Everything about 24 hours motorcycles in Le Mans

Par Aurélien Burban Published on Apr. 1525 at 10:32 am

Departure, ready, roll! This week at Le Mans (Sarthe), from April 16 to 20, 2025, will be punctuated by the 24 hours motorcycles.

A pilot parade Wednesday

For the second time, this Wednesday, April 16, 2025, a pilot parade Motorcycles will take place this Wednesday, from 3 p.m.

53 devices will cross the city and then land on the Place des Jacobins where signing session and various events will take place.

first day of free tests Thursday

Thursday, April 17, it will be the first day of testing. This session allows teams Roll their pilots as they see fit, and to gauge themselves.

This part of the race aims to make the settings according to the pilots. The colored armbands worn by the pilots make it possible to distinguish the different competitors on the same vehicle.

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10 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Motorcycle free tests.
12 noon to 12:35 p.m.: Continental Cup free tests.
2:05 p.m. to 2:35 p.m.: Side-Car free tests.
15 h à 15 h 20 : PMR Bridgestone Cup.
4 p.m. to 5:50 p.m.: First motorcycle skills.
6:20 p.m. to 6:40 p.m.: First Side-Car qualifying tests.
7 p.m. to 7:20 p.m.: First continental Cup qualifying tests.
8 p.m. To 10:30 p.m.: Free tests at night.

last tests and first races on Friday

Friday, the first races will take place after a morning dedicated to the last tests.

9 a.m. to 9:20 am: First qualifying tests PMR Bridgestone Cup.
9:30 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.: Second Continental Cup qualifying tests.
10:20 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.: Second 24 -hour qualifying tests.
12:15 to 12:25 p.m.: Second Side-Car qualifying tests.
1:50 p.m. To 2:15 p.m.: First Continental Cup race.
2:35 p.m. To 3 p.m.: First PMR race Bridgestone Cup
3:35 p.m. to 3:55 p.m.; First Side-Car race.
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.: Discovery of stands.

This meeting is eagerly awaited from the public. It allows him tomeet driversprofessionals and amateurs, as well as team manager, mechanics or volunteers.

9:15 p.m. to 10 p.m.: Mechanical show.
10:15 p.m. to midnight: concert: DJ Loran (emblematic figure of RTL2) x The army varieties orchestra.

DJ Loran, an emblematic figure of RTL2, will set fire to the Bugatti circuit this Friday. © DR

Departure of 24 hours motorcycles on Saturday

Saturday, April 19, it will be the famous departure, at 3 p.m., from the 24 hours motorcycles. But before the flag is agitated, there is a whole program upstream.

8:55 a.m. to 9:20 am: Second Continental Cup race.
9:45 a.m. to 10:10 a.m.: Second PMR Bridgestone Cup race.
10 H 30 à 11 H 15: Warm-up.

The Warm-up is a final test session organized a few hours before departure. The times that will be produced by the pilots will be given as an indication. The most important thing for teams is to test and validate the latest adjustments and technical adjustments. This session may allowAdapt the machines to the weather conditions announced for the race.

At the end of the Warm-up, the team managers of each team will announce the names of the three pilots (four for the Superstock category) who will participate in the race.

11:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.: Second Side-Car race.
1 p.m. To 1:15 p.m.: Mechanical show.
2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Departure ceremony and official presentation of the teams.
3 p.m.: Departure of 24 hours motorcycles.