History has been made, at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans, where three Forgeline-equipped Corvettes finished in the top-ten, including a third place podium finish by TF Sport!
The trio of Charlie Eastwood, Rui Andrade, and Tom van Rompuy qualified the No.81 TF Sport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R with a P6 LMGT3 class starting position. Throughout the grueling 24 hour challenge, they managed to avoid track chaos and mechanical gremlins with the durable Corvette, were a top contender in class throughout most of the 24 hours of racing, and maintained podium positions through much of the night. Despite a late charge from the Heart of Racing Aston Martin, Northern Ireland's Charlie Eastwood was able to hold onto TF Sport's podium position and bring the No.81 Corvette home to a third place finish.
Both of the other Corvette entries also finished in the top ten, in the LMGT3 class at Le Mans, an absolutely impressive feat for both the teams and the new Chevrolet Corvette GT3.R platform. TF Sport's second entry, the No.33 Corvette driven by Ben Keating, Jonny Edgar, and Daniel Juncadella finished 7th. And perhaps the greatest underdog of the entire race, AWA Racing's No.13 Corvette driven by Matt Bell, Orey Fidani and Lars Kern, cracked the top ten with a 10th place finish.
Based upon the Chevrolet C8 Corvette Z06 and sharing the road car’s aluminum chassis, the Corvette GT3.R is powered by a version of the Z06’s 5.5L DOHC LT6 V8 engine mated to a 6-speed sequential transmission. It rides on a motorsports-specific double-wishbone suspension system and a motorsports-specific 6-piston front/4-piston rear AP Racing braking system with unique cooling and quick-change capabilities. Pratt Miller worked with the team at Forgeline Motorsports for several years to develop an application-specific version of Forgeline’s center-locking one piece forged monoblock SS1R-GT wheel that was engineered to deliver optimized performance metrics (in terms of mass, deflection, strength, and durability) specifically for the new Corvette GT3.R, and every Chevrolet C8 Corvette Z06 GT3.R competes on 18×12.5/18×13 Forgeline one piece forged monoblock SS1R-GT wheels finished in Gloss Black.
Congrats to Charlie, Rui, Tom, the TF Sport and AWA Racing teams, and Team Chevy, and thank you for the trust that you place in Forgeline!
The trio of Charlie Eastwood, Rui Andrade, and Tom van Rompuy qualified the No.81 TF Sport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R with a P6 LMGT3 class starting position. Throughout the grueling 24 hour challenge, they managed to avoid track chaos and mechanical gremlins with the durable Corvette, were a top contender in class throughout most of the 24 hours of racing, and maintained podium positions through much of the night. Despite a late charge from the Heart of Racing Aston Martin, Northern Ireland's Charlie Eastwood was able to hold onto TF Sport's podium position and bring the No.81 Corvette home to a third place finish.
Both of the other Corvette entries also finished in the top ten, in the LMGT3 class at Le Mans, an absolutely impressive feat for both the teams and the new Chevrolet Corvette GT3.R platform. TF Sport's second entry, the No.33 Corvette driven by Ben Keating, Jonny Edgar, and Daniel Juncadella finished 7th. And perhaps the greatest underdog of the entire race, AWA Racing's No.13 Corvette driven by Matt Bell, Orey Fidani and Lars Kern, cracked the top ten with a 10th place finish.
Based upon the Chevrolet C8 Corvette Z06 and sharing the road car’s aluminum chassis, the Corvette GT3.R is powered by a version of the Z06’s 5.5L DOHC LT6 V8 engine mated to a 6-speed sequential transmission. It rides on a motorsports-specific double-wishbone suspension system and a motorsports-specific 6-piston front/4-piston rear AP Racing braking system with unique cooling and quick-change capabilities. Pratt Miller worked with the team at Forgeline Motorsports for several years to develop an application-specific version of Forgeline’s center-locking one piece forged monoblock SS1R-GT wheel that was engineered to deliver optimized performance metrics (in terms of mass, deflection, strength, and durability) specifically for the new Corvette GT3.R, and every Chevrolet C8 Corvette Z06 GT3.R competes on 18×12.5/18×13 Forgeline one piece forged monoblock SS1R-GT wheels finished in Gloss Black.
Congrats to Charlie, Rui, Tom, the TF Sport and AWA Racing teams, and Team Chevy, and thank you for the trust that you place in Forgeline!