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The series has regained its popularity since the introduction of new hypercar rules for top class cars in 2021 – among manufacturers including Ferrari, Peugeot, Alpine, BMW, Toyota, Genesis, Cadillac and Aston Martin.
Le Mans – part of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) series – draws around 350,000 fans to the Circuit de la Sarthe each year, while other races such as the Six Hours of Spa are growing in popularity.
A number of former F1 drivers take part in the WEC, including the highly rated Stevens, who drove for Caterham and Marussia throughout 2014 and 2015.
Britain’s former W Series champion Jamie Chadwick made history by becoming the first woman to drive the hypercar at Le Mans on a test day before the race when she took the wheel of the new Genesis entry.
Reserve driver Chadwick saw his teammates move to 13th in the No. 19 car while the sister No. 17 car retired with suspension failure.
In the team’s second year back in racing’s top class in the WEC, Aston Martin’s beautiful Valkyrie was far more competitive and reliable – the 007 car driven by Brits Harry Tincknell, Tom Gamble and Ross Gunn finished 14th in eighth place.
The following year brought a relaunch The six-hour WEC race at Silverstone As both Ford and McLaren entered the series in the hypercar category – the former rekindled their legendary rivalry with Ferrari.
Four-time F1 world champion Max Verstappen is rumored to be keen to follow suit at Le Mans. Participating in GT Racing this year.
In the lower LMP2 category, which is supplied by British company Gibson engines, Polish team Inter Europol retained their title with a one-two finish.
France’s top female talent Doreen Pin was riding high in LMP2 before the race but her Duquesne team retired with hours to go after a brake failure.
In the LMGT3 class, the American manufacturer Corvette was victorious through Ben Keating, Nicky Catsburg and Britain’s Johnny Edgar.
The sister Corvette run by TF Sport’s Racing Team Turkey was sixth with Northern Ireland’s Charlie Eastwood, who won Le Mans in 2020, Ireland’s Peter Dempsey and Turkey’s Salih Yoluk.
But Northern Ireland’s Dan Harper had heartbreak on his Le Mans debut as gearbox problems in his BMW forced him to retire in the final four hours of the race.
