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2024 24 Hours of Le Mans

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92nd edition of the endurance race

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France 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans
Event information
Round 4 of 8 in the2024 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date15–16 June 2024
LocationLe Mans, France
VenueCircuit de la Sarthe
Duration24 Hours
Results
Laps completed311
Distance (km)4237.542
Distance (miles)2633.087
Hypercar
Pole position
Time3:24.634
TeamGermanyPorschePenske Motorsport
DriversFranceKévin Estre
Winners
TeamItalyFerrariAF Corse
DriversItalyAntonio Fuoco
SpainMiguel Molina
DenmarkNicklas Nielsen
LMP2
Winners
TeamUnited KingdomUnited Autosports
DriversUnited StatesBijoy Garg
United KingdomOliver Jarvis
United StatesNolan Siegel
LMP2 Pro-Am
Winners
TeamItalyAF Corse
DriversUnited KingdomBen Barnicoat
FranceFrançois Perrodo
ArgentinaNicolás Varrone
LMGT3
Winners
TeamGermanyManthey EMA
DriversAustriaRichard Lietz
Netherlands Morris Schuring
AustraliaYasser Shahin
The race-winningNo. 50Ferrari 499P

The92nd 24 Hours of Le Mans (French:92e 24 Heures du Mans) was anautomobile endurance race for teams of three drivers each racingLe Mans Prototypes (LMP) andLe Mans Grand Touring Car (LMGT3) cars held from 15 to 16 June 2024 at theCircuit de la Sarthe, nearLe Mans, France. TheAutomobile Club de l'Ouest's 92nd24-hour race drew 329,000 spectators and was the fourth round of the2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. There was a test day on 9 June, a week before the event.

Kévin Estre,André Lotterer andLaurens Vanthoor'sPorsche 963 fromPorsche Penske Motorsport started frompole position after Estre achieved the fastest overall lap time in theLe Mans Hypercar category in the Hyperpole session.Antonio Fuoco,Miguel Molina andNicklas Nielsen'sFerrari 499P ofFerrariAF Corse took the overall victory after 311 laps. It was Fuoco, Molina, and Nielsen's first overall Le Mans victory, Ferrari's second consecutive win, and the Italian marque's 11th.Nyck de Vries,Kamui Kobayashi andJosé María López finished second in aToyota GR010 Hybrid, duelling with the race winners in the final two hours. The sister Ferrari AF Corse team ofJames Calado,Antonio Giovinazzi andAlessandro Pier Guidi were third overall. A record number of cars, nine, finished on the lead lap.

United Autosports'sBijoy Garg,Oliver Jarvis andNolan Siegel shared anOreca 07-Gibson car and led the last two hours of theLe Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class, giving the team its second category victory after2020.Inter Europol Competition's trio ofVladislav Lomko,Clément Novalak andJakub Śmiechowski finished 18.6 seconds behind in second place, withIDEC Sport'sReshad de Gerus,Paul Lafargue andJob van Uitert taking third. In the first LMGT3 race at Le Mans, theManthey EMA team ofRichard Lietz,Morris Schuring andYasser Shahin in aPorsche 911 GT3 R (992) won the category by one lap ahead overTeam WRT'sAugusto Farfus,Sean Gelael andDarren Leung, who shared aBMW M4 GT3.

The Porsche Penske trio of Estre, Lotterer and Vanthoor remained atop theHypercar Drivers' Championship with 99 points; their advantage was cut to nine points by race winners Fuoco, Molina and Nielsen, who moved from fifth to second. Lietz, Shahin, Schuring became the joint leaders of theFIA Endurance Trophy for LMGT3 Drivers withManthey PureRxcing'sKlaus Bachler,Alex Malykhin andJoel Sturm.Porsche, theNo. 12Hertz Team Jota and the No. 91 Manthey EMA teams left Le Mans as theHypercar World Endurance Championship,World Cup for Hypercar Teams andEndurance Trophy for LMGT3 Teams leaders with four races remaining in the season.

Background

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TheAutomobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), the promoter of the24 Hours of Le Mans endurance motor race, announced the 2024 dates in June 2023.[1][2] The race took place on 15 and 16 June at the 13.626 km (8.467 mi)Circuit de la Sarthe close to the city ofLe Mans in the French department ofSarthe. It was the 92nd running of the race since its inception in1923, and the fourth round of the2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).[2][3][4]

Before the race,Porsche Penske Motorsport'sKévin Estre,André Lotterer andLaurens Vanthoor led theHypercar Drivers' Championship with 74 points, 22 more thanTeam Jota'sCallum Ilott andWill Stevens, who were six points ahead ofToyota'sMike Conway,Kamui Kobayashi andNyck de Vries.[5] In theFIA Endurance Trophy for LMGT3 Drivers,Manthey PureRxcing'sKlaus Bachler,Alex Malykhin andJoel Sturm ledTeam WRT'sAugusto Farfus,Sean Gelael andDarren Leung andHeart of Racing Team'sIan James,Daniel Mancinelli andAlex Riberas by 35 points each.[5]Porsche ledToyota by 23 points in theHypercar World Endurance Championship,Hertz Team Jota ledAF Corse by nine points in theWorld Cup for Hypercar Teams and Manthey PureRxcing led Team WRT and Heart of Racing Team by 35 points in theEndurance Trophy for LMGT3 Teams.[5]

Regulation and circuit changes

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A newLe Mans Grand Touring Car (LMGT3) category,[6] with regulations based on the global GT3-specification of cars intended to reduce costs and ensure Le Mans was more affordable for participants, replaced the ageingLe Mans Grand Touring Endurance Am (LMGTE Am) class as the race's production-based car category.[7][8] Cars were modified to comply with WEC standards,[9] and the class followspro-am rules, which require teams to sign at least one Bronze-rated driver and one extra Bronze or Silver-rated driver.[10] Although theLe Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category was removed from the WEC due to an increase inLe Mans Hypercar (Hypercar) entrants, it was retained for Le Mans, although entries would not earn championship points because they do not compete full-time in the WEC.[11]

Following criticism that race restarts were too protracted following the end of asafety car procedure in2023, the system was slightly modified to remove the "drop-back" feature that combined all three classes. As a result, at a restart, all classes would be mixed together to try to avoid ending duels and shorten the procedure.[12] To bring the race in line with the rest of the WEC season, the ACO prohibited the heating of tyres through the use of tyre warmers prior to their installation onto a car, after an exception was granted for 2023 as a result of multiple accidents at the2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, where several cars on cold tyres crashed in cool conditions.[13] An exception to the tyre warmer ban was considered but not implemented.[14]

In September 2023, the public organisation Syndicat Mixte des 24 Heures du Mans resurfaced the road between Mulsanne and Arnage corners for the first time since2005 in order to improve technical compliance for Le Mans sports cars on the circuit.[15]

Entries

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The event's registration period was from 7 December 2023 to 13 February 2024. The ACO Selection Committee issued 62 invites, with entries divided between the Hypercar, LMP2, and LMGT3 categories.[16]

Automatic entries

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Teams that won championships in theEuropean Le Mans Series (ELMS),Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS) andGT World Challenge Europe's (GTWCE) combined Endurance and Sprint Bronze Cup championships received automatic invitations. The2023 ELMS LMP2 championship runner-up also received an automatic invitation.[17] Unlike previous years,Le Mans Cup entrants were not invited,[17] while the2023–24 ALMS LMP3 champion received a priority invitation to theRoad to Le Mans support race.[18] All current WEC full-season entries were automatically invited. The ACO selected threeIMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA) participants as automatic entries, with one invited to the Hypercar category at IMSA's discretion and the other two to the LMP2 and LMGTE classes. The ELMS LMGTE team that earned automatic entry could only enter in LMGT3 while its LMP3 champion had to enter an LMP2 car.[17]

