Fast facts from WEC Round 4 at Le Mans

Overall Facts

• The No. 8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar did 1095 overtakes during this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans – more than any other car!
• The 61 starters at this year’s race combined to take 17,771 laps 
• Conway claimed his 10^th overall WEC win and is the third Briton to win Le Mans in the WEC era after [Allan] McNish and [Nick] Tandy 
• Kobayashi’s ninth WEC win, fourth Japanese driver to win 
• Eighth WEC win for Lopez – the second Argentine to win Le Mans, first since Jose Froilan Gonzales in 1954 
• Toyota’s seventh WEC win in a row, equals their best streak from 2018-2019 

LMP2 Facts

• First win for a Belgian-flagged team in WEC, in any class 
• Habsburg was the first Austrian to win in LMP2 
• No. 31 jumps to lead of WEC LMP2 standings 

Pro/Am

First Pro/Am win of the season for DragonSpeed USA

Both GTE

Ferrari became third marque to sweep GTE at Le Mans after Porsche and Aston Martin

GTE Pro

• Ninth win for Calado and eighth win for Pier Guidi 
• Eighth time Calado and Pier Guidi have won together, second at Le Mans after 2019 
• First win for Ledogar 
• Ledogar seventh Frenchman to win in GTE Pro, four of those winning at Le Mans 

GTE Am

• First win for AF Corse at Le Mans in GTE Am 
• Three wins in 2021 for the reigning Am champions 
• Seventh win for Perrodo, first at home. Becomes the winningest French GTE driver 
• Fifth win for Nielsen, level with fellow GTE Am Le Mans winners Nicki Thiim and Matt Campbell 
• Rovera becomes second Italian to win GTE Am with Ferrari, after 2015 eventual champ Andrea Bertolini 

*With thanks to Alex Harrison WEC Data for some of these stats.

Before #LeMans24 2021, no car in #WEC history had ever won when starting from P11 on the grid, in any class.

It happened twice, in the series’ 70th race @followWRT started P11 in LMP2, and @AFCorse started from P11 in GTE Am

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— WEC Data (@WECDATA) September 4, 2021