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2025 24 Hours of Le Mans
Round 2 of 9 of the 2025–26 FIA World Endurance Championship
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Race details
Date 14 June 2025 (2025-06-14)–15 June 2025 (2025-06-15)
Location Circuit de la Sarthe
Le Mans, Sarthe
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 13.626 km (8.467 mi)
Distance 404 laps, 5,504.904 km (3,420.589 mi)
Pole position
Driver
  • Japan Ritomo Miyata
 Toyota Gazoo Racing
Time 3:17.737
Fastest lap
Driver France Valentin Hasse-Clot Heart of Racing Team
Time 3:24.406 on lap 349
Podium
First
  • Switzerland Louis Delétraz
  • Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
  • Spain Daniel Juncadella
 Acura TF Sport
Second
  • Denmark Mikkel Jensen
  • Switzerland Nico Müller
  • France Jean-Éric Vergne
 Peugeot TotalEnergies
Third
  • Netherlands Robin Frijns
  • Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
  • Belgium Dries Vanthoor
 BMW M Team WRT

The 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans was an endurance sports car race held at the Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France on 14 and 15 June 2025. It was the second round of the 2025–26 FIA World Endurance Championship.[1]

Background

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Preview

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The FIA WEC announced their calendar for the re-instated super season during the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend, with the 24 Hours of Le Mans being the second of nine rounds.[1] It was the 93rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the thirteenth consecutive year the race was part of the FIA WEC. The 24 Hours of Le Mans was the second of nine scheduled sports car endurance races by the FIA.[1] The race took place at the 13.626 km (8.467 mi) Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France on 14 and 15 June 2025.[1]

Success ballast

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Since this was the second race of the season, success ballast was not used. All cars were held at their base weight of 1065 kilograms. Once again, lap time predictions were published by the FIA and ACO: Hypercar lap times will be set around 3 minutes, 20 seconds, and LMGT3 lap times are set around 3 minutes, 45 seconds.[2] LMP2 lap times have been set at 3 minutes and 30 seconds.[2]

Entry list

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The entry list was published on 1 May 2025, and consisted of 62 entries: 22 in Hypercar, 22 in LMP2, and 18 in LMGT3. In Hypercar, Álex Palou made his WEC debut with Cadillac Racing in the No. 2 car, after missing out on the opening race of the season. Furthermore, Nicki Thiim was replaced in the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team entry by Ryan Briscoe.[3] All other entries are the same as on the full-season entry list.[4]

On 13 June, a day before the start of the race, the No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing entry announced their withdrawal from the event after the heavy crash of Frédéric Vervisch during qualifying the day before.[5] Their spot on the grid was not filled up, but instead was left vacated.[6]

