RACE REVIEW | 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans | FIA WEC

um the fans are back lemon 2021 finally doors are open at least for some spectators to come and see the world's greatest endurance motor race round four of the fia world endurance championship but this one is the big one former winners alpine celebrating their return to the top class courtesy of a demonstration by double lemon winner fernando alonso and as ever cars head to the grid in number a record equaling 61 entries in 2021 lebanon 24 hours the 89th running of this great race fathers and sons wives and daughters friends old and new congregating on the grid to watch to mingle and to race and for some to make their dreams come true [Music] but mother nature has a trick to play the h-24 hydrogen-powered car produces only water as a by-product mother nature produces the same it's going to be a wet start to the toughest race on the planet in the gte amcas pole position went to the number 88 dempsey proton porsche after a tough battle in the hyper pole shootout porsche the dominant force in am qualifying with a one two three result and they topped the pro class two but it was new team hub auto racing who grabbed pole yeah a lot of things especially but no for sure it's uh it's good we did a very good drink did a very good good job in qualifying so um yeah the race is is different it's it's a long race 24 hours but uh especially now with the weather it's a new car new never drove in the wet so let's see a stunning lap by antonio felix to cast to grab the lmp2 pole for jota but his pole position really that important in such a long race yeah you know just be ahead of the of our main competitors it's a good thing but again i cannot remember i finished the 24-hour race and told myself i only wish i qualified further forwards you know it doesn't really make a difference so we just need to execute it well we have a good pace so it's okay in the front of the field a brand new category hypercar but toyota carried on where they left off in lmp1 with a front row lockout uh yeah as you say first one for the hyper car which is a good feeling um yeah new era of sports cars at the moment and um yeah i mean we know the job we have to do uh it's a long hard race just do the best we can all the way through and uh see where we are in the end the number seven team have been the bridesmaids several years in a row toyota bringing the trophy to the grid the throwback to their group c glories providing the carriage and former winner derek bell the grand marshal to get proceedings underway [Music] with the pomp and circumstance concluded and the rain hammering down it was time for the starters flag to be delivered the french army delayer did it in their usual impeccable style so please i will remind you the track has been declared the rain running in the entire test [Music] a feel for conditions start with the formation give everybody a chance to see where the rivers of water ran across what is largely public road circuit first i have all lights on all cars to have all lights on start grouping up start grouping up close the race director eduardo freitas considered it was safe going for the car we are going for the start [Applause] the official starter john elk and the chairman of ferrari waved the french tricolor and the race was underway the 24-hour countdown had begun but there was still just one chance to see how the track was looking extra formation lap and we will start at the end of the next lab we go green the hypercar era is underway at the mall all five of these new machines race up to the first corner toyota one two the alpine trying to squeeze between them and then the two lincoln houses right behind oh and there's contact olivier platt turns around sebastian puemie in the number eight toyota at the very first corner cars scatter across the runoff areas our race leader paul mann mike conway spearing down the hill right behind him in the alpine is nico lapierre and in gte pro there's bumping and boring as well trouble for the hub auto porsche the pulsator turned around edex sports car also facing in the wrong direction racing team india made the contact and put out the pole sitter in the pro class and olivier platt just never looked like making the first turn turning around sebastian vuemi look back from the leader platt is not even turning a car locking up and going straight on toyota can't believe it lots of damage for the new glickenhaus of olivier platt 708 with work to do top two have broken away three seconds clear of the glickenhausers who run third and fourth and the other click in the house goes straight through the chicane they are struggling for front end grip the car has not raced in the rain before and it looks as though that might be an issue tightly battle in lmp2 and that's sebastian buemi the number eight toyota at the side of the road looks like he's got it restarted their race is already off on the wrong footing streaming wet conditions out of indianapolis down to the right-hand hairpin at arnage too many cars too little grip this is potential disaster for everybody yellow flags are out between the chicanes on the mulsanne straight as they head back towards the pits in sector three of this 13 kilometer lap and it's the number eight toyota off for a third time racing team india involved in a second incident on the opening lap of the race tom clowey in that car turned around the hub auto porsche racing team india not getting off to a great start either and more trouble gt crow porsche 92 crashed heavily in the hyper pole it's been built up around a brand new shell and that car has spun and so too has the alpine out of second place through go the clicking houses this is at arnage oh andy calapia trying to