The No. 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid has claimed overall victory in the 85th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, following a come-from-behind run in an attrition-filled and bizarre race that saw every single LMP1 car hit mechanical trouble.
Timo Bernhard passed the LMP2 class No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 Gibson of Ho-Pin Tung for the outright lead with only 1 hour and 7 minutes to go, after charging back from a nearly 20-lap deficit due to a front motor generator unit failure in the third hour.
While being the first of the LMP1 hybrids to run into issues, and spending more than one hour in the garage for a full rebuild of the front axle, Bernhard and co-drivers Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley worked their way through the field while others fell by the wayside.