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To provide power for almost half the grid competing at Le Mans this year is an achievement in itself but, judging by the opening few races of the 2021 FIA WEC season, this year is engine manufacturer Gibson’s best chance of securing overall victory for the first time.
The British company landed the contract to supply the LMP2 cars, for customer teams and drivers, when the new category was launched in 2017, and almost immediately come close to winning endurance racing’s greatest prize in its first year as the Prototypes from Toyota and Porsche hit trouble. The Jackie Chan Racing ORECA Gibson LMP2 led the race for much of Sunday, only ceding the lead in the final 90 minutes to a fast-recovering Porsche LMP1 car.
Despite Brexit, which has added complications for international supply for British companies, meaning all engines from Gibson now have to travel on a carnet, and Covid, which has
