

LMGTE PRO

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Cooper MacNeil
 Earl Bamber
 Laurens Vanthoor

139


LMGTE Am
Nicklas Nielsen, François Perrodo and Alessio Rovera displayed clear-headedness, nerve and talent to claim AF Corse’s first win in the 24 Hours of Le Mans LMGTE Am class. They didn’t allow the drive-through penalty they suffered during the 24 hours to knock them off course. As in other WEC races, the reigning champions confirmed their desire to retain their title. They were helped in this by the speed of Alessio Rovera on his debut in this marathon. Iron Lynx’s 488 GTE #80 with Rino Mastronardi and Matteo Cressoni and the Ferrari Driver Academy’s Callum Ilott completed the podium. On his debut in this race, the Briton grew in speed and confidence, which only experience can provide. The crew of the #60 car lined up by the Italian team, with the experienced Paolo Ruberti and Raffaele Giammaria alongside Claudio Schiavoni, climbed several positions in the championship standings with an excellent fourth position. Ninth place went to the last Iron Lynx Ferrari, crewed by the “Iron Dames” Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy, who again made it over the finish line. The second AF Corse entry, the #54 car driven by Giancarlo Fisichella (in his twelfth participation), Thomas Flohr and Francesco Castellacci, was unlucky to be kept out of the fight for the podium by a faulty axle shaft. Inception Racing’s 488 GTE crewed by Iribe-Millroy-Barnicoat was also up among the leaders at various stages before being forced to sit in the pits for several laps. The other Ferraris entered in an edition that will go down in the history of the Prancing Horse retired due to accidents or problems during the race.

25

1

83

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 François Perrodo
 Nicklas Nielsen
 Alessio Rovera

340

26

2

33

LMGTE AM

Aston Martin Vantage AMR

 

 Ben Keating
 Dylan Pereira
 Felipe Fraga

339

27

3

80

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Matteo Cressoni
 Rino Mastronardi
 Callum Ilott

338

30

4

60

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Claudio Schiavoni
 Paolo Ruberti
 Raffaele Giammaria

335

31

5

77

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Christian Ried
 Jaxon Evans
 Matt Campbell

335

33

6

777

LMGTE AM

Aston Martin Vantage AMR

 

 Satoshi Hoshino
 Tomonobu Fujii
 Andrew Watson

333

34

7

18

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Andrew Haryanto
 Alessio Picariello
 Marco Seefried

332

35

8

95

LMGTE AM

Aston Martin Vantage AMR

 

 John Hartshorne
 Ollie Hancock
 Ross Gunn

332

36

9

85

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Rahel Frey
 Sarah Bovy
 Michelle Gatting

332

38

10

69

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Robert Renauer
 Ralf Bohn
 Rolf Ineichen

330

39

11

54

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Thomas Flohr
 Giancarlo Fisichella
 Francesco Castellacci

329

41

12

71

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Brendan Iribe
 Ollie Millroy
 Ben Barnicoat

327

42

13

88

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Julien Andlauer
 Dominique Bastien
 Lance David Arnold

327

43

14

86

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Michael Wainwright
 Benjamin Barker
 Tom Gamble

322

NC
dnf

388

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Pierre Ehret
 Christian Hook
 Jeroen Bleekemolen

271

NC
dnf

46

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Dennis Olsen
 Anders Buchardt
 Robby Foley

138

NC
dnf

57

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Takeshi Kimura
 Scott Andrews
 Mikkel Jensen

128

NC
dnf

66

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Thomas Neubauer
 Rodrigo Sales
 Jody Fannin

117

NC
dnf

55

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Duncan Cameron
 David Perel
 Matthew Griffin

109

NC
dnf

47

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Roberto Lacorte
 Giorgio Sernagiotto
 Antonio Fuoco

90

NC
dnf

56

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Egidio Perfetti
 Matteo Cairoli
 Riccardo Pera

84

NC
dnf

99

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Harry Tincknell
 Vutthikorn Inthrapuvasak
 Florian Latorre

66

NC
dnf

98

LMGTE AM

Aston Martin Vantage AMR

 

 Paul Dalla Lana
 Nicki Thiim
 Marcos Gomes

45

Overall Results

 

OA

IC

r#

Class

Car

Chassis

Drivers

Laps

1

1

7

HYPERCAR

Toyota GR010 - Hybrid

 

 Mike Conway
 Kamui Kobayashi
 Jose Maria Lopez

371

2

2

8

HYPERCAR

Toyota GR010 - Hybrid

 

 Sébastien Buemi
 Kazuki Nakajima
 Brendon Hartley

369

3

3

36

HYPERCAR

Alpine A480

 

 Andre Negrao
 Nicolas Lapierre
 Matthieu Vaxiviere

367

4

4

708

HYPERCAR

Glickenhaus 007 LMH

 

 Pipo Derani
 Franck Mailleux
 Olivier Pla

367

5

5

709

HYPERCAR

Glickenhaus 007 LMH

 

 Ryan Briscoe
 Richard Westbrook
 Romain Dumas

364

6

1

31

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Robin Frijns
 Ferdinand Habsburg
 Charles Milesi

363

7

2

28

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Sean Gelael
 Stoffel Vandoorne
 Tom Blomqvist

363

8

3

65

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Julien Canal
 Will Stevens
 James Allen

362

9

4

23

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Paul di Resta
 Alex Lynn
 Wayne Boyd

361

10

5

34

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Jakub Smiechowski
 Renger van der Zande
 Alex Brundle

360

11

6

48

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Paul Lafargue
 Paul-Loup Chatin
 Patrick Pilet

359

12

7

26

LMP2

Aurus 01

 