get himself turned around backs across the track he's waiting for signals from the marshals now the lmp2 field is streaming through and there's how it happened anxiously chasing the toyota picks up the throttle just a fraction too early not enough grip the team can't believe it on board the 63 corvette corvette missed the 2020 race so a year late they're debuting they are in a tough battle leading at the moment antonio garcia and tommy milner one two as the toyota number eight comes through video molina uses its distracting force to move up into second in gte pro ferrari second and fourth corvette first and third the best porsche is the american entered weathertech car the factory porsche team sixth and seventh they are struggling and ferrari look like they have got the pace in the rain both ferraris now ahead of the 64 corvette they run second and third in the very early stages lmp2 team wrt and g drive wrt new to the lemon 24 hours but hugely experienced 24-hour gt racing squad and g-drive they know all about racing in these lmp2 cars great pass from nick dufrese to grab third place from another former grand prix driver robert kubitzer battle for third place in gte pro the yellow corvette of antonio garcia look at the traction of the porsche lawrence van tour and the weathertech car just drives around the outside and perversely off the normal racing line tends to be less rubbered up in the rain that means more grip you still need the bravery lmp2 versus hypercar here comes 38 the jota sport car looking to take second place from the clicking house under breaking and he does antonio felix de costa is absolutely flying just one toyota remains in front and if the hyper cars prove fragile in this race there could easily be an lmp2 overall winner the track is trying fast as the sun comes out corvette among the first to respond going on to slicks james collado and his teammate miguel molina 1-2 for ferrari and now collado in the 51 car sneaks in front but offline when you're trying to pass it is a lot wetter than it is on the main racing line this has all the potential for disaster the weathertech porsche not far behind as the clouds clear away above le mans race leader in the pits one toyota out front on its own sister car down in 10th place if they lose more than a lap it could be a long way back hit stop score the lead two and the lp moves up into second place and should move ahead in the number seven toyota as well we have our second overall leader in the hypercar class wow still a little touch and go for the glickenhaus no wet weather running the team are really working hard to try and get their cars dialed in and they need to race leader in the pits first regular stop for alpine nearly one hour done and 23 to go [Music] on board with the number eight toyota continuing on its recovery drive it never dropped off the lead lap with its early problems and that's just as well now homing in on antonio felix de costa using the hybrid drive of the toyota to go by sebastian buemi restores his team to 1-2 [Music] on slicks early corvettes tommy milner took the lead in the gte pro class but now here come the ferraris they too on the correct tires for the conditions miguel molina alongside right behind is lawrence van tour in the white weathertech porsche that's the one two three the ferrari has the inside line the corvette comes back under top speed but molina is going to take the lead here sneaks in front of the chicane this could be a long tough battle for all of them oh dear another round of pit stops for lmp2 in the pits there antonio felix de costa gives up the lead for jota 26 freeze remains on track for another lap he leads 29 racing team netherland in third place again this battle between the 52 and the 51 ferrari and now it's the teammates taking over where their other drivers left off 51 on the inside line trying to squeeze through 52 on the racing line the drivers left on the straight and he just doesn't have quite enough [Music] sam bird the third driver of the 52 car watching his teammate daniel sarah come back and alessandro pierguidi sarah on the inside for the second chicane re takes the lead of the race [Music] is that it done then little ripple of applause from the 52 side of the garage but that's not going to last long here comes alessandro pierguini the next corner mulsanne is a right-hander and he has track position race leader in the pits mike conway stays in regular service a clean and fuel they will not change tires at this stage number eight our third different race leader [Music] and this with only just three hours run [Music] contact [Laughter] okay we're checking pressures everything looks good at the moment well he may have got away with that one you can't afford any contact at le mans you never know when it might come back to haunt you that's okay ty is okay and you are p1 you are v1 yep it's all good it's all good let's calm down we'll check the car when you come past all five good [Music] all aston martin battle for the lead in gte am felipe fraga in the turquoise tf sport aston with amr's nikki team right behind him in the yellow and green north west cup nikki team a regular factory aston driver winner of this race in the gt pro class but he's now joined the am team paul dalalana and taking the battle to philippe fraga in the pits the number eight toyota routine service sebastian gremi staying in the team filling up with fuel and cleaning the screen but there is a driver change here alpine taking on andre nagrau as nico lapierre completes his first stint of the race toyota number seven back in the lead working through traffic [Music] rain arrives again at le mans and off goes to kuma aoki former moto gps now confined to a wheelchair that does not stop him racing he and