IInvitations were provided if the car was entered in the ALMS, ELMS, or IMSA series for 2024 and only if the entrant competed in all events in their respective championships. No competitor could accrue more than two invitations in each category combined and invitations were not transferable to another entrant.[17] The ACO announced the full list of automatic entries on 12 February 2024.[18]Algarve Pro Racing declined their automatic invitation as winners of the 2023–24 ALMS LMP2 category because they wanted to focus on running two cars at Le Mans and not risk compromising quality with three entries.[19] Pure Rxcing also declined their automatic invitations for winning both the2023 GTWCE Bronze Cup and the 2023–24 ALMS GT title.[20] As a result, neither the ALMS runners-up inProton Competition (LMP2) norTriple Eight JMR (GT) received invitations.[21]

Automatic entries for the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans
Reason invitedHypercarLMP2LMGT3
1st in theEuropean Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE)PortugalAlgarve Pro RacingGermanyProton Competition
2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2)United StatesUnited Autosports
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 Pro-Am)ItalyAF Corse
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3)SwitzerlandCool Racing
IMSA SportsCar Championship at-large entriesUnited StatesWhelen Cadillac RacingUnited StatesGeorge KurtzUnited StatesBrendan Iribe
1st in theAsian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT)PortugalCrowdStrike Racing byAPRLithuaniaPure Rxcing
1st in theGT World Challenge Europe (Bronze Cup)LithuaniaPure Rxcing
Source:[18]

Entry list and reserves

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Further information:2024 FIA World Endurance Championship § Entries

The ACO announced the full 62 car entry list on 19 February 2024.[20] In addition to the 37 guaranteed WEC entries, there were 17 ELMS entries, seven WTSC entries, no ALMS entries, and a single one-off Le Mans entry. There were 39 cars in the two Prototype classes and 23 in the LMGT3 category.[22] There was no successful applications for the Garage 56 concept.[21] In addition to the 62 entries invited, seven (one from Hypercar and three each from LMP2 and LMGT3) were placed on a reserve list to replace withdrawn or declined invites. Reserve entries were ordered, with the first one replacing the first withdrawal from the race, regardless of class.[23] Entries were selected for their sporting quality, technical, fan, media and public interest and commitment, loyalty to other ACO-administered series and entrant's performance.[16]

On May 6, 2024, a revised entry list was published with all driver lineups. The ACO did not promote any reserves for the race, which was reduced from seven to five cars afterFormula Racing'sFerrari 296 GT3 andRichard Mille by TDS'sOreca 07-Gibson LMP2 car withdrew.[23][24] By the start of test day, three reserves remained on the list: a second Proton CompetitionPorsche 963, and one Oreca LMP2 car each fromInter Europol Competition and Staysail Motorsport.[25]

Pre-race balance of performance changes

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Thebalance of performance was changed to try to ensureparity within all three classes,[26] and the race marked the debut of the WEC's Power Gain system, which adjusts a car's maximum power over two speed thresholds to try to create more parity.[27][28] TheAlpine A424,BMW M Hybrid V8,Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6 LMH-C,Toyota GR010 Hybrid were the four Hypercars with increased powerwhileFerrari 499P, theLamborghini SC63, thePeugeot 9X8 had their power reduced. Neither theCadillac V-Series.R nor the Porsche 963 received any power alternations.[27] All nine LMGT3 cars had ballast added to affect their handling. TheAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo, theChevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, the Ferrari 296 GT3, theFord Mustang GT3, theLexus RC F GT3 theLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 and thePorsche 911 GT3 R (992) all received power increases to improve performance while theBMW M4 GT3 and theMcLaren 720S GT3 Evo did not.[29]

Testing

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All entrants were required to drive for six hours in two sessions one week before the race, on 9 June.[16] Some teams allowed reserve drivers to test in place of regular drivers who had other obligations.[25][30]Scott Dixon,Romain Grosjean,Álex Palou,Nolan Siegel andKyffin Simpson missed testing to compete in theIndyCar Series race atRoad America.[30][31] Midway through the opening session,Jack Aitken,Mirko Bortolotti,René Rast,Kelvin van der Linde,Sheldon van der Linde andMarco Wittmann completed their running and left Le Mans to compete in the secondDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters race atCircuit Zandvoort.[32][33]Frederik Vesti only drove in the second session since he was serving asMercedes'sFormula One reserve driver at theCanadian Grand Prix.[32]

Kévin Estre set the fastest overall lap time during the test day

Testing was held in sunny weather with no rain.[34] Toyota led the field with a 3:28.467 lap from Kobayashi's No. 7 entry set early the morning session. Estre's No. 6 Penske Porsche was second, ahead ofRobin Frijns's No. 20 BMW, Bortolotti's No. 63Iron Lynx Lamborghini andRobert Kubica's No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari.[35] 40 minutes in,Renger van der Zande stopped the No. 3 Cadillac on the run from Mulsanne corner to Indianapolis turn due to a fuel-line failure, resulting in a 13-minute interruption in testing.[36][37]Job van Uitert's No. 28IDEC Sport car led LMP2 with a lap of 3:37.034, 0.132 seconds faster thanOliver Jarvis's No. 22United Autosports entry.[35]Louis Delétraz's No. 14AO byTF car was the fastest LMP2 Pro-Am entry in third.[36]Lorenzo Fluxá ended the session early when he crashed the No. 37Cool Racing entry near the exit of the Porsche Curves, possibly due to a bump in the track surface in that area, with two minutes left.[36][37] Fluxá was unhurt.[36]Kelvin van der Linde, driving the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, led LMGT3 at 4:00.106.Esteban Masson's sister No. 87 car and Gelael's No. 31 WRT BMW were second and third in class.[35][37]

Lap times improved during the second session.[38] Estre set the early pace with a 3:27.998 lap time, but quickly improved to a 3:26.907 to finish first overall in testing.Felipe Nasr's No. 4 Penske Porsche went second in the session's final ten minutes. Third through fifth wereBrendon Hartley's No. 8 Toyota,Michael Christensen's No. 5 Penske Porsche andMiguel Molina's No. 50 Ferrari.[39] Kobayashi ran wide at the Indianapolis turn, crashing the No. 7 Toyota into the barrier with seven minutes left. Kobayashi's car needed to be recovered, so testing ended early.[40] In LMP2, Jarvis improved the quickest class lap to 3:34.704 within the first 15 minutes.Olli Caldwell's No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing andJames Allen's No. 30Duqueine Team entries followed in second and third.Stéphane Richelmi damaged the No. 10Vector Sport car's front-left and floor at Indianapolis corner, stopping on the inside of the circuit. The session was stopped to recover the car, which was abandoned for the rest of testing.P. J. Hyett was endeavouring to lap slower GT cars when he crashed the No. 14 AO by TF car at Indianapolis corner, prompting the safety car's deployment with 36 minutes left. Sébastien Baud set the first sub-four-minute lap in LMGT3 in the No. 82 TF Sport Corvette with a 3:59.883, 0.037 seconds faster than Riberas's 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin.[39][40]

After testing

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Matteo Cairoli received a suspended 30-second stop-and-hold penalty for the rest of the event, and one penalty point on his licence, for driving in the opposite direction after spinning the No. 19 Iron Lynx Lamborghini at the exit of Arnage turn. Vesti and his team Cool Racing had to serve a five-minute stop-and-hold penalty during the first practice session for exceeding track limits in testing, but the session's early end prevented him from doing so.[33][41]

