Toyota Routing 24 Hours of Le Mans: Mike Conway, Nick De Vries, and Kamui Kobayashi lift the #7 TR010-Hybrid to victory after 381 laps, beating rival #20 BMW M by 10.913 seconds.
Hypercar Showdown
The BMW M Team WRT #20 was the only hypercar to stay inside the top ten, finishing second overall with Rene Rast, Robin Frijns and Sheldon Van Der Line. Their 381 laps kept them ten seconds shy of Toyota’s triumph.
Louis Deletraz in the #12 Cadillac V‑Series.R of Cadillac Hertz JOTA finished fourth for the first time this season, while Aston Martin’s #007 Valkyrie, piloted by Ross Gunn, Tom Gamble and Harry Tincknell, went eighth. The sole IMSA-only Cadillac V‑Series.R #101, driven by Filipe Albuquerque, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor, ended ninth.
Additional hypercar entries saw varied fortunes: Inter Europol’s #009 and Team JOTA’s #38 and #15 sister cars all failed to complete a full race distance, citing mechanical issues and damage in the second half.
LMP2 Performance
Inter Europol Competition’s #43 Oreca 07 Gibson claimed the LMP2 class, with Jeff Yelloly, Tom Dillmann and Jakub Smiechowski taking the lead in a 1-2 finish. Their 386 laps finished ahead of CrowdStrike Racing by APR’s #4 ORECA, powered by George Kurtz, Alex Quinn and Laurin Heinrich.
The team’s #4 also secured the Pro/Am title, while the #99 ORECA for AO by TF completed the podium with James Allen, Dane Cameron and PJ Hyett. Duqueine Team’s #30 ORECA ran over 300 laps before a brake failure forced a retirement, and Porsche Penske Motorsport’s #14 ORECA only achieved a 21st overall finish with 355 laps.
GT and LMGT3 Highlights
In heavy corporate‑sponsored competition, the #33 TF Sport Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R, composed of Ben Keating, Jonny Edgar and Nicky Catsburg, captured the LMGT3 category. The trio completed 425 laps, placing them 25th overall and marking Corvette’s 10th class victory at Le Mans.
The second‑placed LMGT3 team was Vasser Sullivan Racing’s #78 Lexus RC F, rattled out of the top 40 by Jack Hawkworth, Hadrien David and Tom Van Rompuy. Further down, engine‑powered Astra assets of the Aston Martin Vantage, managed by Eduardo “Dudu” Barrichello, finished third.
Remaining IMSA Entries
GP2‑HK’s points leader Benoît Leclerc, and the GTC Dakar squad’s Maxime Riourouz, ended the race outside the top 30, while BTCS P1’s Vittorio J. stuck to their own pace. The Rolex‑24 Class win cements their championship campaigns for the season.
Race Nuances and Take‑aways
Track positioning, tire strategy and occasional power‑steering failures proved decisive for the IMSA‑centric entrants. While Toyota’s dominance is clear, the varied performance across the entry list underscores how class‑specific factors dictate finishing positions in endurance racing’s most demanding event.
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