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Dunlop Cars Winds LMP2 at Le Mans 24 Hours

Dunlop team Greaves Motorsport took victory in the LMP2 class in the 79th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours as the highlight of a strong week for Dunlop Motorsport in one of the world’s most gruelling races on June 11-12.

The Greaves #41 Zytek Nissan crossed the finish line eighth overall as well as winning its class by six laps with drivers Karim Ojjeh, Tom Kimber-Smith and Olivier Lombard. Dunlop tyres also adorned the LMP2 second in class #26 Signatech Nissan and the GTE Pro third finishing #56 BMW Motorsport M3 GT.

Dunlop tyres ran on 17 of the 56 cars at the 79th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours. Dunlop tyres completed a total of 3868 laps, approximately 52,444 kilometres or 32,587 miles during the course of the race. Dunlop brought 4500 tyres to Le Mans, in 10 tyre trailers with 36 service personnel.

“As always, the Le Mans 24 Hours is a race full of drama,” said Jean- Felix Bazelin, Dunlop Motorsport’s General Manager.

“In the LMP2 we scored a fantastic win with Greaves Motorsport. Their car was not the fastest in the class – that honour goes to the Signatech Nissan which took pole with Dunlop tyres – but Greaves showed that Le Mans is about spending the least amount of time possible in the pits and we congratulate them for this.

“For Dunlop, our key message from our motor racing activities is that we translate the lessons learnt on the track to the technology employed in our road tyres. Durability and consistent performance are requirements of our road users and racing teams alike, and we have demonstrated our strengths in these areas once more in this most difficult of test tracks.”

Tags: Greaves Motorsport, Le Mans, LMP2 class