Practice

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The first three-hour practice session happened on the afternoon of 12 June 12, in cloudy and cool weather.[3][42] With 50 minutes remaining, Hartley's No. 8 Toyota set the fastest lap at 3:26.013.[42] Ilott's No. 12 Jota Porsche was second-fastest and led most of the practice until Hartley's lap.Dries Vanthoor's No. 15 BMW was third, followed byJulien Andlauer's No. 99 Proton Porsche and De Vries's No. 7 Toyota.[43]Alex Lynn lost control of the No. 3 Cadillac's rear at the exit to Tertre Rouge corner, crashing into the insidetyre barrier.[42][44] The accident stopped practice but Lynn returned to the garage for repairs.[42] The fastest LMP2 times were set 15 minutes into the session.[44] Delétraz set the pace at 3:34.245 from Allen andBen Hanley's No. 23 United Autosports USA entry.[43] Slow zones were required whenRodrigo Sales spun the No. 65Panis Racing car into the Dunlop Curvesgravel trap,Ben Keating stopped the No. 23 United Autosports USA car in the gravel just before the Porsche Curves wall and Vesti stopped the No. 47 Cool car on the inside of the first chicane. A right-frontsuspension failure forcedNicolás Varrone to stop the No. 183 AF Corse car at Tertre Rouge turn.[42][45] Masson led LMGT3 with a 3:57.808 time on his final lap of the session.[45]Brendan Iribe's No. 70Inception Racing McLaren was second and was fastest for most of the session until Masson's lap.[43][45] Arnold Robin's No. 78 Akkodis ASP Lexus caused a stoppage when the car stopped at the side of theMulsanne Straight whileMichael Wainwright pulled the No. 86 GR Racing Ferrari to the side of the straight due to a complete loss of power that could not be rectified, causing a Slow Zone.[42][45]

Callum Ilott damaged the tub of the No. 12Hertz Team JotaPorsche 963 in an accident in the first practice session, leading to the chassis being replaced.

A second session, lasting two hours, followed that evening.[3]Sébastien Buemi's No. 8 Toyota was fastest with a time of 3:27.474 set early on.[46] Kubica's No 83 Ferrari, Estre's No. 6 Penske Porsche,Norman Nato's No. 12 Jota Porsche andNicolas Lapierre's No. 36 Alpine were second to fifth.[47] Dries Vanthoor mounted thekerb too hard at Indianapolis corner, crashing into the tyre barrier with less than 20 minutes remaining. He drove the No. 15 BMW to the pit lane for repairs without help. Nato's co-driver Ilott went off at Tertre Rouge corner, damaging the No. 12 Jota Porsche's chassis insert stud mounting on the bottom front-rightwishbone against the barrier just before the session ended.[46][47][48] Ilott was unhurt.[49]Malthe Jakobsen's No. 37 Cool car led LMP2 with a 3:35.386 lap. Jakobsen demoted initial class pacesetter Jarvis to second whileScott Huffaker's No. 65 Panis entry was third.[47][50] Going into Indianapolis corner, Hyett stopped the AO by TF car with a detached wheel.[46] Four different manufacturers took the first four places in LMGTE.[46]Dennis Olsen's No. 88 Proton Ford led the category with a 3:58.689 lap, 0.027 seconds faster thanMarco Sørensen's No. 777D'station Racing Aston Martin and Farfus's No. 31 BMW.[47]

The No. 12 Jota Porsche's chassis was damaged beyond repair as a result of Ilott's accident, thus the team had to acquire a replacementchassis from Penske.[51] The stewards granted Jota permission to test the new car at nearby Le Mans Arnage Airport on the evening of 14 June.[48]

A third three-hour session was held the next afternoon in overcast weather and teams worked onracing setups and long runs.[3][52][53] Five separate manufacturers had the first five places,[53] withAntonio Fuoco's No. 50 Ferrari fastest with a 3:27.283 lap set when the session ended.[54] Estre was second, with Dries Vanthoor third, andSébastien Bourdais's No. 3 Cadillac fourth, separated by two-tenths of a second from Fuoco.[53]Mathias Beche's No. 65 Panis car paced LMP2 with a 3:37.217 lap despite his co-drivers Sales spinning into the tyre barrier at the exit of the Ford chicane and Huffaker got stuck in the gravel trap at Indianapolis corner.[52][53][55] Following Beche was Vesti's No. 47 Cool and Delétraz's No. 14 AO by TF entries.[54]Grégoire Saucy's No. 59 United Autosports McLaren led LMGT3 at 3:57.558 despite co-driverJames Cottingham going backwards into the barrier at Tertre Rouge corner after entering the grass. The session was stopped and the car was recovered to the pit lane.[54][55] Soon later,Frederik Schandorff's No. 70 Inception McLaren stopped at the exit to Mulsanne corner with an acceleration fault.Franck Perera's No. 60 Iron Lynx Lamborghini andDaniel Serra's No. 86 GR Ferrari were second and third in class.[54]

The last hour-long session began 30 minutes later than planned that evening owing to an accident in theRoad to Le Mans support race. Rain fell on the track towards the session's end, meaning teams installedwet-weather tyres.[3][56][57] Hartley set the fastest overall lap of 3:29.451 20 minutes in. Molina's No. 50 Ferrari was second with Sheldon van der Linde's No. 20 BMW third.[58]Mikkel Jensen's No. 93 Peugeot was fourth with Dries Vanthoor fifth.[59] Hanley led LMP2 with a time of 3:37.121 set in the opening minutes.[58]Fabio Scherer's No. 24 Nielsen Racing and Siegel's No. 23 United Autosports USA entries were second and third in class. Masson led LMGTE with a 3:58.755 fromMarino Sato's No. 95 United Autosports McLaren andBen Barker's No. 77 Proton Ford.[56][59]

Qualifying

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Divided into two sessions, an initial one-hour qualifying session decided the race's starting order, except for the fastest eight vehicles in each class, who qualified for a half-hour shootout, "Le Mans Hyperpole," which determinedpole position in all three classes. Every Hypercar started upfront, regardless of lap time, followed by LMP2 and LMGT3. The eight qualifying Hyperpole cars were ordered by fastest Hyperpole-session lap time first, followed by the other non-qualifying class vehicles by fastest lap time set during the first qualifying session.[16]

The No. 7Toyota GR010 Hybrid had all of its lap times deleted in the first qualifying session because driverKamui Kobayashi caused qualifying to be stopped after spinning into thegravel trap.

Heavy traffic was a factor during the session.[60] Dries Vanthoor set the quickest Hypercar time of 3:24.465 with less than ten minutes remaining by going very fast in the lastsector despite a very slow first sector.[61][62] Bourdais was fastest until Vanthoor dropped him to second, while Fuoco took third.[61] Kobayashi was fourth until race control deleted all of the No. 7 Toyota's lap times after he spun into the gravel trap at the exit of the last Porsche Curves turn (Karting) with two minutes remaining, causing qualifying to be stopped and prevented teams from doing a final run.[61][63][64] This meant the No. 7 Toyota started from the back of the Hypercar grid.[63]Paul-Loup Chatin's No. 36 Alpine was moved to fourth, ahead of Lynn's repaired No. 2 Cadillac.[61][65] The final three Hypercar qualifiers wereAlessandro Pier Guidi's No. 51 Ferrari, Estre's No. 6 (despite an error at Mulsanne corner in the final ten minutes) Penske Porsche and Ilott's No. 12 Jota Porsche after Kobayashi's lap times were deleted.[61][63][65] The LMP2 Hyperpole qualifiers were Jakobsen's No. 37 Cool, Delétraz's No. 14 AO by TF, Hanley's No. 23 United Autosports, Beche's No. 65 Panis, Van Utiert's No. 28 IDEC,Patrick Pilet's No. 10 Vector Sport,Laurents Hörr's No. 33DKR Engineering and Jarvis's No. 22 United Autosport entries.[65][66] In LMGT3, Barker's No. 77 Proton Ford, Schandorff's No. 70 Inception McLaren,Daniel Juncadella's No. 82 TF Corvette, Perera's No. 60 Iron Lynx Lamborghini, Bachler's No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche, Riberas's No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin, Larry ten Voorde's No. 66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari and Sørensen's No. 777 D'station Aston Martin advanced to Hyperpole.[61][66]

Kévin Estre secured the firstpole position for Porsche at Le Mans since2016.

