(Motorsport) Toyota secured their fifth Le Mans 24 hour victory after finishing first and second in the famous Paris race. Former Formula 1 driver Brendon Hartley secured the win in the number 8 car while Argentina's Jose Maria Lopez came in second, two minutes behind his Kiwi colleague. British team Jota won the second tier LMP2 class with former F1 driver Will Stevens at the wheel while Glickenhaus finished third and fourth.

The 709 Glickenhaus, driven by USA's Ryan Briscoe, Britain's Richard Westbrook and France's Franck Mailleux ended up third ahead of France's Romain Dumas and Olivier Pla, and Luis Felipe Derani of Brazil. As for Alpine, they finished 23rd due to technical difficulties and will look to improve on their performance next time. Driven by Mexico’s Roberto Gonzalez and Portugal's Antonio Felix da Costa, Jota’s 38 car finished fifth overall despite being fourth for the majority of the race. 

The second Jota came in seventh place with Oliver Rasmussen at the wheel, separated from the team’s other car by the Prema driven by Robert Kubica of Poland. The number eight Toyota, driven by Switzerland's Sebastien Buemi and Japan's Rio Hirakawa swapped places with the number seven car driven by Britain's Mike Conway and Japan's Kamui Kobayashi throughout the 24 hours of the race. The Circuit de la Sarthe was largely dominated by the Japanese manufacturer as expected. 

Driving a Porsche 911, Michael Fassbender of Ireland finished 51st overall and 16th in the GTE AM amateur class. The 45 year old movie star crashed heavily during practice and had a few spins in the race. With the next iteration of the 24 hour Le Mans being its 100th year, more manufacturers will be returning for its hypercar class such as Peugeot and the legendary Italian team Ferrari for the first time since the 1970’s.

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