With the finish line in sight, the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing is heading for a hat-trick of victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours, but it will be a bittersweet win as the #7 Toyota led for the first 14 hours until a turbo required replacement which cost the team half an hour in the garage. The LMP1 class has been a huge disappointment with only five entries for the 88th edition of the race; the ByKolles car was out of contention early on leaving four cars to race for the podium. As a result, the premier WEC class has offered little in terms of entertainment, at an event that has been a hampered by the lack of atmosphere brought along by the 200,000 people that tended to descend on Circuit de la...
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