Hello, readers. I bet you are sitting at home reading the world's best motoring section in the world's best newspaper but still feeling not too good about things.

What with the state of politics, our economy being worse than Greece's, Sydney and Melbourne housing out of the reach of all but Warren Buffett and not knowing if your eggs are free range or not, it's enough to have you living a life of quiet desperation.

Let me cheer you up with news from Le Mans 2015. Porsche 919s took first and second, ending Audi's 15 years supremacy and marking the 45th anniversary of Ferdi's company's first win here.

But let's talk about Corvettes. Two turned up in Le Mans. One found a wall in qualifying and was out. But the one US car left killed the Ferraris and everything else European to win its class.

Neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd blitzed the tough GTE-Am class to take second in his Porsche 911 RSR. Derek, better known as 49-year-old actor Patrick Dempsey, has had an even more remarkable career in racing than acting.