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Having trouble spotting your favourite among the 62 cars on the track for the 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary (10-11 June 2023)? Then the Spotter Guide is just what you need! Download it now!

The Spotter Guide for the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans has been issued in time for the first free practice and qualifying sessions scheduled tomorrow (Wednesday 7 June). Archim&egrave;de is the agency behind the artwork that will help you identify the 62 cars on the grid over the coming days.

The field is split into four classes with 16 hypercars, 24 LMP2 prototypes, 21 LMGTE Am challengers and one Innovative Car. 
With several new liveries designed exclusively for the Centenary, the Spotter Guide will come into its own. These special &ldquo;Centenary&rdquo; liveries include the #93 and #94 Peugeot 9X8&nbsp;fielded by Peugeot TotalEnergies, Porsche Penske Motorsport&rsquo;s #5, #6 and #75 Porsche 963, the Nielsen Racing #14 Oreca 07-Gibson, the #56&nbsp; Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Project 1-AO and the #72 Aston Martin Vantage AMR entered by TF Sport.

<a href="https://assets.lemans.org/explorer/pdf/courses/2023/24-heures-du-mans/spotter-guide-24-heures-du-mans-2023.pdf" target="_blank">&gt;&gt; Download your 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Spotter Guide &lt;&lt;</a>

24 Hours of Le Mans Spotter Guide out now!

There are several ways to keep up with the 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary, the fourth round of the 2023 FIA WEC World Endurance Championship. Fans keen not to miss any of the action can watch it on television, follow it on social media or use the 24H Le Mans app.

<h2>TV</h2>

&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;L&#39;&Eacute;quipe TV channel is broadcasting the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France. It will show the race live, for free, on Saturday 10 June from 9:30 am&nbsp;to 9:00 pm, then from 10:55 pm&nbsp;to 1:30 am&nbsp;in the morning. On Sunday 11 June, it will broadcast the race from 5:00 am&nbsp;to&nbsp;4:00 pm.&nbsp; 
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The race, along with Free Practice 1, 2, 3, 4 and the Hyperpole session, will also be shown live, in full, on Eurosport 2.&nbsp;

See the full <a href="http://assets.lemans.org/explorer/pdf/courses/2023/24-heures-du-mans/programme-distribution-tv-24-heures-du-mans-2023.pdf">broadcasting schedule</a>.&nbsp;

<h2>&quot;24H LE MANS TV&quot; APPLICATION</h2>

The <a href="https://24h-lemans.tv/page/645a9ad9000e2ccbac311352">official 24 Hours of Le Mans application</a> is a must-have for any true motosport fan, especially as this year is the centenary of the world-famous 24 Hours of Le Mans. Follow the action live, go back-stage, and stay connected with other fans from all over the world.

Keep track of the standings, pinpoint the whereabouts of your favourite cars and get nerdy with the stats. Or simply watch the race with the official commentary!

<h2>Live timing</h2>

Live Timing lets you keep an eye on the team&rsquo;s times and rankings during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans.

<h2>24 HOURS OF LE MANS SOCIAL MEDIA</h2>

24 Hours of Le Mans&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/24heuresdumans/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp; 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/24heuresdumans/?hl=fr" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @24heuresdumans 
<a href="https://twitter.com/24hoursoflemans" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @24hoursoflemans 
24 Hours of Le Mans&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@24heuresdumans" target="_blank">YouTube</a>&nbsp;channel

Use these hashtags: #LEMANS24 and #LeMansCentenary

How to keep up with the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 62 teams in the Centenary took part in the 2nd Annual Pit Stop Challenge on Tuesday afternoon. Mechanics for the #93 Peugeot 9X8 triumphed in this cutthroat test of speed and dexterity.

Mechanic for Panis Racing&#39;s #65 ORECA&nbsp;07-Gibson, Christophe:&nbsp;&quot;A mounted tyre weighs about&nbsp;23 kg.&quot;&nbsp;The weight of the pneumatic gun is comparable to that of a large drill (3-4 kg). &quot;The best times are&nbsp;around&nbsp;the 10-second mark, and we&#39;ve already clocked less during training. The challenge is you&#39;re only allowed one attempt, so you can&#39;t mess it up.&quot;&nbsp;Absolute precision and coordination are key.&nbsp;&quot;We&#39;ve put in place choreography to go as fast as possible.&nbsp;The direction of the nuts, for tightening and loosening, changes according to the side of the car you&#39;re on and you have to keep it that way.&quot;&nbsp;Sadly,&nbsp;the Panis Racing team failed&nbsp;to repeat their training performance, with the clock showing a merciless 12:115.

The #94&nbsp;Peugeot experienced a major misfire at the left rear as the&nbsp;#93 beat out the #7 Toyota looking as if&nbsp;it would win. The #5&nbsp;Ferrari&#39;s mechanics rounded out the top 3 just 0.003 seconds behind Toyota and&nbsp;0.209 seconds behind&nbsp;Peugeot.

<h2>2nd Pit Stop winners by Class:</h2>

Hypercar | #93 Peugeot 9X8 of&nbsp;Peugeot TotalEnergies in 10:067

LMP2 | #41 ORECA&nbsp;07-Gibson of&nbsp;Team WRT in 10:311

LMGTE Am |&nbsp;#98 Aston Martin Vantage AMR of&nbsp;Northwest AMR in 10:480

Innovative Car |&nbsp;#24 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 NASCAR of Hendrick Motorsports in 10:364

2023 24 Hours of Le Mans – Peugeot wins the 2nd Pit Stop Challenge!