The Hyperpole session began 35 minutes late due to an accident in the first Road to Le Mans support race, which damaged the Armco barrier between the Mulsanne and Indianapolis turns.[67][68] When qualifying began, in dark, cloudy weather, Ferrari and Cadillac were the early pacesetters, before Estre qualified the No. 6 Penske Porsche on pole position with a 3:24.634 lap on his category's final lap of the session,[69][70] having slipstreamed Delétraz's LMP2 car into Indianapolis turn to run faster and using electrical power while saving fuel.[71][72] It was Porsche's first Le Mans pole since2016 and their 19th overall.[73] Lynn took second in the No. 2 Cadillac and held pole position until Estre's lap.[70] His teammate Bourdais drove the sister No. 3 car to third with a lap set on his third fast lap halfway through Hyperpole.[68][72] He did not set any other laps after the session was restarted following a stoppage because the halt interrupted his second run and he did not have enough fuel to return to the track.[72][73][74] Pier Guidi was Ferrari's fastest driver, placing fourth. Fuoco's sister No. 50 entry was fifth after aborting his final run due to a mistake at the Dunlop chicane that forced him to abort a lap. Chatin's No. 36 Alpine was sixth.[68][69][70] Dries Vanthoor on a second set of tyres understeered the No. 15 BMW heavily into the tyre wall at Indianapolis corner and Hyperpole was stopped with 7 minutes and 41 seconds left as the car needed extricating.[68][69][75] Vanthoor's lap times were consequently invalidated.[73] and qualifying resumed approximately 10 minutes later.[71] The No. 12 Jota Porsche did not participate in the session as it was being rebuilt from its second practice session accident.[75] Delétraz's No. 14 AO by TF car took the LMP2 pole with a 3:33.217 lap on his final run in his first Le Mans pole position. Van Utiert's No. 28 IDEC entry was second after battling Delétraz for pole late in Hyperpole.[69][70] Following in third to fifth were Beche's No. 65 Panis car and the United Autosports pair of Hanley and Jarvis. In the first LMGT3 category qualifying session at Le Mans, Iribe drove the No. 70 Inception McLaren to the team's and marque's first pole position, lapping at 3:58.120.[73][75] He tried to lap faster, but he went too fast and spun after the Ford chicane on his last quick lap.[69][73] Malykhin's No. 92 Manthey Porsche secured second and Giacomo Petrobelli's No. 66 Ferrari took third.[70]

Following Hyperpole, the No. 2 Cadillac was demoted five places on the grid due to a penalty imposed when driverEarl Bamber collided with an LMGT3-category BMW at the previous6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.[74]

Qualifying results

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Pole positions in each class are denoted inbold.

Final qualifying classification
PosClassNo.TeamQualifyingHyperpoleGrid[76]
1Hypercar6Porsche Penske Motorsport3:25.0513:24.6341
2Hypercar2Cadillac Racing3:24.9933:24.7827[Q 1]
3Hypercar3Cadillac Racing3:24.6423:24.8162
4Hypercar51FerrariAF Corse3:25.0493:25.1563
5Hypercar50FerrariAF Corse3:24.7313:25.5984
6Hypercar35Alpine Endurance Team3:24.8723:25.7135
7Hypercar15BMW M Team WRT3:24.465No time6
8Hypercar12Hertz Team Jota3:25.145No time8
9Hypercar36Alpine Endurance Team3:25.2789
10Hypercar5Porsche Penske Motorsport3:25.30710
11Hypercar8Toyota Gazoo Racing3:25.44611
12Hypercar83AF Corse3:25.76612
13Hypercar63LamborghiniIron Lynx3:25.97313
14Hypercar99Proton Competition3:25.99214
15Hypercar93Peugeot TotalEnergies3:26.19515
16Hypercar20BMW M Team WRT3:26.22316
17Hypercar38Hertz Team Jota3:26.29017
18Hypercar311Whelen Cadillac Racing3:26.31118
19Hypercar4Porsche Penske Motorsport3:26.36219
20Hypercar94Peugeot TotalEnergies3:27.25120
21Hypercar19LamborghiniIron Lynx3:27.65521
22Hypercar11Isotta Fraschini3:29.86522
23Hypercar7Toyota Gazoo RacingNo time23
24LMP2 Pro-Am14AO byTF3:33.1343:33.21724
25LMP228IDEC Sport3:34.2153:33.82725
26LMP2 Pro-Am65Panis Racing3:33.8273:34.05326
27LMP2 Pro-Am23United Autosports USA3:33.4303:34.22127
28LMP222United Autosports3:34.4803:34.27028
29LMP237Cool Racing3:32.8273:34.77329
30LMP2 Pro-Am33DKR Engineering3:34.3303:35.69930
31LMP210Vector Sport3:34.2623:35.85531
32LMP2 Pro-Am183AF Corse3:34.76732
33LMP224Nielsen Racing3:34.79433
34LMP234Inter Europol Competition3:34.88534
35LMP29Proton Competition3:34.96335
36LMP2 Pro-Am30Duqueine Team3:35.07036
37LMP2 Pro-Am47Cool Racing3:35.36037
38LMP225Algarve Pro Racing3:35.47438
39LMP2 Pro-Am45CrowdStrike Racing byAPR3:39.22239
40LMGT370Inception Racing3:55.4063:58.12040
41LMGT392Manthey PureRxcing3:56.1893:58.92841
42LMGT366JMW Motorsport3:56.4433:58.93842
43LMGT377Proton Competition3:55.2633:59.44343
44LMGT327Heart of Racing Team3:56.2433:59.65544
45LMGT3777D'station Racing3:56.5004:02.78745
46LMGT382TF Sport3:56.1054:03.68146
47LMGT360Iron Lynx3:56.1534:06.49547
48LMGT385Iron Dames3:56.53048
49LMGT387Akkodis ASP Team3:56.56149
50LMGT359United Autosports3:56.71050
51LMGT346Team WRT3:56.73851
52LMGT354Vista AF Corse3:56.78052
53LMGT344Proton Competition3:56.83653
54LMGT331Team WRT3:56.94754
55LMGT391Manthey EMA3:57.02655
56LMGT388Proton Competition3:57.22156
57LMGT381TF Sport3:57.29657
58LMGT395United Autosports3:57.31358
59LMGT3155Spirit of Race3:57.34959
60LMGT378Akkodis ASP Team3:57.44160
61LMGT355Vista AF Corse3:58.28261
62LMGT386GR RacingNo time62
Sources:[77][78][79]
  1. ^The No. 2 Cadillac Racing entry qualified second but began from seventh due to a five-place grid penalty, received after the6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps for a collision with an LMGT3-category car.[74]

Warm-up

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The rear of the No. 78 Akkodis ASP TeamLexus RC F GT3 was damaged by the No. 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid in the warm-up session.

On 15 June, a 15-minute warm-up session was held at midday in overcast and cool weather with rain falling towards the end.[3][80] Kubica's No. 83 Ferrari recorded the fastest lap time of 3:29.260.Antonio Giovinazzi's sister No. 51 Ferrari was second followed byCharles Milesi's No. 35 Alpine and Laurens Vanthoor's No. 6 Penske Porsche. The fastest LMP2 lap was a 3:36.884 set byBen Barnicoat's No. 183 AF Corse entry and Serra's No. 86 GR Ferrari was quickest in LMGT3 at 3:58.198.[81] De Vries damaged the front of the No. 7 Toyota against Kelvin van der Linde's No. 78 Akkodis ASP Lexus and half-spun after being caught out by a group of cars slowing ahead of him at the exit of the Porsche Curves. De Vries returned to the pit lane to replace the Toyota's front end. The stewards penalised Van Der Linde with a suspended stop-and-go penalty as he was judged chiefly to blame for the accident. Naveen Rao's No. 47 Cool LMP2 car and Bourdais' No. 3 Cadillac collided at the first Mulsanne Straight chicane, although both drivers continued.[80][81]

