The 24 Hours of Le Mans was won by Toyota Gazoo Racing. In the LMP1 class, it was no surprise that the Japanese team took the win. The fastest class, in which only five teams competed, was won by drivers Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima. All four of these men have a history in the premier class of motorsport. The other Toyota disappointed and due to problems during the night did not get further than fourth place. The Rebellion Racing team stands between the two Toyota crews.
The LMP2 class was won by United Autosports. In the LMP2 class, most Dutch participants were very disappointing. Racing Team Netherlands, one of the outsiders for the victory in the class, disappointed after drama at the start of the race and a crash in the dark. Racing team Netherlands did not get further than nineteenth place overall and fifteenth place in the LMP2 rankings. The best classification for a Dutch participant was thirteenth place in total and ninth place in the LMP2 class for Beitske Visser, who drove a very strong race together with her two female fellow drivers.
The other Dutch did not do much better. Renger van der Zande with DragonSpeed USA finished twelfth in the LMP2 (sixteenth overall) and Job van Uitert, who competed long before the victory, did not go further than thirteenth in the LMP2 class (seventeenth overall) due to problems with the car. Ho-Pin Tung was disqualified after his team carried out illegal repairs on the track. In the results he is listed as the last of the 59th teams.
In the LM GTE Pro class, the Aston Martin Racing Team won, while in the LM GTE Am the TF Sport team took the victory. In that class, the Dutchman Larry ten Voorde just missed the podium and he finished fourth in the class with Team Project 1. Jeroen Bleekemoolen finished fourteenth in the other Team Project 1 car in the LM GTE Am class. Max van Splunteren finished twelfth in the same class.
See below how Racing Team Netherlands crashed early in the race.
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