In a few days, Corvette will be celebrating its 55th birthday of its very first participation to the 24 Hours of Le Mans

A four-way battle for the lead is finely poised at the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans, as BMW, Cadillac and Toyota go toe-to-toe as all lead throughout the opening four hours of the race.

<p>Tour de France cycling legend Sir Mark Cavendish started the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans &ndash; the 94th edition of the great race &ndash; to great fanfare. The platinum era of sports car racing was living up to its billing, with the eight Hypercar manufacturers creating a spectacular sight to behold: 18 Hypercars leading 19 LMP2 and 25 LMGT3 cars, all charging into Turn One.</p>

<p>Sixty-two teams. Sixty-two dreams. Here is what happened from hours two to four.</p>

<p>Missed the opening hour? <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/2026-24-hours-of-le-mans-the-94th-running-is-underway-60800">We have you covered.</a><br />
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<h2>Toyota lock horns with BMW and Cadillac</h2>

<p>In the first hour, the opening six laps were nothing short of frantic as the Hypercars fought for every position in the pecking order with a clear track ahead of them. Those battles became even more intense when the leading cars encountered traffic for the first time on lap seven.</p>

<p>As the hour progressed, five cars emerged at the front. The #8 Toyota Racing car elected to run a completely different strategy from the rest of the leading pack. Pitting on lap eight, while those around them were going three to four laps longer, raised eyebrows. However, in clear air, with S&eacute;bastien Buemi at the wheel, the Swiss driver was able to put his head down and produce rapid lap times. He worked his way through the field and leapt from 15th into the lead while his rivals contended with traffic from the slower classes.</p>

<p>With every stop, the #8 Toyota gradually extended its advantage, from a handful of seconds to 19, then 27, and counting. The Japanese powerhouse was banking on uninterrupted running and, so far, a clean race.</p>

<p>The #20 BMW M Hybrid V8 had to respond. The Bavarian team were matching Toyota blow for blow, trying to stay within touching distance. On the stroke of the three-hour mark, a Full Course Yellow was deployed &ndash; disaster for the pack chasing the Toyota, as the #8 car had already completed its stop. Diving into the pits for an emergency splash of fuel put the #20 BMW and #12 Cadillac on the back foot, as both had to return a lap later for a full pit stop, compromising the strategies of the chasing pack.</p>

<p>The gold Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA cars ran line astern as they leapfrogged the struggling Alpine, the Anglo-American outfit showing it had the pace. The #38 appeared to be the quicker car at this stage with Jack Aitken at the wheel. The #12, driven by Louis Del&eacute;traz, offered little resistance as it allowed its sister car through in pursuit of the BMW ahead.</p>

<p>Aitken was on a mission. He had reduced the deficit from 10 seconds to five over the previous hour before appearing on the gearbox of the German M Hybrid V8.</p>

<p>The lead changed at the three-and-a-half-hour mark. Approaching the second chicane, Aitken swooped past Sheldon van der Linde&#39;s BMW in the gold Cadillac. However, the Michigan-built V8 monster was running lighter fuel loads, with the BMW believed to have around 20 per cent more energy than the Cadillac. This battle is going to become very interesting as the race heads into the night &ndash; and it is the one to watch. Cadillac and BMW may be on similar strategies, but Toyota is giving both LMDh cars plenty to think about.</p>

<p>The #35 Alpine, which looked promising in the opening hour, was beginning to struggle. It had the one-lap pace, but in the summer heat and with heavy fuel loads, it could not maintain the same speed. With Charles Milesi at the controls, fifth place was where the French team found itself, waiting to pounce should the four cars ahead falter. However, it also needs to keep an eye on its mirrors, with the fast-approaching #50 Ferrari AF Corse 499P closing in.</p>

<p>The #51 Ferrari 499P was in the wars after underestimating an overtake on the inside of the #9 Proton Competition LMP2 entry. The Ferrari was deemed not to have left sufficient room for the ORECA, with both cars colliding and running off the circuit in the Esses before Tertre Rouge, sending track bollards flying. A drive-through penalty was subsequently handed to the Scuderia.</p>