teammate nigel bailly are both wheelchair-bound but they are racing here in the 24 hours of le mans mike conway into the piece this will be the end of his first in for toyota caboo kobe actually takes over and there's a new tire going on [Music] it's still getting exciting we just had mike uh the conway in with the seven with the rear left puncher so not what we expect of what we hope for but part of the race car number eight goes well there is some damage on the rear end but it has no big influence on the car performance sebastian at the moment is flying around flying off the track though the lmp2 leader anthony davidson has just taken over jota's 38 car from antonio felix de costa a porsche loses control and davidson goes off as well distracted perhaps by the spinning car in front of him and he is buried in the gravel [Music] lead battle in lmp2 franco colopinta for team drive just ahead of yacht van impinto at 18 youngest driver in the race the oldest is 75 years old that's a spread third place the 28 car for jota that is out of touch with the leaders fritz fernaid jumbo supermarkets boss watching his man battle for the lead into the bits comes the number eight sebastian premier will get out and brendan hartley will take over still in second place but on the same lap as the leader number seven and the chance now perhaps to work a different strategy trouble for 98. that is the amr aston martin that is marcos gomez and that is indianapolis safety car is out the car is absolutely buried down into indianapolis the car swaps ends he just got offline onto the loose and that is a very big impact marcos gomez winded really knocked about by that but he is out of the car under his own steam but the medical lights have come on they take him to the medical center that car is now out suddenly it's all changed 33 tf sport this is the race leader in the gte am class driver change and ben keating takes over from dylan pereira seventh lamar for ben keating the seventh different car he's driven he reckons the aston is the best of the lot now he heads out in the lead fantastic battle here in gte m the pale blue car that's giorgio cena tioto for chetila the yellow car car guys that's kessel racing that's the one two sarah bovee between them in the iron danes ferrari is a lap behind fantastic action but you don't want to be rubbing this isn't a 20-minute touring car race this is a 24-hour enduro damage from contact can come back to haunt you gt pro class what are we seeing here down to the four chicane wheel to wheel two ferraris that's brendan arieb for inception and sambert second in gte pro getting turned around as they make contact tough start to the race for inception racing [Music] sam bird goes by brendan arie they are both continuing looks like no damage done damn it man this is fritz van aird lmp2 racing team netherlands also battling for the pro-am title he's got a long way off just at the beginning of the porsche curves that's a very high speed place to lose it he's been caught out in the rain oh and he's not alone either that's that's two united auto sports cars what's happened here across the gravel and oh my goodness that's 23 hit by 32 oh looks like he's been fired out of a cannon straight across the gravel trap it's an unfortunate thing to happen i think you know there's 62 other cars out there and unfortunately um you know young guys you know their ambitions of what they want to do here uh how they go about racing but they apologize i think that's a manly thing to do you stood up but the conditions were very hard you know to go out there and slicks in the rain for your first time going into the night and it was just very unfortunate car in the middle of the track and it's oh that's tom cloey again racing team india it's the number one car the richard mille racing team of sofia flourish safety car is out immediately so what happens here on board with flush wow who's that across her bowels 26 that's the g drive car franco colopinto well she's taken a big hit in the barriers and the racing team india car run by eurasia was due to have indian drivers but because of covert travel restrictions they couldn't be here the car is still running for the moment well there's look just below the way flags and around the corner under yellows in a slow zone and that is a big impact for sofia flourish the medical lights are on and that car is out of the race she'll have to go to the medical center it's not working it's always first gear i stole it's the same the car g drive just came out of nowhere to be honest no idea where he actually was i didn't see him um he just i don't know came sideways over my front and yeah then we ended up in the wall um yeah and then i was on mid-track and then another car came i don't know how he could not see me actually because i was there yeah quite some time but um yeah apparently he didn't see me and just crashed into my side again going back to green after the first safety car of the race almost one-third distance and nightfall at le mans means that visibility is going to be tough tingly given the damp in the air [Music] pit stop for kamu kobayashi hands over to jose maria lopez with nearly one third of the race run the argentine gets in for his first end in the number seven toyota [Music] fresh set of tyres go on as the track dries it will still be slicks [Music] toyota 1-2 alpine still in third as nightfall illuminates lamar the city and the circuit facing the wrong way never a good thing with oncoming headlights who's that second in the gtem class that is the 83 ferrari let's take a look alessia rivera trying to avoid contact with the spiritual race car and just loops it around in indianapolis with united auto sports what's that on the screen that's one of their cars in