Qualifying report
WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans
Le Mans 24h: Alpine fastest in qualifying, Le Mans-winning Ferrari is out
The 2025 Le Mans-winning #83 Ferrari won’t take part in Hyperpole on Thursday, having finished out of the top 15 in qualifying
Ben Vinel Rachit Thukral
Edited: Jun 10, 2026, 10:05 PM
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#83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P: Yifei Ye, Robert Kubica, Philip Hanson
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Hypercar
Alpine outpaced Cadillac by 0.013s in qualifying for the Le Mans 24 Hours, as last year’s winner, the #83 Ferrari, failed to make the top 15 and will therefore miss out on Hyperpole.
Tom Gamble’s opening effort with the #007 Aston Martin Valkyrie was faster than anyone’s, as he lapped in 3m24.163s, which only Earl Bamber’s benchmark outperformed in Free Practice 1.
Rivals cars swiftly closed in without matching the Briton’s time, and so 15 minutes into the half-hour session, the top seven cars were contained within three-tenths of a second – featuring the sister #009 Aston Martin (Alex Riberas), the #12 Cadillac (Louis Deletraz), the #20 BMW (Rene Rast), the #35 Alpine (Ferdinand Habsburg), the #101 Cadillac (Jordan Taylor) and the #38 Cadillac (Sebastien Bourdais).
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With the top 15 to be qualified for Hyperpole, Frederic Makowiecki’s #36 Alpine and the Peugeots driven by Malthe Jakobsen and Stoffel Vandoorne were at risk of not making the cut. In the #83 AF Corse Ferrari, Phil Hanson was just two tenths clear of the danger zone.
The pecking order subsequently became increasingly tight, with Sebastien Buemi’s #8 Toyota and Kevin Magnussen’s #15 BMW joining the fray of the fastest nine cars within 0.3s, while improvement from Makowiecki and Vandoorne left the #83 Ferrari – which put two wheels on the grass exiting the Forest Esses – and the #19 Genesis (Daniel Juncadella) vulnerable.
Gamble was eventually outpaced – significantly – by several cars, the fastest of which turned out to be Habsburg’s #35 Alpine, whose last-gasp effort – a 3m23.135s – beat Deletraz’ #12 Jota Cadillac by just 0.013s.
The #101 WTR Cadillac driven by Taylor was third, two tenths down, followed by Rast’s #20 BMW, Bourdais’ #38 Jota Cadillac and Magnussen’s #15 BMW.
Hanson did not make it out of the danger zone in the #83 Ferrari, with his best attempt a 3m25.495s, half a second slower than Vandoorne’s #93 Peugeot and only narrowly avoiding last place – Jakobsen’s #94 Peugeot was only 0.165s slower.
The two factory Ferraris qualified for Hyperpole, albeit by less than half a second.
Pin puts Duqueine on top in LMP2
#30 Duqueine Team Oreca 07 Gibson: Doriane Pin, Julien Andlauer, Richard Verschoor
Photo by: Rainier Ehrhardt
Doriane Pin dominated the joint 30-minute qualifying session for LMP2 and LMGT3 cars, setting the fastest time in the intermediate prototype category.
The Peugeot Hypercar reserve lapped the Circuit de la Sarthe in 3m34.662s, ending up more than half a second clear in the #30 Duqueine Oreca.
The battle boiled down to a straight fight between Pin and Ian Aguilera in the #37 CLX Motorsport Oreca 07, with the pair trading the top spot in the 30-minute session.
Silver-rated Aguilera appeared to have secured the top spot after setting a time of 3m35.229s, but Pin broke the track record in LMP2 to snatch the top spot with 10 minutes left on the clock.
Aguilera remained in second place, while Bijoy Garg propelled the #343 Inter Europol Oreca to third place towards the end of qualifying.
Louis Rousset was fourth-fastest for Panis Racing, while Ryan Cullen completed the top five for Vector Sport.
Only four cars did not progress into Hyperpole 1. Those were the #16 Proton Competition Oreca which missed much of the opening practice, the #17 Algarve Pro entry, the #48 RD Limited and the #3 DKR Engineering.
