Monday, September 21, 2020

FIA WEC S8: 24 Hours of Le Mans

After three months of delay due to COVID-19, this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans has arrived minus the fans due to "new normal" procedures. Despite having no spectators on the track witnessing all the action, the whole world had all eyes on who will win this year's Le Mans endurance race as well as witnessing whether if Toyota's aiming for their third Le Mans win.

Screengrab from WEC

Even without the fans on track, this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans really is the big one in what is known to be the loudest race weekend of the year. It's the top of the race weekend pyramid where fans at home rooting for their favorite teams and drivers as they struggle themselves all day long to survive Le Mans by all means necessary.

After 24 hours of blood, sweat, and tears poured into this year's Le Mans fight, Toyota made huge headlines once again as the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing prototype driven by Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, and Kazuki Nakajima emerged as this year's winner. A third win for Toyota. Meanwhile, the #97 Aston Martin Racing Vantage AMR wins the LMGTE Pro class, the #22 United Autosports for the LMP2 class, and the #90 TF Sport Vantage AMR for the LMGTE Am class.


This year's 24 Hours of Le Mans is well and truly over but this season has only got one race left and it's the 8 Hours of Bahrain on the 14th of November. Don't miss it!

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