the gravel let's take a look at the replay small sign corner 22 just gets away with that that is close though third in the lmp2 class high speed action through the porsche curves there is the 33 aston martin oh trouble ego perfetti in the barriers medical lights are on safety car is scrambled that car is going to be out of the race as well what's happened here the car is just looped around under braking big impact with that tyre wall out to the first chicane and behind him this is ts1 this is felipe fraga he goes skating off as well two cars within a couple of moments there's a gdo perfetti surveying the damage he's okay but the medical lights have registered a severe impact and felipe fraga's car a puncture was there debris is that what caused the two cars to go off fraga's car wouldn't stop and just railed into the tyres for the gido perfetti's car lots of damage and most importantly because he's been taken to the medical center it can't get back to the pits it looks as though the 33 car was lucky there gt yam 83 ferrari the leader from the number 80 car 57 not too far behind and just see the chettala car 47 hub auto going by oh the chitler cars offline come back come back it's not it's in the barriers but that's a big impact as well roberto lacourte for cheti la driver's okay car may well not be and that was a pro-class battle coming past and there's a lead change the corvette down to second place in gte pro and the ferrari has sneaked by [Music] 51 ferrari now the race leader the 63 corvette were on board it still had the single light that shows it's the leader in the class but it hadn't quite caught up never go to sleep in a garage during the race here's trouble this is machiavellia the third place car this is the lp do you think you can move with the engine engine off oh goodness down at the first chicane he's backed it off into the gravel coming by the weathertech porsche he's offline it's dirty it's damp and when he hits the brake pedal there's not enough grip oh and he nearly makes it back out of the gravel trap rescued from the gravel back on terra firma in the pitch for a checkup magia vaccinia and a driver change nico lapierre will take over from his young french teammate team will make sure that the alpine is good to go full course yellow and here is the problem the number 25 g drive car that's up at the first corner oh in the top right hand side of your screen he's looped around and that's exactly where we lost the 19 car from ida exporting qualifying rui andrade don't think that car is coming back no the angolan driver can't believe it he is out of the car and out of the race [Music] nighttime pit stop action and we go back with the number seven car from jose maria lopez to starting driver mike conway and this is really where le mans starts to come alive through the nights the long relentless high-speed stints nicolas the 36 car being looked over it's now down to sixth place overall behind the safety car number eight toyota and the number seven car is in the pit lane that means there's a lead change number eight goes through to the lead 708 pits out of third place overall driver change olivier platt will take over from pepo durrani in this unique car the brainchild of american arch enthusiast jim glickenhaus we're still fighting and we'll fight until the end and one car is doing very well it'll soon be back in p3 uh we lost you know we just did a pit so there was no time with that but it's running well and uh it's a very interesting race i mean the beginning was a little nuts in the rain [Music] in the alpine chasing the third place car of compacted olivier pla for glickenhaus here he is right in front target acquired olivier platt on the outside lafayette down the inside just enough room to squeeze through so he moves up to fourth place overall that is third in hypercar but look at that olivier pla comes right back at him lapierre lets him come in too deep and gets the cut back 31 in third place overall one lmp2 car separating the top four with the red sidebar those are all the hyper cars the fifth hypercar 709 down in 11th place that car has not had great balance from the start of the race the team are chasing their tails fantastic onboard pitchers through the night this lemon track 13.6 kilometers but so busy now with still over 50 cars racing around it and finding room to get past in traffic is a huge problem for these drivers nico lapierre just sneaking by olivier platt halfway through the lemon 24 hours toyota one-two alpine and glickenhaus third and fourth team wrt one-two in lmp2 dragon speed lead the pro-am class in lmp2 and the knockdown drag out fight in gte pro ferrari 1-2 ahead of corvette and porsche ferrari lead in gte am as well but there is a real mix of talent all the way through that field after the crazy start things may yet start to settle down but there'll be no let up in the relentless pace of this race and the weather and lady luck may yet still have a major part to play gt pro class battle ferrari 1-2 but here comes the corvette for the first time ever corvette racing a mid-engine supercar since the late 50s corvettes have been front-engined and every corvette that's raced at le mans has had the big v8 out front now like the ferrari it's a mid-engine car and it sneaks by in the darkness grabbing second place great view from on board of the past down the inside into the second chicane job done trouble for toyota number seven car stationary where's this this is lanage oh straight on and just stopped but what a massive lockup look at the tyre smoke and the dust and the debris and that is kamui kobayashi getting away with it now what caused that corner that's jan magnuson for high class rating facing the wrong way dads and lads racing he shares with son