Sixty-two competitors are set to hit the track at the 89th 24 Hours of Le Mans on 21-22 August and the official poster has just been released.

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24 HOURS CENTENARY – MAKES, MARQUES and IMPRINTS ⎮ Ferrari squared off against Matra and Porsche in 1970 then again in 1973 while the Italian manufacturer's GTs were undergoing a major overhaul by switching to rear engines.

Faced with the outstanding&nbsp;performance level of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Porsche 917, Ferrari decided&nbsp;in turn to design a car for the Sport class&nbsp;(5 litres), the&nbsp;512 S, which proved to be&nbsp;a major turning point in the marque&#39;s history. In&nbsp;1969, Fiat began providing funding, leading namely to the&nbsp;construction of a&nbsp;private testing and development circuit in&nbsp;Fiorano.

<h3>From the&nbsp;512 to the&nbsp;312</h3>

But Porsche&#39;s advantage&nbsp;was difficult to overcome, with two first wins at the 24 Hours in 1970 and 1971. Out of the&nbsp;20 cars fielded in the two runnings, only four Ferraris reached the classification: fourth&nbsp;(Ronnie Bucknum/Sam Posey -&nbsp;North American Racing Team) and&nbsp;fifth&nbsp;(Hugues de Fierlant/Alistair Walker -&nbsp;Ecurie Francorchamps) in 1970 with the&nbsp;512 S, and third&nbsp;(Tony Adamowicz/Sam Posey -&nbsp;North American Racing Team) and fourth&nbsp;(Chris Craft/David Weir -&nbsp;David Piper Autorace) in 1971 with the&nbsp;512 M (for&nbsp;Modificata). The&nbsp;512 was&nbsp;exclusively entered by partner or private teams in 1971 after retirements for&nbsp;all four of its&nbsp;512 Ss in 1970 caused&nbsp;the factory team not to return to the race until&nbsp;1973.

Created in 1969 after the introduction of 3-litre prototype regulations, the&nbsp;312 P made three fleeting appearances in the&nbsp;24 Hours. Both factory cars were forced to retire that year and the car fielded by&nbsp;North American Racing Team in&nbsp;1970 failed to make it into the classification for insufficient distance covered. In 1974, the&nbsp;312 P returned&nbsp;as an&nbsp;open cockpit&nbsp;version (spider) and finished ninth thanks to Jean-Claude Andruet and&nbsp;Teodoro Zeccoli.

After the elimination of the Sport class, Ferrari presented a new 3-litre prototype, the 312 PB, in&nbsp;1972. However, despite clocking the fastest time in the preliminary tests&nbsp;(now known as Test Day), Ferrari withdrew one week before Scrutineering at&nbsp;the 40th&nbsp;24 Hours, arguing a potentially weak&nbsp;transmission.

In 1973, the 24 Hours celebrated its 50th anniversary with a major duel between the previous year&#39;s winner, Matra, and Ferrari looking for a 10th overall win. To challenge the French constructor&#39;s three cars, the Italian marque entered three&nbsp;312 PBs for&nbsp;Jacky Ickx/Brian Redman, Arturo Merzario/Carlos Pace and&nbsp;Carlos Reutemann/Tim Schenken.

On Sunday, the face-off between&nbsp;Ickx/Redman and the&nbsp;Matra of&nbsp;G&eacute;rard Larrousse/Henri Pescarolo favoured&nbsp;the latter duo&nbsp;after&nbsp;Ickx was forced to retire with engine failure shortly before 14:30. Ferrari had nonetheless held the lead in the race for a solid 14 hours. Finishing second after starting from the pole, Merzario/Pace secured the last result for one of the Italian manufacturer&#39;s&nbsp;factory&nbsp;prototypes at the race.

<h3>The 1970&#39;s 365 GTB/4 Daytona&nbsp; and BB 512 touring cars</h3>

Ferrari did find a source of pride in 1973 thanks to sixth place overall for&nbsp;Claude Ballot-L&eacute;na/Vic Elford which amounted to a class win for the&nbsp;365 GTB/4.

