Fifty years after its first victory, to the day, Ford returned to Le Mans and won again, this time in the GTE Pro class with its EcoBoost GT piloted by Sébastien Bourdais, Joey Hand and Dirk Müller. Unlike 1966, Ferrari pushed them all the way this time, and by finishing 2nd the Ferrari 488GTE of Giancarlo Fisichella, Toni Vilander and Mateo Malucelli managed to rob the blue oval of a 1-2-3 finish. “Ford’s latest GT was optimized not only for…
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