Every year for the past 100 years, a single car and a single team have their hard work rewarded with overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Only a select handful of drivers get to revel in glory, while others leave licking their wounds.

Le Mans can bring out the best in a driver, just as it can put them through the wringer. Isn&rsquo;t it said that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/does-the-24-hours-of-le-mans-choose-its-winner-57562">the 24 Hours chooses its winner</a>?

<h2>Andr&eacute; Lotterer dreams of winning again... with Porsche!</h2>

Many of the&nbsp;drivers on the grid this year are likely to be hankering after revenge. Starting with Andr&eacute; Lotterer.

With three wins under his belt, secured in 2011, 2012 and 2014, the champion knows he&rsquo;s among the lucky few. &ldquo;<a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/24-hours-of-le-mans-andre-lotterer-our-lives-changed-the-day-we-won-in-2011-53751">Le Mans changed my life</a>.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s a race that has brought me a lot, that has propelled me to the forefront of motorsport.&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/24-hours-of-le-mans-andre-lotterer-the-leader-of-the-rebellion-52172">Since his first participation, when he put up his own money to race</a> in an Audi R10 entered by Colin Kolles&rsquo; team, Lotterer has become a standard bearer in the advent of the hybrid era, respected for his consistency and drive.&nbsp;He makes no bones about it &ndash; he wants to win with Porsche, a marque he has loved since childhood. Porsches are his thing and his own collection includes a rare Carrera GT.

&ldquo;I could have made it into the closed circle of four-time winners of the race, but we retired with two hours to go in 2017. Winning with Porsche was my dream. Porsche cars generally don&rsquo;t have reliability issues. It&rsquo;s true that it hurt. But the page has been turned, it&rsquo;s the future that counts. Lots of other drivers have encountered the same fate. It&rsquo;s great to be back here with them this year. I&rsquo;m going to try to make up for it,&rdquo; he grins.

<h2>S&eacute;bastien Bourdais and the elusive victory</h2>

S&eacute;bastien Bourdais has come&nbsp;tantalisingly close to victory. The local boy from&nbsp;Le Mans has finished second on three occasions. His 2009 and 2011 finishes with Peugeot kindled a desire for revenge after crossing the chequered flag. &ldquo;In 2009, we were denied victory. When the last Audi in the running had problems in the night, the decision was made to lock the positions. We were faster [with Franck Montagny and St&eacute;phane Sarrazin] but the order was given not to take any more risks. I told my team manager that he was simply denying us victory.&rdquo;

In 2011, Bourdais lost out to Audi after a fierce battle. Just 13.854s behind the R18 driven by Marcel F&auml;ssler, Andr&eacute; Lotterer and Beno&icirc;t Tr&eacute;luyer, the four-time ChampCar champion suffered another setback. &ldquo;It was a different story in 2011. We were just slower. And then there was the choice of tyres on the Sunday morning. Based on the information we had, it wasn&rsquo;t expected to rain before midday. That&rsquo;s what I based my decision on, and went with medium tyres. But it started to rain at 10:30, so the tyres I&rsquo;d chosen ended up being unsuitable. I lost 50 seconds to the R18 over the course of my stint. We missed out by 13 seconds on the finish line&rdquo;.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/how-ford-claimed-class-victory-at-the-24-hours-of-le-mans-video-41883">After going on to win in LMGTE Pro with a Ford GT in 2016</a>, S&eacute;bastien Bourdais is in with strong chance of shining at this year&rsquo;s race. Could 2023 be the year of Cadillac&rsquo;s first victory?

<h2>When it all goes wrong with seconds to spare</h2>

Le Mans can be lost through a moment of carelessness, veering off-track, an error in the pits or a poor strategic decision. Le Mans can be lost through poor pacing or subpar performance. And Le Mans can choose its winner by pot luck, right up until the last lap! That&rsquo;s exactly what happened in 2021. As Yifei Ye was leading the LMP2 class, he was forced to stop on the track when an electrical problem caused the car to shut down. It never restarted, depriving the Chinese driver and his teammates Robert Kubica and Louis Del&eacute;traz of a thoroughly merited victory. &ldquo;We obviously have a feeling of revenge. We should have won in 2021. It&rsquo;s horrible, we think about it every day. Losing Le Mans on the last lap is something you never get over,&rdquo; says&nbsp;<a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/the-drivers-set-to-steer-endurance-racing-into-the-future-57561">Hypercar hopeful&nbsp;Louis Del&eacute;traz</a>,&nbsp;who looked on helplessly from the pits.

Sometimes, an unfinished chapter can turn into an epic saga.&nbsp;That&rsquo;s what happened to S&eacute;bastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima. The pair were left in the lurch at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans as their Toyota lost the race going into the final lap. Kazuki Nakajima, now Vice-President of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/kazuki-nakajima-toyota-le-mans-2016-will-stay-with-me-forever-42855">commented on the disappointment shortly after the race:</a> &ldquo;The positive thing is that we have gained even more fans than if we&rsquo;d actually won the race! So I think that this is the start of a good story and it will go on until we win the race. And I&rsquo;m sure we will achieve that one day&rdquo;.&nbsp;He went on to win the race in 2018, 2019 and 2020, as did S&eacute;bastien Buemi, who chalked up a further win in 2022.&nbsp;Only Anthony Davidson, the third driver of the ill-fated trio, has not clinched a victory.&nbsp;

These drivers have a score to settle at Le Mans

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