Kubica denied but Frijns wins for WRT

As the final hours of the Le Mans 24 Hours ticked down, the WRT squad looked pretty much on course for an LMP2 1-2. The Belgian team did go on to complete a debut victory in the French enduro, yet by a scant seven tenths of a second and with one of its cars sitting motionless in the Esses.

Robin Frijns, Ferdinand Habsburg and Charles Milesi added to a WRT CV loaded with endurance successes in the GT3 arena with Audi – victories in the 24-hour classics at Spa and Nurburgring included – after a dramatic finish in the secondary prototype class. The World Endurance Championship regulars were set to bring their ORECA-Gibson 07 home second to team-mates Robert Kubica, Louis Deletraz and Yifei Ye, only for WRT’s European Le Mans Series car to grind to a halt on the very final lap. A broken throttle