79e 24 Heures du Mans
| Qual | # | Team | Car | Tyre | Pole Lap | Speed (kph) | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 TDI | M | 3:25.738 | 238.5 | 0s |
| 2nd | 1 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 TDI | M | 3:25.799 | 238.4 | 0.061s |
| 3rd | 9 | Team Peugeot Total | peugeot 908 | M | 3:26.010 | 238.2 | 0.211s |
| Entries | Practice and Qualifying LM GTE Am LM GTE Pro LM P1 LM P2 | Qualifying Summary | Hourly Update | Race LM GTE Am LM GTE Pro LM P1 LM P2 | Race Result |
The factory cars dominated the laps run, with Peugeot getting too maximum breaks with #9 and #10.
Signs of trouble for the Aston Martins – no practice (like 2025 WEC and IMSA, but at least they last more laps in the race now). There was limited running from the first session for #009 due to an oil system issue. Over all the build up #007 didn’t fair much better.
The top three set their fastest laps in q3, although it wasn’t exclusively the fastest for all cars. Notably the #24 Oak Racing car had a faster lap in fp1. So that didn’t count to the grid, but the 0.1s it lost out on didn’t impact its starting position.
Pole Position
In q3 Treluyer went out four minutes into the session. He came back in on his third lap, pitted and went back out. He only got two laps in before a red flag forced him to abandon the run. Beltoise (#58 Ferrari) and Klein has a coming together (#009 Aston Martin). Oil was left on the circuit and needed cleaning, but ultimately it didn’t hinder #2.
After twenty minutes in the pits he went out for ten laps that would result in pole position. This was set on the final flyer:
Tyres were still good for a pole run on the ninth lap, 3:25.728. The Audi could look after its tyres…
In contrast #1 set its fastest time at the beginning of q3 on Dumas fourth lap. This run got curtailed by the red flag.
The closest Peugeot, #9, saw Pagenaud have a run towards the end of the final qualifying session. The car’s fastest lap comes on its third lap. The fourth lap sees it set its best sector 1 and the overall best sector 2. Sector 3 is useless. The following two laps don’t do it either.
The session closes with Kristensen having one final go, but this results in a crash into the barriers.
Aston Martin
Aston Martin didn’t complete enough laps to get a good race pace comparison so for LM P1 a practice comparison is added to give an idea if their longer averages would show any hope verses the single lap qualifying performance. Although as shown above it didn’t get that many laps in practice either.
So not really.
Was there any thing in the sectors that suggested it was suited to one part of the track?
No.
Any signs of optimism in the speed trap data?
It is more consistent and doesn’t let the Oreca sneak in-between! Nearly 50kph down on the Top 10 average of the fastest, and 36kph down on the fastest petrol car.
| Entries | Practice and Qualifying LM GTE Am LM GTE Pro LM P1 LM P2 | Qualifying Summary | Hourly Update | Race LM GTE Am LM GTE Pro LM P1 LM P2 | Race Result |
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