Ever since the FIA WEC and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest ushered in the LMGT3 era back in 2024, Porsche’s formidable Manthey Racing outfit has held a crushing, iron-clad stranglehold on the class. The German powerhouse treated the world’s most grueling endurance grid like their own personal playground, securing the inaugural 2024 crown before following it up with a dominant, back-to-back masterclass in 2025. Heading into the 2026 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche arrived with confidence and an unmatched target on its back, aggressively hunting for a historic hat-trick of consecutive victories at La Sarthe.
But CorvSport readers know that the Corvette Racing legacy is built on shattering dynasties, and this weekend, the narrative was completely rewritten. This year at Le Mans, the Corvette Racing conglomerate had four Z06 GT3.Rs ready to give Porsche and the rest of the LMGT3 field notice. And that they did. This Z06 foursome on the grid tied the all-time historic record for the most Corvettes to ever race at Le Mans in a single year. It also represented the single largest fleet deployment for the Corvette brand at La Sarthe in over a decade.
While Porsche’s factory-supported entries unraveled under relentless pressure—succumbing to early mechanical heartbreak and a catastrophic high-speed crash on the Mulsanne straight—the No. 33 TF Sport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R put on a masterclass in clinical endurance racing. Driven by Ben Keating, Nicky Catsburg, and Jonny Edgar, the roaring American machine charged all the way from 17th on the grid to finish a full lap ahead of the field, capturing a historic 10th class victory for the Corvette Racing Program at Le Mans since its first win in 2001. More notably, it’s the first victory at the iconic French endurance race for the Z06 GT3.R, with the C8.R bringing the victory home in 2023 in the final year of the GTE Am class.
This breathtaking triumph does far more than just break Germany’s dominant streak; it officially cements the Z06 GT3.R into the pantheon of the greatest GT3 Corvettes ever built. Stepping out of the giant shadows cast by its legendary front-engine predecessors and the outgoing GTE platform, this new customer-focused weapon has proven it possesses the world-class engineering, bulletproof reliability, and raw pace necessary to conquer the most dangerous track on earth. Now, let’s get into our expanded Corvette Racing coverage, detailing exactly how TF Sport executed a flawless, zero-mistake performance to capture the crown and send a definitive 24-hour warning shot to the entire global motorsport community
What’s Inside CorvSport’s Corvette Racing Coverage:
- The Official 24 Hours of Le Mans Press Release From Corvette Racing: Authored by Ryan Smith
- The Post-Race CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R DRIVER QUOTES From Corvette Racing
- Celebrate And Engage With TF Sport!
1 — The Official 24 Hours of Le Mans Press Release From Corvette Racing: Authored by Ryan Smith
CORVETTE RACING AT LE MANS: TF Sport Corvette Wins!
Catsburg, Keating, Edgar take come-from-behind LMGT3 win with No. 33 Corvette
LE MANS, France (June 14, 2026) – TF Sport and Corvette Racing reigned at Le Mans on Sunday as the team’s No. 33 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Nicky Catsburg, Jonny Edgar and Ben Keating earned a hard-fought LMGT3 victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
It’s the first victory at the French endurance class for the Corvette GT3 and 10th for the Corvette Racing program since its first Le Mans win in 2001. A Corvette won Le Mans for the first time since 2023 when Catsburg and Keating won for the Corvette Racing team in the final year of the GTE Am class with a Corvette C8.R.
“What an historic day for General Motors and Corvette Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans,” said Mark Reuss, President, General Motors. “To earn Corvette Racing’s 10th class victory at Le Mans is a tremendous achievement for our motorsports, design and engineering teams. Huge congratulations to drivers Nicky Catsburg, Jonny Edgar and Ben Keating, and our partners TF Sport. You have earned your place in the history books! It’s an incredibly proud moment for all of us and it shows that, working as one team, GM can beat the best in the world.”
