Le Mans 2019

Model car

The model cars of teams and drivers that participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2019 are produced by Spark, Looksmart, TSM, Autoart and BBR. Profil-24, Model Factory Hiro and Tamiya produce a DIY kit.

Event

The 87th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours was held on 15 and 16 June 2019. The race was won by the Toyota team with the #8 LMP1 TS050 and Fernando Alonso, Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima behind the wheel. For a long time, it looked as though the #7 Toyota who started off pole was going to win the race, but a tire pressure sensor threw a spanner in the works. With a second place in the LMP2 class, the Dutchman Ho-Pin Tung finished on the podium with the Jackie Chan DC Racing car.

70 years after a Ferrari's first victory at Le Mans, the AF-Corse team took the victory with the Ferrari 488 GTE EVO. In the LMGTE-AM, Jeroen Bleekemolen took the win with the Ben Keating Motorsport Ford GT, however the team was disqualified after the race due to a fuel tank regulation violation.

Classes

There are four classes at Le Mans. The LMP1 and LMP2 class are cars that are specially built for the event, LMP stands for Le Mans Prototype class 1 and 2 in which the LMP2 class can choose from 1 of 4 different homologated chassis builders. All LMP2 cars run with the same Gibson V8 engine.
The LMGTE-PRO and LMGTE-AM classes are for the GT cars, which are road cars that have been specially adapted to participate in the event. LMGTE stands for Le Mans Grand Tourer Endurance.

Dutch drivers

Although not riding under the Dutch flag, Ho-Pin Tung was the Dutchman with the best result. Followed by an 11th place for Job van Uitert who took part in the G-Drive Racing Aurus A1. In 26th place the team of Racing Team Netherlands with the Dallara. Giedo van der Garde, Nyck de Vries and team owner Frits van Eert brought the LMP2 to the finish. The 47th place went to the BMW of Nick Catsburg and the team of BMW MTEK. Renger van der Zande's DragonSpeed ​​did not finish, but the team had to retire after 76 laps due to gearbox problems.
In the end, two Ford GTs were disqualified, including Jeroen Bleekemolen's car.

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