kevin what happens here 26 that's a big impact slams into the back of the high-class car roman rusin off in the g drive car that'll be a penalty on board with magnuson minding his own business bang from behind and the guilty party exits the scene i can't get reverse i can't get through i think everywhere can you get first to get a bit forward on board with the alpine headlights coming up behind and going straight by that's a change for third place dive bombed at full sun corner by the clicking house that was a good pass [Music] [Music] yes [Music] [Music] so after night comes day after driving comes pit stops jose maria lopez completes another stint from the dawn into the morning on sunday at le mans and hands the number seven lead toyota back to teammate mike conway this trio have yet to win le mans and if they keep going off the road that non-winning habit might continue they still lead by two minutes over their teammates problem with the air gun don't need this one tyre still waiting to go on they'll have to come around with the other man's air gun now the wheel is off will it go on yes it does well a slight delay slight delays add up center three step three final step on these sides you have a look at the gearbox or engine [Music] [Music] into the pits from fourth place is olivier platt in the clicking house routine service kind of absolutely filthy of the travails of the night and down the pit straight this is the battle for third place 65 that's the blue nosed car of will stevens from panas racing not far behind him joe to sport that is tom blonquist well they are up to speed and having a titanic dice for the final podium spot at the moment panus egging their man on the clicking house still on colder tires here comes blondquist picks up a toe from will stevens now he pulls alongside he's getting a toe from the hyper car in front and goes by great use of traffic by tom blomfist son of famous rally legend stink battle for third place overall and in hypercar olivier pla in the red and white clicking house and the alpine of andre negrow the glickenhaus held up by the am class porsche and the groud just goes right by him he saw what was going to happen there knew that olivier player would be slow in the middle part of the corner and just found enough room to squeeze by [Music] here comes black coming back and andre mcgraw as they rush towards indianapolis highest speed part of the circuit and boy look at the legs on that glicken house that is quick the grouse sits around the outside but you can't risk that in indianapolis yeah jim glickenhaus likes that tom christensen in the pits mr lamar with more wins here than anybody else but he's forgotten on a daily basis about winning le mans most people would love to know drama in gte that is a tyre explosion for sam bird in the 52 ferrari they are readying parts but there is debris everywhere oh dear that is a high speed tyre explosion and it is just shredded the right front corner of the 52 ferrari while sam on the mulsanne straight had no chance of slowing down there [Music] oh breakfast don't mind if i do trouble for the toyota this is the leader across the gravel at pitt in was he expecting to come in or did he have to jose maria lopez stays in they clean those vital lights at the side with the car number if they don't illuminate you get called in to fix them little canister there the mechanics holding is to charge the cooling or oil system oh kenneth van der gard on the grass how did he miss the barriers that is a big high-speed lose explaining what happened to fritz van impe it went ttm leader the 83 ferrari gt pro leader ferrari as well come lenegar in 51 wrt 1-2 in lmp2 toyota 1-2 in hypercar and overall bullseye corner lead toyota jose maria lopez big lock up just getting in too fast avoids the gravel lopez in the pits parked a skew because the high-class car number 20 is in the garage just upstream and he gets out mike conway takes over late call to bring lopez in just a little early has he got an issue like the number eight car toyota could be in trouble here uh he hasn't been exactly the most smooth time so far but yeah we're dealing with some fuel flow issues we sorted out but we we have to do in order to control uh a lot of things in the car while driving which makes things uh yeah complicated so let's let's hope we cross fingers that everything everything goes around [Music] inside the final two hours at le mans and a titanic battle for the lead in lmp2 chinese driver yifa yee versus dutchman robin franz the wrinkle they share a garage the two team wrt teammates are battling for the victory here and how is team boss fan sam voss going to manage that crowds in the grandstands very different from the start of the race it is bone dry and should remain so we are heading towards the final hour toyota still want to in hypercar the battle for third still between alpine and glickenhaus and now all five in the top five oh late drama for the 91 porsche across the grass at the chicane what was that i had no break at the washington ireland at the portuguese well there's the answer fred macko had no breaks went straight across the grass but it's torn the backside out of the car we are under full course yellow we are under full course yellow lots of debris to be collected from makaviki's car and other points around the circuit 91 is back in stewards have said it must be repaired [Music] how much the final hour will that car spend in the garage new floor going on new diffuser new rear body work but it looks as though the suspension is okay be a final driver change for our innovative car what a great story this is frederic sose the quadriplegic driver who raced himself at lemon a few years back in a specially adapted open car now has a program