<p>Elsewhere, Genesis had a car in the top 10 in ninth, while the #83 AF Corse Ferrari continued to struggle at Le Mans this year, battling the pair of Aston Martin THOR Team Valkyries on the wrong side of the top 10 in 12th, 13th and 14th. The other Toyota on the opposite side of the garage was also struggling, yo-yoing in and out of the top 10.</p>

<h2>all to play for in LMP2</h2>

<p>The LMP2 prototypes, aside from the leading Toyota, were the first class to dive into the pits. The early leaders were the #18 IDEC Sport machine, with the French team converting pole position into an early advantage.</p>

<p>The #30 Duqueine Team and #29 Forestier Racing by Panis enjoyed a ding-dong battle throughout the opening four hours, while the pair of Inter Europol Competition cars were able to go longer between pit stops, making them a thorn in the side of the top three.</p>

<p>Keep an eye on the #37 CLX Motorsport entry as well, quietly going about its business in fourth place.</p>

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<h2>Lexus, BMW, Porsche and Aston Martin battle in LMGT3</h2>

<p>Jack Hawksworth and Akkodis ASP Team were the stars of the opening four hours in the GT category. The British driver was the big mover in the Lexus, carving his way through the field and into the lead. He underlined his impressive form by building a healthy advantage before handing over to Bronze-rated driver Tom Van Rompuy.</p>

<p>Demonstrating that their strong free practice pace was no flash in the pan, Van Rompuy continued to push against his fellow Bronze drivers before being overtaken by the more experienced Jos&eacute; Mar&iacute;a L&oacute;pez in the sister Lexus. Grabbing the advantage as four hours lapsed, the #91 Manthey Porsche heads to the front, while the pole-sitting #27 Aston Martin, which had slipped down the order, is now back&nbsp;in a&nbsp;battle for the podium.</p>

<p>The #13 Autosport Corvette is in the garage, undergoing repairs. However, all of the other 61 cars remain on track, circulating without major issues. Aside from one brief Full Course Yellow to clear debris and displaced bollards, the race has run remarkably cleanly so far.</p>

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<p><strong><u>Top 5 with 20 Hours to go</u>:</strong></p>

<p>1. Toyota GR010 Hybrid #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing &ndash; S&eacute;bastien Buemi / Brendon Hartley / Ryo Hirakawa&nbsp;&ndash; 66 laps<br />
2. BMW M Hybrid V8 #20 BMW M Team WRT &ndash; Robin Frijns / Rene Rast / Sheldon van der Linde &ndash; + 29:616<br />
3. Cadillac V-Series.R #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA &ndash; S&eacute;bastien Bourdais / Earl Bamber / Jack Aitken &ndash; +31:694<br />
4. Cadillac V-Series.R #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA &ndash; Louis Del&eacute;traz / Will Stevens / Norman Nato &ndash; +58:607<br />
5. Alpine A424 #35 Alpine Endurance Team &ndash; Ant&oacute;nio F&eacute;lix Da Costa / Charles Milesi / Ferdinand Habsburg &ndash; +1:24.549</p>

<p><strong><u>Category Leaders</u>:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>LMP2&nbsp;:&nbsp;Oreca 07-Gibson #30 Duqueine Team &ndash; Doriane Pin / Julien Andlauer / Richard Verschoor&nbsp;&ndash; 63 laps</li>
	<li>LMGT3&nbsp;:&nbsp;Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 #91 Manthey DK Engineering &ndash; James Cottingham / Timur Boguslavskiy / Ayhancan G&uuml;ven&nbsp;&ndash; 58 laps</li>
</ul>

4-hour round-up: Toyota head to the front as battle for the lead intensifies at Le Mans

Official starter Sir Mark Cavendish waved off the 62 entrants, who set off for the the 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans, third round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC), now in full swing with Toyota leading after the first hour...

