20:24
Yellow flags are out with under two minutes to go, the No.5 Porsche has lost a right rear wheel!
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2025 24 Hours of Le Mans: Hyperpole LIVE UPDATES!
Live coverage of Thursday practice and qualifying at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans continues on Thursday 12 June with FP3, Hyperpole and FP4.
Wednesday saw the opening day of practice and qualifying, with Cadillac leading the way in the latter with the No.12 Jota car.
Toyota suffered a difficult evening as the No.7 car failed to make it into the top 15 cutoff to progress to Q2, while the No.6 Porsche was disqualified for a weight limit infringement.
Three hours of practice start the day's running, before Hyperpole for all classes this evening and a final practice tonight.
Thursday 2025 Le Mans schedule:
- FP3 - 14:45 CET
- Hyperpole 1 LMGT3/LMP2 - 20:00 CET
- Hyperpole 2 LMGT3/LMP2 - 20:35 CET
- Hyperpole 1 Hypercar - 21:05 CET
- Hyperpole 2 Hypercar - 21:40 CET
- FP4 - 23:00 CET
12 Jun 2025
20:23
Message from Cadillac regarding the No.101 car:
"Because the No. 101 Cadillac lost most of the afternoon free practice, the Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing team is using this session to run in race trim, testing to make sure ride height is correct, etc."
20:22
Lots of late tyre changes here. Ferrari also in, as well as Porsche.
20:21
The No.15 and No.20 BMWs are in the pits with five minutes to go, which is a tight strategy to get a top 10 lap in.
20:20
Just 1.3s splits the top 10 in the Hyperpole 1 session, which is very tight. Expect big changes in the next five minutes.
20:19
Ten of the 15 cars have stopped for fresh tyres. Just over six minutes to go.
20:19
The No.51 Ferrari and the No.83 AF Corse Ferrari are seventh and 11th at present.
But there were a few in the paddock today who didn't believe Ferrari had shown its true hand yet. Let's see.
20:17
Miguel Molina gets the No.50 Ferrari up to second, 0.048s behind the No.5 Porsche.
20:17
The No.15 of Raffele Marciello goes up to seventh.
20:16
At the moment, the No. 15 BMW, the No.009 Aston Martin, the No.51 Ferrari, the No.35 Alpine and the No.101 Cadillac are in the dropzone.
20:16
The leading Ferrari is sixth at present with the No.50 car.
20:15
The No.20 BMW with Robin Frijns is fourth, Felipe Nasr in the No.4 Porsche complete the top five with just under 11 minutes to go.
20:14
The No.5 Porsche Penske Motorsport car with Julien Andlauer goes 0.204s quicker to take over top spot from No.36 Alpine of Mick Schumacher.
20:13
The No.38 Cadillac goes top with a 3m24.315s with Sebastien Bourdais at the wheel.
20:07
Top 10 go through to the pole shootout in this session.
20:06
Hypercar Hyperpole 1 - Green flag
Hypercars are on track for Hyperpole 1!
20:04
LMP2 order:
- No.29 TDS Racing
- No.43 Inter Europol
- No. 199 AO by TF
- No. 23 United Autosports
- No.22 United Autosports
- No.37 CLX - Pure Rxing
- No.183 AF Corse
- No.16 RLR M Sport
LMGT3 order:
- No.27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin
- No.21 Vista AF Corse Ferrari
- No.46 Team WRT BMW
- No.61 Iron Lynx Mercedes
- No.92 Manthey Porsche
- No.81 TF Sport Corvette
- No.95 United Autosports McLaren
- No.78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus
20:00
That looks like it's over. Mathias Beche claims LMP2 pole for the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans in the No.29 TDS Racing with a 3m35.062s.
In LMGT3, Mattia Drudi takes class pole in the No.27 HOR Aston Martin with a 3m52.789s.
Valentino Rossi has put the No.46 WRT BMW third on the grid in LMGT3.
19:57
Chequered flag
The chequered flag is out.
Beche goes top in the No.29 TDS Racing car in LMP2!
19:56
Lots of improvements coming in, so this is not over.
Conditions are just getting ever so cooler, which will be bringing track grip into a really good place.
19:56
This is an absolutely thrilling session!
19:55
Tom Dillmann finds a 3m35.333s in the No.43 Inter Europol car to go top in LMP2!
19:55
No.27 Aston of Drudi goes top in LMGT3 from Rovera in the No.21, while Rossi remains third - his latest lap won't count due to track limits.
19:53
Ben Hanley goes top in LMP2 in the No.23 United Autosports car with a 3m35.459s!
Matt Beche goes second in the No.29 TDS Racing car.
19:52
Rossi is third after his first lap on a 3m54.966s. So, big gain needed to challenge provisional pole.
Four minutes to go!
