Porsche LMP1 drivers Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley thought their hopes of victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans were over after spending an hour in the garage early on, only to fight back and claim a famous win at Circuit de la Sarthe.
Racing alongside Timo Bernhard in the No. 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid, Bamber and Hartley dropped 18 laps behind the leader as the team’s mechanics spent more than an hour replacing the front axle on the car in the fourth hour of the race, making a fight back to victory unlikely.
However, all five of the other LMP1 runners – including the No.