"Ironically Hotz wasn't the first school-aged hacker to be rewarded for his cyber-crime rather than a prison sentence." Unless Sony is the author of this summary, GeoHotz is not a criminal.

Considering the differences in power, weight, and aerodynamics of LMP1 and LMP2 cars, you have to separate by class. Finishing second in his class is finishing second; only chance a LMP2 car has of finishing second out of the entire course would be mechanical failures on each LMP1 car.