"I'm very happy for him," said Alonso, who won the famous endurance race in 2018 and 2019 with Toyota.

It is the third victory in a row at Le Mans for the 499P, which won in the top class for the first time in 50 years in 2023 - the 100th anniversary of the famous race.

Toyota was aggravated by its lack of competitiveness at La Sarthe this year, which it attributed – without naming it – to the Balance of Performance, feeling that in a two-class system it was in the ...