Corvette fastest in LMGT3... before disqualification
#34 Racing Team Turkey by TF Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R: Peter Dempsey, Salih Yoluc, Charlie Eastwood
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Peter Dempsey led the way for TF Sport in the LMGT3 class, topping the first qualifying session by just two-tenths of a second from Proton’s Eric Powell.
About halfway through the session, the Irishman set a best time of 3m55.744s in the full-season #34 Corvette Z06 GT3.R entry, which put him over a second ahead of the #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 of Dustin Blattner.
While several improvements followed over the final minutes, Dempsey held on to the top spot, with Powell ending up closest in the #77 Proton Ford Mustang GT3.
Gray Newell put the #23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in third place, while James Cottingham finished fourth in the best of the two Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 Rs. Completing the top five was Darren Leung in the #32 WRT BMW M4 GT3.
Fifteen out of the 25 cars progressed into Hyperpole 1, with neither of the two Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3s making the cut. The Spa-winning #10 car qualified by Antares Ru could only manage the 17th quickest lap time, while Alexander West ended up 23rd in the sister entry.
However, the leading #34 Corvette ended up being disqualified due to excessive strake wear on its diffuser.
Qualifying results - Hypercar
Hypercar qualifying
All Stats
Cla Team # Drivers Car Laps Time Interval km/h 1
Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR
35 A. Felix da Costa
C. Milesi
F. Habsburg Alpine A424 9
3'23.135
241.482 2
Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA HYPERCAR
12 L. Deletraz
W. Stevens
N. Nato Cadillac V-Series.R 9
+0.013
3'23.148
0.013 241.467 3
Cadillac WTR HYPERCAR
101 R. Taylor
J. Taylor
F. Albuquerque Cadillac V-Series.R 9
+0.188
3'23.323
0.175 241.259 4
BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR
20 R. Frijns
R. Rast
S. Van Der Linde BMW M Hybrid V8 9
+0.309
3'23.444
0.121 241.115 5
Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA HYPERCAR
38 S. Bourdais
E. Bamber
J. Aitken Cadillac V-Series.R 9
+0.350
3'23.485
0.041 241.067 6
BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR
15 K. Magnussen
R. Marciello
D. Vanthoor BMW M Hybrid V8 8
+0.490
3'23.625
0.140 240.901 7
Aston Martin THOR Team HYPERCAR
009 A. Riberas
M. Sorensen
R. De Angelis Aston Martin Valkyrie 8
+0.642
3'23.777
0.152 240.721 8
Toyota Racing HYPERCAR
8 S. Buemi
B. Hartley
R. Hirakawa Toyota TR010 Hybrid 9
+0.656
3'23.791
0.014 240.705 9
Aston Martin THOR Team HYPERCAR
007 H. Tincknell
T. Gamble
R. Gunn Aston Martin Valkyrie 8
+0.771
3'23.906
0.115 240.569 10
Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR
36 F. Makowiecki
J. Gounon
V. Martins Alpine A424 9
+0.825
3'23.960
0.054 240.505 11
Genesis Magma Racing HYPERCAR
19 M. Jaminet
P. Chatin
D. Juncadella Genesis GMR-001 8
+0.949
3'24.084
0.124 240.359 12
Toyota Racing HYPERCAR
7 M. Conway
K. Kobayashi
N. de Vries Toyota TR010 Hybrid 9
+1.179
3'24.314
0.230 240.089 13