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
Hypercar (22 entries)
2 United States Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Evo New Zealand Earl Bamber Spain Álex Palou Netherlands Renger van der Zande
5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Denmark Michael Christensen France Kévin Estre Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR020 Hybrid United Kingdom Mike Conway Japan Ritomo Miyata Netherlands Nyck de Vries
8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR020 Hybrid Switzerland Sébastien Buemi New Zealand Brendon Hartley Japan Ryō Hirakawa
12 United Kingdom Red Bull Team Jota Porsche 963 United Kingdom Philip Hanson France Frédéric Makowiecki United Kingdom Will Stevens
16 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx Lamborghini SC63 Italy Matteo Cairoli Italy Andrea Caldarelli France Romain Grosjean
23 United States Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Valkyrie Australia Ryan Briscoe United Kingdom Callum Ilott Spain Alex Riberas
25 Belgium BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 Netherlands Robin Frijns Switzerland Raffaele Marciello Belgium Dries Vanthoor
27 United States Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Valkyrie France Valentin Hasse-Clot Brazil Felipe Nasr Denmark Marco Sørensen
35 France Alpine Endurance Team Alpine A424 France Nicolas Lapierre South Africa Sheldon van der Linde France Matthieu Vaxivière
36 France Alpine Endurance Team Alpine A424 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde Brazil André Negrão Germany Mick Schumacher
38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota Porsche 963 United Kingdom Jenson Button Brazil Augusto Farfus United Kingdom Alex Lynn
50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P Italy Antonio Fuoco Spain Miguel Molina Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P United Kingdom James Calado Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi China Yifei Ye
63 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx Lamborghini SC63 Italy Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Italy Edoardo Mortara
66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Fury 111 Denmark Dennis Olsen Germany Mike Rockenfeller United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Fury 111 United States Joey Hand Germany Dirk Müller Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
77 United Kingdom Acura TF Sport Acura ARX-06 Switzerland Louis Delétraz Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood Spain Daniel Juncadella
83 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 499P Poland Robert Kubica Italy Alessio Rovera Israel Robert Shwartzman
93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Peugeot 9X8 Denmark Mikkel Jensen Switzerland Nico Müller France Jean-Éric Vergne
94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Peugeot 9X8 France Loïc Duval United Kingdom Paul di Resta Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
99 Germany Proton Competition Porsche 963 France Julien Andlauer Australia Matt Campbell Switzerland Neel Jani
LMP2 (22 entries)
9 Germany Proton Competition Oreca 07 France Mathieu Jaminet Germany Jonas Ried Denmark Nicki Thiim
10 United Kingdom Vector Sport Oreca 07 France Gabriel Aubry Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen Monaco Stéphane Richelmi
14 United States AO by TF Oreca 07 United Kingdom Jack Aitken Italy Giacomo Petrabelli Japan Hideharu Yokoi
18 United States Era Motorsport Oreca 07 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel United States Dwight Merriman United States Connor Zilisch
21 United Kingdom United Autosports Oreca 07 United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis United States Josh Pierson France Jean-Karl Vernay
22 United States United Autosports USA Oreca 07 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque United Kingdom Ben Hanley United States Ben Keating
24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Oreca 07 United States John Arrieta Spain Albert Costa Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
26 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Liechtenstein Matthias Kaiser South Africa David Perel
28 France IDEC Sport Oreca 07 France Reshad de Gerus France Paul Lafargue Netherlands Job van Uitert
30 France Duqueine Team Oreca 07 Australia James Allen Brazil Pipo Derani France Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
33 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Oreca 07 Japan Ikkou Daisaki Germany Alexander Matschull Eritrea Senay Semere
34 Poland Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 France Tom Dillmann Croatia Martin Kukačka Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
37 Switzerland Cool Racing Oreca 07 United Kingdom Jude Herbert Spain Lorenzo Fluxá France Gradasso Giroux
41 United Kingdom Staysail Motorsport Oreca 07 United States Michael Dinan Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm Sweden Gustaf Lundin
43 Poland Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 Norway Ole Kristiansen Vladislav Lomko France Clément Novalak
45 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca 07 United States Colin Braun United Kingdom Thomas Chadwick United States George Kurtz
47 Switzerland Cool Racing Oreca 07 United Kingdom Matt Bell United States Naveen Rao Denmark Frederik Vesti
64 France Panis Racing Oreca 07 Norway Matias Bjerk Australia Cameron Carmichael Netherlands Ruben de Goede
65 France Panis Racing Oreca 07 France Pomeroy Bourgouin France Pierre Lussier United States Rodrigo Sales
74 United States Riley Oreca 07 Hungary Bognár Bars Switzerland Mathias Beche Sweden Waldemar Löfgren
183 Italy AF Corse Oreca 07 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat France François Perrodo Argentina Nicolás Varrone
811 United States DragonSpeed USA Oreca 07 Brazil Guilherme Fernandes Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Japan Riku Nishi
LMGT3 (18 entries)
3 United States Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo United Kingdom Ian James Germany André Lotterer Italy Daniel Mancinelli
31 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Indonesia Sean Gelael United Kingdom Darren Leung Germany Marco Wittmann
46 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Oman Ahmad Al Harthy Belgium Maxime Martin Italy Valentino Rossi
54 Italy Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Italy Francesco Castellacci Switzerland Thomas Flohr Italy Davide Rigon
55 Italy Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 France François Heriau United States Simon Mann Finland Kimi Räikkönen
59 United Kingdom United Autosports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Brazil Nicolas Costa United Kingdom James Cottingham Switzerland Grégoire Saucy
60 Italy Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Italy Matteo Cressoni France Franck Perera Italy Claudio Schiavoni
78 France Akkodis ASP Team Lexus RC F GT3 Timur Boguslavskiy Andorra Joules Gounon France Arnold Robin
81 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Angola Rui Andrade United States P. J. Hyett Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
82 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R United States Gunnar Jeannette Japan Kamui Kobayashi Japan Hiroshi Koizumi
85 Italy Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Belgium Sarah Bovy Denmark Michelle Gatting France Doriane Pin
87 France Akkodis ASP Team Lexus RC F GT3 Japan Takeshi Kimura Argentina José María López France Esteban Masson
88 Germany Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 Japan Kei Cozzolino Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen Italy Giorgio Roda
89 Germany Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 United Kingdom Ben Barker United States Ryan Hardwick Canada Zacharie Robichon
91 Germany Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Austria Richard Lietz Netherlands Morris Schuring Australia Yasser Shahin
92 Germany Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Austria Klaus Bachler Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin Germany Joel Sturm
95 United Kingdom United Autosports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo United Kingdom Josh Caygill Chile Nico Pino Japan Marino Sato
777 Japan D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo France Romain Dumas Japan Satoshi Hoshino France Clément Mateu
Source:[4][7][8]

Schedule

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Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Tuesday, 10 June 11:00 Free Practice 1
16:00 Free Practice 2
Wednesday, 11 June 13:00 Free Practice 3
22:00 Free Practice 4
Thursday, 12 June 14:00 Qualifying - LMGT3
14:20 Qualifying - LMP2
14:40 Qualifying - Hypercar
15:00 Hyperpole - LMGT3
15:20 Hyperpole - LMP2
15:40 Hyperpole - Hypercar
Friday, 13 June 09:00 Free Practice 5
21:30 Free Practice 6
Saturday, 14 June 15:00 Race
Source:[9]


Practice

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Six practice sessions were held: two on Tuesday, two on Wednesday, and two on Friday. The practice sessions on Wednesday evening and Friday evening were mandatory for all drivers to practice night-time racing. All sessions lasted 90 minutes.[10]