Presented at the 1968 Paris Motor Show, this&nbsp;car was also known as the&nbsp;Daytona in reference to the marque&#39;s hat trick at the Rolex 24 at Daytona the previous year&nbsp;(though the name has never been officially recognised by&nbsp;Ferrari). The front engine GT&nbsp;(4.3-litre V12, 350 hp) would become one of Ferrari&#39;s most famous of the era, particularly due to its remarkable track record at Le&nbsp;Mans.

The&nbsp;Ferrari 365 GTB/4 took the start in its first&nbsp;24 Hours in&nbsp;1971 under the banner of&nbsp;North American Racing Team, resulting in&nbsp;the fifth spot&nbsp;for&nbsp;Luigi Chinetti, Jr./Bob Grossman.

The next year, the car clinched its first class win thanks to&nbsp;Claude-Ballot-L&eacute;na/Jean-Claude Andruet recruited by French importer&nbsp;Charles Pozzi. The French&nbsp;duo led an impressive Daytona group finish, from fifth to ninth places. In 1974, it made it into&nbsp;the overall top 10 (5th and&nbsp;6th) once again with a third consecutive class victory earned&nbsp;by another French pair,&nbsp;Dominique Bardini/Cyril Grandet.

1978 marked the 365 GTB/4&#39;s final appearance at Le Mans, with 16th&nbsp;place for French&nbsp;duo Lucien Guitteny/Fran&ccedil;ois Migault, and the first for the 512 BB.

Developed&nbsp;two years earlier, the 512&nbsp;BB&nbsp;(5-litre, 12-cylinder flat) was a&nbsp;direct&nbsp;descendant of the 1971&nbsp;365 GT4/BB, the first mid-engine road Ferrari (placed in front of the rear wheel axle). None of the four cars fielded in 1978 made it to the chequered flag. In 1979, a quartet of Belgian-British drivers gave the 512 BB&nbsp;its first finish, with 12th place for&nbsp;Jean Blaton/Bernard de Dryver/Steve O&rsquo;Rourke/Nick Faure. The car competed at the 24 Hours until 1982, with as best result fifth place for&nbsp;Jean-Claude Andruet/Claude Ballot-L&eacute;na/Herv&eacute; Regout.

The legacy of rear-engined Ferrari GTs continued with the&nbsp;F40, 360 Modena, F430, 458 Italia and&nbsp;488 GTE, and the manufacturer&#39;s 333 SP prototype was one of the main attractions at the 24 Hours in the&nbsp;1990s. More to come on that later...

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PHOTOS (Copyright - ACO/Archives): LE MANS (SARTHE, FRANCE), CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES, 1970-1973 24 HOURS OF LE&nbsp;MANS. From top to bottom: in 1970, the&nbsp;Ferrari 512 S of&nbsp;Derek Bell/Ronnie Peterson (#5), Jo Bonnier/Reine Wisell (#14) and&nbsp;Jacky Ickx/Peter Schetty (#5) beat the&nbsp;Porsche 917 of future winners&nbsp;Richard Attwood/Hans Herrmann (#3); one of the two&nbsp;512 Ss at the finish&nbsp;(#12) in 1970 was entered by Ecurie Francorchamps founded by Belgian importer Jacques Swaters&nbsp;who also managed the Ferrari camp in Steve McQueen&#39;s movie&nbsp;Le Mans&nbsp;filmed during and after the race; Ferrari on the front row in 1973&nbsp;with the&nbsp;312 PBs&nbsp;of Arturo Merzario/Carlos Pace (#16, pole-sitter) and&nbsp;Jacky Ickx/Brian Redman (#15); at the wheel of this&nbsp;365 GTB/4 (#58), Luigi Chinetti&#39;s son finished his rookie 24 Hours in fifth place in&nbsp;1971; among the drivers in the first BB 512 to make it into the classification&nbsp;(#61) figured&nbsp;Steve O&#39;Rourke, the manager of&nbsp;Pink Floyd who, like&nbsp;Nick Mason that year, took the start in his first 24 Hours.

