Corvette Racing wins at Le Mans

Corvette Racing has extended its winning streak at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with victory in the GT1 Class of the classic endurance race. The win is the team’s fifth in six years and followed a fiercely fought battle with Aston Martin.

The victorious Corvette C6.R driven by Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen also finished a remarkable fourth overall in the Le Mans final standings and scored Corvette Racing's 12th podium finish since the team first came to Le Mans in 2000. It was the trio's third consecutive class victory at Le Mans and their fourth straight endurance racing GT win, a record that includes last year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, Petit Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Corvette Racing extended its perfect finishing record in the 24 Hours of Le Mans to seven consecutive years and Corvette became the most successful manufacturer in recent GT history at Le Mans. The winners’ team mates in the sister Corvette C6.R, Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell and Max Papis, finished seventh in class after encountering drivetrain problems. The winning Corvette completed 355 laps, made 25 faultless pit stops, and won by a five-lap margin.

Englishman Oliver Gavin said of the team’s latest win, "As always it was a fantastic race, super hard all the way against the Aston Martins. And once again everybody dug deep. This race is a testament to everybody involved at Corvette Racing who has worked so hard. It’s been a truly remarkable result to win three in a row against such strong competition. There were moments when you thought, this is going to be tough, when you felt the race falling away from you, but we just hung in there until it came back to us."