Le Mans night, crazy: Molina ran out of options and Albert Costa was the leader

This is truth. Ferrari returns to fight for a victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. World motorsport applauds. The Maranello firm returns to the top category in this edition after an absence of at least 50 years in a career in which so many stories have starred the brand of ‘Prancing Horse’. It has not won the top class since the 1965 edition, with Ferrari 250LM of Jochen Rindt and Masten Gregory, the year before receiving the memorable Le Mans 66 defeat against Ford and Bruce McLaren. 58 years after the historic recession, and with his return to his old ways five decades after saying goodbye to the category, today Ferrari returns to fight for the most coveted crown with the reigning champion, the Toyota 8 in an equal parts crazy and exciting edition. A great tribute that fate wanted to give to the thousands of fans who filled the track in the centenary edition of the mythical race, in Ferrari’s first year in the new era of the World Endurance Championship, that of Hypercars, with a bright future.

It was not a mirage seen in the first 8 hours of the race. The evening ended by confirming the battle for victory between Ferrari and Toyota, specifically, between Ferrari #51 of Giovinazzi, Pier Guidi and Calado. It can’t be for the #50 Ferrari of Miguel Molina, who was also involved in the battle. It’s Le Mans. While the #51 Ferrari fought to win after going off the track and getting stuck in the gravel after avoiding two GTs, the #50 Catalan Miguel Molina was more unlucky. After 2 in the morning, at 10 hours of racing, His car took a leak due to a rock which caused the Spanish crew to lose a total of 6 laps in the pits compared to the leader. They bid farewell to victory.

Abandoning Toyota 7 and 8 fight to win

Also heads and tails for Toyota. at the beginning of the night, the #7 Toyota had to retire after a push behind two lower category cars. For his part, his brand mate, the #8, benefited from the Safety Car brought about by his Japanese ‘brother’ himself, which allowed him to get back up to par with the leader and into first place when resuming the race.

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The Peugeot 94, farewell to an incredible battle

But the night had more surprises in store. Peugeot is one of the most frozen dedicated audience. He Peugeot #94 he is having a fantastic race, without mistakes, with great consistency, which allowed him to surprise his people with his return to Le Mans after 12 years. They did not have the fastest car, but his great speed in the rain and his consistency in the dry, with a date without mistakes, made him a battle for everyone, leading on several occasions. However, a scream of lamentation and anger was heard in the stands around 3 am. French car number #94 leans against the wall and it stops him from continuing his dream. The French can continue to do it on a podium which will be impressive with their other unit, the Peugeot 93.

Albert Costa, leader in LMP2

It was a peaceful night for the car #34 of Inter Europol. After a big comeback in the first 8 hours, the Catalan-led crew Albert Costa far surpassed the cruel and dreaded night of Le Mansaway from problems and in another great relay with an exceptional rhythm of Albert to continue the fight for victory in the silver class of Le Mans (LMP2). As dawn broke, his teammate Fabio once again took the lead in his tight battle with WRT ng Robert Kubica and, with 6 and a half hours to go, Costa once again led the race with 20 seconds ahead of his main rival. Albert only experienced a small scare when he went past 9 in the morning, with a small excursion on the gravel without consequences. Costa wants the win.