24 Hours Centenary – Two duels and two GTs mark the 1970s for Ferrari

24 HOURS CENTENARY – THE LE MANS EXCEPTION ⎮ While the race is in a league of its own for the world's prototype and GT experts, it has also proved enticing to drivers from all other major motorsport disciplines seeking a prestigious victory.

Formula&nbsp;1, Indianapolis, rally, NASCAR&hellip;the 24 Hours of Le Mans is arguably the most diverse and unifying car race in the world.

<h3>Le Mans and&nbsp;Formula&nbsp;1 | Reinventing a tradition</h3>

During the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and even 1980s, it was common to see Formula&nbsp;1 stars at the Le Mans circuit. The trend dropped off to some degree later on, with F1 drivers competing at the 24 Hours after their careers in single-seaters had ended.

In 2015, Nico H&uuml;lkenberg took advantage of a lack of date conflict with Formula&nbsp;1 to win the 24 Hours for his rookie&nbsp;participation. Three years later, Fernando Alonso revived the great&nbsp;tradition of drivers in the 1950s-1970s&nbsp;with two consecutive wins at Le&nbsp;Mans in 2018 and&nbsp;2019 with&nbsp;Toyota, two victories in F1&nbsp;(2005 and&nbsp;2006) and the endurance drivers&#39; world title in&nbsp;the&nbsp;2018-2019 Super Season. In 2021, Alonso became the first driver to take the wheel of an F1 (Alpine) at the 24 Hours circuit, and&nbsp;has been vocal about&nbsp;his desire&nbsp;to return to Le Mans for the new Hypercar era.

<h3>Le Mans and Rally&nbsp;| From the road to the circuit</h3>

Le&nbsp;Mans has also attracted several World Rally (WRC) champions, including Swedish driver&nbsp;Bj&ouml;rn Waldeg&aring;rd&nbsp;in 1971 (retirement), eight years before he clinched his first rally drivers&#39; world title. Two-time WRC&nbsp;champion (1980 and 1982), German driver&nbsp;Walter R&ouml;hrl took the start in the 24 Hours in 1981 (7th) and&nbsp;1993 (retirement).

1995&nbsp;WRC champion, Scottish driver&nbsp;Colin McRae made his sole appearance in the 24 Hours in 2004, with&nbsp;Ferrari, finishing in the top 10 overall (9th) and third in his class behind&nbsp;Corvette Racing.

The best overall result for a WRC&nbsp;champion was S&eacute;bastien Loeb&#39;s second&nbsp;place finish in&nbsp;2006 representing&nbsp;Pescarolo Sport for his second and final participation to&nbsp;date. Last year, his WRC successor&nbsp;S&eacute;bastien Ogier&nbsp;finished in the LMP2 top 10&nbsp;(9th and&nbsp;13th overall).

Let us not forget the female&nbsp;drivers of&nbsp;the 1970s, most of whom first cut their teeth in rally: Anny-Charlotte Verney, Marianne Hoepfner, Christine Beckers, Marie-Claude Beaumont, Yvette Fontaine and of course&nbsp;Mich&egrave;le Mouton, 1982 WRC vice-champion and class winner for her sole start in the&nbsp;24 Hours (1975).

<h3>Le Mans and&nbsp;Indianapolis |&nbsp;Two legends</h3>

Le Mans and Indianapolis: a&nbsp;circuit&nbsp;of more than 13&nbsp;kilometres combining permanent and temporary sectors and&nbsp;an oval circuit of four kilometers made for&nbsp;very high speeds. They&nbsp;are the two oldest circuit races in the world in terms of runnings. In June, the 24 Hours will join the Indy&nbsp;500 after its&nbsp;centenary was&nbsp;celebrated back in&nbsp;2011.