Practice 1

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The first practice session took place at 11:00 CEST on Tuesday and ended with Matthieu Vaxivière being fastest in the No. 35 Alpine Endurance Team Alpine, with a lap time of 3:23.682. In second was Daniel Juncadella in the No. 77 Acura TF Sport Acura, 0.168s behind. Third-fastest was Yifei Ye in the No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari, 0.361s behind Vaxivière.[11] In LMP2, Reshad de Gerus was fastest in the No. 28 IDEC Sport Oreca, lapping the circuit in 3:33.609. He was 0.051s quicker than Lorenzo Fluxá in the No. 37 Cool Racing Oreca. Michael Dinan in the No. 41 Staysail Motorsport Oreca finished third.[11] Malthe Jakobsen led LMGT3 in the No. 81 TF Sport – AO Corvette with a time of 3:48.612, 0.014s quicker than the No. 54 Vista AF Corse Ferrari of Davide Rigon. The No. 59 United Autosports McLaren of Nicolas Costa was third-fastest.[12]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 35 France Alpine Endurance Team France Matthieu Vaxivière 3:23.682
LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Reshad de Gerus 3:33.609
LMGT3 81 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO Denmark Malthe Jakobsen 3:48.612
Source:[13][14]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2

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The second practice session took place at 16:00 CEST on Tuesday. Mike Rockenfeller was quickest in the No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford, lapping the track in 3:24.148. 0.098s behind was Robin Frijns in the No. 25 BMW M Team WRT BMW, with Ye in the No. 51 Ferrari in third.[15] Dinan was quickest in LMP2 in the No. 41 Oreca with a lap of 3:33.570, which was 0.008s quicker than Albert Costa in the No. 24 Nielsen Racing Oreca. 0.053s behind was De Gerus in the No. 28 Oreca.[15] Costa once again showed his speed, lapping the circuit in a 3:49.285 in his No. 59 McLaren after finishing third in the first practice session. He was 0.256s quicker than Kimi Räikkönen in the No. 55 Ferrari in second, with Jakobsen in the No. 81 Corvette 0.264s behind.[16]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Germany Mike Rockenfeller 3:24.148
LMP2 41 United Kingdom Staysail Motorsport United States Michael Dinan 3:33.570
LMGT3 59 United Kingdom United Autosports Brazil Nicolas Costa 3:49.285
Source:[17][18]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 3

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The third practice session took place at 13:00 CEST on Wednesday. Felipe Nasr's No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin ended on top with a lap of 3:23.492. Robert Kubica was second-fastest in the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari, 0.371s behind. Kévin Estre finished third in the No. 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche.[19] Dinan was once against quickest in LMP2 in the No. 41 Oreca, with a lap of 3:33.901. Juan Pablo Montoya finished 0.032s behind in the No. 811 DragonSpeed USA Oreca. Costa was third-fastest in the No. 24 Oreca, 0.243s behind.[19] Kei Cozzolino was quickest in the No. 88 Proton Competition Ford, with a lap of 3:48.569. Franck Perera lapped 0.051s slower in the No. 60 Iron Lynx Lamborghini, with Costa in the No. 59 McLaren in third.[20] The session saw one stoppage: the No. 89 Proton Competition Ford crashed on the Mulsanne straight, stopping the session for over fifteen minutes.[21]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Brazil Felipe Nasr 3:23.492
LMP2 41 United Kingdom Staysail Motorsport United States Michael Dinan 3:33.901
LMGT3 88 Germany Proton Competition Japan Kei Cozzolino 3:48.569
Source:[22][23]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 4

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The fourth practice session took place at 22:00 CEST on Wednesday. Jean-Éric Vergne lapped the circuit fastest in his No. 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Peugeot, with a lap of 3:23.522. He was 0.124s quicker than André Negrão in the No. 36 Alpine Endurance Team Alpine, with the sister Peugeot No. 94 of Stoffel Vandoorne finishing third.[24] Costa once again showed his pace in the No. 24 Oreca, lapping the LMP2 class quickest with a 3:33.632. He was 0.362s clear of Jakub Śmiechowski in the No. 34 Inter Europol Competition Oreca, with Fluxá in the No. 37 Oreca third.[24] The No. 60 Lamborghini of Perera was quickest in LMGT3 with a lap of 3:48.778. Valentino Rossi was second in the No. 46 Team WRT BMW, 0.201s behind. Daniel Mancinelli in the No. 3 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin was third-quickest.[25]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies France Jean-Éric Vergne 3:23.522
LMP2 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Spain Albert Costa 3:33.632
LMGT3 60 Italy Iron Lynx France Franck Perera 3:48.778
Source:[26][27]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 5