Race

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Start and early hours

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The air temperature ranged from 12.5 to 18.8 °C (54.5 to 65.8 °F), while the track temperature was 13.5 to 22.8 °C (56.3 to 73.0 °F).[82] There were 329,000 spectators in attendance.[83] At 16:00Central European Summer Time,FIFA World Cup winning footballerZinedine Zidane waved theFrench tricolour to begin the race,[84] which was led by the pole-sitting Laurens Vanthoor.[83][85] 62 cars were scheduled to start,[85] but the No. 78 Akkodis Lexus began from the pit lane because it was being repaired after its warm-up accident with the No. 7 Toyota.[86] Nielsen drove the No. 50 Ferrari from fourth to first on the first lap, while Giovinazzi's sister No. 51 car moved to second by lap four. Following the first round of pit stops, Vanthoor's No. 6 Penske Porsche reclaimed the race lead, but Nielsen retook it on the Mulsanne Straight.[87] The No. 50 Ferrari, on the other hand, received a ten-second stop-and-go penalty at its next pit stop for releasing Nielsen into the path of Bourdais' No. 3 Cadillac in the fast lane.[88]Bent Viscaal's No. 9 Proton car took the LMP2 class lead from Delétraz's No. 9 AO by TF car when the first hour was over after a faster pit stop since it was released with the same set of tyres as the race began.[89][90]

In the second hour, a rain shower fell on areas of the circuit, causing some cars to lose grip on the wet track.[91] Many teams chose to install wet-weather tyres on their cars and briefly lapped faster than others, while some stayed on the track because it remained mostly dry.[91][92] Nielsen's and Kubica's No. 50 and 83 Ferraris battled for the race lead, exchanging places until Nielsen was able to go ahead when Kubica was delayed by slower cars leaving Tertre Rouge corner.[92][93] Ten Voorde's No. 66 JMW Ferrari was the fastest in LMGT3 at the time, taking the lead fromChristopher Mies's No. 44 Proton Ford.[92] In the third hour,Thomas Flohr lost control of the rear of the No. 54 AF Corse Ferrari and struck the outside barriers at the Dunlop chicane. Flohr was unhurt, however the car was retired due to excessive damage.[94][95] As a result, a slow zone was enforced, and the subsequent pit stop cycle movedRobert Shwartzman's No. 83 Ferrari to the race lead, gradually pulling away from Christensen's No. 5 Penske Porsche.[91]Clément Novalak's No. 34 Inter Europol vehicle andRyan Cullen's No. 10 Vector car battled for the LMP2 lead during the pit stop cycle after both cars were not taken into the pit lane for wet-weather tyres, gaining significant time as a result.[93][96]

The LMGT3 lead also became a battle between Masson's No. 87 Akkodis Lexus,[96]Morris Schuring and laterRichard Lietz's No. 91 Manthey EMA Porsche,Valentino Rossi andAhmad Al Harthy's No. 46 WRT BMW and Malykhin's No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing as different teams opted to run Bronze-rated drivers at certain points and run tyres for two stints.[97][98] Novalak's No. 34 Inter Europol car was forced to enter the pit lane slowly due to a detached left front wheel, and it dropped off the LMP2 lead lap during the fourth hour.[98][99]Ferdinand Habsburg pulled the No. 35 Alpine to the side of the track in the run-off area near the exit of Arnage corner in the fifth hour, with smoke billowing from the car's rear.[100][101] Cool Racing's No. 37 entry and Richelmi's No. 10 Vector car traded the lead in LMP2 between pit stops because to the amount of time Vector had lost changing tyres until Cool driverRitomo Miyata was relieved by Fluxá.[97][102][103] Lapierre brought the No. 36 Alpine into the garage, and it was retired due to a rear driveshaft problem.[103][104]

Night to morning

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The No. 15WRTBMW M Hybrid V8 was forced to retire because of a collision between driverDries Vanthoor andAF Corse'sRobert Kubica in the seventh hour.

As night fell, Kubica's No. 83 Ferrari was lapping Dries Vanthoor's No. 15 BMW (who had cold tyres) into Mulsanne Corner when the two cars crashed while both overtaking the slower LMGT3-category Pure Rxcing Porsche.[105][106] Vanthoor collided with the outside Armco barriers, causing substantial damage to the BMW's front. The car was immediately retired and Vanthoor exited unaided but was sent to the medical centre for checks and was released after saying his left foot was in pain.[107][108] Race control dispatched the safety cars for the first time in the event to clean up debris, repair the barrier and recover the damaged BMW.[106][108] The stewards assessed the event and determined Kubica was at fault for the crash, imposing a 30-second stop-and-go penalty on the No. 83 Ferrari.[108] Just as the safety cars were recalled after more than 90 minutes, rain returned to the circuit, prompting some teams to pit for wet-weather tyres in the ninth hour. Kubica took the No. 83 Ferrari's 30-second stop-and-go penalty and dropped to sixth place, promoting Hirakawa's No. 8 Toyota to the overall lead.[109][110] Al Harthy's No. 46 WRT BMW collided with the tyre wall at the Forest Esses after losing control on a damp white line while on slick tyres. The car's crash and following water leak caused it to retire from the race.[109][111]

The overall lead became a duel between the No. 8 Toyota and the No. 6 Penske Porsche, with both teams following each other nose to tail for several laps.[112][113] Miyata's class-leading No. 37 Cool LMP2 car spun after the tenth hour began, and Pilet's No. 10 Vector entry received a drive-through penalty for a slow zone infringement caused bySalih Yoluç's No. 66 JMW Ferrari stopping at the exit to the Porsche Curves and being moved behind a wall.[112][113] In the 11th hour,David Heinemeier Hansson's No. 24 Nielsen LMP2 entry attempted to passZacharie Robichon's No. 77 LMGT3-class Proton Ford on the inside at the Forest Esses, but both cars collided. Both went into the gravel and required extraction, leaving Nielsen's car out of contention for the LMP2 class win.[114][115] These events promoted Varrone's No. 183 AF Corse car to the LMP2 class lead, with Siegel's No. 22 United car second in category.[113] LMGT3 remained a close battle between the No. 59 United McLaren, the No. 92 Manthey PureRxing Porsche, the No. 91 Manthey Racing Porsche, and the two Akkodis Lexuses.[112][115][116]

Rain returned to the circuit during the 12th hour, and its increasing intensity prompted the deployment of safety cars for the second time, closing the fields in all three categories. Every team thus switched to wet-weather tyres.[113][117] Incessant rainfall and reduced visibility in the night forced the race director to keep the safety cars on the circuit for longer than expected but the race was not stopped.[118][119] Each of the three safety cars had to be refuelled before being replaced by reserve safety cars on the start/finish straight. LMP2 and LMGT3 teams fielded Bronze or Silver-rated drivers to comply with the stipulation that they had to complete six hours of driving and plan driver deployment tactics for the remainder of the event.[119] The brake lights of the cars ahead of them dazzled the drivers.[118] De Vries' No. 7 Toyota was examined for rejoining behind the incorrect safety car after relievingJosé María López. He re-entered the pit lane to fix the error by joining behind the right line of vehicles as agreed with race control and stewards.[119][120]

The No. 92Manthey Pure RxcingPorsche 911 GT3 R (992) was a contender for the LMGT3 class victory until a gear selection fault dropped it down the class order.