Only two drivers have won both races. The Brit&nbsp;Graham Hill triumphed at the&nbsp;24 Hours in 1972, six years after winning the 50th running of the Indy 500 in his rookie&nbsp;participation. In 1967, American driver&nbsp;A.J. Foyt accomplished&nbsp;a feat never achieved before or since in&nbsp;motorsport, claiming the top step on the podium at the two races just 10 days apart. His&nbsp;performance at Le&nbsp;Mans included setting the first distance record beyond&nbsp;5,000 km. It was his sole appearance in the race.

Several previous Indy 500 winners&nbsp;have taken the start in the 24 Hours these last few years, among them&nbsp;Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan. This year, Roger Penske is one of the favourites. He is&nbsp;the most successful team owner ever at&nbsp;Indianapolis with 18 wins and&nbsp;will serve as&nbsp;Porsche&#39;s standard bearer for its return to the top&nbsp;Hypercar class in June.

<h3>Le Mans and&nbsp;NASCAR | Garage 56</h3>

The most important American championship in terms of overall&nbsp;popularity, and essentially held on&nbsp;oval circuits, NASCAR&#39;s main event is the Daytona&nbsp;500, considered by competitors as their&nbsp;Super Bowl.

In 1962, Fireball Roberts became the first Daytona winner to take part in the&nbsp;24 Hours. A few months after his&nbsp;victory, his only appearance at Le Mans ended in sixth place at the wheel of a Ferrari 250 GTO. In 1972, five years after Foyt&#39;s&nbsp;win at the 24 Hours, he won the Daytona&nbsp;500, becoming the only driver to triumph at&nbsp;that race and Le Mans.

In June, Garage 56 at the 24 Hours Centenary will welcome&nbsp;Hendrick Motorsports, the most successful team in&nbsp;NASCAR&#39;s history, and its top notch driver line-up. Seven-time NASCAR champion and win record co-holder in the discipline, Jimmie Johnson will join forces with 2010 24 Hours winner&nbsp;Mike Rockenfeller and 2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button.

PHOTOS (Copyright - ACO/Archives): LE MANS (SARTHE, FRANCE), 1962-2018 24 HOURS OF LE&nbsp;MANS. From top to bottom: seven-time&nbsp;NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, 24 Hours winner&nbsp;Mike Rockenfeller and former&nbsp;F1 world&nbsp;champion&nbsp;Jenson Button (from left to right) will join&nbsp;forces in Garage&nbsp;56 this year; winners Fernando Alonso (at right) and&nbsp;S&eacute;bastien Buemi on the pit straight in&nbsp;2018; S&eacute;bastien Loeb representing&nbsp;Pescarolo Sport in 2005 and&nbsp;2006; Graham Hill (at left) has won the car racing&nbsp;Triple Crown with victories at the 1972&nbsp;24 Hours&nbsp;(here with&nbsp;Henri Pescarolo), the Indianapolis 500 in 1966 and F1 world titles&nbsp;in 1962 and 1968; Dan Gurney and&nbsp;A.J. Foyt (at left in a&nbsp;Ford shirt) and the first ever Champagne spray on the&nbsp;podium in 1967; the&nbsp;Ferrari 250 GTO with which Fireball Roberts finished sixth in&nbsp;1962 is now owned by&nbsp;gentleman driver and 2021 LMGTE Am winner Fran&ccedil;ois Perrodo; for the&nbsp;Centenary, Garage&nbsp;56 will host a&nbsp;Chevrolet Camaro fielded by&nbsp;Hendrick Motorsports, the most successful team in the American NASCAR championship.

24 Hours Centenary – The race draws drivers from all motorsport disciplines

24 HOURS CENTENARY – THE LE MANS EXCEPTION ⎮ The speaker keeps the public spellbound and informs fans during the race of the status of its favourite teams, drivers and cars. He keeps spectators awake during the night or wakes them up as the sun begins to rise. A running of the 24 Hours would not be the same without one…

The race&#39;s first speaker,&nbsp;Edmond Dehorter, served at the 24 Hours&nbsp;in&nbsp;1930. Seven others would follow: Georges Briquet (1950 to&nbsp;1956), Georges Fraichard (1957 to&nbsp;1964), Paul Delrivi&egrave;re (1965 to&nbsp;1967), Jean-Charles Laurens (1968 to&nbsp;1983), Olivier de la Garoullaye (1984 to&nbsp;1992) and Bruno Vandestick (1993 to today).