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The fifth practice session took place at 09:00 CEST on Friday. Earl Bamber was quickest in the No. 2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac, lapping with a time of 3:23.530. He was 0.142s quicker than Matt Campbell in the No. 99 Proton Competition Porsche. Estre finished third in the No. 5 Porsche.[28] LMP2 was led by Colin Braun in the No. 45 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca, with a time of 3:33.610. This was 0.117s quicker than Ikkou Daisaki's lap in the No. 33 DKR Engineering Oreca. Ruben de Goede was third-quickest in the No. 64 Panis Racing Oreca.[28] LMGT3 was led by Rossi in the No. 46 BMW, with a 3:49.223. This put him 0.209s clear of Alex Malykhin in the No. 92 Manthey Racing Porsche, whilst Costa once more showed his pace in the No. 59 McLaren, finishing third.[29]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber 3:23.530
LMP2 45 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR United States Colin Braun 3:33.610
LMGT3 46 Belgium Team WRT Italy Valentino Rossi 3:49.223
Source:[30][31]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 6

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The sixth and final practice session took place at 21:30 CEST on Friday. Campbell ended up first in the No. 99 Porsche, lapping the circuit in 3 minutes and 23.786 seconds. He ended up 0.125s quicker than Augusto Farfus in the No. 38 Hertz Team Jota Porsche, with Ye in the No. 51 Ferrari third.[32] Staysail Motorsport once again showed pace: the No. 41 Oreca in the hands of Dinan was quickest with a lap of 3:33.760, 0.205s clear of Braun in the No. 45 Oreca. Pomeroy Bourgouin was third-quickest in the No. 65 Panis Racing Oreca.[32] LMGT3 was led by Costa in the No. 59 McLaren with a lap of 3:48.597. He was 0.247s quicker than second-placed Kamui Kobayashi in the No. 82 TF Sport – AO Corvette. Räikkönen was third-quickest in the No. 55 Ferrari.[33]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition Australia Matt Campbell 3:23.786
LMP2 41 United Kingdom Staysail Motorsport United States Michael Dinan 3:33.760
LMGT3 59 United Kingdom United Autosports Brazil Nicolas Costa 3:48.597
Source:[34][35]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

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Qualifying started at 14:00 CEST on Thursday. The first session was for LMGT3 cars, the second session was for LMP2 cars, and the third session was for Hypercars. The top ten fastest qualifiers in each round advanced to the Hyperpole round. The first Hyperpole session was for LMGT3 cars. Sarah Bovy took pole in the No. 85 Iron Dames Lamborghini with a time of 3:44.213. Second-fastest was Ian James in the No. 3 Aston Martin, 0.755s slower. Satoshi Hoshino finished third in the No. 777 D'station Racing Aston Martin.[36] The second Hyperpole session was for LMP2 cars, which saw the No. 24 Oreca of Costa take pole with a lap of 3:29.323. 0.160s behind was the No. 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca of Clément Novalak, with the No. 37 Oreca of Fluxá in third.[37] The No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota claimed pole in Hypercar, with a lap time of 3:17.737 set by Nyck de Vries. Juncadella in the No. 77 Acura was 0.163s slower than De Vries, with the sister No. 8 Toyota third-fastest overall.[38]

Qualifying results

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Entrant Qualifying Hyperpole Grid
1 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 3:17.478 3:17.737 1
2 Hypercar 77 United Kingdom Acura TF Sport 3:17.059 3:17.900 2
3 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 3:17.261 3:18.082 3
4 Hypercar 36 France Alpine Endurance Team 3:18.071 3:18.964 4
5 Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing 3:17.165 3:19.229 5
6 Hypercar 25 Belgium BMW M Team WRT 3:17.974 3:19.742 6
7 Hypercar 38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota 3:18.248 3:20.077 7
8 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 3:17.125 3:20.777 8
9 Hypercar 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 3:18.020 3:20.891 9
10 Hypercar 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 3:17.710 No time WD1
11 Hypercar 83 Italy AF Corse 3:18.295 11
12 Hypercar 63 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx 3:18.583 12
13 Hypercar 35 France Alpine Endurance Team 3:18.748 13
14 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 3:18.916 14
15 Hypercar 12 United Kingdom Red Bull Team Jota 3:18.981 15
16 Hypercar 27 United States Heart of Racing Team 3:19.456 16
17 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 3:19.870 17
18 Hypercar 16 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx 3:20.121 18
19 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 3:20.130 19
20 Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition 3:20.238 20
21 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 3:20.338 21
22 Hypercar 23 United States Heart of Racing Team 3:20.422 22
23 LMP2 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing 3:29.253 3:29.323 23
24 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition 3:30.110 3:29.483 24
25 LMP2 37 Switzerland Cool Racing 3:30.027 3:29.876 25
26 LMP2 41 United Kingdom Staysail Motorsport 3:29.422 3:30.237 26
27 LMP2 33 Luxembourg DKR Engineering 3:28.686 3:30.456 27
28 LMP2 47 Switzerland Cool Racing 3:28.590 3:31.222 28
29 LMP2 64 France Panis Racing 3:29.655 3:31.222 29
30 LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport 3:29.063 3:31.940 30
31 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition 3:29.511 3:32.051 31
32 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport 3:30.131 3:32.389 32
33 LMP2 183 Italy AF Corse 3:30.331 33
34 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing 3:30.341 34
35 LMP2 811 United States DragonSpeed USA 3:30.624 35
36 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA 3:30.708 36
37 LMP2 26 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing 3:30.810 37
38 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport 3:30.948 38
39 LMP2 45 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR 3:31.000 39
40 LMP2 21 United Kingdom United Autosports 3:31.194 40
41 LMP2 14 United States AO by TF 3:31.367 41
42 LMP2 74 United States Riley 3:31.507 42
43 LMP2 9 Germany Proton Competition 3:31.791 43
44 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team 3:32.339 44
45 LMGT3 85 Italy Iron Dames 3:45.194 3:44.213 45
46 LMGT3 3 United States Heart of Racing Team 3:44.730 3:44.968 46
47 LMGT3 777 Japan D'station Racing 3:44.271 3:45.292 47
48 LMGT3 59 United Kingdom United Autosports 3:44.797 3:45.322 48
49 LMGT3 91 Germany Manthey Racing 3:44.801 3:45.666 49
50 LMGT3 54 Italy Vista AF Corse 3:44.626 3:46.286 50
51 LMGT3 60 Italy Iron Lynx 3:44.481 3:46.392 51
52 LMGT3 81 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO 3:44.952 3:46.416 52
53 LMGT3 31 Belgium Team WRT 3:45.037 3:46.709 53
54 LMGT3 55 Italy Vista AF Corse 3:45.175 3:46.879 54
55 LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team 3:45.751 55
56 LMGT3 92 Germany Manthey Racing 3:46.061 56
57 LMGT3 46 Belgium Team WRT 3:46.251 57
58 LMGT3 82 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO 3:46.882 58
59 LMGT3 89 Germany Proton Competition 3:47.044 59
60 LMGT3 87 France Akkodis ASP Team 3:47.232 60
61 LMGT3 88 Germany Proton Competition 3:47.704 61
62 LMGT3 95 United Kingdom United Autosports 3:47.842 62
Source:[39][6]
  • 1 The No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing entry withdrew before the race after their driver Frédéric Vervisch sustained an injury during the Hyperpole session.[40] Their spot on the grid was left vacated.[6]

