RACE REPORT
The LMP2 honours went to the
#36 Signatech Alpine of Nicolas
Lapierre, Stephane Richelmi and
Gustavo Mendez. It was Lapierre’s
second LMP2 win at Le Mans in a
row after securing victory with KCMG
in 2015. The French team finished
two minutes forty seconds ahead
of the #26 G Drive Racing Oreca of
Rene Rast, Roman Rusinov and Will
Stevens.
The #37 SMP Racing BR01 of
Vitaly Petrov, Kirill Ladygin and Victor
Shaitar took the final class podium
place ensuring a 1-2-3 for FIA WEC
competitors.
In LMGTE Pro it was the opposite
case as the podium places were filled
by US teams, with Ford securing a
historic victory on their return to the 24
Hours of Le Mans, 50 years after their
1-2-3 podium lockout in the 1966 race.
The victory went to the #68 Ford Chip
Ganassi Team USA of Dirk Muller,
Joey Hand and Sebastien Bourdais.
The top WEC competitor was
the #66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK
Ford GT of Olivier Pla, Stefan Mucke
and Billy Johnson, which finished
4th in class but collects the 50 world
championship points.
The #95 (Turner-Thiim-Sørensen)
and #97 (Stanaway-Rees-Adam)
Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8s
were 5th and 6th in class and will
collect 36 and 30 championship points
respectively.