The Lotus 📖Jetalliance team was left thrilled with a finish on the first outing fཧor the new Evora in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

James Rossiter, Johnny Mowlem and Jonathan Hirschi managed to brin൩g the #65 car to the finish in 22nd overall and seventh in th♉e GTE-Pro class.

Whileꦺ the finish was reason enough to cheer, there was a further boost for the team as th♍e trio were third amongst those teams registered for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup- giving them an ILMC podium in the process.

Although the sister car of Oskar Slingerland, Martin Rich an𒀰d John Hartshorne failed to finish after a broken wheel left the car stranded on track, team owner Lukas Lichꦛtner-Hoyer said was proud of his team for the way it had performed during the Le Mans week.

"Congratulations to the entire team," he said. "They have done an outstanding job over the past few weeks, thus really making this great appearance possible for us - because bringing a brand new car that far in such a short space of time to be able 𝐆to make it to the finish of the world's toughest endur🐼ance race is really worth to be cherished.

"The experts also see it the same way - which pleases me in particular. 💟It makes the anguish of not havin﷽g been at the wheel myself definitely bearable."