The safety car stint lasted four hours and 26 minutes,[121] making it the longest single safety car deployment in race history. It also broke the race record for the most time spent behind the safety car.[122] Bachler drove the LMGT3-leading No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche into pit lane with a gear selection issue that took 25 minutes to fix. The stop left the car five laps down in class, allowing Lietz's sister No. 91 Manthey EMA Porsche to take the lead. De Vries' No. 7 Toyota made an unscheduled pit stop due to poor visibility caused by oil on the windscreen.[121][123] In the 18th hour, Nasr lost control of the No. 4 Penske Porsche and collided with the tyre barrier entering Indianapolis turn. The car was retired from the race, and a slow zone was needed while marshals repaired the barriers.[123][124] Laurens Vanthoor made a pit stop when the slow zone was in effect, and the time saved earned the No. 6 Penske Porsche the race lead over Hirakawa's No. 8 Toyota.[125]

Mancinelli's No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin was being lapped by the No. 51 LMH Ferrari when he lost control on a wet patch. He collided at high speed with the inside tyre wall backwards at Indianapolis corner, and his car landed upside down after going airborne. Mancinelli was unhurt, but safety cars were dispatched for the third time to recover the vehicle and repair the barrier.[123][124] Some cars suffered issues during the third safety car period.Nico Müller ran wide and crashed the No. 93 Peugeot into the tyre barrier at the Indianapolis turn, while Dixon's No. 3 Cadillac stopped with an oil leak caused by a punctured oil tank on the Mulsanne Straight but was able to return to the garage on electric power, where the car was retired, extending the safety car period while it was tended to.[83][126][127][128] When racing resumed, it became a four-car duel between Ferrari, Porsche, Toyota and Cadillac for the overall lead.[126] The LMP2 category remained competitive, with the No. 34 Inter Europol, No. 10 Vector, and No. 28 IDEC cars competing for the class lead, while LMGT3 became a two-car battle between the No. 91 Manthey EMA Porsche and No. 31 WRT BMW.[128]

Afternoon to finish

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AF Corse's No. 83 Ferrari was forced to retire from the battle for the win because of amotor–generator unit fault.

Shwartzman brought the No. 83 Ferrari into the pit lane and moved it into the garage with smoke coming from the brakes due to amotor–generator unit malfunction on the front axle in the 21st hour, forcing the car to retire.[129][130][131] Rain returned to the track before the end of the following hour, and teams switched back to wet-weather tyres. Jarvis's No. 22 United entry took the lead in the LMP2 category during the pit stop cycle. Hartley's No. 8 Toyota lost time in pit lane due to a defective wheel gun that was unable to install the front-right tyre.[131][132] Nielsen's No. 50 Ferrari was investigated for a probable unsafe release into the path of the No. 37 Cool LMP2 car but was not penalised.[132][133] Soon after,Pier Guidi's No. 51 Ferrari collided with Hartley's No. 8 Toyota the right-hand Mulsanne circuit, as Pier Guidi attempted to overtake Hartley on the inside for second. The accident sent Hartley spinning to the inside of the turn, and the No. 8 Toyota dropped to sixth place after losing about 35 seconds on that lap and five on the following lap as he generated heat in his tyres.[83][132][134]

López's No. 7 Toyota gained on Pier Guidi's No. 51 Ferrari and attempted to pass the Ferrari for second place at the Dunlop Chicane, but the two cars collided. He then slipstreamed by Pier Guidi on the Mulsanne Straight and took second into the first chicane. The right-hand side door on the No. 50 Ferrari struggled to stay shut, and Nielsen attempted to close it harder but was unsuccessful. The race director and black-and-white warning flags directed Nielsen to make a pit stop to repair the broken door, promoting López's No. 7 Toyota to the race lead and dropping Nielsen to fifth. The No. 51 Ferrari received a five-second time penalty to be served at its next pit stop after being determined to have caused the accident with the No. 8 Toyota. Nielsen's No. 50 Ferrari was out of the typical pit stop sequence compared to the rest of the Hypercar field, allowing him to reclaim the overall lead once the other cars made pit stops.[83][134][135] Toyota kept López in the No. 7 vehicle rather than replacing him with Kobayashi due to his experience with the car's performance in the rain.[118]

Nielsen employed a strategy that saw him conserve fuel and battery usage while under pressure from López's No. 7 Toyota, despite López's need to change the Toyota's power cycle after exiting the pit lane. He crossed the finish line first, securing victory for the No. 50 Ferrari team after 311 laps.[83][136][137] It was Fuoco's, Molina's and Nielsen's first overall Le Mans win,[138] Ferrari's 11th and its second in succession.[136] They finished 14.2 seconds ahead of the second-placed No. 7 Toyota, which suffered three slow punctures and a turbocharger boost fault caused by a sensor issue. The No. 51 Ferrari completed the overall podium in third.[83][138] The No. 22 United Autosports entry earned its first LMP2 win since2020 and second in the category, 18.651 seconds ahead of Inter Europol's No. 34 entry and 33 seconds ahead of the third-placed No. 28 IDEC team.[139] The No. 183 AF Corse squad won the LMP2 Pro-Am category by two laps over the No. 14 AO by TF team, despite finishing fourth overall in class due to a lack of pace in wet conditions.[140][141] Porsche won the first LMGT3 race at Le Mans, its first category win since2022, with the No. 91 Manthey EMA car finishing one lap ahead of the No. 31 WRT BMW.[142] A record number of cars, nine, finished on the lead lap.[143]

Post-race

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The No. 50 Ferrari 499P being driven towards thepit lane exit after winning the race.

The top three teams from each of the four classes appeared on the podium to collect their awards and had individual press conferences.[16] Nielsen said that "It was one of the toughest races I've ever done" because of the changeable conditions and the door issue.[144] Fuoco added his team were prepared and said "It is still not easy to understand what we have managed to achieve."[144] Molina praised the last switch to wet-weather tyres and was proud of his team, "We've been looking for this result for so long, and we are really proud. Today was our day, actually! We experienced some tense moments, but we could go through them. And at the end, the result was here."[145] De Vries said he felt "bittersweet" about coming second because of the No. 7 Toyota team's technical troubles, "We could have maybe had a closer shot. But at the end of the day, that's part of racing."[145] López argued that Toyota had the pace to win and described the event as "the hardest one I have ever experienced."[146] Calado confessed Ferrari underperformed in the wet compared to the dry, adding that strategy errors put his team "on the back foot through the race."[83]

Siegel compared his failure to qualify for theIndianapolis 500 to winning the LMP2 class at Le Mans, "Pretty cool to have had the opportunity to compete in the two biggest races in the world in the same year and for the first time for both of them. Two pretty polar opposite results, so it has definitely been interesting, but extremely grateful to have won here."[147] Jarvis described the race as the most difficult of his career due to the changing track conditions, saying there were times when he was unsure if he would win or crash.[148] Lietz commented on his fifth Le Mans GT class victory, "To be honest, always when you were there, you were like, 'This is really, really nice.' You know all these people. And it's the one place you want to come back every year."[149] His co-driverYasser Shahin remarked "We're pleased Le Mans chose us this year" and Schuring added "Winning Le Mans is a dream; anyone would sign up for that."[150]

WRT team principal Vincent Vosse and Dries Vanthoor argued the 30-second stop-and-go penalty issued on Kubica for his seventh-hour collision with Vanthoor was too lenient; Vosse added he would have lobbied for a three or five-minute time penalty, putting the No. 83 Ferrari one lap behind.[151] Vanthoor stated on a podcast that he believed Kubica purposely caused the accident based on his post-accident behaviour. He received hate messages on social media accusing him of failing to comply withblue flags when the quicker Kubica was behind him, but said he had ample time inside two sectors to let Kubica pass. Kubica denied causing the accident on purpose, saying attempting to hit another car at high speed would have jeopardised his chances of winning.[152] He said of the blue flags that "there are drivers in slower cars who want to prove themselves at all costs. I don't know why" after highlighting the difference in blue flag rules in different series.[152]

Ferrari global head of endurance Antonello Coletta believed the win came after learning from an error it made at the6 Hours of Imola when it lost a certain win by keeping their cars on track with dry tyres despite being fastest overall.[153] According to Porsche LMDh factory director Urs Kuratle, the German marque lacked top speed compared to their rivals and made strategy errors with regards what tyres to use in the changing conditions.[154] Hartley stated the No. 8 Toyota's late-race spin eliminated him and his co-drivers from contention for the win in the final hours.[146] Christensen believed Ferrari and Toyota went faster during race week to beat Porsche, while the marque's motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach said that the pace was substantially different from that observed during practice, "If other competitors didn't want to show everything in the practice that's of no meaning to me."[155]

