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Toyota wins!

Welp, looks like Toyota is back on top again 😎. Despite starting in the back, and a bad performance during training, they slowly climbed up and delivered. Yeah, finishing in first and third, it looks like they still have it. Ferrari, that I expected to put up a better fight, was disappointing. Cadillac and BMW (second place) showed some moments of dominance but just didn’t have what it takes. Genesis and Aston, as expected, weren’t contenders at all. And Alpine and Peugeot? Well, both, as always, didn’t have anything to show (and this was Alpine’s last year)…

In GT3, Corvette came in first (Ben Keating is King), followed by Lexus. I was routing for Lexus, and though they did do a strong race, Corvette was better. In LMP2 Inter Europol brought their two cars in first and second.

Honestly, one of the smoothest Le Mans I’ve ever seen, with almost zero drama. Kind of boring 🤔? Well, maybe you could say that… Nonetheless, even a not-so exciting Le Mans race is always a great Le Mans race 🤘🤘🤘

It’s that time of the year!

In 7 days we’ll have the 24 Heures du Mans 2026!!! I think this might reserve some surprises: a brand new manufacturer in Hypercar (18 cars in the class), 19 LMP2 cars (seems like ACO will not kill the class, unlike WEC) and 25 LMGT3 (with just two Porsches 😲). Nonetheless, in Hypercar I don’t expect much from newcomer Genesis, so I guess it will once again be a battle of attrition between Ferrari and Toyota. Cool to have Astons in the fight, the same for BMW, but I doubt they’ll be true contenders. Well, unless shit happens, and shit happens a LOT at Le Mans. And just two porkers in a 62-car grid?!? I don’t think there were ever so few Porsches at La Sarthe since the early 50s… Troubling for sure 🤨.

Who’s gonna watch it? In my house the family has been officially notified that the TV is mine from early Saturday to Sunday at lunch and I don’t give a flying crap about soccer 😁.

Oh well…

Against all my wishes, Maranello wins again… 🤣 At least it was a privateer (whatever the brand, I’ll always side with the little guy). Nonetheless, a nice race, and contrary to last year, almost no safety car. After the hyperpole I had hopes specially for Cadillac and perhaps, Alpine and BMW. Yet, Cadillac never got close to the lead, just like BMW and Alpine. About Toyota, on the other hand, I was sure they would be up in the front, with Ferrari and Porsche, but they had a very slow race.

Nonetheless, my money was on Ferrari to win again, unless they had their F1 team to manage things in La Sarthe 😂. I didn’t think the 963 had a great chance and I was glad to see the Valkyries finishing the race. In LMP2, my favorite, the ORECA 07 #199 “Spike the Dragon”, finished in third (well, first in LMP2 Pro-Am). For GT3 I was routing for the Iron Dames’ #85, but they finished all the way in the back 😥.

A nice race overall, with not much drama on track. In terms of 1:43rd, I really want the Spike ORECA, BMW’s M Hybrid V8 #20 (beautiful!) and the Dames’ #85. Oh, and possibly Mercedes AMG-GT3 #61.