<h2>1 Hour Update: Toyota lead the 94th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.</h2>

<p>Following a surprise pit stop on lap eight, the five-time event winners went bold with their opening stint strategy, pitting both the #8&nbsp;and then the #7&nbsp;Toyota GR010 Hybrids to give themselves clear air and a shot at victory. S&eacute;bastien Buemi, in the #8 car, leads the race, with pole-sitter Ren&eacute; Rast in the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 within five seconds as we end the opening hour.</p>

<p>Tour de France legend Sir Mark Cavendish had the honour of waving the French tricolour at the start of the most eagerly anticipated race in the modern era, with 62 cars and 62 dreams of victory lining up for the 94th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.</p>

<p>The race of all races. The great expedition, as 186 drivers &ndash; 40 of them rookies taking to the race for the first time &ndash; embark on this challenge. The build-up was palpable: a spine-tingling rendition of La Marseillaise, a flypast from fast jets, and a sell-out, passionate crowd willing the competitors on into the adventure. The stage was set. Twice around the clock we go into the most open race in recent memory.</p>

<p>Top-flight Hypercars from major manufacturers such as Ferrari, Toyota, BMW, Alpine, Peugeot, Cadillac, Aston Martin and Genesis, alongside the tightly contested LMP2 prototype category and the LMGT3 class for the latest supercars, ensured the Circuit de la Sarthe was alive once more. At 16:00 local time, the challenge began.</p>

<h2>Hypercar</h2>

<p>Starting from pole position, the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 didn&#39;t make the greatest of getaways, with the #12 Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac pouncing into the first corner.</p>

<p>The opening lap was as frenetic as it gets at Le Mans, with the field jostling for position and the two Ferrari AF Corse cars running side by side through the opening tour.</p>

<p>Down the Mulsanne Straight, the #15 BMW, with Ren&eacute; Rast behind the wheel, tucked the Bavarian machine into the slipstream of the leading Cadillac and used it to pass into the second chicane. Unleashed, the BMW looked fast and racy, edging away from the gold machine over the opening handful of laps with clean air and no traffic to contend with.</p>

<p>Team-mate Kevin Magnussen, in the sister car, made a strong start to haul his BMW M Hybrid V8 into third, while Earl Bamber, in the #38 Cadillac that had started tenth, was on the move up to sixth in the opening phase.</p>

<p>By lap six, the Hypercars had caught the back of the LMGT3 field, making the fight through traffic &ndash; and the battle for class positions &ndash; that little bit trickier.</p>

<p>Ferdinand Habsburg, who had been muscled out of position at the start, produced a brave move around the outside of Magnussen&#39;s BMW into Indianapolis Corner. Filipe Albuquerque was next to follow through, with the fast-starting Earl Bamber in hot pursuit. Running on hard tyres, the Kiwi looked set to double-stint the rubber, confident in the pace of the Cadillac chassis beneath him.</p>

<p>Shock resonated around Le Mans as the&nbsp;S&eacute;bastien Buemi&nbsp;#8&nbsp;Toyota pitted after only eight laps, dropping to the back of the Hypercar field. A lap later, Mike Conway brought the #7&nbsp;into the pits.</p>

<p>Toyota appeared to have a surprise up its sleeve.</p>

<p>Bringing both cars in early and then instructing their drivers to push put the Japanese manufacturer into the lead by the end of the first hour. We&#39;ll have to watch this strategy develop over the next few hours. Can they make it stick? Toyota fans will certainly be hoping so.</p>

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<h2>LMP2</h2>

<p>The man who lit up Hyperpole in the LMP2 battle, Esteban Masson in the #29 Forestier Racing by Panis ORECA, slipped back into the pack at the start of the race amid a fast train of prototype cars.</p>

<p>The #28 IDEC Sport ORECA made the best start, with the #30 Duqueine Team ORECA moving into second.</p>

<p>After the first round of pit stops, the #28 still leads, but the #29 &ndash; with Masson on a mission &ndash; has climbed back into second place.</p>

