Must say, thoroughly impressed by LMP2, as always. Much like GTE-Pro, it was close fought, hard racing, with half a dozen cars, give or take, on the same lap battling.
Been getting into LMP2, and paying it more attention the past few years, whereas before, I rather naively overlooked it, for perhaps being a "lower class". But the racing has been very interesting to watch the past few years, and this year was probably the first year I properly got into it (and what a year to do so...), by making an effort to learn about more of the teams. Plus there's some top class drivers in it, and this year was no different.
For me, aside from the #38 Jackie Chan DC racing team, one of the surprise drivers of the race for me, was Vergne (JEV) in the #24 Manor. Vergne put in some monster stint's during the race, with at least a couple of awesome 3.5 Hour or so shifts, to keep the Manor in the lead battle mid-way through, with a podium on the cards 'till quite late. Finished 7th in class; 8th overall, so I can't remember what issues the #24 ran into, but I remember it having problems.
Either way, Verge did an excellent job, and a really good showing for someone who is a Le Mans rookie. Would be interesting to see if he gets an LMP1 drive later down the line, reckon he'd do a good job, certainly deserves it, he's a good driver. Really felt for him after F1, felt like he was tossed aside by Toro Rosso. If he was to get an LMP1 drive, what about a seat at Toyota? Would perhaps be great a replacement for Lapierre, who, with no-disrespect, is not suited to LMP1, or at least at Toyota right now, with the current driver lineup there.