There was no stopping Toyota Gazoo Racing at the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans: the team was dominant from the very start. And while the No. 7 experienced an early heartbreak after leading the opening hours, the No. 8 was ultimately able to secure an overall win. Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, and Brendon Hartley graced the top step of the podium as victors of the world’s biggest endurance event.

The last hour of Le Mans brought its fair share of surprises. Two of the top five LMP2 cars suffered some kind of disaster—suspension failure for the G-Drive and a bad crash into the tire barrier for Graff Racing. After that second crash, there was no choice but to bring out a safety car during the last half hour, with the track going green with just over 20 minutes to go.

Bunching up the drivers made for a fascinating final few minutes. While the leaders of each class had firmly established themselves, the closed gap made for some fascinating battles for position, both on the track and in the pit lane.

The No. 38. Jota pitted with five minutes to go, having come up two laps short on fuel, leaving the No. 22 untouched for LMP2 class win and overall top five.

Overall Top Three

Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, Brendon Hartley

Gustavo Menezes, Norman Nato, Bruno Senna

Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria Lopez

LMP1 Podium

Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, Brendon Hartley

Gustavo Menezes, Norman Nato, Bruno Senna

Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria Lopez

LMP2 Podium

Phil Hanson, Filipe Albuquerque, Paul di Resta

Roberto Gonzalez, Antonio Felix da Costa, Anthony Davidson

Julien Canal, Nico Jamin, Matthieu Vaxiviere

LM GTE Pro Podium

Alex Lynn, Maxime Martin, Harry Tincknell

James Calado, Alessandro Pier Guidi, Daniel Serra

Nicki Thiim, Marco Sorensen, Richard Westbrook

LM GTE Am Podium

Salih Yoluc, Charlie Eastwood, Jonathan Adam

Christian Ried, Riccardo Pera, Matt Campbell

Francois Perrodo, Emmanuel Collard, Nicklas Nielsen