<h2>LMGT3</h2>

<p>Heart of Racing&#39;s #27 Aston Martin Vantage led the early charge in LMGT3, bolting away at the start of the race and building an advantage of almost a second per lap over the opening ten laps.</p>

<p>The two Akkodis ASP Lexus entries ran in flying formation as they cycled into second and third in the GT class, with the #78 taking the lead by leapfrogging the #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin during the first round of pit stops.</p>

<p>Keep an eye on the #32 Team WRT BMW as well; they are firmly in the mix for victory in this class.</p>

<p><strong><u>Top 5 after 1 Hour</u></strong></p>

<p>1.Toyota GR010 Hybrid #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing &ndash; S&eacute;bastien Buemi / Brendon Hartley / Ryo Hirakawa<br />
2.BMW M Hybrid V8 #20 BMW M Team WRT &ndash; Robin Frijns / Rene Rast / Sheldon van der Linde<br />
3.Alpine A424 #35 Alpine Endurance Team &ndash; Ant&oacute;nio F&eacute;lix Da Costa / Charles Milesi / Ferdinand Habsburg<br />
4. Cadillac V-Series.R #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA &ndash; S&eacute;bastien Bourdais / Earl Bamber / Jack Aitken<br />
5. Toyota GR010 Hybrid #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing &ndash; Mike Conway / Kamui Kobayashi / Nyck de Vries</p>

<p><u><strong>Leaders in LMP2/LMGT3</strong></u></p>

<ul>
	<li>Oreca 07-Gibson #28 IDEC Sport &ndash; Paul Lafargue / Valerio Rinicella / Job Van Uitert</li>
	<li>Lexus RC F LMGT3 #78 Akkodis ASP Team &ndash; Tom Van Rompuy / Hadrien David / Jack Hawksworth</li>
</ul>

<p>We will be bringing you reports every four hours. You can follow all the action on our social media channels, the FIA WEC app, or through the television broadcast in your territory.</p>

<p>Bonne chance and good luck to all the crews in this year&#39;s race!</p>

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<h2>THE OPENER...</h2>

<p><br />
In front of packed pit straight grandstands, this year&#39;s&nbsp;competitors set off for&nbsp;24 hours of pedal to the metal racing: 18&nbsp;Hypercars, 19&nbsp;LMP2s&nbsp;and 25&nbsp;LMGT3s are now on the track, all sharing the same goal of&nbsp;crossing the finish line at 16:00 on Sunday.</p>

<p>Just a few minutes&nbsp;ago, the cars took their places on the grid cheered on by thrilled&nbsp;spectators, guests&nbsp;and countless&nbsp;VIPs gathered at the heart of the circuit. The 24 Hours of Le Mans trophy was presented just prior to&nbsp;this year&#39;s Grand Marshal Sarah Bovy&nbsp;leading&nbsp;the field on its final formation lap.</p>

<p>The&nbsp;start ceremony capped off race&nbsp;week during which Le Mans fully reclaimed its status as the world capital of motor racing. From Scrutineering in the city centre&nbsp;to the first free practices, public enthusiasm steadily ramped up, building up to this moment everyone had been waiting for.</p>

<p>The 24 Hours of Le Mans also remains focused on future&nbsp;challenges. Following the announcements regarding the integration of hydrogen into the 2030 Hypercar category (made the previous day at the ACO press conference), a prototype demonstration took place today&nbsp;just hours before the start, showcasing the research being done&nbsp;by manufacturers, the ACO&nbsp;and the FIA ​​in this area. Three&nbsp;prototypes took the track: Alpine&#39;s&nbsp;gas hydrogen Alpenglow, the&nbsp;gas hydrogen Ligier Bosch JS2 RH2 and the liquid&nbsp;hydrogen&nbsp;Toyota TR LH2. His excellence FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem arrived at Maison Blanche, the base for the test run, to witness the future of zero CO2 emission racing.</p>

<p>In all three categories, the cars also use Excellium Racing 100, a fully renewable fuel developed by TotalEnergies.</p>

<p>After hotly contested qualifying sessions, no definitive hierarchy has been established. Constructors, teams and drivers are now in another realm, one where pure speed is not enough and every decision can impact a one&#39;s end result.</p>

<p>The&nbsp;winners of the 94th 24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans will claim their trophies&nbsp;tomorrow, Sunday&nbsp;14 June at 16:00 CET.</p>

2026 24 Hours of Le Mans – The 94th running is underway!

