Toyota achieves 5 consecutive victories at Le Mans

It is an image of every year. He repeats five consecutive courses. again, Toyota Dominate in Le Mans 24 HoursAnd again, with twice the power. Demonstration of the huge advantages of Japanese companies’ hybrid technology, meticulous work, thousands of hours of testing, failure simulation of all kinds, and the creation of cars designed to solve both drivers and mechanics. Problem in the shortest possible time.A crack-free team that has reached the title for the fifth consecutive year in this 2022 edition Toyota No. 8,pilot Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa Dominant in front of his brother, “Petit” Lopez, Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi..

Thus, the Swiss Buemi With Olivier Jandebien (1958, 1960-1962), Henri Pescarolo (1972-1974, 1984) and Yannick Dalmas (1992, 1994, 1995, 1999), he has won his fourth crown in the last five years, four. Added to the driver’s success list by title. ). But, as we say, despite the repetition, it can be historic, so it stays in that image.Unlike these last five years, next year will be in the Queen category scene Porsche, Ferrari, Peugeot or Cadillac.. Equality must return to the battle for everything. A new era is about to begin, and perhaps another Toyota one-two image is a thing of the past. Or maybe not, but if it repeats, it has greater emotions and is expected to fight for great competitors.

The Argentine Lopez crew was unable to repeat the victory in an equivalent race between the two. Toyota, Both cars have been rolling side by side for hours. When the night came, many wanted something to add spice and action, with a great stint from one of the drivers, like Alonso a few years ago. But there is nothing.And it wasn’t until the sun rose Le Mans Things have changed. # 7 and # 8 had swapped leads at the pit stop, but ended at 8am when # 7 Toyota had an electrical problem.

He had to live the nightmare. “chest‘, The person who saw how his car stopped at the truck. The Argentines were able to reset the car and go to the pits, but the mechanic had to wait until he could touch the car for an alarm. Finally, Lopez managed to unlock the vehicle and stop, but because three minutes had already been lost, Le Mans 24 Hours.. Only car 8 problems or shocks can divert things. But that didn’t happen.

Glickenhaus # 709 (Ryan Briscoe, Franck Mailleux, Richard Westbrook) finished in the third position.Followed by her brother # 708, and Alpine sank in trouble.

In LMP2, along with Antonio Felix da Costa, Will Stevens and Roberto Gonzalez, he won JOTA Sport # 38. The second was Kubica, Delétraz, and Colombo’s Prema.

In GTE Pro Porsche wins 911 # 91 by Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz and Frederick Makowiecki.. This category is the last race with many accidents and problems taken by a German company, leaving Le Mans after a big fierce battle of 10 years. Despite the poor performance of the two AF Corse Ferrari 488s from the beginning, they were finally able to occupy the other two spots on the podium, with Miguel Molina in third and Antonio Garcia’s Corvette testing. Could not finish.

The bad luck of Antonio Garcia and Miguel Molina

A bad night for GTE professional Spaniards. Antonio Garcia’s Corvette was in the lead in the moonlight. He was able to hit Machada. He was in the perfect environment to grow his lead at a late night pace. But at that crucial moment, the Madrid man suffered from a broken rear suspension and had no options. It wasn’t that good for Miguel Molina, who crashed into the LMP2 and damaged Ferrari’s front.