HOT FAVOURITE TAKES LE MANS AND THE TITLE
United Autosports boss Richard Dean didn’t like the idea that the Yorkshire-based squad was the pre-race LMP2 favourite. He reckoned pole, a second car in the top six in qualifying and an unbeaten record of half a dozen races spanning the World Endurance Championship and the European Le Mans Series coming into the race meant nothing.
He reminded anyone who’d listen that “one small problem can put you out here”. One small problem did remove one of the United ORECA-Gibson 07s from contention, but the pole-winning entry shared by Paul di Resta, Filipe Albuquerque and Phil Hanson came through to claim the class win and with it the World Endurance Championship P2 crown. United had two strong cars, which was exactly why the smart money was on the team.
The winning United car and as close as the team expected.
