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- Jun 13, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Jun 15, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
24 Hours of Le Mans 2014
- The 82nd 24 Hours of Le Mans was run at the Circuit de la Sarthe as the third round of eight in the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, organised by the ACO[1][2]
- Sources date the event differently: Wikipedia gives the meeting as 11 to 15 June 2014 with the race itself on 14-15 June, the Motor Sport database entry lists a single date of Saturday, June 14, 2014, and the ACO report is dated 15/06/2014 - all earlier than the pin's 13-16 June span; the schedule had been moved forward a week to avoid clashes with other series[1][2][4]
- Audi Sport Team Joest's No.2 R18 e-tron quattro of Marcel Fassler, Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer won, the trio's third Le Mans after 2011 and 2012 and Audi's thirteenth victory[1][3][4]
- The sister No.1 Audi of Tom Kristensen, Marc Gene and Lucas di Grassi finished second, three laps down after turbocharger replacements, with the Toyota TS040 Hybrid of Davidson, Buemi and Lapierre third and Rebellion fourth[1][3][4]
- The race turned on retirements: a downpour on the Mulsanne Straight about 90 minutes in caught the No.3 Audi and slowed the No.8 Toyota, the No.7 Toyota stopped at Arnage with electrical trouble having led by nearly a lap at halfway, and the No.1 Audi lost time to turbo problems[4]
- Porsche's return to the top class led the race and produced a close Webber-Lotterer battle before retiring with mechanical issues two hours from the finish[4]
- Crowd figures are given two ways: Wikipedia says about 263,000, the largest since 1989, while the ACO calls 263,300 a record attendance[1][4]
- Class winners were the Jota Sport Zytek-Nissan of Dolan, Turvey and Tincknell in LMP2 - a debut win, finishing fifth overall and less than a lap ahead of the TDS Racing Ligier-Nissan - the AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia of Bruni, Fisichella and Vilander in LMGTE Pro, and the all-Danish No.95 Aston Martin of Heinemeier Hansson, Poulsen and Thiim in LMGTE Am[1][3][4]
- Two of the winning drivers were late call-ups: Gene replaced Loic Duval after a Wednesday accident and Turvey was drafted in on the Thursday[4]
- Statistical markers included Michelin's 17th consecutive overall win, Audi's sixth straight win and 13th in 15 years, Kristensen's 14th podium in place of a 10th win, the Ligier marque's first podium in 39 years, and 16-year-old Matt McMurry becoming the youngest driver to start and finish[3]
- The LMGTE Am win was dedicated to Allan Simonsen, killed in the 2013 race, after which Tertre Rouge was re-profiled and new barriers, run-off and kerbs added; a GPS-monitored 60 km/h "slow zone" system was introduced so marshals could work without a full safety car[1][3]
- The result reshaped the championship: Davidson, Lapierre and Buemi led the drivers on 80 points to 60 for Fassler, Treluyer and Lotterer, and Toyota's manufacturers' lead over Audi was cut to a single point with five races left[1]
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- [1]90%en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_24_Hours_of_Le_Mansen.wikipedia.org· Posted Jun 15, 2017· Starts Jun 13, 2014 ✓· Ends Jun 15, 2014 ✓· 0% of score
Happened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org: "…nd Le Mans[4] Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 11 to 15 June 2014 at the Circuit de la Sarthe clo…"
- [2]72%2014 Le Mans 24 Hours winner, full results and reportsmotorsportmagazine.com· Added Sep 14, 2026· 100% of score
Motorsport Magazine's database entry gives the race date as 'Saturday, June 14, 2014' (Round 3 of the WEC), matching the pin's stored window, though the page's results panel did not fully load winner details for direct verification here.
- [3]90%2014 24 Hours of Le Mans by the numbersfiawec.com· Published Jun 17, 2014· 0% of score
FIA WEC's own recap confirms Audi Sport Team Joest's third victory in four years at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans[4], published 17 June 2014, two days after the race - matching the pin's stored June 2014 window.
- [4]90%Le Mans 2014 - Audi, the 13th !lemans.org· Published Jun 15, 2014· 0% of score
Le Mans' own official site confirms Audi's 13th win at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans (Treluyer, Fassler, Lotterer), published 15 June 2014 - directly matching the pin's stored 13-16 June 2014 race window.
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