The 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans will take place from 10–14 June 2026
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Night driving is one of the peculiarities of endurance racing compared to other motorsport disciplines. While the Singapore Grand Prix in Formula 1 takes place at night, the track is well lit almost like daylight, which is not the case with the Road Atlanta circuit.
Given an 11:30 am start for a race of 1,000 miles or 10 hours and and an autumn date, the Petit Le Mans race ends in darkness. Drivers must necessarily complete three laps during the nigth practice session, otherwise they will not get behind the wheel to race, once it is dark.
You can see in this video tour from the camera in the Porsche GT of CORE Autosport, that this rule is necessary as the darkness changes the environment. After seeing this clip, we can only take our hat off to all drivers, from Petit Le Mans to Sebring, through to the Nürburgring circuit or the 24 Hours of Le Mans ...
All videos may be downloaded from the site: www.lemans-tv.com.
Thierry Arman and Cécile Bonardel / ACO - Translated by Tony Light/ACO