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And that brings us to the end of our coverage of this great race. Thank you very much for joining myself, James, Ben, Haydn, Gary and Stephen over the past 25 hours!
All the follow-up news can be found across the website but from the live updates, it's goodbye.
To repeat from earlier, just the one safety car all race. It was endurance racing in its purest form and all that conquered it - not just the winners - deserve the highest praise.
Now the fans flood the circuit with the retaining gates opened. A great tradition with fantastic access for those in attendance.
Kubica: "It has been a long one. Le Mans has always been close. First three years I raced LMP2 but the amount of laps I have done in the top three positions in five Le Mans is like 70%. But I have finally won it and in Hypercar.
"We deserve it. Happy for Ferrari. Three years in a row with three different crews, it is amazing."
"I was not supposed to do five stints at the end of the race. It is three hours and something in the car but fortunately I was able to control everything with always a cold head with no mistakes and managed to bring it home."
The #43 is just reaching the pitlane for the Inter Europol team to celebrate, just behind the #92 Manthey Porsche LMGT3 winner.
The emotions that the LMP2 winner must have gone through in that final hour would have been enough for the entire race. I'm still catching my breath from it.
For Kubica, he has achieved his Ferrari dream, albeit in Le Mans and not F1. What an achievement after his horrific rallying incident.
For the Pole and team-mate Ye, the demons of 2021 have been exorcised. Hanson more than played his part in this too. What a wonderful result.
Fourth in LMGT3 goes to the #27 HoR Aston crew ahead of the #87 Akkodis Lexus, the #90 Manthey Porsche, the #33 TF Corvette, #57 Kessel Ferrari, #77 Proton Mustang and the #13 AWA Ferrari.
In LMP2, the #9 Iron Lynx-Proton finished fourth ahead of the #29 TDS Racing crew.
The #11 Proton, #22 United Autosports, #25 Algarve Pro Racing, #183 AF Corse and #34 Euro Interpol completed the top 10.
A special mention to Aston Martin as the Valkyries made the end of the 24 hours at the first time of asking. That feat is something to be very proud of.
To run through the rest of the Hypercar result, the #50 Ferrari finished fourth ahead of the polesitting #12 Cadillac, which made the best of what started as a nightmarish race and did well to recover.
The #7 Toyota, the #5 Porsche, #38 Cadillac, #4 Porsche and #35 Alpine round out the top 10, while the 11th-placed #36 Alpine scores points as well.
Remember that Kubica fought back against the Ferrari politics earlier this morning as he was told to stay behind the factory #51 car despite showing greater pace.
It paid off eventually for the #83 crew.
Immediate reaction from Yifei Ye, talking to the WEC TV feed: "It's a dream come true. I have to pinch myself.
"My team-mates, mechanics and engineers did an awesome job."
And what about the final hour in the LMP2 class?
Nick Yelloly, Tom Dillmann and Jakub Smiechowski take victory for Euro Interpol's #43 crew, the pole operating without a broken foot unlike two years ago.
Heartbreak for the #48 VDS Panis squad, but at least it finished and finished second.
Third in class and Pro-AM winner goes to AO by TF with Spike the Dragon!
Celebrations start down at Manthey Porsche as Richard Lietz, Riccardo Pera and Ryan Hardwick dominate to win the LMGT3 class.
Second goes to the #21 Vista AF Corse crew and third to the #81 TF Corvette.
What a story for Ferrari as it wins its third Le Mans 24 Hour in a row.
The #6 Porsche remarkably finishes second ahead of the #51 Ferrari.
Out of the Ford Chicane Kubica comes and the #83 Ferrari crew, the customer car, WINS LE MANS!
This has been a stunning effort from the #83 crew but special applause for Kubica who, frankly, may need hauling out of the seat after this final stint at the wheel. Some three hours of hauling his way to the chequered flag and now just the final third of a lap remains.
Onto the final lap Kubica goes.
The Manthay Porsche has been passed by the #83 so that ensures it'll be the last lap for Lietz too.
