14:51
The cars have fired up and are off on the sighting lap ahead of the 93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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
14:47
Porsche is looking for a 20th outright victory at Le Mans. It has cars at third, fifth and 21st on the grid.
The last of them, the No.6 Penske Motorsport entry, was disqualified from the qualifying result due to a weight limits rule violation. Kevin Estre, who will start in that car, said he is confident of still being able to fight for victory from 21st.
This is the 75th consecutive Le Mans for Porsche.
14:45
There's a wealth of talent on the grid from all walks of motorsport. From F1 specifically, there are 19 former drivers taking part.
The full list is here
14:43
Ferrari is the reigning champion at Le Mans, having won the event last year and in 2023.
But it faces a tough task to repeat that in 2025. The No.50 Ferarri that won last year will start from seventh, while the No.51 that won in 2023 goes from 11th and the AF Corse customer car starts 13th.
Ferrari driver Antonio Giovinazzi admitted on Friday that the pace of the car is not quite where it needs to be.
14:34
We've got just under half an hour to go. The Le Mans Trophy has been wheeled onto the grid as the French national anthem blares around the circuit.
14:33
For the first time since 2011, Aston Martin will compete in the top class at Le Mans with its wonderful sounding V12-powered Hypercar.
The leading Aston on the grid is the No.009 car driven by Marco Sorensen, Alex Riberas and Roman de Angelis.
The No.007 car will go from 20th, with Harry Tincknell, Tom Gamble and Ross Gunn at the helm.
14:26
In the LMP2 class, the No.29 TDS Racing car will start from pole with Mathias Beche behind the wheel.
In LMGT3, it's the No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin starting from pole with Mattia Drudi taking the first stint.
14:24
Starting from pole for the first time ever at the 24 Hours of Le Mans is Cadillac.
The No.12 Jota entry claimed a first pole for the brand in the hands of Alex Lynn on Thursday evening, with Cadillac the first US brand to lead the field away at Le Mans since 1967.
No American brand has won at Le Mans since Ford in 1969.
Former F1 driver Will Stevens will take the first stint in the No.12 Jota Cadillac, with team-mate Earl Bamber starting in the No.38.
14:20
2025 24 Hours of Le Mans - Starting drivers
Each car has three drivers to switch between during the race, but below are the starting drivers for each car across Hypercar, LMP2 and LMGT3.
Le Mans 2025
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Le Mans 2025
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14:14
2025 24 Hours of Le Mans - Starting grid
62 cars will compete across three classes - Hypercar, LMP2 and LMGT3 - in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans.
14:12
Valentino Rossi is a three-time winner at Le Mans in MotoGP and four-time overall when you include his 1997 125cc victory.
He's just had a massive cheer and a chant from the crowd on the grid ahead of this, his second 24 Hours of Le Mans.
He is driving the No.46 WRT BMW along with Ahmad Al Harthy and Kelvin van der Linde. On Thursday, Rossi put that car third on the grid in the LMGT3 class.
14:08
It's absolutely packed out there and the atmosphere is electric on the grid.
Conditions are cloudier than they have been so far this week and definitely cooler. No rain is forecast, but this is Le Mans - so who knows?
Le Mans 2025
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14:04
This is, of course, the fourth round of the World Endurance Championship.
It's a double points round, so it's a major point in the championship battle.
But, of course, the prestige of winning Le Mans far outweighs everything else.
14:03
2025 24 Hours of Le Mans - Build-up
Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans!
We are just under an hour from the start of the 93rd edition of the endurance classic.
