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The winning Ginetta had Mike Simpson and Gaetan Paletou aboard - Mike is a Ginetta Factory driver, that's true but Gaetan was in his first year of racing as a GT Academy winner - Estoril was his first EVER race win.
As a mark of Gaetan's lack of experience his Le Mans start with Greaves was his first EVER race start in his home country!
The title winning car had Charlie Robertson and Sir Chris Hoy aboard - Charlie has had success in other racing but this was his first year in anything approaching a prototype - added to that he is 18 years old.
Chris may have more gold medals to his name than any other Briton but in racing terms he is a rookie.
Of the Ligier boys Thomas Accary is a reigning VdeV Prototype (CN) Champion and twice runner up in the FIA GT3 Championship. Gary Findlay's scored Pole positions and race wins in VdeV CN class and in Formula Ford. Eric Trouillet too has VdeV CN class podiums to his name.
This was not as unbalanced a contest as you describe!
The Ligier did well for its first race with its new team in uncharted territory but the fact remains, with experienced small prototype drivers aboard it was slower than the Ginetta and was eventually well beaten by the winning car. A wrong tyre call from LNT for the #3 car likely cost them a decent shot at a 1,2
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