Sébastien Loeb Racing thrilled with fourth place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans!

In a particularly difficult race, marked by numerous ups and downs, the Sébastien Loeb Racing team was able to avoid all potentially major problems put in front of it. With solid stints in the No. 24 ORECA 03R, Sarthe native Vincent Capillaire, Czech driver Jan Charouz and German driver René Rast finished the race with an impressive eighth place overall and fourth in class. A great way to discover the legend of Le Mans.

« I'm proud of the entire team » admits Sébastien Loeb, present in his role as team manager. « We are happy because we reached our goal. Realistically, we weren't necessarily hoping for better than a top five finish. In the end, we simply followed our game plan : we told the drivers not to push any more than they could handle. And that's what they did. We didn't make any major mistakes. There were a few details here and there, but that's normal for a young team. We managed the pit stops well and everyone did a good job. It was a good way to debut at Le Mans. »

« I don't know what to say » exclaimed an emotional Dominique Heintz, Team Principal. « We've been dreaming about this race for so long. We took the chance to delay our first participation by a year and I'm convinced that was the right choice, because it was a thought-out decision. We had to come here well prepared. We had an almost perfect race, but it's normal to have a few little errors for a debut. We decided to lead a smart race and that was the right call. We had to stay humble, but we knew if we avoided issues that we would finish well. We've just added a very important line to our CV. Of course, finishing fourth in LM P2 and eighth overall gives us the motivation to do more. But to come back, we have to start working tomorrow already. And we also want to savour this result ! Bravo to the entire team, especially Léo Thomas for this technical contribution. Bravo to the drivers. They got along well and they were solid together. All of this hard work has now been rewarded and I hope we can continue on like this together. »

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