Richard Lietz appreciated the rare feat of a consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans victory following his 2024 win in a Manthey-run Porsche 911.
“It’s really nice,” he told the media, including Motorsport Week, after the race.
“This doesn’t happen very often in life.
“Manthey did it at the Nordschleife, yes, but I wasn’t part of that group when they were so successful there.
“Now it’s basically my third win with Manthey, and that’s really special.
“We went to the simulator, prepared really well, and spent a bit less time working on setup and more time on driver development.
“That’s something Manthey is doing in DTM as well.
“And I have to say – even though I’m old – I’ve never been this well-prepared for a race in my life.
“I’m 41 years old, but I’m still learning a lot. The preparation the young guys are doing now… It’s a lot of work.
“I still have to process that a bit.”
“To be honest, I think more temperature would have helped us even more,” he said when asked about the race’s cooler conditions than the practice and test day running earlier in the week.
“In the past, we lost engine power when it was hot.
“Now, with the driveshaft measurement, everybody has the same power whether it’s hot or cold.
“… So, I think the cooler temperature may have helped some of the other cars a bit more than it helped us.
“But honestly, it’s also nice when you can push like crazy and the tyres survive. So overall, it was a good temperature for racing.”
Before Lietz, Julien Canal was the last driver to achieve consecutive GT victories in 2012, 2011 and 2010 in Larbre Competition’s Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1.
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