Lap chart for the 2024 Petit Le Mans
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This year’s race distance exceed last year’s GTP total due to more than 2 hours less yellow flag running (1:25:45.909 verses 3:35:54.850).
However it fell some way short of the 2019 record due to the slower running. Grosjean’s 2024 fastest lap was over thee seconds slower than Nasr’s 2019 effort (1:11.981 verses 1:08.869).
Comparison of Porsche drivers in Le Mans 2024.
First, let’s look at Porsche Penske Motorsport:
| 4th | #6 | K. ESTRE / A. LOTTERER / L. VANTHOOR | Penske | 311 laps | |
| 6th | #5 | M. CAMPBELL / M. CHRISTENSEN / F. MAKOWIECK | Penske | 311 laps | |
| 51st | #4 | M. JAMINET / F. NASR / N. TANDY | Penske | 211 laps | Retired |
Vanthoor got the most running and had the speed, vying with his co-driver Estre in the #6. They ended up the strongest Porsche runner. Lotterer had noticeably less time in the car.
#5 split their running almost equally 104 or 103 laps for all.
The chart demonstrates that there was dry running and wet running. The really slow SC laps are not shown on this scale. For example Matt Campbell’s Top 40 is hinder by some obvious wet running, as are others. Estre and Christensen benefit from this with their Top 40.
Changing the scale to look at the dry running shows the differences better for that regime.
Update: The Porsche Penske Motorsport driver lineup for 2025
FIA World Endurance Championship WEC:
Porsche 963 #5: Julien Andlauer (F) / Michael Christensen (DK) / Mathieu Jaminet (F)*
Porsche 963 #6: Kévin Estre (F) / Laurens Vanthoor (B) / Matt Campbell (AUS)*
* selected races only, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship:
Porsche 963 #6: Matt Campbell (AUS) / Mathieu Jaminet (F) / Kévin Estre (F)*
Porsche 963 #7: Felipe Nasr (BR) / Nick Tandy (UK) / Laurens Vanthoor (B)*
* selected races only, IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup
Moving on to Hertz Team JOTA and Proton Competition:
| 8th | #12 | W. STEVENS / N. NATO / C. ILOTT | JOTA | 311 laps | |
| 9th | #38 | O. RASMUSSEN / P. HANSON / J. BUTTON | JOTA | 311 laps | |
| 45th | #99 | M. JAMINET / F. NASR / N. TANDY | Proton | 251 laps |
Hanson led the way for JOTA in terms of speed and laps. Stevens got the running in the other JOTA and Jani in the Proton. Nato and Button got a lot of laps, but they tended to be in the wet. Tinknell got most of his running in the wet for Proton.
There was a much more equitable split for many of the drivers when it came to dry running. With the notable exceptions of Button, Nato and Tinknell.
Looking at the dry running regime Hanson stands out as the strongest. He was second fastest of all Porsche drivers over Top 20 with only Vanthoor being quicker.
