Aston Martin wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Aston Martin has won the 88^th 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The British manufacturer, which was last victorious in the world famous event in 2017, recorded its best ever result at the Circuit de la Sarthe by winning both GT classes and with three crews standing on the podium. The result means that Aston Martin scored enough points to secure the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) manufacturers' title with one round remaining.

It was works drivers Alex Lynn and Maxime Martin, along with former Le Mans class-winner Harry Tincknell, who took the most coveted win in endurance racing after a flawless performance in the #97 Vantage GTE and a thrilling and nail-biting 24-hour battle with the works team Ferraris.

TF Sport's Vantage GTE, meanwhile, took class-winning honours in GTE AM with works driver Jonny Adam, Charlie Eastwood, and team-mate Salih Yoluc and, with it, the lead of the WEC GTE Am drivers' title going into the season finale at Bahrain International Circuit. The British outfit is the first privateer team to win Le Mans with the Vantage GTE.

Nicki Thiim and Marco Sorensen, who were joined this weekend by Richard Westbrook, will also take the WEC pro-class drivers' title to the wire - they now lead team-mates Lynn and Martin by just 15 points after taking third place in the GTE Pro class.

In the GTE Am class, huge disappointment came for long-standing Aston Martin Racing driver Paul Dalla Lana, who had high hopes for his eighth Le Mans.

Outstanding pace from the Canadian and his team-mates Augusto Farfus and works driver Ross Gunn proved fruitless after an extended pitstop put a halt to their race-leading charge.

The trio of podiums at the double point-scoring event was enough for Aston Martin to take the WEC Manufacturers' title for the first time - the British manufacturer crossed the line 76 points ahead of Porsche and 97 ahead of Ferrari.