Genesis Magma Racing HYPERCAR
17 A. Lotterer
P. Derani
M. Jaubert
Genesis GMR-001 8
+1.289
3'24.424
0.110 239.960 14
FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR
50 A. Fuoco
N. Nielsen
M. Molina Ferrari 499P 8
+1.379
3'24.514
0.090 239.854 15
FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR
51 A. Pier Guidi
J. Calado
A. Giovinazzi Ferrari 499P 8
+1.488
3'24.623
0.109 239.726 16
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR
93 P. di Resta
S. Vandoorne
N. Cassidy Peugeot 9X8 9
+1.843
3'24.978
0.355 239.311 17
AF Corse HYPERCAR
83 Y. Yifei
R. Kubica
P. Hanson Ferrari 499P 8
+2.360
3'25.495
0.517 238.709 18
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR
94 L. Duval
M. Jakobsen
T. Pourchaire Peugeot 9X8 9
+2.525
3'25.660
0.165 238.517 View full results
Qualifying results - LMP2/LMGT3
LMP2/LMGT3
All Stats
Cla Team # Drivers Car Laps Time Interval km/h 1
DUQUEINE TEAM LMP2
30 D. Pin
J. Andlauer
R. Verschoor Oreca 07 - Gibson 6
3'34.662
228.515 2
CLX Motorsport LMP2
37
A. Closmenil
I. Aguilera
T. Jensen
Oreca 07 - Gibson 8
+0.567
3'35.229
0.567 227.913 3
INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION LMP2
343 B. Garg
R. de Gerus
N. Müller Oreca 07 - Gibson 9
+0.585
3'35.247
0.018 227.894 4
Forestier Racing by Panis LMP2
29
L. Rousset
E. Masson
O. Gray
Oreca 07 - Gibson 9
+1.436
3'36.098
0.851 226.997 5
VECTOR SPORT LMP2
26 R. Cullen
V. Lomko
P. Fittipaldi Oreca 07 - Gibson 8
+1.643
3'36.305
0.207 226.779 6
INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION LMP2
43 J. Smiechowski
T. Dillmann
N. Yelloly Oreca 07 - Gibson 8
+2.342
3'37.004
0.699 226.049 7
United Autosports LMP2
22 R. Lindh
G. Saucy
M. Jensen Oreca 07 - Gibson 8
+2.902
3'37.564
0.560 225.467 8
NIELSEN RACING LMP2
24 D. Heinemeier Hansson
E. Pearson
J. Doohan Oreca 07 - Gibson 8
+3.003
3'37.665
0.101 225.362 9
IDEC SPORT LMP2
28 P. Lafargue
V. Rinicella
J. Van Uitert Oreca 07 - Gibson 8
+3.063
3'37.725
0.060 225.300 10
Proton Competition LMP2
9 J. Ried
K. Ohta
H. King
Oreca 07 - Gibson 9
+3.426
3'38.088
0.363 224.925 11
AO by TF LMP2
99 P. Hyett
J. Allen
D. Cameron Oreca 07 - Gibson 8
+4.036
3'38.698
0.610 224.298 12
Crowdstrike Racing by APR LMP2
4 G. Kurtz
A. Quinn
L. Heinrich Oreca 07 - Gibson 9
+4.707
3'39.369
0.671 223.612 13
AF Corse LMP2
183 F. Perrodo
M. Vaxiviere
B. Barnicoat Oreca 07 - Gibson 8
+5.323
3'39.985
0.616 222.986 14
TDS Racing LMP2
14 T. Lutke
M. Beche
K. Estre Oreca 07 - Gibson 8
+5.602
3'40.264
0.279 222.703 15
United Autosports LMP2
222 D. Schneider
B. Hanley
O. Jarvis Oreca 07 - Gibson 9
+6.756
3'41.418
1.154 221.542 16
Proton Competition LMP2
44 H. Felbermayr Jr.
H. Felbermayr
L. Fluxá
Oreca 07 - Gibson 8
+6.791
3'41.453
0.035 221.507 17
Algarve Pro Racing Team LMP2
25
M. Jensen
E. Trulli
J. Hughes Oreca 07 - Gibson 9
+8.077
3'42.739
1.286 220.229 18
RD Limited LMP2
48 F. Poordad
T. Vautier
R. Dumas Oreca 07 - Gibson 9
+8.194
3'42.856
0.117 220.113 19
DKR Engineering LMP2
3 J. Farano
S. Alvarez
R. van der Zande Oreca 07 - Gibson 9
+8.889
3'43.551
0.695 219.429 20
Racing Team Turkey by TF LMGT3
34
P. Dempsey
S. Yoluc
C. Eastwood Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 8
+20.734