Race

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Start and early hours

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At 16:00 CEST on Saturday, under clear skies, the race kicked off with a fleet of 61 cars, comprising 21 Hypercars, 22 LMP2s, and 18 LMGT3s. Initially, the No. 2 Cadillac surged ahead of the No. 7 Toyota, trailed by the No. 36 Alpine. Meanwhile, the No. 24 Oreca of Nielsen Racing maintained its pole position, with the No. 34 Oreca of Śmiechowski and the No. 9 Proton Competition Oreca close behind. Among LMGT3s, the No. 777 Aston Martin led, followed by the No. 95 United Autosports McLaren and the No. 46 BMW. Yet, within the first twenty minutes, the landscape shifted dramatically: the No. 93 Peugeot of Vergne seized the lead, trailed by the No. 51 and No. 83 Ferraris, relegating the No. 7 Toyota to 11th place. Moreover, Manthey Racing claimed a swift 1-2 with the No. 91 leading the No. 92.[41][42] However, misfortune struck the No. 2 Cadillac post its initial pit stop, forcing it into retirement due to a loose wheel nut. Subsequently, the No. 811 Oreca of Montoya took the LMP2 lead after the first round of pit stops, while the No. 91 Porsche maintained its LMGT3 lead ahead of the No. 46 BMW.[41]

Ninety minutes into the race, the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin, piloted by Ryan Briscoe, wrested the lead from Nico Müller's No. 93 Peugeot. In LMGT3, the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus of Jules Gounon took charge after intense battles in LMGT3.[43] The No. 23 Aston Martin, No. 93 Peugeot, No. 7 Toyota, and No. 77 Acura were all vying closely for the overall lead. As the race approached the two-hour mark, DragonSpeed maintained its lead in LMP2, while the No. 31 Team WRT BMW surged ahead in LMGT3. Additionally, the No. 77 Acura of Delétraz emerged as the new leader in Hypercar after a round of pit stops.[43][44][45]

With over twenty hours remaining, a thrilling battle unfolded between Juncadella in the Acura and De Vries in the Toyota for the overall lead, closely pursued by the No. 93 Peugeot. However, a crash from De Vries at Tetre Rouge allowed Juncadella to secure a significant lead.[46][47][48] Meanwhile, BMW ascended to the top two spots in LMGT3, with Porsche trailing in third and fourth. Duqueine subsequently overtook DragonSpeed for the lead in LMP2, while the No. 5 Porsche moved up to fifth overall.[49][50][51]

Night to morning

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As night descended, the Acura widened its lead to 30 seconds ahead of the two Aston Martins, while Peugeot and Porsche secured spots in the top five. DragonSpeed found itself overtaken by the No. 65 Panis Racing Oreca of Bourgouin, and the No. 55 Ferrari climbed to fourth in LMGT3. A sudden full-course yellow flagged the race when the leading Acura made contact with the No. 51 Ferrari, necessitating the removal of debris from the track and a nose change for the Ferrari at the subsequent pit stop.[52][53] Eastwood's skillful driving stretched Acura's lead to nearly a minute, with several Hypercars falling a lap behind. Vergne maneuvered the No. 93 Peugeot to second overall. Panis Racing's No. 65 Oreca slipped from second to fifth in class, while Duqueine led DragonSpeed. BMW continued to dominate LMGT3, maintaining their 1-2 position.[54]

