Robert Kubica, on the right, celebrated Ferrari’s victory at Le Mans, 17 years after his only Formula 1 victory.
Ferrari took the victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the third consecutive year, but this time with Polish driver Robert Kubica at the wheel of the privateer AF Corse team car, surpassing the factory red cars.
The yellow car number 83, driven by Kubica along with the Chinese Yifei Yi and the British Phil Hanson, crossed the finish line after 387 laps of the Sarthe circuit in the 93rd edition of the race.
The Porsche Penske number 6, shared by Frenchman Kevin Estre, Belgian Laurens Vanthoor and Australian Matt Campbell, finished in second place, 14.084 seconds behind.
The factory Ferrari number 51, of the 2023 winners Alessandro Pier Guidi, Antonio Giovinazzi and James Calado, completed the podium, while last year’s winners, Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina, finished fourth in the Ferrari number 50.
Kubica’s triumph came on the same weekend as the Canadian Grand Prix was held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, the scene of his only F1 victory with BMW Sauber in 2008, after a spectacular accident on the same track in 2007.
This achievement also crowns an amazing redemption story for the 40-year-old driver, whose F1 career ended after a near-fatal rally accident in Italy in 2011, which partially severed his right forearm.
