Ferrari’s sportscar racing boss Antonello Coletta made the comment after the factory #50 Ferrari 499P of Nicklas Nielsen, Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina won the 92nd running of the French endurance classic, a race in which a number of manufacturers enjoyed stints at the front and nine cars finished on the lead lap.
Key figures within the Italian marque had downplayed its prospects ahead of the race, citing the pace of the hybrid-powered 499P LMH across the test day, practice and qualifying.
