In the yellow Ferrari: Kubica wins Le Mans

The 40-year-old Pole, who had a serious accident in a rally in 2011, won the endurance classic with the Chinese Ye Yifei and the Briton Philip Hanson.

"I don't know if it's a dream come true," said Kubica, recalling his second-place finish in a different category at Le Mans four years ago. "Le Mans is something very special, and winning here in the Hypercar classification makes the victory even sweeter," he told broadcaster Nitro.

The winning Ferrari private team. © APA/afp / FRED TANNEAU

He had already picked up his teammates on the start and finish straight. Ye and Hanson climbed into the Ferrari, were celebrated by the more than 300.000 spectators, and drove through a line of people to the awards ceremony.

Schumacher's comeback Second behind the privately entered Ferrari prototype were Matt Campbell, Kevin Estré and Laurens Vanthoor (Australia/France/Belgium) in the Porsche, ahead of a works Ferrari with, among others, the Italian Antonio Giovinazzi, who has also competed in Formula 1.

Mick Schumacher's Alpine team played no role in the battle for the top spots. After his teammate's off-track, Schumacher still managed to climb from 15th to XNUMXth place.

He was considered a potential Formula 1 world champion Kubica sustained severe injuries to his right leg and right arm in a rally accident in northern Italy in early 2011, including severed tendons in his right hand. He had to undergo multiple surgeries. Before his accident, he had practically sealed a move to Ferrari for the 1 Formula 2012 season. At the time, he was considered a potential world champion.

Despite his serious injury, Kubica returned to Formula 1, competing for Williams and Alfa Romeo. He achieved one victory in his 99 starts. However, his memory is also etched in his memory for his devastating accident in Canada in 2007, from which he miraculously survived almost unscathed.

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In the yellow Ferrari: Kubica wins Le Mans

Former Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica won the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time in a Ferrari, thus celebrating the greatest success of his motorsport career.

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