2016 LE MANS 24 HOURS OFFICIAL YEARBOOK
In many respects, this 83rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will remain in the legend of the event. First, it marked the seventeenth successful Por...
In many respects, this 83rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will remain in the legend of the event. First, it marked the seventeenth successful Porsche brand, which already owned the record for victories in the 24 Hours. She is also the one that has seen the absolute lap record, all channels, enhanced by the Audi No. 7. A successful performance with 919 Hybrid which helped to anoint a crew led by a Grand Prix driver whose c ’ was the first participation. Grand Tourism in the LM GTE Pro, adds a new Corvette class win to his record, the first for C7.R, which joins the C5-R and C6.R, its glorious predecessors. In the other categories, Oreca finally put his name to LM P2 of the guestbook with a Hong Kong team KCMGvenue, ie China, for whom this is a first. Finally, in LM GTE Am, is a Russian team that goes up on the top step of the podium, another unprecedented outcome, ahead of the Porsche of Patrick Dempsey, the one through whom the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a new dimension of an international audience might hitherto unfamiliar with the Sarthe classic. Finally, a 2015 edition that starts in the best way possible the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016 when Audi and Toyota, battered this year, will have one goal: revenge, while Corvette must reckon with the Return a prestigious rival Ford.