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<p>This modern and welcoming space is the ideal place to relax while you watch the action on the track. It has a lovely restaurant and a vast terrace that offers stunning views of the famous Corvette Corner.</p><p><br></p><p>You can even head to the entertainment area on the ground floor, which is equipped with driving simulators, dart boards, a pool table and a host of other activities to keep everyone entertained.</p>

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24 HOURS OF LE MANS GIFT

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<p>From the grandstand, let yourself be transported by the spectacle on the track: cars skimming the kerbs, the excitement of the start ceremony... An ideal experience to enjoy the magic of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and savour the atmosphere !</p>

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<p>In a prime location right by the paddocks and pitlane building, the Le Mans Spirit Club - official FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP hospitality - opens out onto a stunning terrace with outstanding views of the legendary Motul Raccordement Corner.</p><p><br></p><p>Interested in this VIP package for another FIA World Endurance Championship race? Book now by <a href="https://www.fiawec.com/en/page/welcome-to-our-world/2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">clicking here</a> </p>

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<p>An exclusive outdoor space allows you to watch the action on the circuit while revelling in the race's characteristic atmosphere. Throughout the day and night, our high-class services and activity schedule keep you entertained for a truly unforgettable event.</p>

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<p>Step behind the scenes of this thrilling event, savour the moment in our high-class reception areas and enjoy a carefully-orchestrated event that combines elegance with excitement.</p><p><br></p><p>From sunrise to sunset, a full schedule of activities will be rolled out just for you, to fully immerse you in the thrill of the race.</p>

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<p>Discover a Vip experience in the heart of the race. Enjoy a unique moment, with the best views of the track, day and night. Enter the legend.</p>

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The Automobile Club de l’Ouest is pleased to announce that Sir Mark Cavendish, who holds the record for the most Tour de France stages won (35), will wave the start of the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans, at 16:00 on Saturday 13 June.

<p>Emblematic figure of world sport, <strong>Sir Mark Cavendish rewrote cycling history</strong> as he put his name to one Tour de France stage after another &ndash;&shy; totalling 35 in all. Awarded Knight of the British Empire in 2024, the Manx Missile is particularly fond of France, having won many a sprint on its roads and inspired a generation of cyclists. The Tour de France and the 24 Hours of Le Mans have much in common. Both are monuments of world sport, both French, both household names all around the globe.</p>

<p>As official starter, Cavendish joins a list of great sportsmen who have paid the event the same honour. As a formidable competitor, he will be in excellent company on the starting grid this June.</p>

<h2>Sir Mark Cavendish</h2>

<p><em><strong>&quot;France and me go back a long way. The Tour taught me everything I know about pain, glory, and pushing your limits. Some competitions transcend their discipline; they belong to all sports fans everywhere. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of them. It&rsquo;s a temple of sport and I&rsquo;m looking forward to experiencing the start from the inside.&quot;</strong></em></p>

<h2>Pierre Fillon, President of the Automobile Club de l&rsquo;Ouest</h2>

<p><em><strong>&quot;Sir Mark Cavendish is an outstanding sportsman and a fitting starter for our 94th 24-hour race. He stands for all that this event holds dear: dazzling performance and shared passion.&quot;</strong></em></p>

<p><u><strong>Previous 24 Hours of Le Mans Official Starters</strong></u></p>

<ul>
	<li>2025&nbsp; Roger Federer &mdash; Tennis</li>
	<li>2024&nbsp; Zin&eacute;dine Zidane &mdash; Football</li>
	<li>2023&nbsp; LeBron James &mdash; Basketball</li>
</ul>

<p><strong><u>Some of the other greats:</u></strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>2018&nbsp; Rafael Nadal &mdash; Tennis</li>
	<li>2016&nbsp; Brad Pitt &mdash; Cinema</li>
</ul>

World-renowned cyclist Sir Mark Cavendish to wave the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

To mark the 94th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, in collaboration with Kappa, the event’s Official Outfitter, is unveiling the new official collection dedicated to the world’s greatest endurance race.

