• Earl Bamber, Nico Hülkenberg and Nick Tandy took their first overall victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Porsche 919 Hybrid. It was also Bamber and Hülkenberg’s first Le Mans and Tandy’s first time on the 24 hours circuit at the wheel of an LM P1.

• Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley (Porsche 919 Hybrid) won their first World Endurance Championship title.

• KCMG were the first Chinese team to win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. They claimed victory in the LM P2 class with the Oreca 05-Nissan.

• SMP Racing were the first Russian team to win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. They took the LM GTE Am class with the Ferrari 458 Italia.

• Sébastien Bourdais claimed his first victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring.

• Nelson Panciatici, Paul-Loup Chatin and Tom Dillmann drove the Alpine A450b to its first victory in LM P2 at the 6 Hours of Shanghai.

• The Porsche 911 driven by Nick Tandy, Patrick Pilet and Richard Lietz was the first GT to win American race Petit Le Mans.

• Young New Zealander Mitch Evans made a winning début at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, with Jota Sport’s Gibson-Nissan.

• Patrick Dempsey took his first win in LM GTE Am at the 6 Hours of Fuji.

• French constructor Oreca claimed the top step of the LM P2 podium at Le Mans, thanks to Nicolas Lapierre, Matt Howson and Richard Bradley.

Congratulations to all! Let’s hope each one is the first of many!

Jean-Philippe Doret / ACO – Translated from French by Emma Paulay

Photo: OYAMA (JAPAN), FUJI INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, 6 HOURS OF FUJI, SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER, FINISH. Runner-up in class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Patrick Dempsey won the LM GTE Am class in Japan this autumn.