It's the 90th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend, and the LMP2 class—the second-highest category in the legendary race—has a staggering 27 entries. That's more than either the GT Le Mans lap time: Estimated race average at 3:30.00; LMGT3. The new-for-2024 GT class will be based around FIA's existing GT3 technical platform and will focus on gentlemen drivers and private teams. LMGT3 will replace cars built to LMGTE technical regulations that have been on the WEC grid since the series' inaugural season in 2012. The first Le Mans race was held between May 26 and 27, 1923, and rules were simple: whoever clocked the most miles during the 24-hour period won. The high-stakes endurance-testing competition quickly became a yearly race, and a prestigious affair for automobile companies to show off their latest innovations. The rules of Hyperpole at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Hyperpole determines pole position for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the famous endurance race which begins at 3pm (UK) on Saturday. 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours. Le Mans, France, June 18th/19th. This year Ford came to Le Mans in a much more organised manner than in the previous two years and the whole Detroit-supported project looked much more likely to achieve success than previously. There were eight 7-litre Mk. II Ford racing coupes, three run by Shelby American, three by The ban on tyre warmers in the World Endurance Championship will remain in place for next year’s double-points Le Mans 24 Hours round in June. revised safety car rules introduced for Le Mans Toyota claimed a fourth Le Mans 24 Hours victory in a row in year one of the new era for sports car racing last August. The opposition for its pair of Le Mans Hypercars is the same this time around — two LMHs from Glickenhaus and one old-style LMP1 from Alpine — but it would be wrong to think that the Japanese manufacturer is shooting fish in a barrel as the only major manufacturer on the AERODROME. The Le Mans-Arnage aerodrome is located right on the edge of the circuit - IFR and ILS, 1420-metre runway. For more information: +33 (0)2 43 84 00 43. McLaren won on its Le Mans 24 Hours debut in 1995 United’s involvement in the full series had looked likely to come to an end with the demise of the P2 class at the conclusion of this season. The team has run McLarens in the past - it fielded the MP4-12C GT3 in a number of championships, including the Blancpain Endurance Series and British GT From 2022 the FIA will allow LMDh cars to compete at Le Mans and other World Endurance Championship (WEC) races, alongside its own ‘Hypercar’ or LMH rules that are being introduced in 2021. The newly finalised LMDh rules allow manufacturers to supply their own engines capable of up to 470kW, which will be paired with a ‘spec’ 50kW YEUiSzU.