2023 celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first running of the Le Mans 24 hours, the inaugural event won by the French duo of
Andre Lagache and Rene Leonard on board a Chenard-Walcker. And what a way to celebrate! The race ultimately decided in the last couple of hours
after an off for the sole remaining Toyota GR010 as the team tried to chase down the leading Ferrari 499P, which itself suffered issues at it's last pit stop with the car reluctant to
restart. The winning margin? 1m 21s... on a lap taking around 3m 20s.
2023 also saw an epic, even closer, contest in LMP2 which saw an unlikely result with a win by Inter Europol, flying the flag for Poland, just about 20s ahead of Polish driver
Robert Kubica and teammates racing for WRT.
In its final year, GTE-AM was also a thrilling race though in the end Corvette took the win by a little over a lap from the best placed Aston Martin.
3rd was hard fought with the all-female crew of Sarah Bovey, Rahel Frey and Michelle Gatting missing out by a handful of seconds.
The Le Mans Hypercar class for 2024 is expanding to include entries from Alpine, BMW, Lamborghini and boutique marque Isotta Fraschini. LMP2 continues at the 24h race despite being dropped from the World Endurance Championship, while the new GT3-derived cars for the LMGT3 category is expected to be hard fought over the entry list, let alone on track. 2024's entry list includes Aston Martin, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Ford, Lexus, Lamborghini, McLaren and Porsche.
You can see the full entry list announcement on the FIA website.
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We are pleased to again be able to offer superb trackside hospitality from a local supplier who have been working at the Circuit de la Sarthe
for almost as many years as we have been attending!
Enjoy a private trackside terrace just a very short walk from your table within the
hospitality structure.
This option offers a fairly central hotel in Le Mans city, close to tram stops for access to the circuit. As with the other options
2-day trackside hoispitality is included for your enjoyment across race weekend.
***VERY limited availability***
It's fair to say that the available hotels in the Le Mans area are limited - both in terms of number and standards. One of our regular suppliers has a small number of bedrooms in a superior 3* property about 50 minutes' drive from the circuit. Includes hotel-circuit transfers at set times + superb trackside hospitality offered by all our packages.
In conjunction with one long-standing supplier we've secured a couple of rooms in this fabulous Chateau-based package. Hosted throughout, the experience is always superb and includes chateau-circuit transfers. As with all the options we offer, trackside hospitality is included for race weekend.