Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA clinched the Hypercar victory with a lap time of 3:26.843, holding a 0.194‑second edge over BMW M Team WRT.
Hypercar Standings
Position 1 saw S. Bourdais, E. Bamber, and J. Aitken aboard the Cadillac V‑Series.R, completing the pole lap in 3:26.843. The second place, driven by R. Frijns, R. Rast, and S. Van Der Linde, finished three hundred and seventy‑four thousandths of a second behind, clocking 3:27.037.
Toyota Racing’s trio—M. Conway, K. Kobayashi, and N. de Vries—secured third, recording 3:27.146 with a 0.109‑second gap. Cadillac’s next entry, L. Deletraz, W. Stevens, and N. Nato, added a 0.136‑second margin for fourth at 3:27.282.
The Alpine Endurance Team, featuring A. Felix da Costa, C. Milesi, and F. Habsburg, landed fifth with 3:27.335, trailing by 0.053 seconds. AF Corse’s Ferrari 499P crew—Y. Yifei, R. Kubica, and P. Hanson—rounded out the top ten with 3:27.415, 0.080 seconds behind the leader.
LMP2 Highlights
The top LMP2 spot went to AF Corse’s LMP2 entry on an Oreca 07‑Gibson, led by F. Perrodo, M. Vaxiviere, and B. Barnicoat, finishing with a 15‑second cushion at 3:36.111. Duo DUQUEINE TEAM’s configuration with D. Pin, J. Andlauer, and R. Verschoor trailed by 0.690 seconds, clocking 3:36.801.
CLX Motorsport’s trio completed the top fifteen with a 3:37.146 gap to the front, while several other entries such as IDEC SPORT, INTER EUROPOL, and TDS Racing followed, all within a two‑second bracket.
GT3 Performance
In GT3, the fastest time was posted by TF Sport in a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, lap 33 among drivers B. Keating, J. Edgar, and N. Catsburg, at 3:55.262. Racing Team Turkey and Heart of Racing Team recorded similar fractions of a second differences.
Garaging a cohort of McLaren, Mercedes, and Ferrari 296 teams, the leaderboard stayed tight, with Kessel Racing edging the field by 0.002 seconds on the 54th lap. Closest to the front, the Bizarre Ferrari deployment and the R&D 57 Monaco team delivered times hovering around 3:57.4.
Diverse Driver Cohorts and Car Dynamics
Cadillac’s alternation from a V-R series to a traditional V-series underlines the brand’s hybrid strategy. BMW M’s two entries, one using a Hybrid V8 and the other a standard variant, illustrate the manufacturer’s dual‑track approach. Ferrari’s dual efforts—499P in Hypercar and 296 GT3 Evo in GT3—underscore its all‑class presence.
The Aston Martin Valkyrie, Peugeot 9X8, and Genesis GMR‑001 highlight the diversity of technical platforms across the event, with each team exploiting distinct aerodynamic and powertrain philosophies to secure favorable lap times.
Metre‑by‑Metre Outlook
The race demonstrates the razor‑thin margins that characterize contemporary endurance competition, with many leading positions decided by fractions of a second over cumulative laps. Upcoming events will likely see teams capitalize on these narrow gaps, pushing the boundaries of hybrid efficiency, aerodynamics, and driver stamina to further compress the field.
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