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Porsche celebrated its 18th victory in the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race after leading Toyota broke down less than four minutes before the end of the race. Prior to that, Neel Jani took the wheel of a Porsche 919 at the finish of the race and went on the hunt for the leading Kazuki Nakayimo. The Swiss reduced the gap from a minute and 10 seconds to just 30 seconds in the last part, but he had to box two new tires ten minutes before the end, giving Nakajima a free path to the finish in Toyota. At Toyota, they eagerly awaited their first win in the race at Le Mans, but three and a half minutes before the end, the Japanese had to slow down. Jani thus took the lead, celebrating his first victory in the toughest endurance test with Marco Lieb and Romain Dumas. Nakajima finally managed to drive the car over

The organizers of the 24-hour Le Mans race, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, have achieved an increase in the number of garages from 56 to as many as 60 for the coming year. Initially, it was thought that we would get this renovation this year, but now it has been postponed to next year, when they will also reorganize the paddock, says ACO President Pierre Fillon: "We will build more garages, but we also need to reorganize the paddock, which we will made it to the place where the parc ferme is now. That's why we have to wait and tackle it for the coming year. 99,99% is that we will have 2016 race cars at the start in 60. " The starting line-up will not be extended to get more space for the pits, but there is quite a bit of work to be done. Precisely because of this, the question arises as to whether the plan may not be postponed for a year later. It is definitely 60 dir

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Porsche after the resignation of Toyota to the 18th victory in Le Mans

Le Mans 24 hours: New garages and as many as 60 race cars for Le Mans 24 hours 2016