3'55.396
11.845 208.387 21
Proton Competition LMGT3
77 E. Powell
B. Tuck
S. Priaulx
Ford Mustang GT3 7
+21.289
3'55.951
0.555 207.897 22
Heart of Racing Team LMGT3
23
G. Newell
D. Barrichello
J. Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 7
+21.313
3'55.975
0.024 207.876 23
Manthey DK Engineering LMGT3
91
J. Cottingham
T. Boguslavskiy
A. Güven Porsche 911 GT3 R 9
+21.521
3'56.183
0.208 207.693 24
TEAM WRT LMGT3
32 D. Leung
S. Gelael
A. Farfus BMW M4 GT3 Evo 9
+21.875
3'56.537
0.354 207.382 25
Kessel Racing LMGT3
74
D. Blattner
L. Patrese
D. Marschall Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 7
+21.898
3'56.560
0.023 207.362 26
AKKODIS ASP Team LMGT3
87
R. Umbrarescu
C. Schmid
J. Lopez Lexus RC F GT3 8
+21.919
3'56.581
0.021 207.343 27
Heart of Racing Team LMGT3
27 I. James
Z. Robichon
M. Drudi Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 8
+22.026
3'56.688
0.107 207.250 28
TEAM WRT LMGT3
69 A. McIntosh
P. Thompson
D. Harper
BMW M4 GT3 Evo 8
+22.038
3'56.700
0.012 207.239 29
Proton Competition LMGT3
88 S. Gattuso
G. Levorato
L. Sargeant Ford Mustang GT3 6
+22.269
3'56.931
0.231 207.037 30
IRON LYNX LMGT3
61 M. Berry
R. Andrade
M. Martin Mercedes AMG GT3 8
+22.288
3'56.950
0.019 207.020 31
Vista AF Corse LMGT3
21 F. Heriau
S. Mann
A. Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 8
+22.300
3'56.962
0.012 207.010 32
AKKODIS ASP Team LMGT3
78 T. Rompuy
H. David
J. Hawksworth Lexus RC F GT3 7
+22.599
3'57.261
0.299 206.749 33
Vista AF Corse LMGT3
54 T. Flohr
F. Castellacci
D. Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 9
+22.615
3'57.277
0.016 206.735 34
The Bend Manthey LMGT3
92 Y. Shahin
R. Pera
R. Lietz Porsche 911 GT3 R 8
+22.804
3'57.466
0.189 206.571 35
Team Qatar by Iron Lynx LMGT3
62
A. Ali Al-Khelaifi
J. Hanses
G. Alesi Mercedes AMG GT3 8
+22.869
3'57.531
0.065 206.514 36
Garage 59 LMGT3
10
A. Au
T. Fleming
M. Kirchhofer McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 9
+23.000
3'57.662
0.131 206.400 37
TF Sport LMGT3
33 B. Keating
J. Edgar
N. Catsburg Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 8
+23.062
3'57.724
0.062 206.346 38
IRON LYNX LMGT3
79
J. Zelger
M. Cressoni
L. Hodenius Mercedes AMG GT3 7
+23.114
3'57.776
0.052 206.301 39
RICHARD MILLE AF CORSE LMGT3
150 C. Toledo
L. Wadoux
R. Agostini
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 7
+23.329
3'57.991
0.215 206.115 40
Kessel Racing LMGT3
57 T. Kimura
C. Laursen
D. Serra Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 9
+23.447
3'58.109
0.118 206.013 41
Racing Spirit of Leman LMGT3
59 C. Mateu
M. Fossard
V. Hasse-Clot Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 8
+23.733
3'58.395
0.286 205.766 42
Garage 59 LMGT3
58 A. West
F. Gehrsitz
B. Goethe
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 7
+24.690
3'59.352
0.957 204.943 43
TF Sport LMGT3
2
J. Ibrahim
L. Nicolas Hanafin
B. Green
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 9
+24.930
3'59.592
0.240 204.738 44
13 Autosport LMGT3
13 O. Fidani
L. Kern
M. Bell Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 9
+25.596
4'00.258
0.666 204.170 View full results
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