The 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans will take place on June 14 and 15. But well before the race, many stages await the drivers and the public. This edition includes several new features.
Weighing
Unchangeable, the weighing, access to which is completely free, will take place at Place de la République, in the city center of Le Mans, Friday June 6 and Saturday June 7. This will be the first highlight. The administrative and technical checks concern the 62 cars entered but also the 186 drivers.
The test day
The test day will take place on Sunday June 8. All of the cars entered will take part. The opportunity for drivers to (re)discover the demanding track of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In addition to these two sessions, the Ligier European Series will once again contest a round of the championship on the circuit.
A new format for qualifications
On Wednesday June 11, after a first free practice session, the competitors entered in LMP2 and LMGT3 will set off for 30 minutes of qualifying. The issue? Only the top 12 cars in these respective categories will be able to participate in the Hyperpole sequence the next day. A few minutes later, the Hypercars will enter the track for a session of similar duration. The 15 best prototypes will participate in the session the next day
details the ACO.
Thursday June 12two Hyperpole sessions (H1 and H2) will be on the program. Also, something new.
As for LMGT3 and LMP2, the 24 cars qualified the day before (2×12) will take part in 20 minutes of on-track battle during H1. Only the 8 best cars in these respective categories will advance to H2, which will determine the starting grid after a new 15-minute session.
In Hypercar, the principle is similar. The 15 prototypes qualified the day before will compete during H1 to determine the 10 competitors who will take part in H2. There will follow 15 epic minutes where the favorites will try to bring down the times to start in the best conditions on Saturday.
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June 14, departure at 4 p.m.
Saturday June 14at 4 p.m., the 62 competitors will set off to conquer the 24 Hours of Le Mans trophy. For this fourth round of the FIA WEC, 13 brands will be present, including eight in the premier category: Alpine, Aston Martin, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Peugeot, Porsche and Toyota. As for LMGT3, nine brands will be represented, highlighting customer GT3s from Aston Martin, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Ford, Lexus, Mercedes-AMG, McLaren and Porsche. Mercedes-AMG makes its FIA WEC debut with two cars entered by Italian team Iron Lynx.
