MADRID, 16 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The number 50 Ferrari AF Corse car, driven by the Spanish Miguel Molina, the Italian Antonio Fuoco and the Danish Nicklas Nielsen, has won this Sunday the 92nd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (France) in the Hypercar H class, of agonizing mode after crossing the final finish line with only 2% fuel in its tank.
Nielsen’s last maneuvers on the French circuit were full of tension, with the fuel meter in the red and dropping to dangerously close to 0%. It seemed that bad luck was going to hit Ferrari’s #50 and not complete the 311 laps, because less than two hours before the end he had had an accident.
Nielsen had to go through the pits to close a door that had been left open. That dropped him to fifth place, moving away from a victory that had been put in his face after a spin by New Zealander Brendon Hartley in his #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing team car.
The race was not free of other incidents. In fact, this edition ended up being the longest time with the ‘safety car’ on the asphalt in the entire history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a century-old event that belongs to the World Endurance Championship (WEC).
Despite these scares and despite the threat of running out of fuel at the end, car #50 of the ‘prancing horse’ team completed the comeback to certify the victory and, with it, revalidates the success achieved in 2023 by # 51 piloted by the Italians Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi together with the British James Calado.