<h3>Jean-Charles Laurens | Speaker and creator of Info Course</h3>

Among the most recent&nbsp;speakers who changed the history of the race figures&nbsp;Jean-Charles Laurens, the voice of the&nbsp;24 Hours for 16 runnings. In order&nbsp;to relate&nbsp;all the goings-on in pit lane and on the track, Laurens was initially aided by his wife&nbsp;Bernadette and&nbsp;Fran&ccedil;ois Mousseau who managed the timesheet for all&nbsp;24 hours! Over the years,&nbsp;Laurens surrounded himself with a team to provide him with pertinent information so&nbsp;spectators could follow the race in real time. So was born Info Course, which&nbsp;still broadcasts relevant&nbsp;info as well as carrying out&nbsp;extraordinary archival work on the&nbsp;24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans.

It has been said Laurens was always very respectful of those working&nbsp;in the paddock and&nbsp;that he never judged situations. What better way to relate the race objectively to spectators? In his day, the&nbsp;speaker booth was located in the middle of the paddock, easily allowing people to come share&nbsp;their stories about the race with the&nbsp;speaker. In 1983, Laurens &ndash;&nbsp;who always kept a silf scarf wrapped around his neck to protect his voice &ndash; turned his mic over to Olivier de la Garoullaye (assisted by&nbsp;Philippe Debarle) who held the post for eight runnings from&nbsp;1984 to&nbsp;1992.

<h3>Olivier de la Garoullaye | A fan of horsepower in any form</h3>

Olivier de la Garoullaye was better known in horse riding&nbsp;than motorsport. He was a multi-faceted man who was above all a horse breeder, licenced trainer, gentleman-rider, president of a racing company and&nbsp;commissioner.

De la Garoullaye wore every&nbsp;hat&nbsp;in the worlds of horse and car racing and even cut his teeth as the&nbsp;speaker at&nbsp;the French Grand Prix and the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1984 to 1992: &quot;I served as the&nbsp;commissioner&nbsp;(horse racing, Ed.)&nbsp;for 45 years. I started at 30 and stopped at&nbsp;75 due to the age limit. I also sat on the Sports Society Committee and&nbsp;was co-opted to France Galop (flat and obstacle course organiser, Ed.).&nbsp;When I was licenced to train, I rode a horse before heading to the office, and my wife fed the horses at noon. I worked as the speaker namely for&nbsp;the French Grand Prix and the&nbsp;24&nbsp;Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans.&quot;

In 1990,&nbsp;de la Garoullaye was joined on 24 Hours Radio by an individual everyone&nbsp;now knows in the&nbsp;paddock at the 24 Hours&hellip;one&nbsp;Bruno Vandestick.

<h3>Bruno Vandestick | The voice of Le&nbsp;Mans</h3>

Bruno Vandestick is the race&#39;s longest-serving&nbsp;speaker. This year, during the&nbsp;Centenary, he will celebrate his 30th year at the mic. With 29 runnings to his credit, he is&nbsp;the official &quot;Voice of Le&nbsp;Mans,&quot; recognised&nbsp;by all those who&nbsp;set&nbsp;foot at the&nbsp;circuit. Vandestick is also revered as&nbsp;a 24 Hours &quot;bible&quot; thanks to his love for the race since childhood back when he switched school books for&nbsp;magazines about the race.

But Vandestick is not just a simple announcer. Thanks to him&nbsp;the circuit remains in suspense for more than 24 hours and spectators feel&nbsp;immersed in the heart of the action. Bruno Vandestick (in 2013 in the&nbsp;Ouest France newspaper):&nbsp;&quot;I&#39;m happy when spectators are able to&nbsp;tell&nbsp;themselves &#39;I came, I saw, I understood.&#39;&quot;&nbsp;At any given&nbsp;circuit, you only see a car for about&nbsp;15 seconds of&nbsp;a lap of&nbsp;03:45. So the&nbsp;speaker has to fill in the blanks. I get carried away. I&nbsp;do it on purpose&nbsp;to dramatise what is happening a little so&nbsp;the public remains captivated. So yes, sometimes I overplay it slightly.&quot;

He now has an entire team, including journalists in pit lane who&nbsp;help&nbsp;him involve the protagonists of the race, and&nbsp;David Waldron, well-known to Brits.

