24 Hours of Le Mans 2026

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Hypercar qualifying results

Pos.	No.	Team	Drivers	Lap Time
1	35	Alpine Endurance Team	A. Da Costa, C. Milesi, F. Habsburg	3:23.135
2	12	Cadillac Hertz Team Jota	A. Lynn, W. Stevens, N. Nato	+0.013
3	101	Cadillac WTR	R. Taylor, J. Taylor, F. Albuquerque	+0.188
4	20	BMW M Team WRT	R. Frijns, R. Rast, S. Van der Linde	+0.309
5	38	Cadillac Hertz Team Jota	S. Bourdais, E. Bamber, J. Aitken	+0.350
6	15	BMW M Team WRT	K. Magnussen, R. Marciello, D. Vanthoor	+0.490
7	009	Aston Martin Thor Team	A. Riberas, M. Sørensen, R. De Angelis	+0.642
8	8	Toyota Racing	S. Buemi, B. Hartley, R. Hirakawa	+0.656
9	007	Aston Martin Thor Team	H. Tincknell, T. Gamble, R. Gunn	+0.771
10	36	Alpine Endurance Team	F. Makowiecki, G. Gounon, V. Martins	+0.825
11	19	Genesis Magma Racing	M. Jaminet, P. Chatin, D. Juncadella	+0.949
12	7	Toyota Racing	M. Conway, K. Kobayashi, N. De Vries	+1.179
13	17	Genesis Magma Racing	A. Lotterer, L. Derani, M. Jaubert	+1.289
14	50	Ferrari AF Corse	A. Fuoco, N. Nielsen, M. Molina	+1.379
15	51	Ferrari AF Corse	A. Pier Guidi, J. Calado, A. Giovinazzi	+1.488
16	93	Peugeot TotalEnergies	P. Di Resta, S. Vandoorne, N. Cassidy	+1.843
17	83	AF Corse	Y. Ye, R. Kubica, P. Hanson	+2.360
18	94	Peugeot TotalEnergies	L. Duval, M. Jakobsen, T. Pourchaire	+2.525

Ferrari 14th and 15th.



Hyperpole 1 and 2 today.

 

[McLaren64TR]

Le Mans 24 Hours HyperPole from BMW!

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24 Heures du Mans 2026 - BMW M HYBRID V8 HYPERPOLE ONBOARD

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[Rolf]

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The cornering speeds are insane in this car and it hit close to 330kmh on the straights. Check the speed in the small digital readout on the steering wheel under the gear indicator.

 

[Matski]

The cornering speeds are insane in this car and it hit close to 330kmh on the straights.

I haven't watched a side-by-side yet, but I think that's still about 8 seconds off the fastest LMP1-H qualifying time even with a comparable top speed. These cars just don't have the power or downforce of the previous era.

 

[leylandi]

I think BMW will get what they want this year. Of course, that's assuming no problems arise until the end of the race...

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Kamui's amazing lap in 2017 was 3:14.791.

In comparison, Dries Vanthoor's lap in the BMW was 3:22.564.

Here's the pole times for the last 10 years:

• 2026: 3:22.564 - Dries Vanthoor, BMW M Team WRT (#15 BMW M Hybrid V8)
• 2025: 3:23.166 - Alex Lynn, Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA (#12 Cadillac V-Series.R)
• 2024: 3:24.634 - Kévin Estre, Porsche Penske Motorsport (#6 Porsche 963)
• 2023: 3:22.982 - Antonio Fuoco, Ferrari AF Corse (#50 Ferrari 499P)
• 2022: 3:24.408 - Brendon Hartley, Toyota Gazoo Racing (#8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid)
• 2021: 3:23.900 - Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota Gazoo Racing (#7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid)
• 2020: 3:15.267 - Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota Gazoo Racing (#7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid)
• 2019: 3:15.497 - Kazuki Nakajima, Toyota Gazoo Racing (#7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid)
• 2018: 3:15.377 - Kazuki Nakajima, Toyota Gazoo Racing (#8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid)
• 2017: 3:14.791 - Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota Gazoo Racing (#7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid)

 

[Rolf]

I haven't watched a side-by-side yet, but I think that's still about 8 seconds off the fastest LMP1-H qualifying time even with a comparable top speed. These cars just don't have the power or downforce of the previous era.

As far as I remember the older cars used to get up to 400kmh on the straights. They were blistering.

 

[manuelf]

I would like to see the Porsche 919 EVO (from the Nordschleife record lap) in this race