going to help other less fortunate individuals race cars themselves takuma aoki will do the final stint [Music] final half hour at le mans last pit stops in lmp2 31 versus 41 for victory it is wrt on wrt and there is nothing to choose between them in pace [Music] alessandro pierre guidi leading in the gte pro class 8 hours and 51 minutes of driving all ready for him eight hours for james collado six and a half for comledega and they've had their hands on the gt trophy since the middle of the night into the pits final stop inside 12 minutes to the flag for the number eight toyota now what's going on here car has not moved aha they're waiting for the race leader the number seven that will get enough fuel to take it to the flag a little wash and brush up of some of the logos yes and the number eight goes out liner stern looking for that perfect photo finish gte am leader with perhaps two laps to go the 83 ferrari there's francois paroda the driving force behind that crew and there sebumi from eight and jose maria lopez from seven watching their two cars running nose to tail that's who's that that's that's 41 that's iffy yeah that is the lmp2 leader in the first turns of the final lap the car has stopped they are out of the lead 30 seconds ahead of 31 the sister car that's it their race is over if they don't make it to the line they won't even be classified as finishers into the first chicane the new race leader still wrt but suddenly 30 habsburg there and his teammates from being second are going to win lemon [Music] last couple of corners the first race of the hypercar era at le mans and toyota go one two a first win for mike conway kamui kobayashi and jose maria lopez another one too for treasure there's the lmp2 battle at the flag unbelievable robin freeman's inches ahead of the jota car in second [Music] congratulations congratulations [Music] hey of course wow that flag waver really taking his life in his hands there's lots of racing going on hey of course a win gte pro and a of course a win gte am double victory for batty pregliasco's cruise [Music] i have no words i'm so happy it's been a it's been a great race we uh we ran trouble free no mistake no contact it's been really hard because the competition is so strong especially with the aston 33 so yeah i know it's great for the championship but just winning them all is that i'm lost for words it's amazing a mix of emotions at one team ecstatic the other team crushed you tried to secure your p2 and then you hear the radio heading into the last lap that this is the cars breaking down and stopping and stopping and meanwhile we have donkeys behind me which is within four seconds gaining like five seconds lap it was really stressful in the car but that's why we got robin fry's in the car because he freaking could do it if anybody can in the pro-am category hendrick hedman ben hanley and juan pablo montoya claimed victory in gt bro a of course beat corvette and porsche to the podium top step ferrari lead the manufacturers gt pro standings and what a month it's been for alessandro pierre guidi two epic endurance race victories a month we won 24 hours bar and even in my best dream i couldn't believe it so and we did it so it's incredible i have to say thanks to ferrari that he gave me a car to do it and these guys come and james here and also niklas in inspa we we did a super job and without them i couldn't do it so i'm super happy toyota won the last race of the lmp1 category at lamar they win the first of the new hypercar era the dawn of a new golden age of top class sports car racing hypercar has arrived with a bag [Music] i fear nothing now because i think too too many things two emotional things it's coming together i think possible you know we always like reading race you never want i saw some point maybe i i could never win the race beautiful watch he said you know driving fast because we do something wrong or you know something's happening confirmation of the results all five hyper cars that started finished the race one two three four five wrt winning lmp2 narrowly from jota in gte pro a of course grab the top step in pro-am dragon speed hang on from racing team netherlands and in gte am af courser also take away victory of the 61 starters almost 50 made it to the line in one of the craziest lemon 24 hours in recent memory and to witness it finally fans returned a great result for philip senior awarded spirit in le mans at the beginning of the week and taking the trophy for third at the end of it and the toyota cozy racing the number 18 finish in second for the first time and number seven came their first le win appreciated by mr lemon himself the championship rolls on but for now time to enjoy victory at the moon toyota racing and the number seven team battle will recommend for the final two rounds of the world endurance championship in bahrain late in the autumn and now everyone is a happy winner straight away so um thank you

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Length: 52min 51sec (3171 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 04 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/Michal_Baranowski]

It's about time for WEC to upload the full replay of the race. Waiting is actually longer than last year, despite WEC rounds from this season were posted to Youtube three days after - much faster than those from previous years. No news about Le Mans replay yet? It is quite frustrating.

[u/Abdukabda]

Based on what they did the last couple years, I don't expect this one to stay online for long, so watch it/archive it while it still is.

[u/Reddit_Z]

I wish they would just upload the whole race already.

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Having to resort to watching this is unfortunate.