The maiden Legends of Le Mans season, which began at Imola in April, wrapped up at Monza, a regular Le Mans Series venue in the 2000s. Fittingly, the Peugeot 908 and the Lola Aston Martin DBR1-2 shared the spoils. Kriton Lendoudis gave Peugeot the win in a damp Race 1, which a massive crash cut short. In Race 2, Christian Albrecht led a dominant Front Row Racing Aston Martin V12 1-2.
Race 1: Lendoudis wins in Peugeot 908 as a massive crash ends the race
The race started behind the safety car on a damp track, and the restart turned into a scramble. Steve Brooks (#16 OC Racing Peugeot 908) slid into the first chicane attacking Alfie Briggs (#116 BBM Sport Lola B12/60) for second, sending Briggs straight on and down three places. As a result, Kriton Lendoudis (#8 BBM Sport Peugeot 908 HDi FAP) moved up to second behind polesitter Christian Albrecht (#008 Front Row Racing Lola Aston Martin DBR1-2).
From there, the Peugeot steadily reeled in the Lola Aston Martin, and Lendoudis slipstreamed into the lead on lap 8. He was still in front when Christophe D’Ansembourg (#15 Front Row Racing OAK-Pescarolo) and Marcel Aebi (#37 Race Performance Lola B06/10) collided heavily on lap 13 in the Curva Grande. Both drivers walked away unhurt, but the debris across the track and a tyre over the fence meant the race was red-flagged with eight minutes left.
That handed Lendoudis the win ahead of Albrecht. Briggs recovered to third on the road, but as an invitational entry he isn’t classified.
In the two-car GT class, Horst Felbermayr (#88 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR) led every lap and beat Franz Wunderlich (#25 Fanta Racing Legend by Code Classic Aston Martin Vantage AMR) by a lap.
Race 2: Lola Aston Martin V12s dominate as Albrecht leads Front Row 1-2
Race 2 ran the full 40 minutes in the fading late-afternoon light. Werner D’Ansembourg (#007 Front Row Racing Lola Aston Martin DBR1-2) jumped from third to second at the start, making it an Aston Martin V12 1-2 behind polesitter Albrecht.
Meanwhile, the Peugeot challenge fell apart. Lendoudis spun after contact with Ligier Automotive founder Jacques Nicolet (#26 Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P2) and limped to the pits with a flat tyre, while Brooks retired with mechanical problems. Albrecht led every lap from there and won by 5.001sec from his teammate. Briggs again finished third on the road, but as an invitational entry he wasn’t classified.
François Perrodo (#83 JMB Classic Porsche RS Spyder) climbed from ninth on the grid to fourth on the road, a lap behind the Astons.
In GT, Felbermayr made it two from two in the Proton Porsche, again a lap clear of Wunderlich’s Aston Martin.
2027 season starts at Imola
The 2027 Legends of Le Mans season starts at Imola in April, alongside the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Photos by Daniele Paglino