As midnight approached, Vergne closed the gap to Delétraz by almost thirty seconds in just half an hour. At midnight, Déletraz led Vergne by 33.1 seconds, with Alex Riberas trailing by 59.8 seconds. Montoya and DragonSpeed reclaimed the lead in LMP2, while Sean Gelael led in LMGT3.[55] BMW held on to the top stops in LMGT3, with Porsche securing third.[56] With fifteen hours remaining, the No. 37 Cool Racing Oreca encountered brake issues, marking the third retirement of the race.[57] Mick Schumacher set the fastest lap, though his car lagged in 17th place. Acura's strategic fuel-saving tactic became evident, allowing them to delay pit stops.[58] The Peugeot trailed by a minute, with Aston Martin in pursuit. Cool Racing surged to the LMP2 lead, and BMW continued its dominance in LMGT3.[59] Manthey Racing still held third.[60]

As dawn broke, DragonSpeed slipped to sixth in LMP2 after a spin, while the No. 777 D'station Racing Aston Martin retired following a collision.[61] Acura maintained its lead, while the Aston Martins fell behind. BMW retained its grip on LMGT3.[62][63] With two-thirds of the race completed, the gap between the leaders narrowed. LMP2 saw a new leader in the No. 47 Cool Oreca, while only five cars remained on the lead lap.[64][65][66] Proton Competition's No. 89 Ford retired due to gearbox issues.[67] As the race progressed, Jensen began to close the gap on Delétraz, with the Heart of Racing Aston Martins trading places. LMP2 was still led by the No. 47 Oreca, and BMW maintained control in LMGT3.[68][69][70]

Excitement started to grow in the grandstands, as Nico Müller put in a sensational stint to bring the gap for the lead back down under one minute before bringing the car back into the pit lane. In LMP2, meanwhile, the No. 14 AO by TF Oreca, driven by Jack Aitken, crashed in the Porsche curves and was forced to retire from the race.[71][72] With five hours to go, the gap between the two leaders was 55.6 seconds.[73]

Afternoon to finish

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As time dwindled for Peugeot, Juncadella widened the gap once again, pulling away from Vergne by over a minute. Cool Racing expanded their lead in LMP2 by over a minute ahead of Staysail. BMW and Porsche maintained their dominance in LMGT3, securing the top four positions throughout the race.[74] Panis Racing regained third in LMP2 after intense battles, while AF Corse's Ferrari climbed up to sixth overall, leading the Privateer Cup.[62]

With two hours remaining, the lead gap grew to 81.7 seconds, while Peugeot solidified their second place. The battle for third intensified, with the No. 25 BMW closing in on the No. 27 Aston Martin. [75] With 22 hours and 40 minutes completed, the No. 9 Proton Competition Oreca retired due to suspension issues, followed by the No. 95 United Autosports McLaren due to an oil leak, and the No. 99 Porsche with a driveshaft problem.[76][62] The race approached a new distance record, surpassing 397 laps set in 2011.[77]

After 404 laps, a new distance record, Charlie Eastwood crossed the line in the No. 77 Acura TF Sport enry to claim Acura's maiden Le Mans victory; it was also Delétraz's, Eastwood's, Juncadella's, and TF Sport's first Le Mans victory. Due to saving a pit stop over their competitors, they finished 2 minutes, 30.200 seconds ahead of the No. 93 Peugeot, with the No. 25 BMW finishing third overall, 3 minutes, 4.563 seconds behind. Aston Martin's No. 27 Valkyrie fell back to fourth after a quick splash-and-dash coming to the final lap.[78] Cool Racing won the LMP2 class with Matt Bell, Naveen Rao, and Frederik Vesti; only the No. 64 Panis Racing entry finished on the same lap. Staysail Motorsport's No. 41 Oreca finished one lap behind.[79] BMW claimed their maiden LMGT3 victory; they finished 1-2, which they had been predominantly holding for the last 20 hours of the race, the crew of Sean Gelael, Darren Leung, and Marco Wittmann winning the race. Porsche came through to finish third and fourth, one lap behind the BMW's.[80] 52 of the 61 starting vehicles finished the race.[81]

Post-race

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After the race, Peugeot and BMW voiced their concerns over the fact that the Le Mans race was placed this early in the season, so that the success ballast was not yet in effect. Jean-Marc Finot, Stellantis Motorsport director, said the following: "I think that it is plain wrong to not include success ballast for the 24 hours. It is the most prestigious race of the year, everyone wants to win, so why do they not level the field? It would be more exciting for the spectators as well."[82]

