Four men and a car.

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Toyota won its third consecutive victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Sunday thanks to the crew of Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley.

The second place goes to the Rebellion of Norman Nato, Bruno Senna and Gustavo Menezes which leads the other Toyota of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez.

The Japanese manufacturer was never worried during this 88th edition despite the problems encountered by one of its cars at the halfway point.

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@Toyota_Hybrid wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the 3rd year in a row and performs the long-awaited Hat Trick !!! 🏆 # LeMans24 # 24hUnited #WEC pic.twitter.com/Qe8viNgl71

- 24 Hours of Le Mans (@ 24heuresdumans) September 20, 2020

It is also the third victory at Le Mans for the Swiss Sébastien Buemi and the Japanese Kazuki Nakajima and the second for the New Zealander Brendon Hartley.

On the other hand, it is the fourth time that Kami Kobayashi has finished second, victory slipping away due to a change of turbo just after halfway which immobilized his car for more than half an hour to be repaired.

Toyota will pass its turn

This 88th edition took place behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic and in September instead of June.

In principle, Toyota will not participate in the next edition of the legendary endurance test with its TS050 hybrid, preparing for the arrival of the new category of "hypercars" from 2022.

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