marcos_eirik
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Incredibly impressive job by the crew on the #2 Porsche to take the win, from second to last spot, 10 laps behind the race leaders! A well deserved 19th Le Mans win for Porsche!
I heard there was a good amount of disappointment that an LMP2 didn't win, and that Porsche won by "default" or whatever, you'd have to give some serious respect to the crew on the #2 Porsche, both the mechanics who fixed it and the drivers that pushed it all the way, thus contributing to it taking win. Even though it lapped consistently 13s a lap faster than the front runners after Porsche #1 dropped out you still have to have the reliability to get there and stay there until the clock ticks past 15:00 on Sunday. That being said I do have a lot of sympathy for Toyota, their reliability has screwed them so many times: 1994 losing the win to Porsche, 1998 losing the win again to Porsche, 1999 losing the win to BMW, 2014 losing the win to Audi, and 2016 losing the win to Porsche on the last lap. Still: To finish first, first you have to finish...
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I heard there was a good amount of disappointment that an LMP2 didn't win, and that Porsche won by "default" or whatever, you'd have to give some serious respect to the crew on the #2 Porsche, both the mechanics who fixed it and the drivers that pushed it all the way, thus contributing to it taking win. Even though it lapped consistently 13s a lap faster than the front runners after Porsche #1 dropped out you still have to have the reliability to get there and stay there until the clock ticks past 15:00 on Sunday. That being said I do have a lot of sympathy for Toyota, their reliability has screwed them so many times: 1994 losing the win to Porsche, 1998 losing the win again to Porsche, 1999 losing the win to BMW, 2014 losing the win to Audi, and 2016 losing the win to Porsche on the last lap. Still: To finish first, first you have to finish...
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