At last ! Unlucky in 2017, 2019 and 2020, the No. 7 Toyota of Briton Mike Conway, Japanese Kamui Kobayashi and Argentinian José Maria Lopez ended up winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Sunday despite concerns in the last time. With it, the Japanese brand is offering its fourth victory in the classic Le Mans, the fourth in a row since 2018.
The Toyota n ° 8 of the Swiss Sébastien Buemi, the Japanese Kazuki Nakajima and the New Zealander Brendon Hartley, and the only Alpine in the running, the n ° 36 of the French Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxiviere and the Brazilian André Negrao, complete the podium .
50,000 spectators made the trip
This 89th edition was held at the end of August rather than mid-June, shifted in order to welcome 50,000 spectators (20% of the usual number) despite the Covid-19 pandemic, after a closed session in 2020. Party in pole position at 4:13 pm Saturday, on a wet track, the n ° 7 controlled the race. Neither the rain, nor a slow puncture in the first hours, nor a straight ahead in the night, nor refueling problems in the morning on Sunday ultimately put it at risk.