11:33
Tight at the top
1. #8 Toyota
2. #50 Ferrari AF Corse
7.2 seconds is the gap - this is going to be good.
#50 Ferrari
24 Hours of Le Mans LIVE UPDATES!
Live updates from the 2024 24h of Le Mans race.
The 92nd edition of the Le Mans race gets underway with Porsche on pole with the #6 car.
Winners of the 2023 race, Ferrari will start third and fourth as the #51 car leads the sister #50.
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi and the #46 WRT BMW are out of the race after they crashed out just after midnight in the LMGT3 class.
16 Jun 2024
11:26
Toyota & Ferrari
The #50 Ferrari is in pursuit of the #8 Toyota. 8.1 seconds away.
The #7 Toyota leads currently, with a 10 second buffer over their sister car.
11:11
Update
#2 Cadillac leads again - the two Toyotas are sitting pretty in 2nd and 3rd. Still no rain, but that could change.
11:04
Issues for the #83 Ferrari
The #83 AF Corse Ferrari is stuck in the pits, a lot of smoke coming from the front brakes. The driver is out of the car, it looks like they are going to retire from the race!
Drama!
10:54
Rain forecast
Rain is expected in 10 minutes... This could get very interesting.
10:49
Full course yellow
Gregoire Saucy in the #59 United Autosports McLaren has stopped on track! The leading GT3 car.
Full course yellow.
10:39
Ferrari 1-2
4.5 seconds split the two Ferraris at the front. #50 leads from the #83 - Fuoco and Shwartzman currently driving.
10:06
Running order with 5 hours to go
Hypercar:
1. #50 Ferrari AF Corse
2. #83 AF Corse
3. #8 Toyota
4. #6 Porsche Penske
5. 7 Toyota
LMP2 Leader - #183 AF Corse
LMGT3 Leader - #91 Manthey EMA
09:57
Ferrari lead!
Fuoco puts the #50 into the lead with a great overtake on the #5 Porsche.
09:43
Shunt for #311
A big shunt for the #311 Cadillac - limping back to the pits but it will be a task to get that car repaired.
Yellow flags being shown.
09:34
Racing again
Green flag - we are back underway with #2 Cadillac leading.
09:24
Safety car
We are at SC Stage 3/4 - this means that the class leaders are allowed to overtake the Safety car and get to the front again. Expect the order in each class to change again as pit stops will factor in.
Racing will probably start again in 15 minutes.
09:12
#93 Peugeot incident
The #93 Peugeot has crashed under the Safety car. Nico Muller is back on track and should just get back to the pits before the intervention ends.
09:04
Running order with 6 hours to go
Hypercar:
1. #6 Porsche Penske
2. #8 Toyota
3. #2 Cadillac
4. #5 Porsche Penske
5. #83 AF Corse
LMP2 Leader - #183 AF Corse
LMGT3 Leader - #59 United Autosports
08:58
Driver change
Nyck De Vries has finished his stint - Kamui Kobayashi is now behind the wheel of the #7 Toyota. They remain in 3rd place.
08:55
Still under Safety car conditions
Repairs still happening at Indianapolis with the barriers. Racing should get underway soon.
08:42
Safety car period
The #27 Aston Martin is getting cleared from the track, emotional scenes in the Heart of Racing team garage. They were fighting for a Top 3 in the LMGT3 class.
08:38
SAFETY CAR
Big crash for Daniel Mancinelli in his #27 Aston Martin LMGT3, he has hit the barriers at Indianapolis and rolled over.
Daniel is out of the car and is ok.
08:33
Battle for 3rd
A brilliant battle for 3rd in the Hypercar class here - #7 Toyota is currently holding off the #50 Ferrari AF Corse and #83 AF Corse.
You could literally throw a blanket over all three of them. Nyck De Vries is trying his hardest to hold off the two Ferraris. Fuoco is pushing him so hard in the #50.
#7 Toyota has now gapped them by a second.
08:20
Big crash
#4 Porsche with Felipe Nasr behind the wheel has just crashed at Indianapolis. Looks like their race is over - they were running in 17th.
The #6 Porsche Penske are leading after Ryo Hirakawa dived into the pits for #8 Toyota.
07:57
Running order with 7 hours to go
After pit stops:
1. #8 Toyota
2. #6 Porsche Penske
3. #7 Toyota
4. #50 Ferrari AF Corse
5. #83 AF Corse
Leading in the LMP2 class - #10 Vector Sport
Leading in the LMGT3 - #91 Manthey EMA
07:46
Pit stops
Ryo Hirakawa has brought the leading #8 Toyota into the pits, Vanthoor is now leading in the #6 Porsche Penske, while further back the #83 Ferrari, #5 Porsche and #38 Jota Porsche have all made pit stops as well.
07:39
Battle for 6th
A nice battle for 6th sees the #5 Porsche Penske get the better of Jenson Button's #38 Hertz Team Jota car.
07:32
At the front
#8 Toyota leads from the #6 Porsche Penske by 2.4 seconds. The #50 Ferrari sits in 3rd place, 16 seconds off the lead. Robert Kubica is currently behind the wheel of the #83 AF Corse in 4th place.
Track conditions have improved again, with a dry line starting to appear in certain sectors of the circuit.
07:18
Racing again
#8 Toyota leads as we get back underway again, but issues for #7 Toyota as Nyck De Vries as the plastic tear-off needs to be removed from his car, they were struggling for visibility. This has dropped them back to 11th after running in 3rd place.
