24 Hours of Le Mans 2018

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Discover the analysis of the 24 Hours of Le Mans carried out by our special correspondents in issue 2170 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from this Wednesday on newsstands.

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Dempsey-Proton Racing takes victory in GTE Am with the No. 911 77 RSR from Campbell-Ried-Andlauer. Julien Andlauer achieves success for his first participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Porsche celebrates its 70th anniversary with a double in GTE Pro with the victory of the No. 91 in the “Pink Pig” livery of Christensen-Estre-Vanthoor which beat the No. 92 in the “Rothmans” colors by almost a minute. by Makowiecki-Lietz-Bruni. Frédéric Makowiceki defended second place for a long time against the attacks of Sébastien Bourdais. The #68 Ford GT of Hand-Müller-Bourdais finally completed the podium ahead of the #67 of Priaulx-Ticknell-Kanaan.

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G-Drive Racing also scored its first category success in Sarthe with the No. 07 Oreca 26 of Pizzitola-Rusinov-Vergne which dominated the category by finishing two laps ahead of theAlpine A470 from Lapierre-Thiriet-Negrao. Graff Racing saves its place on the podium with the No. 39 of Capillaire-Hirschi-Gommendy, Tristan Gommendy having resisted in his last stint the pressure of Loïc Duval, driver of the No. 28 of TDS Racing (with Perrodo-Vaxivière ).

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Rebellion takes the podium and takes victory among the Non-Hybrid LMP1s. The No. 3 R-One of Menezes-Laurent-Beche completes the podium 12 laps behind the winners, ahead of the sister car of Lotterer-Jani-Senna by one lap. The #6 Ginetta of Rowland-Brundle-Turbey arrived at the bottom of the standings, unlike the #1 SMP Racing BR11 on which Jenson Button was racing (with the Russians Mikhail Aleshin and Vitaly Petrov) who abandoned in the last hour even though she was several dozen laps from the lead of the race.

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At the end of its 20th participation, Toyota won its first victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans by signing a double for the 86th edition. It was the No. 050 TS8 Hybrid which won with Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and rookie Fernando Alonso at the wheel, all three of whom scored their first success in the Sarthe. Nakajima is the third Japanese to win Le Mans after Masanori Sekiya and Seiji Ara. The No. 7 of Kobayashi-Conway-Lopez is one lap away. This is the first victory for a Japanese manufacturer since Mazda in 1991 with the 787B.

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Toyota wins the 24 hours of Le Mans! Victory for the No. 8 of Alonso-Nakajima-Buemi with a lap lead over the No. 7 of Conway-Kobayashi-Lopez.

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The Toyotas begin the final lap!

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The last unknown concerns 3rd place in LM P2, where Loïc Duval (TDS Racing no. 28) closed to 3″5 behind Gommendy (Graff-SO24 no. 39).

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In GTE Pro, the No. 92 Porsche of Christensen-Estre-Vanthoor is heading quietly towards victory.

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The two Toyotas now drive together, like the Audis or the Porsches during their dominant editions.

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A quarter of an hour to go.

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According to the organizers, 256 spectators made the trip to Sarthe:

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The #35 SMP Racing, 12th in LM P2, received a stop & go penalty with engine restart for having received external help.

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44 cars remain in the race out of the 60 at the start.

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A slow zone has been declared in the Porsche bend area.

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