<p>Designed to extend the 24 Hours of Le Mans experience beyond the racetrack, this collection celebrates the legacy of motorsports, the identity of the major motorsport nations, and the unique world of endurance racing. It is organized around three complementary themes:&nbsp;<strong>TEAM KIT, FANWEAR, and HERITAGE</strong>.</p>

<h2>TEAM KIT &ndash; The official team gear</h2>

<p>Building on the success of previous editions, the TEAM KIT reflects the operational needs of the teams competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.</p>

<p>Developed to meet the demands of the track, this line combines functionality, comfort, and understated style in a design true to Kappa&rsquo;s technical DNA. A collection designed to support race participants in the most demanding conditions.</p>

<h2>FANWEAR &ndash; The spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the great nations of motorsport</h2>

<p>The FANWEAR collection draws inspiration from racing culture and the history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans through a reinterpretation of motorsport&rsquo;s iconic symbols.</p>

<p>Available in green, red, and blue, several styles pay homage to the historic colors of the great motorsport nations: the United Kingdom, Italy, and France. The pieces proudly bear the LE MANS logo and reflect enthusiasts&rsquo; passion for the world of endurance racing.</p>

<p>Through the EROI project (&ldquo;heroes&rdquo; in Italian), Kappa also highlights the concepts of belonging, collective passion, and sporting identity, in the spirit of the great communities that have kept the 24 Hours of Le Mans alive for over a century.</p>

<p>The FANWEAR collection also includes a more lifestyle-oriented capsule line, as well as two signature jerseys:</p>

<ul>
	<li>A jersey inspired by the iconic yellow and blue speed bumps of the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit;</li>
	<li>A tone-on-tone black jersey featuring a checkered pattern, a direct nod to the historic codes of motorsport.</li>
</ul>

<h2>HERITAGE &ndash; An elegant and timeless vision of endurance racing</h2>

<p>With the HERITAGE line, the ACO and Kappa offer a more premium take on the world of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.</p>

<p>Inspired by Italian elegance, this range combines tailored cuts, high-quality materials, and refined details. Polos, jackets, and accessories make up a wardrobe designed to extend the event experience in a style that is both modern and timeless.</p>

<h2>A Presence at the Heart of the Event</h2>

<p>The launch of this collection is accompanied by an immersive photo and video campaign highlighting the intensity, aesthetics, and culture of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.</p>

<p>As part of its partnership with the 24 Hous of Le Mans, Kappa will also be present at the heart of the race village with an official boutique dedicated to this collection.</p>

<h2>Availability</h2>

<p>The official 24 Hours of Le Mans x Kappa collection is <a href="https://www.kappa.fr/pages/24-heures-du-mans" target="_blank"><u><strong>available today on the Kappa website</strong></u></a> and will be available at the Kappa boutique in the 24 Hours of Le Mans village from June 6 to 14, 2026. It is also partially available on <a href="https://boutique.lemans.org" target="_blank">boutique.lemans.org</a> and in the&nbsp; 24 Hours of Le Mans official stores.</p>

ACO and Kappa unveil the official collection for the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans

Just a few weeks ahead of the 94th running of Le Mans (10-14 June), the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) is in full swing with BMW M Team WRT dominating the Hypercar standings as Porsche delivers consistency in LMGT3. The points system specific to the 24 Hours means the top prizes in each class are still up for grabs.

