24 Hours of Le Mans 2023: As it happened

Ferrari outlasted Toyota to win a historic 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Scroll down to find out how they did it...

11 Jun 2023
14:27
Is this Ferrari's year?

The Italian manufacturer has not started on pole position for 50 years.

Until today.

In fact, Ferrari have locked out the front row after a superb Hyperpole showing.

14:24
The celebrities are here
14:23
LMGTE starting grid
GridNo.TeamDriver
42  33Corvette RacingCatsburg/Keating/Varrone
43  25ORT by TFAl Harthy/Dinan/Eastwood
44  54AF CorseFlohr/Castellacci/Rigon
45  21AF CorseMann/Piguet/de Pauw
46  83Richard Mille AF CorseCompanc/Rovera/Wadoux
47  57Kessel RacingKimura/Huffaker/Serra
48  55GMB MotorsportDahlmann Birch/Sorensen/Reno Moller
49  74Kessel RacingCozzolino/Tsujiko/Yokomizo
50  77Dempsey-Proton RacingRied C/Pedersen/Andlauer
51  86GR RacingWainwright/Barker/Pera
52  100Walkenhorst MotorsportHull/Haryanto/Segal
53  85Iron DamesBovy/Gatting/Frey
54  60Iron LynxSchiavoni/Cressoni/Picariello
55  72TF SportRobin A/Robin M/Hasse-Clot
56  56Project 1 - AOHyett/Jeannette/Cairolo
57  911Proton CompetitionFassbender/Rump/Lietz
58  16Proton CompetitionHardwick/Robichon/Heylen
59  98Northwest AMRJames/Mancinelli/Riberas
60  66JMW MotorsportNeubauer/Prette/Petrobelli
61  88Proton CompetitionTincknell/Yount/Ried J
62  777D'Station RacingHoshino/Stevenson/Fujii
14:20
"Competitor demonstrating new technology"

Starting in 41st will be Hendrick Motorsports' NASCAR project, driven by Jenson Button, Jimmie Johnson and Mike Rockenfeller.

14:20
LMP2 starting grid
Grid   No.TeamDrivers
17    48IDEC SportLafargue/Chatin/Horr
18   28JOTAHeinemeier Hansson/Rasmussen/Fittipaldi
19    41Team WRTAndrade/Deletraz/Kubica
20   47Cool RacingDe Gerus/Lomlo/Pagenaud
21   63Prema RacingPin/Kvyat/Bortolotti
22   14Nielsen Racing [Pro/Am]Sales/Beche/Hanley
23   9Prema RacingViscaal/Correa/Ugran
24   10Vector SportCullen/Aubry/Kaiser
25   45Algarve Pro Racing [Pro/Am]Kurtz/Allen/Braun
26   22United AutosportsHanson/Alberquerque/Lubin
27   923Racing Team Turkey [Pro/Am]Yoluc/Gamble/Vanthoor
28  65Panis RacingMaldonado/van der Helm/van Uitert
29  34Inter Europol CompetitionSmiechowski/Costa/Scherer
30   23United AutosportsPierson/Blomqvist/Jarvis
31  31Team WRTGelael/Habsburg/Frijns
32  37Cool Racing [Pro/Am]Lapierre/Coigny/Jakobsen
33  80AF Corse [Pro/Am]Perrodo/Barnicoat/Nato
34  43DKR Engineering [Pro/Am]Van Rompuy/de Wilde/Martin
35  35Alpine Elf TeamNegrão/Caldwell/Rojas
36   30Duqueine TeamJani/Binder/Pino
37  32Inter Europol Competition [Pro/Am]Kvamme/Magnussen/Fjordbach
38  39Graff Racing [Pro/Am]Lacorte/van der Garde/Pilet
39  36Alpine Elf TeamVaxiviere/Milesi/Canal
40  13Tower Motorsports [Pro/Am]Thomas/Taylor/Rast
14:18
Hypercar starting grid

 

1

        50         

Ferrari AF Corse

Fuoco/Molina/Nielsen

2

         51

Ferrari AF Corse

Pier Guidi/Calado/Giovinazzi

3

         8

Toyota Gazoo Racing

Buemi/Hartley/Hirakawa

4

        75

Porsche Penske Motorsport

Nasr/Jaminet/Tandy

5

        7

Toyota Gazoo Racing

Conway/Kobayashi/Lopez

6

        2

Cadillac Racing

Bamber/Lynn/Westbrook

7

        5

Porsche Penske Motorsport

Cameron/Christensen/Makowiecki

8

        3

Cadillac Racing

Bourdais/Van Der Zande/Dixon

9

        6

Porsche Penske Motorsport

Estre/Lotterer/Vanthoor

10

       93

Peugeot Totalenergies

di Resta/Jensen/Vergne

11

      94

Peugeot Totalenergies

Duval/Menezes/Mueller

12

     708

Glickenhaus Racing

Dumas/Pla/Briscoe

13

     311

Action Express Racing

Derani/Sims/Aitken

14

     709

Glickenhaus Racing

Mailleux/Berthon/Gutierrez

15

       4

Floyd Vanwall Racing Team

Dillmann/Guerrieri/Vautier

16

      38

Hertz Team JOTA

Da Costa/Stevens/Ye