15:25
The Hypercar field has now caught the GT field, with Andlauer making his way through now onto lap eight. But his gap is 4s in front of the No.12 now.
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
15:24
The No.5 Porsche continues to lead outright, with Andlauer 2.899s clear of the No.12 Jota Cadillac.
15:23
The No.007 Aston of Harry Tincknell has rejoined, by the way, and is behind all of the LMP2 field. So, some traffic coming that car's way soon.
15:22
The No.46 BMW is being swallowed up a bit in GT3, with van der Linde being shuffled back to fourth on this lap.
15:21
LMP2 order after five laps:
- No.29 TDS Racing +6.046s
- No.199 AO by TF
- No.43 Inter Europol
- No.23 United Autosports
- No.22 United Autosports
LMGT3:
- No.27 HOR Aston +3.902s
- No.61 Iron Lynx Mercedes
- No.78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus
- No.46 WRT BMW
- No.81 TF Sport Corvette
15:19
The No.007 Aston has come into the pits.
15:18
Five laps down at Le Mans 2025:
Hypercar order:
- No.5 Porsche +3.059s
- No.12 Jota Cadillac
- No.38 Jota Cadillac
- No.4 Porsche
- No.50 Ferrari
15:15
Top five in Hypercar are within eight seconds, with the No.15 BMW in sixth about two seconds further back.
15:14
Starting to stretch in the LMGT3 class, as the No.27 moves two seconds clear of the No.46 BMW, which is about 1.5s ahead of the No.61 Iron Lynx Mercedes.
15:11
Gap at the front has stabilised a bit. No.5 Porsche is 2.7s in front through Sector 1 now on what is the third lap.
15:10
In LMP2, the No.29 TDS Racing care of Beche is two seconds clear of the No.199 AO by TF of Louis Deletraz.
15:09
The No.27 Heart of Racing Aston is only 0.8s clear over the line from the No.46 BMW. Close battle in LMGT3.
15:08
Both Aston Martin's have fallen to the back of the Hypercar grid.
15:08
Now, let's see if the No.5 Porsche is being used as a bit of a decoy to try and push those Cadillac's into overworking in this first stint.
15:07
Lead gap from the No.5 Porsche is up to 2.6s over the No.12 Jota Cadillac. No.38 Jota Cadillac is third with Earl Bamber driving.
15:07
Ferrari has made gains in Hypercar. The No.50 of Nicklas Nielsen is up to fifth ahead of the No.15 BMW of Kevin Magnussen.
Toyota hasn't made gains from 10th in the No.8 car of Sebastien Buemi. The No.7 is still down in 15th.
15:05
Great opening lap for the No.46 WRT BMW with Kelvin van der Linde at the wheel. He's second.
15:04
So, lap one of the 2025 24 Hours of Le mans is done and the No.5 Porsche driven by Julien Andlauer leads by 2.2s from the No.12 Jota Cadillac of Will Stevens.
15:03
Kevin Estre in the No.6 Porsche has gone from 21st to fifth. No.4 Porsche is fourth. So, good start for the Penske Motorsport cars!
15:03
No.29 TDS leads LMP2, while No.27 leads in LMGT3 - so no change from polesitters in those classes.
15:01
Porsche now leads on the run to Daytona!
15:00
The No.12 leads through the first few corners as the No.5 Porsche leaps to second!
15:00
2025 24 Hours of Le Mans - Start
The 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans is GO!
14:53
This is it then, in just a few minutes we will be racing at Le Mans!
14:52
The No.15 BMW going away from fourth with Kevin Magnussen behind the wheel has a new engine in that car following an issue on Thursday night's final practice.