<p>The&nbsp;6 Hours of Imola and&nbsp;TotalEnergies 6 Hours of&nbsp;Spa-Francorchamps set the tone for what&#39;s to come at the 2026 24 Hours: every&nbsp;constructor firmly believes it can win Le Mans this year.</p>

<p>While Toyota Racing stood out&nbsp;at Imola demonstrating a perfect command of&nbsp;endurance racing, BMW M Team WRT responded with a resolute one-two punch at Spa-Francorchamps. The German carmaker&nbsp;is currently leading the FIA Endurance Hypercar Manufacturers Championship with&nbsp;59 points, just&nbsp;seven ahead of&nbsp;Toyota. Ferrari-AF Corse trails with&nbsp;42 points, but never underestimate the Italian marque&nbsp;at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.&nbsp;Last year, AF Corse&#39;s #83&nbsp;Ferrari 499P served&nbsp;Maranello a third win in a row, its 12th total.</p>

<p>BMW is heading into the season&#39;s main event&nbsp;with momentum, Toyota with&nbsp;experience and&nbsp;Ferrari fueled by the desire for a historic repeat. In their rearview for now are Aston Martin THOR Team and&nbsp;Alpine Endurance Team boasting 14 points each, while Peugeot TotalEnergies and&nbsp;Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA are still looking&nbsp;for the spark to transform&nbsp;their potential into top&nbsp;results.&nbsp;Lastly, Hypercar class rookie Genesis Magma Racing earned its first points in Belgium.&nbsp;</p>

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<h2>The&nbsp;24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans is much more than winning</h2>

<p>At Le Mans, the winner is awarded not only a stunning trophy&nbsp;but&nbsp;a whopping&nbsp;50 points in the championship (instead of the standard&nbsp;25 for a six-hour race). Victory at the 24 Hours can turn the provisional WEC classification on its head in an instant.</p>

<p>To give you an idea of the race&#39;s impact, second place pulls in&nbsp;36 points and third earns 30, so the WEC season can change drastically in a single&nbsp;weekend. BMW M Team WRT knows it. Toyota Racing too. Ferrari-AF Corse better than anyone.</p>

<p>That&nbsp;changes everything in pit lane. The engineers know not to&nbsp;approach this race like a standard round because every detail counts double. Managing traffic becomes a tightrope walk. The slightest mechanical intervention&nbsp;is carried out with&nbsp;surgical precision. And the drivers understand&nbsp;in the early hours of the morning, when fatigue blurs their bearings,&nbsp;the championship can turn on a single braking maneuver.</p>

<h2>LMGT3 |&nbsp;Porsche on top with mcLaren and&nbsp;BMW hot on its heels</h2>

<p>There seems to be some score-settling on the menu&nbsp;in LMGT3. Last year, The Bend Manthey&#39;s #92&nbsp;Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 claimed the top step on the class podium and the team&nbsp;is definitely fired up for a second consecutive win.</p>

<p>After finishing third at Imola and delivering a solid performance at&nbsp;Spa-Francorchamps, the #92&nbsp;Porsche snatched the lead in the FIA Endurance LMGT3 Teams Trophy with 30 points. But the pressure is on. The #10&nbsp;McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo of&nbsp;Garage 59, winner in Belgium, lags by only four points. Team WRT&#39;s #69 BMW M4 LMGT3 Evo, winner at Imola, also remains ideally&nbsp;positioned.</p>

<p>TF Sport&#39;s #33&nbsp;Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R follows with 22 points, while&nbsp;Vista AF Corse, The Heart of Racing and&nbsp;Akkodis ASP Team wait for the perfect&nbsp;moment to strike.</p>

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<p>This is precisely why the 94th running is special. There are&nbsp;so many contenders for victory in the WEC. Rarely have the margins between competitors been so negligible as race week approaches. Soon, the grandstands will be buzzing as&nbsp;the&nbsp;Hypercars, LMP2&nbsp;prototypes and&nbsp;LMGT3s take the start&nbsp;after dark!</p>

BMW and others gearing up for epic battles at the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans

On Friday 5 and Saturday 6 June this year, the place de la République in the city centre will serve as the stage for the first electrifying highlight of the 94th running of the Le Mans classic, officially kicking off race week with the one event more highly anticipated than the 24 Hours itself.

