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24 Hours of Le Mans

2021 WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

France
Aug 21, 2021 to Aug 22, 2021
Le Mans - Circuit de la Sarthe, FR
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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours Live Commentary and Updates

Updates and live commentary throughout the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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LMP2: Winning driver Robin Frijns struggled to believe what happened in the final few laps. "It's a very mixed feeling because I thought the race was done," he says. "We were leading three-quarters of the race and had an issue in the pitstops and the balance was all over the place. A Porsche then hit me on the left rear and I had no downforce. But I feel sorry for him [Ye in sister car]."
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LMH: For Conway, the win ends years of bad luck in the classic enduro. "We've come so close so many times and to get it done here with the new Hypercar as well [is special]," says Conway. "I was crying like a little girl. We worked so hard for this one and you forget how hard it is."
The drivers now head out on to the podium - although runner-up Kazuki Nakajima is yet to join his team-mates!
Conway, Kobayashi and Lopez now head out to celebrate and the national anthem of Japan is played. Toyota was always expected to win the first Le Mans 24 hours of the hypercar era - but, with Peugeot, Ferrari and more on the way - will it be the first of many?
That concludes Autosport's live coverage of the Le Mans 24 Hours. It began with incident at the wet start and had the most dramatic of conclusions in LMP2. Thanks for joining us - we'll now catch up on sleep and should be back in just 10 months' time to do it all again. But be sure to check out all the reaction to this year's race on Autosport.com over the coming hours and days. Bye for now.

By: Loris Capirossi

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