Take the start, attack in the braking zone before the first chicane on the Mulsanne Straight, hurtle towards Arnage at over 300 kph, hold your breath in the Porsche Curves and cross the line a winner! Hop in with the world’s best endurance drivers and experience the circuit from inside the cockpit.

<p>See the track, feel the track like a racing driver. Whip through the esses and manage the traffic. Get strapped in and settle into your seat for the 13.626 kilometres of the exhilirating Circuit des 24 Heures. Experience a night stint. Onboard cameras are another way to watch the legend play out before your eyes, and a great complement to the new <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/2026-24-hours-of-le-mans-enjoy-the-race-even-more-thanks-to-live-timing-pro-60702">FIA WEC live timing pro app</a>.</p>

<p>We&rsquo;ve made a list of the 30 or so competitor onboard cameras.</p>

<h2>TOYOTA RACING</h2>

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<h2>ASTON MARTIN THOR TEAM</h2>

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<h2>CADILLAC HERTZ TEAM JOTA&nbsp;#12 ET #38&nbsp;&amp; CADILLAC WTR&nbsp;#101</h2>

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<h2>ALPINE ENDURANCE TEAM</h2>

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<h2>PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES</h2>

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<h2>FERRARI AF CORSE</h2>

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<h2>GENESIS MAGMA RACING</h2>

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<h2>AF CORSE</h2>

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<h2>IDEC SPORT</h2>

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<h2>CORVETTE Z06 LMGT3-R TF SPORT#2 &amp; #33 / 13 AUTOSPORT #13 / RACING TEAM TURKEY BY TF#34</h2>

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<h2>HEART OF RACING TEAM</h2>

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<h2>VISTA AF CORSE #54 (Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo)</h2>

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<h2>PROTON COMPETITION (Ford Mustang LMGT3)</h2>

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<h2>AKKODIS ASP TEAM #87 (Lexus RC-F LMGT3)</h2>

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<h2>MANTHEY DK ENGINEERING #91 (Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3)</h2>

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<h2>THE BEND MANTHEY #92 (Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3)</h2>

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The 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans from inside the cockpit

The race begins long before the flag drops. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, numbers tell a story. Behind every lap time, every distance covered, every statistic, there’s a heartbeat, a sensation, a destiny. Read on for our hand-picked statistics that reveal the soul of the race.

<h2>13/06/26</h2>

<p>The 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans will start at 16:00 today, Saturday 13 June 2026. Thirteen, six, twenty-six. Ring a bell? It&rsquo;s the length of the circuit! 13.626 km. Just remember today&rsquo;s date and you&rsquo;ll remember the length of the circuit.</p>

<h2>3:22.564</h2>

<p>A lap time. The new Hypercar lap record set by Dries Vanthoor in the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 &ndash; BMW M Team WRT. He bettered Jack Aitken&rsquo;s 3:22.742, set last year at the wheel of the Cadillac. From now on, to be in pole position, you need to be faster than 3:23. But let&rsquo;s not forget that race pace is different. The fastest lap in the race was recorded by S&eacute;bastien Bourdais last year: 3:26.063. Le Mans requires mastery of the hottest lap, and the longest day.</p>

<h2>3:52.433</h2>

<p>Some drivers commit the whole circuit to memory, like learning to play a piece of music. Mattia Drudi, for example. For the second year running, he claimed the LMGT3 Hyperpole for Aston Martin, handing the British make its 71st World Endurance Championship pole position since the series began in 2012. Aston Martin becomes the first make to take five Hyperpoles since LMGT3 began in 2024. Drudi joins the select circle of drivers who have won at least two pole positions in the class, with Sarah Bovy, Eduardo Barrichello and Finn Gehrsitz.</p>

