Passion fruit

There were no fewer than 121 stewards’ decisions at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours and the only blessing was the FIA did not seek financial recompense for every breach of regulations.

Time was added to pit stops or, in the case of the final one for the Inter Europol Competition team, a driver missed his driving time by 33 minutes, which was converted into a nine-lap deletion of their race distance.

Teams that checked brake pad wear and accidentally touched the car during refuelling were