Estre, Lotterer and Vanthoor remained atop the Hypercar Drivers' Championship with 99 points, while race winners Fuoco, Molina and Nielsen move from fifth to second, nine points behind. Lietz, Shahin and Schuring moved into joint first in the Endurance Trophy for LMGT3 Drivers, tied with Bachler, Sturm and Malykhin on points.[5] Porsche maintained its lead in the Hypercar World Endurance Championship, but Ferrari reduced the gap to nine points. Hertz Team Jota increased their lead in the World Cup for Hypercar Teams to 50 points over Proton Competition and Manthey EMA became the joint leaders of the Endurance Trophy for LMGT3 Teams with Manthey PureRxcing with four races remaining in the season.[5]

Official results

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70 per cent of the overall race winner's distance) was 217 laps. Class winners are denoted inbold and ‡.[N 1][83][157]

Final race classification
PosClassNo.TeamDriversChassisTyreLapsTime/Reason
Engine
1Hypercar50ItalyFerrariAF CorseItalyAntonio Fuoco
SpainMiguel Molina
DenmarkNicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 499PM31124:01:55.856‡
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
2Hypercar7JapanToyota Gazoo RacingJapanKamui Kobayashi
ArgentinaJosé María López
NetherlandsNyck de Vries
Toyota GR010 HybridM311+14.221
ToyotaH8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
3Hypercar51ItalyFerrariAF CorseUnited KingdomJames Calado
ItalyAntonio Giovinazzi
ItalyAlessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 499PM311+36.730
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
4Hypercar6GermanyPorsche Penske MotorsportFranceKévin Estre
GermanyAndré Lotterer
BelgiumLaurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963M311+37.897
Porsche9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
5Hypercar8JapanToyota Gazoo RacingSwitzerlandSébastien Buemi
New ZealandBrendon Hartley
JapanRyō Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 HybridM311+1:02.824
ToyotaH8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
6Hypercar5GermanyPorsche Penske MotorsportAustraliaMatt Campbell
DenmarkMichael Christensen
FranceFrédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 963M311+1:45.654
Porsche9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
7Hypercar2United StatesCadillac RacingNew ZealandEarl Bamber
United KingdomAlex Lynn
SpainÁlex Palou
Cadillac V-Series.RM311+2:34.468
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
8Hypercar12United KingdomHertz Team JotaUnited KingdomCallum Ilott
FranceNorman Nato
United KingdomWill Stevens
Porsche 963M311+3:02.691
Porsche9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
9Hypercar38United KingdomHertz Team JotaUnited KingdomJenson Button
United KingdomPhil Hanson
DenmarkOliver Rasmussen
Porsche 963M311+3:36.756
Porsche9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
10Hypercar63ItalyLamborghiniIron LynxItalyMirko Bortolotti
Daniil Kvyat[N 2]
ItalyEdoardo Mortara
Lamborghini SC63M309+2 laps
Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8
11Hypercar94FrancePeugeot TotalEnergiesUnited KingdomPaul di Resta
FranceLoïc Duval
BelgiumStoffel Vandoorne
Peugeot 9X8M309+2 laps
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
12Hypercar93FrancePeugeot TotalEnergiesDenmarkMikkel Jensen
SwitzerlandNico Müller
FranceJean-Éric Vergne
Peugeot 9X8M309+2 laps
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
13Hypercar19ItalyLamborghiniIron LynxItalyMatteo Cairoli
ItalyAndrea Caldarelli
FranceRomain Grosjean
Lamborghini SC63M309+2 laps
Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8
14Hypercar11ItalyIsotta FraschiniThailandCarl Bennett
CanadaAntonio Serravalle
FranceJean-Karl Vernay
Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6-CM302+9 laps
Isotta Fraschini 3.0 L Turbo V6
15LMP222United KingdomUnited AutosportsUnited StatesBijoy Garg
United KingdomOliver Jarvis
United StatesNolan Siegel
Oreca 07G297+14 laps‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16LMP234PolandInter Europol CompetitionGrenadaVladislav Lomko[N 2]
FranceClément Novalak
PolandJakub Śmiechowski
Oreca 07G297+14 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
17LMP228FranceIDEC SportFranceReshad de Gerus
FrancePaul Lafargue
NetherlandsJob van Uitert
Oreca 07G297+14 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18LMP2 (Pro-Am)183ItalyAF CorseUnited KingdomBen Barnicoat
FranceFrançois Perrodo
ArgentinaNicolás Varrone
Oreca 07G297+14 laps‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
19LMP210United KingdomVector SportRepublic of IrelandRyan Cullen
FrancePatrick Pilet
MonacoStéphane Richelmi
Oreca 07G297+14 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
20LMP2 (Pro-Am)14United StatesAO byTFSwitzerlandLouis Delétraz
United StatesP. J. Hyett
United KingdomAlex Quinn
Oreca 07G295+16 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
21LMP2 (Pro-Am)33LuxembourgDKR EngineeringAustriaRené Binder
GermanyLaurents Hörr
GermanyAlexander Mattschull
Oreca 07G295+16 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
22LMP225PortugalAlgarve Pro RacingUnited KingdomOlli Caldwell
CanadaRoman De Angelis
LiechtensteinMatthias Kaiser
Oreca 07G294+17 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
23LMP2 (Pro-Am)65FrancePanis RacingSwitzerlandMathias Beche
United StatesScott Huffaker
United StatesRodrigo Sales
Oreca 07G293+18 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
24LMP2 (Pro-Am)47SwitzerlandCool RacingUnited KingdomMatt Bell
United States Naveen Rao
DenmarkFrederik Vesti
Oreca 07G291+20 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
25LMP224United KingdomNielsen RacingDenmarkDavid Heinemeier Hansson
SwitzerlandFabio Scherer
Cayman IslandsKyffin Simpson
Oreca 07G291+20 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
26LMP237SwitzerlandCool RacingSpainLorenzo Fluxá
DenmarkMalthe Jakobsen
JapanRitomo Miyata
Oreca 07G289+22 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
27LMGT391GermanyManthey EMAAustriaRichard Lietz
NetherlandsMorris Schuring
AustraliaYasser Shahin
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)G281+30 laps‡
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
28LMGT331BelgiumTeam WRTBrazilAugusto Farfus
IndonesiaSean Gelael
United KingdomDarren Leung
BMW M4 GT3G280+31 laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
29Hypercar311United StatesWhelen Cadillac RacingUnited KingdomJack Aitken
BrazilPipo Derani
BrazilFelipe Drugovich
Cadillac V-Series.RM280+31 laps
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
30LMGT388GermanyProton CompetitionNorwayDennis Olsen
DenmarkMikkel O. Pedersen
ItalyGiorgio Roda
Ford Mustang GT3G280+31 laps
FordCoyote 5.4 L V8
31LMGT344GermanyProton CompetitionUnited Kingdom John Hartshorne
GermanyChristopher Mies
United KingdomBen Tuck
Ford Mustang GT3G280+31 laps
FordCoyote 5.4 L V8
32LMGT385ItalyIron DamesBelgiumSarah Bovy
SwitzerlandRahel Frey
DenmarkMichelle Gatting
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2G279+32 laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
33LMGT355ItalyVista AF CorseFrance François Heriau
United StatesSimon Mann
ItalyAlessio Rovera
Ferrari 296 GT3G279+32 laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
34LMGT378FranceAkkodis ASP TeamTimur Boguslavskiy[N 2]
France Arnold Robin
South AfricaKelvin van der Linde
Lexus RC F GT3G279+32 laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8
35LMGT3155ItalySpirit of RaceDenmarkConrad Laursen
Denmark Johnny Laursen
United StatesJordan Taylor
Ferrari 296 GT3G279+32 laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
36LMGT3777JapanD'station RacingFranceErwan Bastard
Japan Satoshi Hoshino
DenmarkMarco Sørensen
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EvoG279+32 laps
Aston MartinM177 4.0 L Turbo V8
37LMGT387FranceAkkodis ASP TeamUnited KingdomJack Hawksworth
JapanTakeshi Kimura
FranceEsteban Masson
Lexus RC F GT3G279+32 laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8
38LMGT382United KingdomTF SportFranceSébastien Baud
SpainDaniel Juncadella
JapanHiroshi Koizumi
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.RG278+33 laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
39LMGT386United KingdomGR RacingItalyRiccardo Pera
BrazilDaniel Serra
United KingdomMichael Wainwright
Ferrari 296 GT3G278+33 laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
40LMGT370United KingdomInception RacingUnited StatesBrendan Iribe
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
DenmarkFrederik Schandorff
McLaren 720S GT3 EvoG275+36 laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
41LMGT392LithuaniaManthey PureRxcingAustriaKlaus Bachler
Saint Kitts and NevisAlex Malykhin[N 3]
GermanyJoel Sturm
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)G273+38 laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
42LMP2 (Pro-Am)23United StatesUnited Autosports USAPortugalFilipe Albuquerque
United KingdomBen Hanley
United StatesBen Keating
Oreca 07G272+39 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
43LMGT381United KingdomTF SportAngolaRui Andrade
Republic of IrelandCharlie Eastwood
BelgiumTom Van Rompuy
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.RG267+44 laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
44LMGT360ItalyIron LynxItalyMatteo Cressoni
FranceFranck Perera
ItalyClaudio Schiavoni
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2G258+53 laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
45Hypercar99GermanyProton CompetitionFranceJulien Andlauer
SwitzerlandNeel Jani
United KingdomHarry Tincknell
Porsche 963M251+60 laps
Porsche9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
46LMGT377GermanyProton CompetitionUnited KingdomBen Barker
United States Ryan Hardwick
CanadaZacharie Robichon
Ford Mustang GT3G227+84 laps
FordCoyote 5.4 L V8
NCHypercar20BelgiumBMW M Team WRTNetherlandsRobin Frijns
GermanyRené Rast
South AfricaSheldon van der Linde
BMW M Hybrid V8M96Insufficient distance
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNFHypercar83ItalyAF CorsePolandRobert Kubica
IsraelRobert Shwartzman
ChinaYifei Ye
Ferrari 499PM248Electronics
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
DNFHypercar3United StatesCadillac RacingFranceSébastien Bourdais
New ZealandScott Dixon
NetherlandsRenger van der Zande
Cadillac V-Series.RM223Mechanical
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
DNFLMGT359United KingdomUnited AutosportsBrazilNicolas Costa
United KingdomJames Cottingham
SwitzerlandGrégoire Saucy
McLaren 720S GT3 EvoG220Retired
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNFLMGT395United KingdomUnited AutosportsJapanHiroshi Hamaguchi
ChileNico Pino
JapanMarino Sato
McLaren 720S GT3 EvoG212Retired
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNFHypercar4GermanyPorsche Penske MotorsportFranceMathieu Jaminet
BrazilFelipe Nasr
United KingdomNick Tandy
Porsche 963M211Crash
Porsche9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
DNFLMGT327United StatesHeart of Racing TeamUnited KingdomIan James
ItalyDaniel Mancinelli
SpainAlex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EvoG196Crash
Aston MartinM177 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNFLMP2 (Pro-Am)45PortugalCrowdStrike Racing byAPRUnited StatesColin Braun
NetherlandsNicky Catsburg
United StatesGeorge Kurtz
Oreca 07G149Loose wheel
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNFLMP2 (Pro-Am)30FranceDuqueine TeamAustraliaJames Allen
United StatesJohn Falb
FranceJean-Baptiste Simmenauer
Oreca 07G112Engine
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNFLMGT366United Kingdom JMW MotorsportItaly Giacomo Petrobelli
NetherlandsLarry ten Voorde
TurkeySalih Yoluç
Ferrari 296 GT3G112Fuel pump
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
DNFLMGT346BelgiumTeam WRTOmanAhmad Al Harthy
BelgiumMaxime Martin
ItalyValentino Rossi
BMW M4 GT3G109Accident
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
DNFHypercar15BelgiumBMW M Team WRTSwitzerlandRaffaele Marciello
BelgiumDries Vanthoor
GermanyMarco Wittmann
BMW M Hybrid V8M102Accident
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNFHypercar36FranceAlpine Endurance TeamFranceNicolas Lapierre
GermanyMick Schumacher
FranceMatthieu Vaxivière
Alpine A424M88Engine
AlpineV634 3.4 L Turbo V6
DNFLMP29GermanyProton CompetitionFranceMacéo Capietto
GermanyJonas Ried
NetherlandsBent Viscaal
Oreca 07G86Battery
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNFHypercar35FranceAlpine Endurance TeamFrancePaul-Loup Chatin
AustriaFerdinand Habsburg
FranceCharles Milesi
Alpine A424M75Engine
AlpineV634 3.4 L Turbo V6
DNFLMGT354ItalyVista AF CorseItalyFrancesco Castellacci
SwitzerlandThomas Flohr
ItalyDavide Rigon
Ferrari 296 GT3G30Crash
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
Tyre manufacturers
Key
SymbolTyre manufacturer
GGoodyear
MMichelin