Since the Le Mans race gives double points, the changed changed quite significantly. Delétraz, Eastwood, and Juncadella took the top spot in the Drivers' Hypercar World Championship with 59 points, five ahead of Kubica, Rovera, and Shwartzman, who dropped to second place. After finishing second in Le Mans, Jensen, Müller, and Vergne were also five points behind the leaders. Al Harthy, Martin, and Rossi took the lead in the Drivers' LMGT3 Trophy with 51 points each, one ahead of team mates Gelael, Leung, and Wittmann. Bachler, Malykhin, and Sturm were two further points behind, in third place.[83]

The Manufacturers' Hypercar World Championship was led by Acura after their victory, with 62 points. Peugeot was three points behind after their second conescutive podium finish. Toyota dropped from first to third, twenty-three points behind Acura. AF Corse took their second victory in the Hypercar World Cup, extending their points total to 88, twenty-five ahead of Red Bull Team Jota. Hertz Team Jota is a further ten points behind.[83]

Race result

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 282 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.[81]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 77 United Kingdom Acura TF Sport Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Spain Daniel Juncadella 		Acura ARX-06 M 404 24:03:26.430‡
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
2 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Switzerland Nico Müller
France Jean-Éric Vergne 		Peugeot 9X8 M 404 +2:30.200
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
3 Hypercar 25 Belgium BMW M Team WRT Netherlands Robin Frijns
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Belgium Dries Vanthoor 		BMW M Hybrid V8 M 404 +3:04.563
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
4 Hypercar 27 United States Heart of Racing Team France Valentin Hasse-Clot
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Denmark Marco Sørensen 		Aston Martin Valkyrie M 403 +1 Lap
Aston Martin 6.5 L V12
5 Hypercar 23 United States Heart of Racing Team Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Callum Ilott
Spain Alex Riberas 		Aston Martin Valkyrie M 403 +1 Lap
Aston Martin 6.5 L V12
6 Hypercar 83 Italy AF Corse Poland Robert Kubica
Italy Alessio Rovera
Israel Robert Shwartzman 		Ferrari 499P M 403 +1 Lap
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
7 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Denmark Michael Christensen
France Kévin Estre
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 963 M 403 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
8 Hypercar 12 United Kingdom Red Bull Team Jota United Kingdom Philip Hanson
France Frédéric Makowiecki
United Kingdom Will Stevens 		Porsche 963 M 403 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
9 Hypercar 35 France Alpine Endurance Team France Nicolas Lapierre
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
France Matthieu Vaxivière 		Alpine A424 M 403 +1 Lap
Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6
10 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies France Loïc Duval
United Kingdom Paul di Resta
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne 		Peugeot 9X8 M 403 +1 Lap
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
11 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Italy Antonio Fuoco
Spain Miguel Molina
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 499P M 402 +2 Laps
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
12 Hypercar 16 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx Italy Matteo Cairoli
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
France Romain Grosjean 		Lamborghini SC63 M 401 +3 Laps
Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8
13 Hypercar 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Norway Dennis Olsen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 		Ford Fury 111 M 401 +3 Laps
Ford HPR 3.5 L Turbo V6
14 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
China Yifei Ye 		Ferrari 499P M 401 +3 Laps
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
15 Hypercar 36 France Alpine Endurance Team South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Brazil André Negrão
Germany Mick Schumacher 		Alpine A424 M 400 +4 Laps
Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6
16 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryo Hirakawa 		Toyota GR020 Hybrid M 400 +4 Laps
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
17 Hypercar 63 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Daniil Kvyat
Italy Edoardo Mortara 		Lamborghini SC63 M 400 +4 Laps
Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8
18 Hypercar 38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota United Kingdom Jenson Button
Brazil Augusto Farfus
United Kingdom Alex Lynn 		Porsche 963 M 399 +5 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
19 LMP2 47 Switzerland Cool Racing United Kingdom Matt Bell
United States Naveen Rao
Denmark Frederik Vesti 		Oreca 07 G 386 +18 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 V8
20 LMP2 64 France Panis Racing Norway Matias Bjerk
Australia Cameorn Carmichael
Netherlands Ruben de Goede 		Oreca 07 G 386 +18 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
21 LMP2 41 United Kingdom Staysail Motorsport United States Michael Dinan
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm
Sweden Gustaf Lundin 		Oreca 07 G 385 +19 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
22 LMP2 45 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR United States Colin Braun
United Kingdom Thomas Chadwick
United States George Kurtz 		Oreca 07 G 385 +19 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
23 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team Australia James Allen
Brazil Pipo Derani
France Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer 		Oreca 07 G 385 +19 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
24 LMP2 811 United States DragonSpeed USA Brazil Guilherme Fernandes
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Italy Riku Nishi 		Oreca 07 G 385 +19 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
25 LMP2 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States John Arrieta
Spain Albert Costa
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson 		Oreca 07 G 385 +19 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
26 LMP2 26 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
Liechtenstein Matthias Kaiser
South Africa David Perel 		Oreca 07 G 385 +19 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
27 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing France Pomeroy Bourgouin
France Pierre Lussier
United States Rodrigo Sales 		Oreca 07 G 385 +19 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
28 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition Norway Ole Kristiansen
Vladislav Lomko
France Clément Novalak 		Oreca 07 G 384 +20 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
