Inter Europol Competition captured a dominant 1-2 victory at the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours, with the No. 43 of Jakub Śmiechowski, Tom Dillmann and Nick Yelloly crossing the line nearly two minutes ahead of the sister No. 343 of Bijoy Garg, Reshad De Gérus and Nico Müller.
The Polish outfit’s pair of Orecas overcame a tense overnight duel against the No. 48 VDS Panis Racing entry and the No. 30 Duqueine to mark their second straight Le Mans LMP2 win.
The pole sitting No. 28 IDEC Sport led the race from green but lost the lead at the two-hour mark after Job van Uitert pitted to hand over to Paul Lafargue, vaulting the No. 30 Duqueine of Julien Andlauer, Doriane Pin and Richard Verschoor into the lead.
Duqueine held on to the top spot for the better part of the race as the No. 43 and No. 343 Inter Europol machines followed in second and third, respectively.
However, disaster struck Duqueine at the 21st-hour mark when Verschoor suffered a sudden brake failure on the Mulsanne Straight which forced him to retire the car at the Daytona Chicane, ending their hopes for a win after a standout performance.
After Duqueine’s retirement, the No. 343 Inter Europol Oreca cycled into the lead with Reshad De Gérus at the wheel followed by the sister No. 43 entry of Nick Yelloly, while the No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis Oreca was launched back into podium contention in the hands of Esteban Masson.
Masson passed No. 343 for second moments later, but the No. 29 had to make an additional stop for fuel, settling for third.
The No. 43 Inter Europol Oreca ultimately overcut the sister entry after the latter had a longer pit stop when De Gerus handed over to Nico Müller, and Tom Dillmann proceeded to take Le Mans LMP2 win by 28 seconds over No. 343.
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The No. 26 Vector Sport of Pietro Fittipaldi, Vlad Lomko and Ryan Cullen finished fourth, while the No. 37 CLX Motorsport entry of Adrien Closmesnil, Theodor Jensen and Ian Aguilera completed the top five.
No. 4 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca driven by George Kurtz, Laurin Heinrich and Alex Quinn claimed LMP2 Pro-Am victory after finishing seventh in the overall LMP2 classification.
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Ben Keating, Jonny Edgar and Nicky Catsburg drove the No. 33 TF Sport Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R from 17th on the grid to claim LMGT3 victory at Le Mans ahead of No. 78 Akkodis ASP Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth, Hadrien David and Tom Van Rompuy.
Corvette’s dominance was built in part on a strong night stint from Catsburg who stretched the lead to over two minutes, but the final Safety Car eliminated this advantage as the No. 23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo of Eduardo Barrichello briefly took the lead with three hours to go.
However, Barrichello brought in the No. 23 car to hand over to Jonny Adam, which put Edgar back into the lead and ultimately to victory by 20 seconds over Hawksworth in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Lexus.
Adam slotted the No. 23 Aston Martin into third, followed by the sister No. 87 Lexus of Jose Maria Lopez, Clemens Schmid and Petru Umbrarescu, with the No. 21 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo of Alessio Rovera, Simon Mann and Francois Heriau completing the top five.
The pole-sitting No. 27 Aston Martin lost the lead into the first hour before retiring in the 22nd hour due to a gearbox issue.
