Inter Europol Competition Score First ELMS LMP2 Victory at Le Castellet

The reigning 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 championship winning team started 12thon the grid, with Sebastien Alvarez making his way up the field to hand over to Vlad Lomko, who led for most of his stint before handing over to Tom Dillmann to secure the victory at his home race.

Dillmann took the chequered flag, with the no28 IDEC Sport Oreca finishing second on the road but a penalty for excessive weaving during the race dropped the car down to 4th.The no47 COOL Racing and the no14 AO by TF Orecas took second and third respectively.

The LMP2 Pro/Am victory went to the no29 Richard Mille by TDS Racing Oreca after a race long fight back after a collision at the start put Rodrigo Sales down the order on lap 1.The American pushed hard to get back in contention, handing over to Gregoire Saucy in a good position, with Mathias Beche able to bring the car home to claim the class victory.

It was another superb fight back from the crew of the no15 RLR MSport Ligier, which had started on pole but ended up down the order.Michael Jensen, Nick Adcock fought their way back to hand the car to Gael Julien, with the French driver getting out in front to take the win ahead of the no4 DKR Engineering Duqueine and the no35 Ultimate Ligier.

The LMGT3 victory went to the no55 Spirit of Race Ferrari 296, with Duncan Cameron starting on the front row and briefly holding the lead.Contact with another car spun the British driver around, delaying the car.

Matt Griffin took over the second stint to move the car up the field, before handing back to Cameron to finish his driving time, the British driver holding his own against the silver and gold drivers that were now out on track. David Perel brought the car home to score the team’s first victory since 2021.The no63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini was second, 4.9 seconds behind Perel at the chequered flag, with the no59 racing Spirit of Leman Aston Martin Vantage in third.

Round 3 of the 2024 European Le Mans Series is the 4 Hours of Imola will take place on Sunday 7 July but before that some of the teams and drivers will be heading to Le Mans for the 92nd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans on the 15/16 June.