One of the best Le Mans races in years was won by Ferrari, however, it wasn’t last year’s winners who were unable to overcome unfortunaไte slow zon🎐es and mistakes.

#51 was given a five second penalty for an unsafe release after a few hours,🌳 while the latter stages of the race saw them hit ღwith another penalty following contact with the #8 Toyota.

An incident that caused Br🦋endon Hartley to spin, tꦛhe #51 car continued on their way and were in contention for the win despite all that.

But in the wet conditions, Alessaꦚndro Pier Guidi did not have the pace of the #50 car in the hands of Nicklas Nielsen, nor ♔the #7 Toyota.

“Once again, the Fer💝rari was the best car at Le M𒁃ans,” said Pier Guidi. “We’ve shown how extraordinary this car is every time we’ve come here.

“I want to congratulate my teammates: they did an extraordinary job. Our race was 🥀tough, but we got on the podium in the end, so having two Ferraris on the podium is fantastic. In the same way, it’s extraordinary to win two years in a row.”

Jame🌼s Colado was one of the star performers this time last year, and while he showed great potential in the race, it wasn’t enough as he called the race ‘tough’.

Colado added: “I’m extremely happy for Ferrari because they got another win at Le Ma♐ns for the second year in a row.

“It’s a fant🍸astic result for the team. I’m very proud of the entire team and, obviously, of the #50 guys.

“They deserved this victory; they have been performing and focused throughout this weeꦡk. From our point of view, iꦡt was a tough race.

“Howꦬever, we are talking about a podium, which is still an excellent result. A first and a third place for Ferrari is not a bad way to end a day at Le Mans.”

Former F1 driver Antonio Giovinazzi felt it was a ‘shame’ ꦛnot to win as the potential was there to do so, in his mind.

“The biggest congratulations must go to Ferrari for winning at Le Mans two years in a row,” reflected Giovinazzi. “We are a fantastic team th🎐at deserves everything we get at the moment. It’s a shame for us in the 51 because we c🍰ould have done better.

“B🃏ut it’s great this way. We took yet another podium ꦕafter last year. Getting on that podium here is always a great feeling, especially after a race as long and difficult as this one, with the rain and constantly changing weather.

“This result allows us to get back into the fight for the championship, which is 🌌the most important thing to ꦡconsider right now. And now all eyes are on the next race.”