<h2>9</h2>

<p>Nine is the number of Le Mans winners at the wheel of a Ferrari. The winning crews of the last three races haven&rsquo;t budged. La Scuderia believes in consistency. Toyota aren&rsquo;t far behind, with five. Nyck de Vries is the only driver who has yet to win Le Mans. There are former winners in the other teams too: Earl Bamber at Cadillac, Lo&iuml;c Duval at Peugeot, Andr&eacute; Lotterer at Genesis. And then there are the teams whose members have yet to taste victory at Le Mans: Alpine, Aston Martin and BMW. At Le Mans experience is an advantage. But it&rsquo;s no guarantee.</p>

<h2>10 years</h2>

<p>It&rsquo;s been ten years since Porsche won with the #2 919 Hybrid in the hands of Romain Dumas, Marc Lieb and Neel Jani. The most heartbreaking win in the history of the race. In the lead in his penultimate lap, Kazuki Nakajima (who shared the #5 Toyota TS050 with Anthony Davidson and S&eacute;bastien Buemi) was on the brink of the first triumph for Toyota. It was not to be. His car suffered a power failure on the Mulsanne Straight.</p>

<h2>13</h2>

<p>France is the most widely-represented nation on the grid: 13 teams and 31 drivers. Eleven Hypercar and 13 LMP2 drivers are French. However, LMGT3 is a British affair (12 drivers).</p>

<p>Great Britain ranks second after France, with 11 teams and 30 drivers in the race, ahead of Italy (8 teams, 16 drivers).</p>

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<h2>19 years old</h2>

<p>The average age of the youngest crew on the grid: Oreca 07-Gibson #37 Cool Racing &ndash; Adrien Clomesnil / Ian Aguilera / Theodor Jensen. 19 years 2 months and 18 days to be precise.</p>

<h2>24</h2>

<p>This is Romain Dumas&rsquo;s 24th 24 Hours of Le Mans, a record for a driver still racing. The two-time winner (2010 with Audi and 2016 with Porsche) is at the wheel of the #48 fielded by his own team RD Limited. He shares driving duties with Tristan Vautier and Fred Poordad. 24 hours. 24th time. A sign of fate?</p>

<h2>40</h2>

<p>Forty drivers are participating for the first time. There are 23 rookies in LMGT3, 16 in LMP2 and Victor Martins in Hypercar. None will ever forget their first time on the Mulsanne Straight at night.</p>

<h2>44</h2>

<p>44 cars are shod with Goodyear tyres this year. The manufacturer is the sole supplier in LMP2 and LMPGT3. Michelin is the Hypercar supplier, chasing a 29th win in a row. The first triumph of the series dates back to 1998 and the 911 GT1 driven by Allan McNish, Laurent A&iuml;ello and St&eacute;phane Ortelli.</p>

<h2>47</h2>

<p>47 years, three months and six days separate the youngest from the eldest driver of the 94th edition. The youngest driver, Ian Aguilera (CLX Motorsport #37), is aged 19 years, 2 months and 18 days. This is his first 24 Hours of Le Mans. He is one of several young rookies in the Le Mans new wave. Meanwhile, Canadian driver John Farano (DKR Engineering #3) was born 66 years, five months and 24 days ago. This is his second Le Mans. Separated by age, they are united in the joy of racing in La Sarthe. Le Mans doesn&rsquo;t care how old you are, just how committed.</p>

<h2>58</h2>

<p>Is the total number of former winners, including 19 overall winners on the 2026 grid:</p>

