DAMIEN SMITH'S Drive OF THE month

Ferrari makes it three wins in three at the Le Mans 24 Hours – a dream for the manufacturer but a fairy tale for Robert Kubica

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Ferrari's unbeaten three from three at the Big One since its return to sports car racing's top tier eclipses all expectations. But it was Robert Kubica who deservedly scooped the lion's share of plaudits as the so-called 'customer' 499P - run by the same AF Corse team that's also responsible for the works cars - completed the hat-trick. Now each of Ferrari's World Endurance Championship Hypercars has scored a win at Le Mans.

Kubica was the first Polish winner, Yifei Ye the first from China, while 26-year-old Phil Hanson can reflect on a final vindication of his decision to sidestep single-seaters as a teenager to focus instead on a sports car career. Now he's only the third Brit with an overall win at Le Mans in a Ferrari, after works 499P driver James Calado and Lord Selsdon of Croydon, the bit-part player in Ferrari's first back in 1949.