Ferrari in front in Hypercar as rain returns
The #83 AF Corse Ferrari continues to hold the net lead in the hands of Yifei Ye after the opening six hours of the race as rain hit the Circuit de la Sarthe, with the Frederic Makowiecki grabbing second late on in the #5 Porsche. Robert Shwartzman was able to pull out a lead of […]
Ferrari leads as shower disrupts Hypercar battle
The World Endurance Championship race has been shaped by a sudden shower at 5:38pm, before which the Nicklas Nielsen’s #50 Ferrari led Laurens Vanthoor’s #6 Porsche, Antonio Giovinazzi’s #51 Ferrari and Sebastien Buemi’s #8 Toyota. The Italian and the Swiss had previously overtaken Sebastien Bourdais’ Cadillac, respectively round the outside at Mulsanne and on the […]
Ferrari, Porsche locked in tight battle at the start
Nielsen was running fractionally ahead of the #6 Porsche of Laurens Vanthoor after one hour of racing, but must serve a 10-second penalty at his next pitstop for an unsafe release. The three Ferrari LMH cars made blistering starts as the 92nd running of Le Mans 24 Hours got away at 4pm local time, with […]
Kubica tops warm-up, Toyota’s De Vries crashes
As most teams elected to give drivers pitstop practice in live conditions, only 12 of the 23 Hypercar entries set a time during the short 15-minute session that precedes the World Endurance Championship’s blue-riband event, with Kubica heading a Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar 1-2 in his customer #83 AF Corse example. His 3m29.260s lap […]
Estre’s «exceptional» pole lap «not 100% representative» of Porsche Le Mans pace
The Porsche Penske factory team barely got one 963 into Hyperpole with an initial eighth time in the first qualifying session for Estre, before the #7 Toyota lost its laps due to causing a red flag, promoting Jota’s #12 Porsche into the top eight. Driving the #6 car, Estre went on to snatch pole position […]
No «point to prove» for Aitken after 2023 race-defining Le Mans crash
Aitken is taking part in the World Endurance Championship classic for the third time, having contested it with the LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing squad in 2022 before joining the Action Express Racing (rebranded Whelen Engineering Racing at Le Mans) Cadillac squad in IMSA. He was at the wheel for the race start at Circuit de […]
Jota completes Le Mans airfield shakedown of rebuilt Porsche
The #12 Jota entry was put through its paces on the Le Mans-Arnage Airport adjacent to the track on Friday evening by Callum Ilott, who crashed the car in second free practice for the centrepiece World Endurance Championship round on Wednesday night. It followed a record-breaking build of a 963 by the British Jota squad: […]
F1 drivers taking part in 2024 Le Mans
Eighteen of the 186 drivers having previously competed in a Formula 1 grand prix, and here they all are… F1 drivers competing in the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours #38 Hertz Team Jota Porsche 963: Jenson Button Photo by: Marc Fleury • Team: Hertz Team JOTA • Le Mans 24 Hours starts: 2 • Le […]
Le Mans 24 Hours: What's changed for WEC's main event in 2024?
The world’s most prestigious endurance race is back as this weekend drivers will tackle Circuit de la Sarthe for the Le Mans 24 Hours.Ferrari is the defending champion having won the race’s centenary edition in 2023, which was its first overall victory at Le Mans since 1965. But the Italian manufacturer has bigger competition this year […]