The race-leading AF Corse Ferrari Hypercar has been slapped with a 30-second stop/go penalty for a collision that took out the #15 BMW from the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours.
AF Corse driver Robert Kubica was trying to put a lap on Dries Vanthoor in the seventh hour of the race when he side-swiped the BMW at the end of the Mulsanne straight, sending the car head-on into the barriers. The contact with the armco sent Vanthoor spinning to the other side of the track, where he came to a rest with severe damage to the front of the car. The #15 BMW retired immediately on the spot, with the race control deploying a safety car to help with the recovery of the vehicle.
The #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Ryo Hirakawa looks poised to move to the front after Kubica takes to the pitlane to serve the penalty. #15 BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8: Dries Vanthoor, Raffaele Marciello, Marco Wittmann Photo by: Marc Fleury The factory #50 Ferrari that also didn’t pit for wet tyres at that point will now take over as the lead 499P on track.
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