<p>Every year, race week kickstarts&nbsp;in the Le&nbsp;Mans city centre with die-hard fans as far as the eye can see &ndash; cheering, taking photos left and right,&nbsp;and generally amping up the excitement level as the 62 cars entered in the 24 Hours submit to two days of administrative and&nbsp;technical checks known as Scrutineering.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This&nbsp;is one of the rare moments you can actually get close to the&nbsp;Hypercars, LMP2s and&nbsp;LMGT3s, as well as the drivers, entered in the most spectacular endurance race in the world.</p>

<p>On Friday 5 June at 10:00, Inter Europol Competition&#39;s #43 ORECA 07-Gibson LMP2 will open the show, followed by the other racing cars&nbsp;until Team WRT&#39;s #69&nbsp;BMW M4 LMGT3 Evo closes the event on Saturday&nbsp;6 June at&nbsp;12:40.</p>

<p>After&nbsp;Scrutineering concludes, the festivities continue with the unforgettable city centre parade. For the fourth year in a row, select cars entered in the 2026 24 Hours will snake through the streets from the place du Jet d&rsquo;Eau to the place des Jacobins, reminding everyone in attendance that this&nbsp;race belongs&nbsp;as much to the city as it does to its&nbsp;legion of fans worldwide.</p>

<p>Check out the 2026 Scrutineering Programme for the 94th&nbsp;24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans below.</p>

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24 Hours of Le Mans – 2026 Scrutineering Programme

BMW has ended a 27-year absence from the top step of the podium at the pinnacle of international endurance racing, by clinching a memorable triumph in today’s TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

<p>The &lsquo;Ardennes Rollercoaster&rsquo; invariably generates exciting action, and the second round of the <strong>2026 FIA World Endurance Championship</strong> campaign was no exception. <strong>BMW M Team WRT</strong> &ndash; based just up the road near Li&egrave;ge &ndash; began the six-hour contest in front of a record-breaking Spa <strong>crowd of 101,606 enthusiastic fans</strong> from just tenth and 11th on the Hypercar class grid, but an audacious strategy and a stroke of luck proved to be key to the squad&rsquo;s success.</p>

<p>In a race that featured no fewer than four safety car interventions, BMW elected to roll the dice, with <strong>Ren&eacute; Rast</strong>, <strong>Sheldon van der Linde</strong> and <strong>Robin Frijns </strong>going on to deliver the Bavarian brand its first outright victory in global endurance racing since the <strong>24 Hours of Le Mans in 1999</strong>, taking the chequered flag in front of the sister <strong>#15 M Hybrid V8</strong> in a brilliant one-two finish.</p>

<p><em><strong>&ldquo;It&#39;s an unbelievable story for us,&rdquo;</strong></em> enthused Rast.<em><strong> &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a long time in the making &ndash; we&rsquo;ve been waiting for this moment for the last two or three years. Everybody has worked so hard, and the team pulled off a miracle in terms of strategy. To celebrate our first win in Belgium, where WRT is at home, is something very special. It&rsquo;s just an amazing day!&rdquo;</strong></em></p>

<p>In <strong>LMGT3</strong>, there was redemption for <strong>Garage 59</strong> &ndash; which had looked to be on-course for victory on its championship debut in last month&rsquo;s Imola curtain-raiser until suffering an alternator failure barely half-an-hour from the chequered flag. The <strong>#10 McLaren</strong> piloted by <strong>Tom Fleming</strong>, <strong>Marvin Kirchh&ouml;fer</strong> and <strong>Antares Au</strong> scythed through the 18-car field from 15th on the grid to triumph in Belgium, taking advantage of a late-race five-second penalty for <strong>VISTA AF Corse&rsquo;s #21 Ferrari</strong>.</p>

<p>Full race results <a href="https://www.fiawec.com/fr/page/resultats/56" target="_blank"><u><strong>HERE</strong></u></a>.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Next up on the FIA WEC calendar is the series&rsquo; flagship event &ndash; the legendary <strong>24 Hours of Le Mans</strong> in France on <strong>10-14 June</strong>.</p>

<p>Follow all of the action live on <a href="https://plus.fiawec.com/fr" target="_blank"><u><strong>FIAWEC+</strong></u></a>.</p>

BMW breaks through with Spa one-two on Team WRT’s home turf

Malthe Jakobsen confirmed his status as one of the FIA World Endurance Championship’s brightest rising stars at Spa-Francorchamps today, producing a scintillating lap to secure Peugeot’s maiden pole position in the series.