TF Sport also celebrated the victory as part of its 10th appearance at Le Mans, where the team won for the fourth time. In addition, the No. 34 Racing Team Turkey by TF Corvette of Charlie Eastwood, Salih Yoluc and Peter Dempsey finished sixth in LMGT3 after starting last on the 25-car grid. A third TF Sport Corvette – the No. 2 of Johor Motorsports Racing drivers Ben Green, Lorcan Hanafin and Prince Jefri Ibrahim – placed 14th in the first Le Mans for the JMR crew.
Starting 17th in LMGT3, the No. 33 Corvette team established itself as a contender early. After an ironman run in the race’s opening eight hours by Keating – who completed his minimum of six hours driving with five stints and then four stints – Edgar and Catsburg surged to the front of the LMGT3 class by the time the sun rose over the Circuit de la Sarthe.
Edgar moved the No. 33 Corvette into the class lead for the first time in the race’s 10th during his second stint.
Catsburg also led into the final third of the race by as much as three minutes before a safety car chopped that advantage to only a few seconds.
Edgar ended up being the driving force at the end of the race. He drove five consecutive stints and just under four hours to take the checkered flag for his first Le Mans victory. Catsburg won his second and Keating his third.
The No. 34 Racing Team Turkey by TF Corvette ran out front in the 11th hour as Charlie Eastwood completed a remarkable comeback by the driving trio and team after starting from last on the grid – 25th place. After Yoluc completed his drivetime near halfway, Dempsey and Eastwood were set to drive the rest of the way with Eastwood in the middle of a five-stint run.
The No. 2 TF Sport Corvette – crewed by Johor Motorsports Racing – was ninth in class in the Le Mans debut for much of the JMR team. Ben Green and Lorcan Hanafin were as high as fourth in class during their stints, and Prince Jefri Ibrahim kept the No. 2 Corvette in the top-10 into the final eight hours.
13 Autosport was an unfortunate retirement in the fifth hour after a collision on track damaged the No. 13 Corvette beyond the point of repair.
ANDREA HIDALGO, CORVETTE RACING PROGRAM MANAGER:
“It’s amazing to be able to help bring home such an important win for the Corvette Racing program and add to the long legacy Corvette has at Le Mans. This shows the strength of our Corvette GT3 platform and the strength of our Corvette customer teams to execute and win. Congratulations to TF Sport, Nicky, Jonny and Ben on a nearly flawless race to deliver a 10th Corvette Racing win at Le Mans.”
2 — The Post-Race CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R DRIVER QUOTES From Corvette Racing
NICKY CATSBURG, NO. 33 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – LMGT3 WINNER:
“If you get to write the story, you would write it this way. We had to come all the way from the back. We had to wait for Ben to heal and be back in shape. Nine weeks after he broke his elbow, so it’s an incredible result for us. A great, great day.
“First of all, the Corvette has been great to us first in 2023 and now today. For Ben to do all of his driving before Sunday with no mistakes, that was incredible. Then Jonny Edgar – the man with two first names! – if you asked me, he was man of the match. He had just crazy pace and he did five stints until the end. A big thank you to him as well. Having good teammates makes it a lot easier!”
(On Jonny Edgar) “What Jonny showed today was incredible. I feel like this is one of those races that could be a career-changing race. He was unbeatable today and he showed that it’s very nice to have teammates like that. It’s very cool for him. This always means we are doing well in the championship going to Sāo Paulo. You couldn’t ask for a better day than this!”
JONNY EDGAR, NO. 33 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – LMGT3 WINNER:
“I knew we had a fighting chance because the car was feeling really good and we seemed pretty fast. I always knew we had a chance to win but in a 24-hour race you need so much to go right. You need some luck with safety cars or to also not be unlucky. There are a hundred things that could have gone wrong but we had a pretty perfect race, I would say. No mistakes, no contact, good pit stops the whole time. It was just a great race.
“The plan wasn’t to do five stints at the end. But I think I had to do at least three due to the drivetime rules and how much Nicky had done. I was going to do three but because of the way we did tires, it made sense to do four. Once I was already in for four, I may as well have stayed in again! So it went from two stints to five pretty quickly. But I felt good in the car and it was easy to drive, which changes a lot about how much effort is needed to drive. That made it easier over the 24 hours.”
