18:47
No lap on the board for BMW's Dries Vanthoor due to track limit violations.
#38 Jota Cadillac, 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans test day
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2025 24 Hours of Le Mans: Wednesday 11 June as it happened
Live text coverage of Wednesday at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans begins officially on Wednesday 11 June with opening practice and the first qualifying sessions of the event.
The jewel in the World Endurance Championship crown, the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans will see 62 cars across three categories battle it out to etch their names into the history books in arguably motorsport's most famous race.
Ferrari comes into the 2025 edition of the enduro as the reigning winners, having tallied up success in the Hypercar class over the last two years, and is firm favourite to complete the hat-trick this weekend.
Having won all rounds of the 2025 WEC campaign so far, a Balance of Performance adjustment for Le Mans appears to have allowed Ferrari to maintain its advantage over its rivals.
Wednesday 24 Hours of Le Mans schedule:
- FP1 - 2pm CET-5pm CET
- Qualifying LMP2/LMGT3 - 6:45pm CET
- Qualifying Hypercar - 7:30pm CET
- FP2 - 10pm CET to 12am CET
11 Jun 2025
18:47
The No. 8 Toyota is getting a new nose, while the No. 7 Toyota is getting wheeled into the garage with just 13 minutes to go. Let's see if there's an issue there.
18:46
The No. 51 Ferrari goes top now with a 3m23.933s. Tight at the top - just 0.061s splitting the top two!
18:44
The No. 38 Jota Cadillac driven by Sebastien Bourdais, who topped FP1, is currently 12th.
The No. 4 Porsche factory car has been pushed out of the top 15 right now.
18:43
The No. 83 AF Corse car continues to lead the No. 6 Porsche, the No. 51 Ferrari, the No. 50 Ferrari, the No. 5 Porsche, the No. 35 Alpine, the No. 20 BMW, the No. 311 Cadillac Whelen car, the No. 12 Jota Cadiallc and the No. 8 Toyota.
18:40
In the drop zone currently, both Peugeots, the No. 007 Aston, the No. 38 Jota Cadillac, the No. 12 Jota Cadillac and the No. 15 WRT BMW.
18:39
Kevin Estre, last year's poleman, gets the No. 6 Porsche up to second ahead of the No. 51 Ferrari.
18:38
It's a Ferrari 1-2-3 now, though, with the No. 83 AF Corse customer car top with Yifei Ye behind the wheel.
His 3m23.994s is faster than last year's pole.
18:37
Robin Frijns puts the No. 20 WRT BMW top with a 3m24.683s - not quite the fastest lap of the day, but not far from it.
18:35
In this session, the top 15 will progress to the Hyperpole session on Thursday.
18:30
Hypercar qualifying - Green flag
Green flag for the Hypercar qualifying session.
18:26
Five minutes till the Hypercar session.
18:25
Big celebrations from the No. 46 WRT camp after that result for Al Harthy.
He crashed while in podium contention at Le Mans last year and it really crushed him. Big bounce back.
18:24
The session won't be restarted, so the No. 199 AO by TF car tops LMP2.
The No. 11 Proton Competition entry, the No. 18 IDEC Sport entry, the No. 34 Inter Europol entry and the No. 24 Nielsen Racing entry miss out on Hyperpole.
18:23
That red flag means the No. 46 WRT BMW will remain fastest in qualifying and progress to Hyperpole tomorrow for LMGT3.
Missing out is the No. 77 Proton Competition entry, the No. 87 Akkodis ASP car, the No. 57 Kessel Racing car, the No. 31 WRT entry, the No. 33 TF Sport entry, the No. 10 Racing Spirit of Le Mans Aston, the No. 85 Iron Dames car, the No. 90 Manthey Porsche, the No. 150 RM AF Corse, the No. 13 AWA Racing, No. 60 Iron Lynx and No. 63 Iron Lynx.
18:20
The No. 150 Richard Mille AF Corse has stopped on track.
18:19
Red flag
The red flag is out again with just under four minutes to go.
There's a car in the barrier.
18:16
The No. 199 AO car driven by Deletraz is top again in LMP2 with a 3m35.472s.
The No. 46 WRT BMW is now top in LMGT3!
18:14
That car has a puncture.
18:14
There appears to be a problem for the No. 34 IDEC Sport car. It's coming very slowly back to the pits. Currently 15th in class, so out of the qualifying cutoff.
18:09
For the MotoGP fans out there, the No. 46 WRT BMW is fourth in LMGT3 right now with Ahmad Al Harthy at the wheel.
18:08
Green Flag
The session has been restarted.
18:07
The No. 92 Manthey Porsche is being told they've got three push laps.
18:07
There will be 15 minutes and 15 seconds left in this session when it gets back underway shortly.
18:06
The Iron Lynx team have had a hard day at Le Mans. The No. 60's problems follow a big smash for the No. 63 car in FP1 earlier today.
That red flag has also stopped the No. 61 Iron Lynx Mercedes from putting a lap in.
