Ferrari have claimed that the car disqualified from the Le Mans 24 Hours gained no performance advantage despite being excluded for a flexi-wing breach. Ferrari collected a third consecutive Le Mans win last weekend as a privately entered 499P car piloted by former F1 star Robert Kubica,

Robert Kubica said his triumph at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Sunday, 14 years after a near-fatal rally crash that partially severed his right forearm, should erase any doubts about his capacity to compete in motor racing.

But on his fifth trip to Le Mans, Kubica took overall victory during the same weekend when F1 hosted its Canadian race – the site of the Pole’s sole grand prix win, which came in 2008 and briefly took him to the top of the drivers’ standings.