The German team won its first race after more than 10 years without competing in the category. First position for the Porsche #14 followed by the Toyota #8 and the Audi #1.

The Porsche #20 held the lead at the start, behind him, the Toyota #8 and #14 Porsche. Problems for the Audi #2 which stood on the grid.

The Porsche #20 set a good pace in the early stages of the race opening a gap with Toyota #8 which had nearly the other Porsche.

The Lotus P1 / 01 had problems and at 20 minutes of the race was inside the box.

In GTE, Aston Martin were leading with #97 first and #99 second.

After the first round of pit stops, positions were maintained but the difference between the Toyota #8 and #14 Porsche was increased.

After the first hour of the race, strong accident of the Ligier of G-Drive, the stewards pulled out the Full Course Yellow for withdrawing the car that had run out of brakes.

With less than four hours to go, the Toyota #8 was touched with Prospeed’s Porsche and he spun. Unfortunatly he was relegated to the fourth place.

Disasters in LMP2 where all cars had problems, punctures, track outputs, hitts against the wall, there was no fighting at any time because they were all in different laps.

But Buemi doesn’t give up and he began to push, cutting the gap to the car in front but when Davidson came in to do his turn things got worse because he was forced to push and he made some mistakes.

From there the race was decided by strategy as they were all very close together but the Porsche shown that they have superiority.

A Drive Trough for Toyota #7 let them out of the podium, which was occupied now by the Audi #1.

In the last half hour to go, Mark Webber with Porsche # 20 had a very strong crash, impacting with high speed into the barriers, thankfully Mark is fine.

This caused the out of the Safety Car and the end of the race.

Win for the Porsche #14 followed by Toyota#8 and Audi #1 with Tom Kristensen at the wheel, finishing his career at 47 and with 9 wins at Le Mans.

In LMP2 victory of the Oreca of KCMG, who was the only in his category in finish in that lap, following them the SMP at more than 20 laps.

In GTE Pro win for the Aston Martin #97 followed by Porsche #92 and Ferrari #71 in a race where there have been many touches .In GTE Am the best position was for the Aston Martin #98.

And here ends the WEC season of 2014, Toyota wins drivers’ and teams’ championship in a year where they have dominated.

Results after 6 hours:

Pos. Car Category Drivers Car Team Laps Gap
1 14 Dumas – Jani – Lieb Porsche 919 – Hybrid DEU Porsche Team 249 After 6 hours
2 8 Davidson – Lapierre – Buemi Toyota TS 040 – Hybrid JPN Toyota Racing 249 + 0,170
3 1 Di Grassi – Gené – Kristensen Audi R1 8 E-TRON Quattro DEU Audi Sport Team JOEST 248 + 1 Lap
4 7 Wurz – Sarrazin – Nakajima Toyota TS 040 – Hybrid JPN Toyota Racing 248 + 1 Lap
5 2 Fässler – Lotterer – Treluyer Audi R1 8 E-TRON Quattro DEU Audi Sport Team JOEST 248 + 1 Lap
6 47 Howson – Bradley – Imperatori Oreca 03R – Nissan HOK KCMG 225 + 24 Laps
7 97 Turner – Mücke – Senna Aston Martin Vantage V8 GBR Aston Martin Racing 221 + 28 Laps
8 92 Holzer – Makowiecki – Lietz Porsche 919 RSR DEU Porsche Team Manthey 221 + 28 Laps
9 71 Rigon – Calado – Beretta Ferrari 458 Italia ITA AF Corse 221 + 28 Laps
10 51 Bruni – Vilander – Fisichella Ferrari 458 Italia ITA AF Corse 220 + 29 Laps
11 99 MacDowall – O’Young – Rees Aston Martin Vantage V8 GBR Aston Martin Racing 220 + 29 Laps
12 91 Pilet – Bergmeister – Tandy Porsche 919 RSR DEU Porsche Team Manthey 220 + 29 Laps
13 98 Dalla Lana – Lamy – Nygaard Aston Martin Vantage V8 GBR Aston Martin Racing 219 + 30 Laps
14 95 Poulsen – Heinemeier-Hansson – Thiim Aston Martin Vantage V8 GBR Aston Martin Racing 219 + 30 Laps
15 81 Wyatt – Rugolo – Bird Ferrari 458 Italia ITA AF Corse 219 + 30 Laps
16 88 Ried – Bachler – Al Qubaisi Porsche 911 RSR DEU Proton Competition 217 + 32 Laps
17 75 Perrodo – Collard – Palttala Porsche 911 GT3 RSR BEL Prospeed Competition 217 + 32 Laps
18 13 Kraihamer – Belicchi – Leimer Rebellion Toyota R-ONE CHE Rebellion Racing 214 + 35 Laps
19 12 Prost – Heidfeld – Beche Rebellion Toyota R-ONE CHE Rebellion Racing 211 + 38 Laps
20 27 Zlobin – Salo – Ladygin Oreca 03R – Nissan RUS SMP Racing 207 + 42 Laps
21 61 Companc – Cioci – Venturi Ferrari 458 Italia ITA AF Corse 186 + 63 Laps
22 20 Bernhard – Webber – Hartley Porsche 919 – Hybrid DEU Porsche Team 236 + 13 Laps
23 90 Montecalvo – Roda – Ruberti Ferrari 458 Italia USA 8 Star Motorsports 205 + 44 Laps
24 37 Kadygin – Minassian – Mediani Oreca 03R – Nissan RUS SMP Racing 136 + 113 Laps
25 9 Auer -Kaffer Lotus CLM P1/01 -AER ROM Lotus 60 + 189 Laps
26 26 Rusinov – Pla – Canal Morgan – Nissan RUS G-Drive Racing 41 + 208 Laps

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