24 Hours of Le Mans 2024 – LIVE

24 Hours of Le Mans 2024 – LIVE

14:10 FORMAT REMINDER

The endurance race runs continuously over a 24-hour period. The team that covers the most distance over the course of the race will clinch the trophy.

Each team has three drivers that alternate over the 24 hours – no driver can race for more than 14 hours in total.

There are three different classes of cars: Hypercar, LMP2 and LMGT3. The hypercars are the fastest cars in endurance racing.

14:05 HOW TO WATCH THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS 2024 IN THE UK

You can watch all the action from Le Mans 24 in the UK with discovery+, where fans can enjoy a subscription that includes TNT Sports, Eurosport and entertainment in one destination.

14:00 HELLO AND WELCOME

Good afternoon and thank you for joining our live text coverage of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2024. It’s T-minus one hour for the 101st edition of what is widely considered the biggest race in motorsport and it comes with a stacked hypercar field. Twenty three hypercars, seven more than in 2023 with four additional manufacturers, will take to the Circuit de la Sarthe and battle it out for the coveted trophy. Defending champions Ferrari have stuck with the same driver line-up that took them to the title last year, but with bolstered competition will they be able to defend it? We’re about to find out!