No. 50 Ferrari Disqualified from 24H Le Mans

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The fourth-place finishing No. 50 AF Corse Ferrari 499P has been disqualified from the 24 Hours of Le Mans due to a technical infringement found in post-race scrutineering.

Confirmed on late Monday in a stewards’ decision, the car’s rear wing support was not in compliance with the deflection test, therefore being outside of the technical regulations.

It has promoted the No. 12 Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac V-Series.R of Norman Nato, Alex Lynn and Will Stevens to fourth in the final results, with the No. 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid now finishing fifth.

According to the stewards’ report, the No. 50 Ferrari had a rear wing deflection of 52 mm, which was recorded in the post-race test. The LMH technical regulations sets a maximum deflection of 15 mm.

Additionally, four bolts were found to have been missing from the rear wing support, as per the car’s homologation, which the team representative claims to have been linked to the excessive deflection.

It was reported that a mechanic noticed the absence of one bolt on the rear wing support during the car’s last pit stop.

However, the stewards noted that the car achieved its highest top speed on lap 380 of the 387-lap race, which indicates that there was a potential performance advantage.

It’s unclear if Ferrari AF Corse will appeal the decision at the time of this writing.

Source: Sports Car 365