Laurens Vanthoor left this year's Le Mans 24 Hours with mixed emotions after his bid to win all three legs of the Triple Crown of endurance sports car racing in the same year came up just short in the end.

It is the third victory in a row at Le Mans for the 499P, which won in the top class for the first time in 50 years in 2023 - the 100th anniversary of the famous race.

Toyota was aggravated by its lack of competitiveness at La Sarthe this year, which it attributed – without naming it – to the Balance of Performance, feeling that in a two-class system it was in the ...