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| 2014 Le Mans 24hr: Results | |
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|  | | June 16 2014 06:38:53 PM EST | |
| Just before the official test day, there was an official BoP test for the GTE manufactures. At the same time, the Corvette C7.R received it's official ACO homologation.
Despite some politicking from a certain British manufacture, the ACO got the BoP spot on. All of the manufactures were competitive and all lead the race at one point.
Pre-Race Attrition:
-The #99 GTE-Pro Aston Martin was crashed in practice Wednesday night and was written off. No new chassis was available.
-#71 GTE-Pro Ferrari was crashed Thursday during qualifying and was written off. Luckily a new chassis was available and the team built a new car for the race.
-#92 GTE-Pro Porsche was crashed Thursday during qualifying, but was fixable. The car did not qualify and started from the back.
Qualifying:
-Apart from the pole setting #51 Ferrari, which managed a magic lap a full second ahead of P2, it was very close.
-P2 through P6 were within a second. Over the span of 8.5 miles that is extremely close.
-Corvettes qualified P2 and P4.
Race:
GTE-Pro is the best of the best from Corvette, Ferrari, Porsche, and Aston Martin. For the first 12 hours the lead changed constantly between all 4 makes, but as the race went on attrition and luck caught many teams out.
-#91 Porsche was caught in an accident in the rain, causing it to go in the garage for repairs
-#71 Ferrari was destroyed in a crash in the rain
-#73 Corvette was caught behind the safety car on 3 separate occasions, putting them nearly a 1/2 lap behind from the GTE leaders each time. They also had the ACO mandated air chuck safety on the air jacks break, causing more time in the pits to fix.
-#74 Corvette was told to come in because the illuminated door number wasn't bright enough. The team had to replace the door. Later they had a differential leak causing the alternator belt to slip and come off. They stopped for repairs twice to fix both issues.
-#97 Aston Martin had power steering issues
The only car that had a flawless race was the #51 Ferrari, and rightfully so they won the race.
Despite their issues, the #73 Corvette of Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia, and Jordan Taylor kept the hammer down and fought back and finished P2, only 1 lap down from the leader. A solid effort by all. Garcia, in his final stint of the race, posted the 2nd fastest lap of the race at 3:53.869, nearly 1 second quicker then the pole time. The #74 car finished P4
Official Press Release
PHOTOS: Test Day
PHOTOS: Race Week
Race Results
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