Ferrari's drivers were surprised they even finished Le Mans.
for the tenth time. It was the team's first time with a factory top-class entry since 1973 and its first win since 1965. Quite the drought. After the race, the team's drivers were more than a little surprised that the race went their way at all.
"We didn't expect to survive 24 hours," driver Antonio Giovinazzi said at a press conference after the race.And not an unwarranted one. The 499P Hypercar debuted less than a year ago and has been in just three races. It's an infant in endurance racer terms. Especially when you look at the Toyota, which has had time to run and develop since it was released.
Le Mans has a way of bringing out issues that testing just can't replicate, and a race like this can make even the most well-rehearsed and practiced team look like it's run by a bunch of amateurs. "We knew the percentage of finishing and the numbers were quite low, to be honest." Colado added. Not quite the level of confidence that you want to go into the biggest endurance race of the year with. That makes the win even sweeter. Now they just need to take some of the luck and skill exhibited by this team and transfer it over to the F1 team, hopefully that can get it out of its current doldrums.Travis is an editor at Road & Track.
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