Sharing the #64 Corvette C8.R with Nick Tandy and Tommy Milner, Sims had a net lead of more than a minute with six hours left on the clock at the La Sarthe classic when he was side-swiped by the AF Corse LMP2 of Francois Perrodo along the Mulsanne straight.
The incident put Sims head-first into the barriers and at a stroke ended Corvette’s hopes of a first Le Mans win since 2015, with the sister #63 car of Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor and Nicky Catsburg having already dropped out with suspension issues.
