JUNE 22, 2016

(Porsche)
Porsche was handed its eighteenth overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans when the leading No. 5 Toyota Gazoo TS050 Hybrid prototype (below) driven by Kazuki Nakajima (with Sebastien Buemi and Anthony Davidson) lost power with five minutes left in the race while leading comfortably. It was one of the most unexpected and crushing disappointments in racing history. Neel Jani, Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas (No.2 Porsche Team Joest Porsche 919 Hybrid) inherited the lead and the race win.
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Nicolas Lapierre – who becomes the only repeat class winner this year – along with Le Mans rookies Gustavo Menezes and Stephane Richelmi (No. 36 Signatech Alpine-branded ORECA-Nissan) won the LMP2 crown, finishing fifth overall.
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The all-American, California-based team of Townsend Bell, Jeff Segal and Bill Sweedler (No. 62 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 Italia) won the GTE Am class, in a superb run.
(Ford Performance)
Steve Arpin (No. 00 Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Fiesta ST) and Tanner Foust (No. 34 Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Beetle, below) split this weekend’s Red Bull Global Rallycross Supercar finals at Daytona International Speedway. On Saturday, Arpin gave himself and Chip Ganassi Racing their first victories in Red Bull GRC at a track where the Ganassi team has already won the Daytona 500 and 24 Hours of Daytona, while Foust took his third victory of the season on Sunday to extend his points lead.
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Nico Rosberg (No. 44 AMG Petronas Mercedes) won the the European F1 Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan. Sebastian Vettel (No. 5 Scuderia Ferrari) finished second and Sergio Perez (No. 11 Force India Mercedes) came in third. Pole-sitter Rosberg led into Turn 1 and the race was over right then. It was Rosberg's fifth victory of the season.