22:02
The No.6 Porsche has come in now. He hands the car over to Kevin Estre, who started the race and got the 963 into the top eight inside the first hour.
Le Mans 24 Hours
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2025 24 Hours of Le Mans as it happened
Live updates from the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans begins at 4pm CET on Saturday 14 June.
The showpiece event of the entire endurance racing year, the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans is the 93rd edition of the iconic event held at the Circuit de la Sarthe in mid-June.
Cadillac will be chasing an historic first victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, after it locked out the front row for a maiden pole earlier this week in Hyperpole.
The Jota-run Cadillac's of the No.12 and No.38 cars will lead the field at the start of the race on Saturday and could become the first American manufacturer to win outright at Le Mans since Ford in 1969.
Cadillac - who has four cars on the grid in Hypercar - will face stiff opposition, however, with six manufacturers expected to be in the mix for victory over the next 24 hours.
Last year's winners Ferrari struggled in qualifying, with the 2024 victor No.50 car only seventh, while the No.51 car and the No.83 AF Corse entry 11th and 13th on the grid.
Porsche will be aiming for a 20th victory at Le Mans and the first for Roger Penske, with the Penske Motorsport-run 963s starting from third, fifth and last in class. The No.6 entry was disqualified from Wednesday's qualifying results due to a weight limit infringement.
Toyota goes for a sixth victory at Le Mans on the 40th anniversary of its first visit to the French enduro, though it will do so from far down the grid, in 10th and 16th.
Other marques looking to push themselves into victory contention are BMW and Alpine, while returning Aston Martin and the Peugeot entries look set for a tough race.
Three classes will be on track, with the LMP2 field led off the line by the No.29 TDS Racing entry, while LMGT3 is headed by the No.27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin.
The race runs from 4pm CET Saturday 14 June to 4pm CET on Sunday 15 June, and is a double points round in the World Endurance Championship.
14 Jun 2025
22:01
2025 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hour 8
Can you believe we're already seven hours into this race?
The No.6 Porsche Penske Motorsport car of Matt Campbell is leading but is due a stop shortly.
The No.43 Inter Europol car of Jakub Smiechowski leads LMP2.
The No.46 WRT BMW tops LMGT3 with Kelvin van der Linde.
21:58
Penalty - No.38 Cadillac
The No.38 Jota Cadillac that started second in this race has been handed a drive-through for a yellow flag infringement. Kenson Button is behind the wheel of that car right now in 11th.
21:57
More drama in LMP2 as the No.48's team boss is being called to the stewards. So, there's probably a penalty coming.
Louis Deletraz already had a drive-through penalty in the No.92 AO by TF car for an earlier yellow flag infringement.
No.43 Euro Interpol leads again in class.
21:55
Phillip Hanson has jumped into the No.83 AF Corse car and rejoins ahead of the No.50 Ferrari, with the No.51 fourth. That is effectively your leading trio once Campbell in the No.6 Porsche has stopped.
21:54
Nicklas Nielsen has jumped into that No.50 car at that recent stop. Matt Campbell now leads in the No.6 Porsche.
21:53
The No.83 is coming in from the lead.
21:51
New tyres - softs - have gone onto that No.50 Ferrari. So, conditions are getting cool enough for that tyre now as night has fully fallen here at Le Mans.
21:51
The No.50 Ferrari has come in from second.
21:49
No.83's lead of the No.50 is over three seconds on lap 112 in this seventh hour of running. The No.6 Porsche is up to third.
21:49
In the LMGT3 class, the No.46 WRT BMW continues to lead by over 20s with Kelvin van der Linde in the car.
Still such a long way to go, but what a run this has been for that car so far - and what a story on the cars possible for Valentino Rossi.
21:47
The No.51 has pitted. Pier Guidi is coming out the car and James Calado is in.
21:47
The No.48 Panis Racing car leads by quite a bit in LMP2, 19.9s clear of the No.199 AO by TF car.
21:46
The No.8 Toyota has come in to put Sebastien Buemi in the car and put soft tyres on all four corners of that car.
21:45
The No.6 Porsche of Matt Campbell in fourth is on 38% energy, so he'll lead for a bit likely - but still not a lot PPM seems to have in its locker to try and reel these Ferraris in.
21:44
The No.51 Ferrari will be due in soon as he's on 7% in his Virtual Energy tank. The No.83 has a bit more - 27% - over the No.50 on 13%.
21:43
Toyota has been a bit under the radar in this race so far, but the No.8 car has quietly worked its way up to fifth in this hour seven. Hirakawa is behind the wheel of that car right now.
The No.7 has had a nightmare, but maybe it could be used as a test bed for some strategies that could benefit the No.8 as this race goes on.
21:40
The No.83 AF Corse Ferrari's lead is up to two seconds now, with Molina in the No.50 still in second ahead of Pier Guidi in the No.51.
21:38
Retirements
Alongside the No.88 Proton Competition Mustang that crashed a few hours ago, the No.95 United Autosports McLaren that stopped in hour six is now officially out.
The No.60 Iron Lynx Mercedes has also been officially retired after an earlier technical issue.
21:36
The No.33 Corvette has been wheeled into his TF Sport garage with some kind of an issue.
21:33
Paul-Loop Chatin in the Alpine says the No.94 moved under braking. But the replay really doesn't back that up. That collision looked like it was at Mulsanne.
21:31
Collision
Loic Duval in the No.94 Peugeot has been tagged around by the No.35 Alpine, which locked up and slid into the car.
21:30
2025 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hour 7
It's 10:30pm here at Le Mans and we're halfway through hour seven.
The Ferraris are 1-2-3, with the No.83 AF Corse car leading the way but only a second clear of the No.50. The No.51 is right there too.
21:27
2025 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hour 6 report
21:15
The No.6 is now in. So the Ferrari's are 1-2-3 again, with the No.83 just under a second clear of the No.50, which is 1.3s clear of the No.51.