 Roman Rusinov
 Franco Colapinto
 Nyck de Vries

358

13

8

38

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Roberto Gonzalez
 Antonio Felix da Costa
 Anthony Davidson

358

14

9

30

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Rene Binder
 Memo Rojas
 Tristan Gommendy

357

15

10

21

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Henrik Hedman
 Ben Hanley
 Juan Pablo Montoya

356

16

11

29

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Frits van Eerd
 Giedo van der Garde
 Job Van Uitert

356

17

12

70

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Esteban Garcia
 Loic Duval
 Norman Nato

356

18

13

20

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Dennis Andersen
 Ricky Taylor
 Marco Sorensen

353

19

14

39

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Vincent Capillaire
 Arnold Robin
 Maxime Robin

352

20

1

51

LMGTE PRO

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Alessandro Pier Guidi
 James Calado
 Côme Ledogar

345

21

2

63

LMGTE PRO

Chevrolet Corvette C8.R

 

 Antonio Garcia
 Jordan Taylor
 Nick Catsburg

345

22

3

92

LMGTE PRO

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Kevin Estre
 Neel Jani
 Michael Christensen

344

23

4

91

LMGTE PRO

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Gianmaria Bruni
 Richard Lietz
 Frédéric Makowiecki

343

24

15

44

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Miro Konopka
 Oliver Webb
 Matej Konopka

342

25

1

83

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 François Perrodo
 Nicklas Nielsen
 Alessio Rovera

340

26

2

33

LMGTE AM

Aston Martin Vantage AMR

 

 Ben Keating
 Dylan Pereira
 Felipe Fraga

339

27

3

80

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Matteo Cressoni
 Rino Mastronardi
 Callum Ilott

338

28

16

74

LMP2

Ligier JSP 217

 

 James Winslow
 John Corbett
 Tom Cloet

338

29

17

49

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Anders Fjordbach
 Jan Magnussen
 Kevin Magnussen

336

30

4

60

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Claudio Schiavoni
 Paolo Ruberti
 Raffaele Giammaria

335

31

5

77

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Christian Ried
 Jaxon Evans
 Matt Campbell

335

32

84

INNOVATIVE CAR

Oreca 07

 

 Takuma Aoki
 Nigel Bailly
 Matthieu Lahaye

334

33

6

777

LMGTE AM

Aston Martin Vantage AMR

 

 Satoshi Hoshino
 Tomonobu Fujii
 Andrew Watson

333

34

7

18

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Andrew Haryanto
 Alessio Picariello
 Marco Seefried

332

35

8

95

LMGTE AM

Aston Martin Vantage AMR

 

 John Hartshorne
 Ollie Hancock
 Ross Gunn

332

36

9

85

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Rahel Frey
 Sarah Bovy
 Michelle Gatting

332

37

5

52

LMGTE PRO

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Daniel Serra
 Miguel Molina
 Sam Bird

331

38

10

69

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Robert Renauer
 Ralf Bohn
 Rolf Ineichen

330

39

11

54

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Thomas Flohr
 Giancarlo Fisichella
 Francesco Castellacci

329

40

18

22

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Philip Hanson
 Fabio Scherer
 Filipe Albuquerque

328

41

12

71

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Brendan Iribe
 Ollie Millroy
 Ben Barnicoat

327

42

13

88

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Julien Andlauer
 Dominique Bastien
 Lance David Arnold

327

43

14

86

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Michael Wainwright
 Benjamin Barker
 Tom Gamble

322

44

6

64

LMGTE PRO

Chevrolet Corvette C8.R

 

 Tommy Milner
 Nick Tandy
 Alexander Sims

313

NC
dnf

41

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Robert Kubica
 Louis Deletraz
 Ye Yifei

362

NC
dnf

82

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Ryan Cullen
 Oliver Jarvis
 Felipe Nasr

275

NC
dnf

388

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Pierre Ehret
 Christian Hook
 Jeroen Bleekemolen

271

NC
dnf

24

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Patrick Kelly
 Gabriel Aubry
 Simon Trummer

261

NC
dnf

72

LMGTE PRO

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Dries Vanthoor
 Alvaro Parente
 Maxime Martin

227

NC
dnf

79

LMGTE PRO

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Cooper MacNeil
 Earl Bamber
 Laurens Vanthoor

139

NC
dnf

46

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Dennis Olsen
 Anders Buchardt
 Robby Foley

138

NC
dnf

57

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Takeshi Kimura
 Scott Andrews
 Mikkel Jensen

128

NC
dnf

66

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Thomas Neubauer
 Rodrigo Sales
 Jody Fannin

117

NC
dnf

55

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Duncan Cameron
 David Perel
 Matthew Griffin

109

NC
dnf

25

LMP2

Aurus 01

 

 John Falb
 Roberto Merhi
 Rui Andrade

108

NC
dnf

47

LMGTE AM

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

 

 Roberto Lacorte
 Giorgio Sernagiotto
 Antonio Fuoco

90

NC
dnf

56

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Egidio Perfetti
 Matteo Cairoli
 Riccardo Pera

84

NC
dnf

32

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Nico Jamin
 Jonathan Aberdein
 Manuel Maldonado

75

NC
dnf

1

LMP2

Oreca 07

 

 Tatiana Calderon
 Sophia Flörsch
 Beitske Visser

74

NC
dnf

99

LMGTE AM

Porsche 911 RSR

 

 Harry Tincknell
 Vutthikorn Inthrapuvasak
 Florian Latorre

66

NC
dnf

98

LMGTE AM

Aston Martin Vantage AMR

 

 Paul Dalla Lana
 Nicki Thiim
 Marcos Gomes

45



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