Three minutes to go as the #83 laps the #7 Toyota to leave five cars on the lead lap - the second highest number in Le Mans history.
The gap to the #6 Porsche is now at 16 seconds.
LMGT3 looks settled as well with the #92, #21 and #81 all separated by 30s+ intervals.
That's the Manthay Porsche, the Vista AF Corse Ferrari and TF Sport Corvette.
The VDS Panis #48 is now over a minute behind Inter Europol, such is the strife it has hit. But third-placed Spike the Dragon for TF by AO is a lap down, so that should be second for Masson if he can coax his car to the line.
That battle has been put to an end by Duval needing a splash of fuel in the Peugeot, freeing Schumacher and Alpine up.
Some French pride on offer in the battle for 11th as Schumacher closes on Duval for Alpine against Peugeot.
With the #4 Porsche not scoring WEC points and currently in the top 10, this is for de-facto 10th and points for these two teams.
This is the longest nine minutes of any of the leaders' lives.
Ye and Kubica in the #83 know what late-race heartbreak is like after their LMP2 ground to a halt a few years back when leading the class.
Can the car hold up this time for a first Polish and first Chinese winners of this great race? Hanson has done his job too!
In Hypercar, the #83 is 12 seconds ahead of the #6 still but the chasing Ferraris are settled to ensure they last the final 10 minutes.
A reminder that the Porsche was disqualified from qualifying and started 21st out of 21 Hypercars.
Something is seriously wrong with that #48 car, the gap is now over half a minute after another near-four-minute lap. Now the question will be can Masson hold on for second?
We all thought that Inter Europol had suffered heartbreak with the pitlane speeding penalty but with just 15 minutes left, Yelloly is back in the lead. That's bitter luck for the VDS Panis crew.
MORE LMP2 DRAMA.
What has happened to Masson in the #48 VDS Panis car? A four-minute lap after taking the lead from the #43 as the Inter Europol took its penalty means that Yelloly has caught and re-taken the lead. Goodness me that is incredible.
A definite issue for the #51 as Fuoco is told to keep his #50 out of the tow to avoid potential falling parts.
Hard to see what Giovinazzi can do about that if its as bad as it seems.
The public has voted Richard Lietz as the most valuable driver in LMGT3 - winner of the Goodyear Wingfoot award.
Both chasing Ferrari Hypercars are carrying issues and told to freeze positions for the final 21 minutes, but that didn't stop the #50 and #51 battling for a few corners.
Giovinazzi will settle into third now ahead of Fuoco - but if there are issues is that enough to throw doubt into the mix for the #83?
A look to the dominant force in LMGT3 as Richard Lietz is leading the Manthay Porsche #92, now 34 seconds ahead of the #21 Vista AF Corse entry.
The gap from #83 to #6 is out to 11 seconds, so focus is on the race for second.
Estre is 7.7s ahead of the two chasing Ferraris.
Here's the #51 on pitlane. The car is given a clean, fuel goes in and the #83 goes through into the lead with 25 minutes to go.
Now the #6 goes through into second but the #51 is ahead of the #50. Fuoco's off at the Porsche Curves could have cost his crew a podium.
A horrible few minutes for Inter Europol as the second car, the #34, is moving slowly on track. A win gone - most likely - and strife for the sister crew.
Giovinazzi now looks most likely to make it a Ferrari 1-2 and he is pushing like crazy on his in-lap.
A lot less energy to go into the #51 at the final stop, can it get out and challenge the Porsche?
The #48 makes its final scheduled stop from what is now the lead of LMP2. The #43 cycles through but has a penalty to serve.
My word, Fuoco almost binned it at the Porsche Curves. Estre can breath a bit easier now that's happened.
Somehow the Italian collected his Ferrari back up and continues.
The gap between the #83 and the #6 is much smaller with the Porsche having taken no tyres. That's now under 10 seconds, with #50 a further nine seconds adrift.
Estre is on an absolute mission.
By: Autosport staff
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