<h3>David Waldron | The circuit&#39;s &quot;British touch&quot;</h3>

David Waldron has worked alongside the race&#39;s&nbsp;speakers since&nbsp;1988 after&nbsp;Jean-Marc Desnues (ACO press manager at the time) invited him to become the English&nbsp;speaker at&nbsp;the 24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans. David Waldron: &quot;There had been&nbsp;English speakers previously, like&nbsp;journalist Bob Constanduros. During the race, Bruno and I are totally autonomous, I make my commentary&nbsp;and he his.&quot;&nbsp;Over the years, his voice has become&nbsp;indispensable to non-French-speaking fans across the world.

Speakers have always been&nbsp;an essential element of&nbsp;the&nbsp;24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans. Without them, it would be impossible to know what is unfolding on&nbsp;the other side of the 13-km+ circuit! They describe for spectators what is happening on the track and&nbsp;in the pits,&nbsp;and share the history of the race through&nbsp;unique anecdotes and special memories.&nbsp;In just a few months, Vandestick will be back at the&nbsp;mic to keep us glued to all the action at the&nbsp;Centenary.

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PHOTOS (Copyright - ACO/Archives): LE MANS (SARTHE, FRANCE), 1969-2022 24 HOURS OF LE&nbsp;MANS. From top to bottom: Bruno Vandestick ready to welcome the winners in the various classes in&nbsp;2022; the speaker&#39;s booth in&nbsp;1969 just above the podium, with&nbsp;Jacky Ickx, the winner that year with&nbsp;Jackie Oliver in a&nbsp;Ford GT40; Jean-Charles Laurens at the&nbsp;microphone during the trophy ceremony in 1977; Bruno Vandestick taking a&nbsp;selfie with ACO President Pierre Fillon and several previous winners including&nbsp;Henri Pescarolo, Jacky Ickx, Tom Kristensen, Kazuki Nakajima and&nbsp;G&eacute;rard Larrousse; the Scrutineering&nbsp;podium in the centre of Le Mans&nbsp;also covered by&nbsp;Bruno Vandestick, with the help of&nbsp;David Waldron in English.

24 Hours Centenary – Speakers give the race a voice

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing's #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid claimed the top step on the podium at this weekend's 1000 Miles of Sebring, first round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

The #7&nbsp;Toyota GR010 Hybrid shared by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and&nbsp;Jos&eacute; Mar&iacute;a L&oacute;pez triumphed after a race-long duel with the&nbsp;#8 sister car. The Japanese marque&#39;s two&nbsp;Hypercars swapped the lead several times, but the&nbsp;#8 was unable to keep the pace, trailing at the chequered flag&nbsp;by 2.1 seconds. Toyota was keenly aware it was facing tough competition at the 1000 Miles of Sebring and managed to kick off the season in impressive fashion both&nbsp;in pit lane and on the track.

Kamui Kobayashi:&nbsp;&quot;It is a fantastic feeling to win this race and I would like to thank everyone for their big support, particularly everyone back in Japan, including Toyoda-San and President Sato-San. The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing family has worked really hard to be ready for this season. We had a tough time yesterday, but we came back strongly and in the race we showed our philosophy to be one team, with everyone working very hard together. A one-two was the best result we could hope for, but this is just the start of a big fight this season. We deserved to win, but we do not underestimate the other manufacturers. Today our experience helped us, but we will face a big challenge this season, so we have to get stronger and fight even harder. This championship is getting really exciting, and I am happy to be part of it.&quot;

