victory for Ferrari in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Victory, surprising, knowing that in the shortlist there were the Toyotas. The always almighty Japanese cars, with which Fernando Alonsochampion was proclaimed up to two times Of the test. Yes, the always favourites. Favorites that fell to the transalpines for a more than surprising reason.
Because they were leaders. Leaders when the 16th hour of the test was reached. But suddenly Ryo Hirakawa started to lose pace against the number 51 Ferrari of Pier Guidi, and his 12-second lead was blown.
In a single ‘stint’ also. When he went through the pits, Toyota changed the whole front of car number 8 and the Ferrari began to rule.
Despite everything, the Japanese car fought for the win until he came spinning top Hirakawa with two hours to go.
Now we know what happened to the car Hirakawa, Buemi and Hartley, after explaining Pascal Vasselon, the team’s technical director, what happened.
All for a squirrel
And what happened was a squirrel. A big one, it seems to be: “He has run over one, and it should not be very small because he has done great damage to the front end.”
“He had problems until the end of the stint, when we could change everything”, sentenced.
The victory was, therefore, for the Ferrari of James Calado, Pier Guidi and an old acquaintance of F1 as It’s Antonio Giovinazzi.