<p>Earlier on in the <strong>Hypercar</strong> qualifying session, that kind of result had looked far less likely, when the 22-year-old Dane spun at high speed on his &lsquo;out&rsquo; lap from the pits, fortunately avoiding any impact but obliging him to return to the box for a fresh set of tyres.</p>

<p>Atoning for his error, <strong>Jakobsen</strong> subsequently soared to the top of the timesheets in the ten-minute <strong>Hyperpole</strong> shootout behind the wheel of the <strong>#94 Team Peugeot TotalEnergies 9X8 Hypercar</strong> that he shares with fellow young gun <strong>Th&eacute;o Pourchaire</strong> and former FIA World Endurance Champion, <strong>Lo&iuml;c Duval</strong>.</p>

<p>The result represented the first pole for &lsquo;The Lions&rsquo; in any international endurance racing series in 15 years and first in world championship competition since 1992.</p>

<p><em><strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the best feeling to drive this track on low fuel and new tyres, and I&rsquo;m very happy for the team,&rdquo;</strong></em> enthused Jakobsen, after pipping Cadillac&rsquo;s Will Stevens to the prime spot by a scant 0.043 seconds. <em><strong>&ldquo;This is a great boost for everybody in terms of motivation to keep working hard. It really shows that even though we&rsquo;ve had a challenging past couple of years, everything is possible and you should never, ever give up.&rdquo;</strong></em></p>

<p>At the other end of the order, Imola winner <strong>Toyota</strong> struggled for speed in 12th and 16th positions in the 17-strong Hypercar field, with only one of defending world champion <strong>Ferrari&rsquo;s 499P</strong> prototypes advancing to the top ten as <strong>Antonio Fuoco</strong> bagged eighth on the grid.</p>

<p>In <strong>LMGT3</strong>, <strong>Akkodis ASP Team&rsquo;s Lexus RC F</strong> achieved its third FIA WEC pole 12 months on from its first, in the hands of impressive rookie racer, <strong>Hadrien David</strong>.</p>

<p>The TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps &ndash; round two of the 2026 campaign &ndash; will get underway at <strong>14:00 CEST tomorrow (Saturday, 9 May)</strong>.</p>

Peugeot on pole in Belgium as Jakobsen stuns at Spa

The 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans taking place on 13–14 June promises magnificent racing. The world’s greatest carmakers place their machines in the hands of the most skilful drivers, and all share the desire to add their name to the roll of honour. The third round of the FIA World Endurance Championship is likely to be hotly disputed. Today, Wednesday 6 May, is publication day for the list of 186 drivers taking part.

<h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/2026-entry-d8ef2oz" target="_parent">DISCOVER THE ENTRY LIST</a></h2>