BEN KEATING, NO. 33 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – LMGT3 WINNER:
“You always believe it can happen, absolutely. I don’t care how good your car or team is. You can’t come into a 24-hour race expecting to do well. You just have to do your job, and we had a perfect race… no penalties, no mistakes. The car is in pretty good shape, and that’s what you need to do to win this race.
“It’s so good to be with these guys. I enjoy Nicky. I’m super-proud of Jonny. To win with Corvette is really special again. But it’s even better to have my name on the side of it. In 2023 when we won with the Corvette, I didn’t have Keating Chevrolet! Now I have Keating Chevrolet so I can put my dealership on it. Hopefully we win on Sunday and sell Corvettes on Monday!”
(More on the race) “This has to be the best weather I’ve ever seen in Le Mans in the 12 times I’ve done it. It was a clean race. I’d be shocked if we didn’t go further than we ever have before. It made for really competitive racing. The heat was good for our car, so it was an advantage to have that heat, especially in the middle of the day when we got strong.”
CHARLIE EASTWOOD, NO. 34 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“I think it was a super-solid race for us. At Le Mans, if you have a super-solid Silver like Jonny, he can take a lot of the load. It was always going to be difficult for our guys versus him. That’s ultimately the race. When he can do seven or eight hours at pro pace, it’s hard to match it. They ran an unbelievable race. We got lucky with a couple of safety cars to keep us on the lead lap. At the end we had nothing to really to go for so we were just chilling out to the finish. It’s a pity for us that we were sixth but an unbelievable day for Corvette to get a Le Mans victory in LMGT3. A really good day for GM and for TF Sport.”
SALIH YOLUC, NO. 34 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“It’s been all right. I mean, the team has done a great job, so have the drivers. But our sister car was faster, so they won the race, which is very good for the team. Our goal was of course to win. I always want to win, so I’ll just have to come back and try again.”
PETER DEMPSEY, NO. 34 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“From where we qualified with the penalty and to rebound and drive through the field and have a clean race, you know, penalty-free… I’m happy. Everyone executed the jobs they had to do. I think we had sort of one slow stop at a driver change with me, I think, the second stop in the race, but overall, happy, my first Le Mans done.
“I think the pace was good there at the end. I kind of built into the race some safety margin in the first stint, a bit more aggression in the second stint, and then full push from the third stint onwards. And I think the pace was right there to help get the car in a good position before I gave it to Charlie at the end. “Of course I would have loved to be on the podium, especially since the 33 car is there. That would have been an absolute dream coming true to stand on the podium here in Le Mans. But also, you know, a solid race is also really important. But I’m going to go on to the next one.”
TOM FERRIER, TF SPORT TEAM OWNER:
“I think this is one of the best races we’ve ever done as a team. Everything fell in our favor and worked the way we planned it, which doesn’t happen very often. We got breaks when we needed to. The car was fast. These guys were awesome. We didn’t get any track limits penalties, didn’t damage anything. It was really well-executed, and against a grid like that you had to do that to win it. At one point it looked like it was going to be really easy but obviously the safety car brought an end to that. I’m just so proud of everybody who’s part of this team.
“The race had 36 pit stops because the stints are so short. I don’t remember it being like that last year; it felt like hard work because you never had time to sit and reset and think because you’re up and down. And Jonny has been incredible since we got here and he really got into it in the race. The professional that Nicky is, he’s happy to put his hands up and say that another guy is faster than I could go, and we needed that to win the race. So Jonny… a young man who drove brilliantly. I never had a doubt about it.”
3 — Celebrate And Engage With TF Sport!
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LE MANS WINNERS 🏆✨
The 33 Corvette wins LMGT3 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans!
Words can’t describe how we feel right now. A day that will live with us forever and the best possible way to celebrate our 10th start at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 😍
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