The 24h of Le Mans 2021 was the first edition to introduce the Le Mans Hypercar (LMH), a new category that replaces the 2020 LMP1 category. In 2021, three teams are enrolled: Alpine, Glickenhaus and Toyota. With the new regulations, LMP2 cars are still rapid: the fastest LMP2 was a second slower per lap with regards to the slowest Hypercar. Nevertheless, this year was full of emotions and can draw a promising future with new competitors (through LMH and LMDh categories): Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Peugeot and Porsche.
24h of Le Mans 2021 rankings
The overall winner of the 24h of Le Mans 2021 is the Toyota GR010, clinching 4 wins in a row for the Japanese car maker. Note that full rankings can be found on the ACO website.
Hypercar
1 – Toyota GR010 – Hybrid #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing – Mike Conway / Kazuki Nakajima / Jose Maria Lopez
2 – Toyota GR010 – Hybrid #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing – Sébastien Buemi / Kazuki Nakajima / Brendon Hartley
3 – Alpine A480 #36 Alpine ELF Matmut – André Negrao / Nicolas Lapierre / Matthieu Vaxiviere
LMP2
1 – Oreca 07 #31 – Team WRT – Robin Frijns / Ferdinand Habsburg / Charles Milesi
2 – Oreca 07 #28 – JOTA – Sean Gelael / Stoffel Vandoorne / Tom Blomqvist
3 – Oreca 07 #65 – Panis Racing – Julien Canal / Will Stevens / James Allen
LM GTE PRO
1 – Ferrari 488 GTE Evo #51 – AF Corse – Alessandro Pier Guidi / James Calado / Come Ledogar
2 – Chevrolet Corvette C8.R #63 – Corvette Racing – Antonio Garcia / Jordan Taylor / Nick Catsburg
3 – Porsche 911 RSR #92 – Porsche GT Team – Kévin Estre / Neel Jani / Michael Christensen
LM GTE AM
1 – Ferrari 488 GTE Evo #83 – AF Corse – François Perrodo / Nicklas Nielsen / Alessio Rovera
2 – Aston Martin Vantage AMR #33 – TF Sport- Ben Keating / Dylan Pereira / Felipe Fraga
3 – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO #80 – Iron Lynx – Matteo Cressoni / Rino Mastronardi / Callum Ilott
Gallery
To give you a taste of this legendary race, we made a selection of the best shots we made during the event.
Bonus
Alpine made a demonstration to promote their different models and race cars currently in production/involved in racing. Fernando Alonso was driving a Renault F1 with an Alpine livery because the Alpine A521 (actual F1 car) can’t take part to any shakedown due to FIA rules. Esteban Ocon was also present, driving an Alpine A110 GT4.