<p><strong>An intense battle in Hypercar</strong><br />
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Introduced in 2022, the Hypercar class has treated the 24 Hours of Le Mans crowd to some thrilling racing so far. Once again, the race is set to be a close run. Eight carmakers fielding a total of 18 prototypes are in contention for overall victory. Each team can boast experienced drivers. The line-up comprises 17 past winners in the Hypercar class alone. Every one of the nine Ferrari AF Corse drivers has already triumphed at Le Mans, among them Robert Kubica, Antonio Fuoco and Antonio Giovinazzi..<br />
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<strong>Maiden Le Mans for Genesis</strong><br />
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This year&rsquo;s newcomer is South Korean manufacturer Genesis, with the GMR-001-Hypercar. The team has enlisted the help of three-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Andr&eacute; Lotterer, a popular driver among endurance fans. Lotterer shares the wheel of the #17 with Luis Felipe Derani and Mathys Jaubert, while Mathieu Jaminet, Paul-Loup&nbsp;Chatin and Daniel Juncadella take the helm of the #19 sister car. Genesis may be new to Le Mans, but its drivers total 41 starts between them and are likely to cause a sensation!<br />
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<strong>Stiff competition in LMP2</strong><br />
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The last time there was more than a lap between the first two LMP2 cars at the finish was in 2019! Judging by this year&rsquo;s grid, that record is not about to be broken. Last year&rsquo;s winners Inter Europol Competition should not be disregarded this year. However, K&eacute;vin Estre, who won Hyperpole two years ago, will be looking to drive TDS Racing to victory. Two-time Le Mans winner (2010 and 2016) Romain Dumas is back with his own team RD Limited after a three-year hiatus.<br />
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<strong>Well-known names</strong><br />
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The line-up is full of familiar names. This year, no less than seven drivers have a father who was a Formula One driver: Kevin Magnussen (BMW M Team WRT), son of Jan, Jules Gounon (Alpine Endurance Team), son of Jean-Marc, Enzo Trulli (Algarve Pro Racing), son of Jarno, Louis Del&eacute;traz (AO by TF), son of Jean-Denis, Giuliano Alesi (Team Qatar by Iron Lynx), son of Jean, Lorenzo Patrese (Kessel Racing), son of Riccardo, and Eduardo Barrichello (Heart of Racing Team), son of Rubens. Most of the sons have already taken part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.<br />
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<strong>25 cars in LMGT3</strong><br />
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LMGT3 is in the limelight this year. The class is composed of an impressive 25 cars representing nine carmakers. Jos&eacute; Mar&iacute;a L&oacute;pez who won the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans takes the wheel of the #87 Lexus RC F LMGT3 &ndash; Akkodis ASP Team. So far this season, three different carmakers have mounted the podium, which indicates the high level of talent in the class. Porsche has won the last two 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMGT3 but the competition remains wide open.<br />
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<strong>Women in the spotlight</strong><br />
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This year&rsquo;s driver line-up includes two women. Doriane Pin has a seat in LMP2 with Duqueine Team. The &ldquo;Pocket Rocket&rdquo;&nbsp;currently Development Driver with the Mercedes-AMG Formula One team is well-known for her speed. Lilou Wadoux will be driving the #150 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo fielded by Richard Mille AF Corse in LMGT3. Former Iron Dames team member Sarah Bovy is the first woman to be appointed Grand Marshal of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Bovy can boast magnificent victories in ELMS and WEC races, and is widely acknowledged for her work on raising the profiles of women in motor racing.<br />
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<strong>See you at 4 p.m on Saturday 13 June for the Start of the 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans!</strong></p>

The 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans driver line-up

The idea for M24 blossomed in 2022, when the ACO, represented by Pierre Fillon, and the company Richard Mille formed a joint venture named MACO. A huge building project began, involving the renovation of the existing site and an extension designed by architect Frédéric Audevard. One of the main challenges was to complete the work in less than a year, in time for the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans.

<h2>Renewal and extension: a colossal undertaking</h2>

<p>M24 is composed of two parts: the initial building dating from 1961, which has been entirely renovated, and the extension designed by Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Audevard, which brings the new exhibition area to a total of <strong>8,600 m&sup2;</strong>.</p>

<p>The extension required a wide array of experts to work side by side in harmony. The 24 Hours of Le Mans museum remained open to the public until the end of the 2025 Le Mans Classic in early July and M24 is scheduled to open before the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans.</p>

<p>Philippe Moran&ccedil;ais and the company CMB oversaw the project. No less than 14 different trades and 23 companies &ndash; most of them located in the region &ndash; were involved in the project destined to contribute to the local economy.</p>