<ul>
	<li>S&eacute;bastien Buemi &mdash; 4 victories (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022) &mdash; Toyota</li>
	<li>Andr&eacute; Lotterer &mdash; 3 victories (2011, 2012, 2014) &mdash; Audi</li>
	<li>Brendon Hartley &mdash; 3 victories (2017, 2020, 2022) &mdash; Porsche and Toyota</li>
	<li>Earl Bamber &mdash; 2 victories (2015, 2017) &mdash; Porsche</li>
	<li>Romain Dumas &mdash; 2 victories (2010, 2016) &mdash; Audi and Porsche</li>
	<li>Alessandro Pier Guidi &mdash; 1 victory (2023) &mdash; Ferrari</li>
	<li>Antonio Fuoco &mdash; 1 victory (2024) &mdash; Ferrari</li>
	<li>Antonio Giovinazzi &mdash; 1 victory (2023) &mdash; Ferrari</li>
	<li>James Calado &mdash; 1 victory (2023) &mdash; Ferrari</li>
	<li>Jos&eacute; Mar&iacute;a L&oacute;pez &mdash; 1 victory (2021) &mdash; Toyota</li>
	<li>Kamui Kobayashi &mdash; 1 victory (2021) &mdash; Toyota</li>
	<li>Lo&iuml;c Duval &mdash; 1 victory (2013) &mdash; Audi</li>
	<li>Miguel Molina &mdash; 1 victory (2024) &mdash; Ferrari</li>
	<li>Mike Conway &mdash; 1 victory (2021) &mdash; Toyota</li>
	<li>Nicklas Nielsen &mdash; 1 victory (2024) &mdash; Ferrari</li>
	<li>Phil Hanson &mdash; 1 victory (2025) &mdash; Ferrari</li>
	<li>Robert Kubica &mdash; 1 victory (2025) &mdash; Ferrari</li>
	<li>Ryo Hirakawa &mdash; 1 victory (2022) &mdash; Toyota</li>
	<li>Yifei Ye &mdash; 1 victory (2025) &mdash; Ferrari</li>
</ul>

<p>It is interesting to note that two of these former winners achieved the feat with two different manufacturers: Brendon Hartley (Porsche then Toyota) and Romain Dumas (Audi then Porsche). Romain Dumas could notch up a third win with a third constructor, Oreca, but the LMP2s are not contenders for overall victory. The same goes for Jos&eacute; Mar&iacute;a L&oacute;pez. The former winner with Toyota is with Lexus in LMGT3 this year. However, Andr&eacute; Lotterer (#17 Genesis GMR-001-Hypercar) could claim a fourth win after his Audi exploits. If Earl Bamber wins with Cadillac, it would be his second victory with a different manufacturer (following his victory with Porsche).</p>

<h2>75</h2>

<p>Seventy-five years ago, in 1951, a modest German car took the start at Le Mans for the first time. The Porsche 356 SL in the hands of Auguste Veuillet and Edmond Mouche finished 20th overall and first in class. A discrete performance, but the class win was the beginning of a beautiful relationship between Porsche and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Porsche totals 19 victories overall (between 1970 and 2017), an all-time record.</p>

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<h2>350.7 kPh</h2>

<p>Jules Gounon is the only driver to have clocked over 350 kph this week. He hit 350.7 kph with the Alpine A424 #35 Alpine Endurance Team. It&rsquo;s one of the highest speeds recorded at Le Mans since 2007, the Audi v Peugeot era. The open-cockpit R10s and the 908s blasted along at 351 kph. Since then, Stoffel Vandoorne was the only driver to break the 350 kph barrier, hitting 350.1 with the BR1 in 2019. Back in 1993, the Porsche 962Cs attained a lofty 360 kph in the practice sessions, and the Jaguar XJR-12 353 kph in the 1990 race.</p>

<h2>1,963</h2>

<p>Nearly 2,000 marshals ensure track safety. There are also 71 Scorpion drivers and 19 first responders, making a total of 2,053 volunteers around the circuit. A whopping 22 nationalities are represented among the 319 marshals from outside France.</p>

2026 24 Hours of Le Mans pre-race number crunching

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	In 1960, Corvette entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time with the C1. This first participation opened the way to a first category victory for the mythic American car, a series that was only to be a beginning&hellip;Today, Corvette Racing is back on the international scene. There&rsquo;s only one step from the National Corvette Museum and the Bowling Green track (Kentucky) to the Le Mans circuit. Between the Corvette team and the Sarthe, history continues!</p>


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