The #26 G-Drive Racing Oreca Gibson entry has been stripped of its LMP2 class victory in this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans race. A mighty performance from Jean-Éric Vergne and team mates Roman Rusinov and Andréa Pizzitola had kept the car at the top of the class for much of the race. However, post-race technical scrutineering found that the car had utilised an illegal device on its refuelling rig to speed up pit stops. "An additional machined part not featuring in the drawing is inserted into the flow restrictor," said a bulletin from the stewards. It said that the part had had the effect of "changing the wetted restrictor surface described by the regulatory drawing....
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