<h4><u>Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Audevard / Architect, Audevard Architecture</u></h4>

<p><em>&ldquo;M24 boasts <strong>a strong architectural character</strong>, inspired by the aerodynamics, speed and adrenaline at play in motor racing, and in particular the prototypes on the grid of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.</em></p>

<p><em>Continuous strokes and taught shapes resemble racing lines. Inside, <strong>the flow of visitors advances smoothly, like the air around a race car.</strong> Not only does this building house high-performance objects, it embodies them.</em></p>

<p><em>Precisely managed natural light accompanies visitors throughout the museum, illuminating the exhibits cleanly and effectively. Technology is replaced by an immersive scenography, where architecture combines with content to heighten emotions.</em></p>

<p><em><strong>M24 meets the strictest environmental standards.</strong> The project includes a green roof designed to manage varying amounts of rainwater thanks to harvesting and drainage. The building materials &ndash; such as aluminium, which is lightweight, durable and recyclable &ndash; were selected for sustainability and responsibility.</em></p>

<p><em>Respectful of its environment, M24 establishes a dialogue with the surrounding landscape. This approach is in line with the Automobile Club de l&rsquo;Ouest&rsquo;s ambitious CSR strategy,<strong> a vision where architectural innovation, environmental responsibility and sporting heritage come together.&rdquo;</strong></em></p>

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<h2>Immersive museography</h2>

<p><strong>The Immersers</strong>, a scenography company based in Nantes, have orchestrated the collections with a type of museography new to the automotive world with the goal of drawing visitors into the narrative. Rapha&euml;l Daguet and his team take immersion seriously. They don&rsquo;t design museum tours, they take visitors into another world.</p>

<h4><u>Rapha&euml;l Daguet / Scenographer, The Immersers</u></h4>

<p><em>&quot;In 2021, the ACO and Richard Mille asked us to help them design M24 &ndash; Museum of motorsport. We took on the collective project in true entrepreneurial spirit, embracing both the opportunities and the risks involved. Each party had its own vision: the ACO which saw Le Mans turn a craft into an industry and then an art form; Richard Mille, who always seeks the very best setting to show off a jewel; Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Audevard, who designed the setting &ndash; the place, the volumes, the functionality; and us, The Immersers, whose role was to articulate the pieces, and bring the place to life. Our method is a narrative one. We draft and present <strong>a story that takes visitors on a journey</strong> <strong>through time</strong>, using technology as a means, not an end. To tell a story, you first need to gather people around a narrator. We are a collective of designers and architects who create spellbinding experiences.</em></p>

<p><em>In that sense, <strong>M24 is a journey</strong>. The cars displayed pay us the honour of stopping by to give us a glimpse of their lives as champions. We meet their drivers, their mechanics &ndash; our fellow enthusiasts. The narration takes place over a weekend, between 1923 and 2026 and relates the history of racing and of the race. Visitors wander between eras, from the scrutineering sessions in the city, when the 24 Hours of Le Mans encounters the public, to the finish, taking in all the landmark moments along the way.</em></p>

<p><em>The dual temporality creates the <strong>immersion</strong>. Visitors live the legend. The journey includes a materials library inviting us to touch steering wheels and firesuits. Other immersive moments include the life-size diorama depicting actual scenes, and the nighttime experience, which uses technology to travel between decades.<br />
The introspective experience takes place in <strong>a specially-designed room</strong>, flanked by three gigantic (30 m x 6 m) abstract murals inspired by Pierre Soulages, suggesting that race cars have become works of art.</em></p>

<p><em>M24 is probably <strong>the most theatrical of automotive museums</strong>. Of course, it is difficult to imagine displaying such huge works. A car is very different from a painting. We set out to create time capsules, excerpts of life &ndash; with drivers, teams and fans &ndash; to generate emotion, feelings, and a true sense of history. We are proud to have given ourselves the means to achieve that ambitious goal.&quot;</em></p>

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