JMW Motorsport won the 85th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGTE AM class, after having the perfect race with no incidents at all with the team’s brand new n°84 Ferrari F488 (Rob Smith/ Will Stevens/ Dries Vanthoor). It is followed onto the podium by another ELMS car, the Ferrari F488 n°55 of Spirit of Race driven by Duncan Cameron, Aaron Scott and Marco Ciocci.
Rob Smith – JMW Motorsport n°84: “I wanted to come to Le Mans to be a Le Mans driver and when I was out on the track to say that I was a driver at Le Mans. I have great teammates in Will (Stevens) and Dries (Vanthoor) and ever since we have had them onboard we knew we had a shot. We had a fabulous race, the car was fabulous, we didn’t make any mistakes, the pace was good and we bought the car home so it’s fantastic. It’s surreal for the moment, I haven’t realised yet. It’s a fairy tale and it’s going to take a long time to sink in, this is the pinnacle of motorsport. For me this the highest level I will ever drive in, we’ve all shown what we can do and we’ve got a good result!”
Will Stevens – JMW Motorsport n°84: “For us as a team it’s an amazing result. Everything came around last minute, with the car being new to the team and also new to me and Dries, so we had to learn quickly. Honestly the car was amazing for the whole race and during 24 Hours we did not have one single issue. And I would like to thank the team for what they did and also Ferrari for supplying the car, it’s great. Last year I came here in an LMP2 and finish second and I wanted to come back this year and go one step higher. We’ve managed to do that so I’m super happy for everyone in the team but it’s a great achievement for me as well. “