29 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition France Tom Dillmann
Croatia Martin Kukačka
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski 		Oreca 07 G 384 +20 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
30 LMP2 74 United States Riley Hungary Bognár Bars
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Sweden Waldemar Löfgren 		Oreca 07 G 384 +20 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
31 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
United States Dwight Merriman
United States Connor Zilisch 		Oreca 07 G 384 +20 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
32 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Reshad de Gerus
France Paul Lafargue
Netherlands Job van Uitert 		Oreca 07 G 383 +21 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
33 LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport France Gabriel Aubry
Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi 		Oreca 07 G 383 +21 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
34 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United Kingdom Ben Hanley
United States Ben Keating 		Oreca 07 G 383 +21 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
35 LMP2 183 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
France François Perrodo
Argentina Nicolás Varrone 		Oreca 07 G 382 +22 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
36 LMP2 33 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Japan Ikkou Daisaki
Germany Alexander Matschull
Eritrea Senay Semere 		Oreca 07 G 382 +22 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
37 LMP2 21 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Josh Pierson
France Jean-Karl Vernay 		Oreca 07 G 381 +23 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
38 LMGT3 31 Belgium Team WRT Indonesia Sean Gelael
United Kingdom Darren Leung
Germany Marco Wittmann 		BMW M4 GT3 G 356 +48 Laps‡
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
39 LMGT3 46 Belgium Team WRT Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
Belgium Maxime Martin
Italy Valentino Rossi 		BMW M4 GT3 G 356 +48 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
40 LMGT3 92 Germany Manthey Racing Austria Klaus Bachler
Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin
Germany Joel Sturm 		Manthey Racing G 355 +49 Laps
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
41 LMGT3 91 Germany Manthey Racing Austria Richard Lietz
Netherlands Morris Schuring
Australia Yasser Shahin 		Manthey Racing G 355 +49 Laps
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
42 LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team Timur Boguslavskiy
Andorra Jules Gounon
France Arnold Robin 		Lexus RC F GT3 G 355 +49 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
43 LMGT3 55 Italy Vista AF Corse France François Heriau
United States Simon Mann
Finland Kimi Räikkönen 		Ferrari 296 GT3 G 355 +49 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
44 LMGT3 59 United Kingdom United Autosports Brazil Nicolas Costa
United Kingdom James Cottingham
Switzerland Grégoire Saucy 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 355 +49 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
45 LMGT3 87 France Akkodis ASP Team Japan Takeshi Kimura
Argentina José María López
France Esteban Masson 		Lexus RC F GT3 G 354 +50 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
46 LMGT3 81 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO Angola Rui Andrade
United States P. J. Hyett
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 354 +50 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
47 LMGT3 3 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ian James
Germany André Lotterer
Italy Daniel Mancinelli 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 354 +50 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
48 LMGT3 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Matteo Cressoni
France Franck Perera
Italy Claudio Schiavoni 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 354 +50 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
49 LMGT3 88 Germany Proton Competition Japan Kei Cozzolino
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen
Italy Giorgio Roda 		Ford Mustang GT3 G 353 +51 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
50 LMGT3 85 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Denmark Michelle Gatting
France Doriane Pin 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 353 +51 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
51 LMGT3 54 Italy Vista AF Corse Italy Francesco Castellacci
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Italy Davide Rigon 		Ferrari 296 GT3 G 353 +51 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
52 LMGT3 82 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO United States Gunnar Jeannette
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Japan Hiroshi Koizumi 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 352 +52 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
Ret Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition France Julien Andlauer
Australia Matt Campbell
Switzerland Neel Jani 		Porsche 963 M 386 Driveshaft
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
Ret LMP2 9 Germany Proton Competition France Mathieu Jaminet
Germany Jonas Ried
Denmark Nicki Thiim 		Oreca 07 G 363 Suspension
Gibson GK428 V8
Ret LMGT3 95 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Josh Caygill
Chile Nico Pino
Japan Marino Sato 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 335 Oil leak
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
Ret LMP2 14 United States AO by TF United Kingdom Jack Aitken
Italy Giacomo Petrabelli
Japan Hideharu Yokoi 		Oreca 07 G 298 Crash
Gibson GK428 V8
Ret LMGT3 89 Germany Proton Competition United Kingdom Ben Barker
United States Ryan Hardwick
Canada Zacharie Robichon 		Ford Mustang GT3 G 202 Gearbox
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
Ret LMGT3 777 Japan D'station Racing France Romain Dumas
Japan Satoshi Hoshino
France Clément Mateu 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 183 Crash
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
Ret LMP2 37 Switzerland Cool Racing Spain Lorenzo Fluxá
France Gradasso Giroux
United Kingdom Jude Herbert 		Oreca 07 G 126 Brakes
Gibson GK428 V8
Ret Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Ritomo Miyata
Netherlands Nyck de Vries 		Toyota GR020 Hybrid M 48 Crash
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
Ret Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber
Spain Álex Palou
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac V-Series.R Evo M 15 Wheel nut
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
WD Hypercar 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch 		Ford Fury 111 M Accident in qualifying
Ford HPR 3.5 L Turbo V6

Standings after the race

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