Championship standings after the race

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  • Only the top five positions are included for all championship standings.
2024 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship[5]
Pos+/-DriverPoints
1FranceKévin Estre
GermanyAndré Lotterer
BelgiumLaurens Vanthoor
99
2 3ItalyAntonio Fuoco
SpainMiguel Molina
DenmarkNicklas Nielsen
90
3JapanKamui Kobayashi
NetherlandsNyck de Vries
82
4 2United KingdomCallum Ilott
United KingdomWill Stevens
60
5 1AustraliaMatt Campbell
DenmarkMichael Christensen
FranceFrédéric Makowiecki
56
2024 Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship[5]
Pos+/-ManufacturerPoints
1GermanyPorsche108
2 1ItalyFerrari99
3 1JapanToyota96
4FranceAlpine23
5GermanyBMW21
2024 FIA World Cup for Hypercar Teams[5]
Pos+/-No.TeamPoints
112United KingdomHertz Team Jota128
2 199GermanyProton Competition71
3 183ItalyAF Corse67
438United KingdomHertz Team Jota54

2024 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGT3 Drivers[5]
Pos+/-DriverPoints
1 1AustriaRichard Lietz
AustraliaYasser Shahin
NetherlandsMorris Schuring
75
2 1AustriaKlaus Bachler
Saint Kitts and NevisAlex Malykhin
GermanyJoel Sturm
75
3 1BrazilAugusto Farfus
IndonesiaSean Gelael
United KingdomDarren Leung
73
4 1FranceErwan Bastard
DenmarkMarco Sørensen
42
5 4BelgiumSarah Bovy
DenmarkMichelle Gatting
41
2024 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGT3 Teams[5]
Pos+/-No.TeamPoints
1 591GermanyManthey EMA75
2 192LithuaniaManthey PureRxcing75
3 131BelgiumTeam WRT73
4 1777JapanD'station Racing42
5 485ItalyIron Dames41

Official recordings

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Notes

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  1. ^The race classification remained provisional until July 2024 following the completion of anAutomobile Club de l'Ouest andFédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) investigation into the compliance of components that were impounded from seven cars by both bodies during post-racescrutineering. All of the impounded components were found to comply with their technical regulations.[156]
  2. ^abcKvyat and Boguslavskiy are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following theRussian invasion of Ukraine. Lomko, also a Russian, competes under a Grenadian licence for the same reason.[158][159][160]
  3. ^Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a Kittitian licence as Belarusian national emblems were banned by the FIA following theRussian invasion of Ukraine.[158][161]

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