Toyota definitively took the helm of the race from Ferrari AF Corse in the fifth lap, with the pole-sitter #50&nbsp;499P rounding&nbsp;out the podium two laps behind the winners. The Ferrari&nbsp;Hypercars lost time in traffic,&nbsp;the #51 was delayed in pit lane&nbsp;for a long time during a refuelling and the&nbsp;#50 was penalised with a drive-through and a five-second penalty for overtaking under the safety car regime and breaching a&nbsp;Full Course Yellow. Despite the setbacks, the&nbsp;Ferrari camp seemed satisfied with its&nbsp;results and particularly with the reliability of both&nbsp;499Ps.

Antonello Coletta, Head of Attivit&agrave; Sportive GT:&nbsp;&ldquo;We surpassed the goals we had set ourselves, considering that we wanted a podium finish, and to this&nbsp;we added a splendid pole position. We are happy and&nbsp;at the same time&nbsp;aware that we have a long way to go. In the championship, we are up against some highly experienced and quick opponents and others who have recently entered the Hypercar scene, like us, but just as fast. We celebrate these results, thanking the entire team for the work carried out over the last eight months, which allowed us to race on a demanding track like Sebring with no reliability problems.&quot;

Cadillac Racing&#39;s #4&nbsp;Cadillac V-Series.R ended the race in the fourth spot ahead of Porsche Penske Motorsport&#39;s&nbsp;#5 and #6 Porsche 963s. Peugeot TotalEnergies suffered&nbsp;several mechanical problems with&nbsp;the #94&nbsp;9X8 stuck in its garage for three hours to&nbsp;repair a failure in&nbsp;its hybrid system. American team Glickenhaus Racing&#39;s&nbsp;Hypercar&nbsp;was forced to retire before mid-race with mechanical troubles. Floyd Vanwall Racing Team&#39;s #4&nbsp;Vanwall Vandervell 680 finished in 30th place.

<h2>A breathtaking finish in&nbsp;LMP2</h2>

Prior to its move to the&nbsp;Hypercar class with a private&nbsp;963, Hertz Team JOTA triumphed in the&nbsp;LMP2&nbsp;class after a stunning race end. The car driven by&nbsp;David Beckmann/Yifei Ye/Will Stevens executed a perfect&nbsp;splash and dash to snatch the victory from the #63&nbsp;Prema of&nbsp;Doriane Pin/Mirko Bortolotti/Daniil Kvyat. The LMP2 was forced to stop almost three minutes from the end of the race, with&nbsp;Prema finishing&nbsp;third on the heels of the #22 of&nbsp;United Autosports.

In&nbsp;LMGTE Am, the only Corvette C8.R&nbsp;on the track turned in a flawless round. Corvette Racing&#39;s #33 shared by&nbsp;Ben Keating, Nicolas Varrone and&nbsp;Nicky Catsburg beat&nbsp;Dempsey-Proton Racing&#39;s #77&nbsp;Porsche 911 by two laps. Kessel Racing&#39;s #57&nbsp;Ferrari rounded out the podium in the class.

The second round of the 2023 FIA WEC season is set for Portim&atilde;o,&nbsp;Portugal on 16 April.

Check out this&nbsp;photo gallery of highlights from the&nbsp;1000 Miles of&nbsp;Sebring:

FIA WEC – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing wins the 1000 Miles of Sebring

24 Heures du Mans 2021

The 24 Hours of Le Mans and FIA World Endurance Championship are entering a new era thanks to the new Hypercar class (the top class in the discipline). To showcase their spectacular design, the cars were chosen as the stars of the official 89th edition poster.

The result of a collaboration between the ACO and the Désigne agency, the poster for the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans follows the tradition of previous legendary posters and was designed to be collected, shared and exhibited.

<a href="https://assets.lemans.org/explorer/news/2021/24-heures-du-mans/affiche/affiche-FR-24h-lemans-2021.jpg">&gt;&gt; Download the official 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans poster &lt;&lt;</a>

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Hypercars dominate the official poster for the 89th 24 Hours of Le Mans

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