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2026 24 Hours of Le Mans
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It's considerably warmer today than it has been all week -- 30 C (86F).
It's an hour into the race and while BMW got to the front, there are several cars running strong such as Alpine, Cadillac and Toyota. Peugeot is still struggling trailing at the end of the field. It's way early, of course, and things will definitely change as night time sets in. Several hours to go until that happens. Lexus is leading LMGT3 with Aston Martin, BMW, Ferrari and one of the Fords looking good presently. The gap on the Hypercar field is 50 seconds front to back.
I don't really follow LMP2.
Looks like it's going to be a competitive race. No one is dominating.
It's considerably warmer today than it has been all week -- 30 C (86F).
It's an hour into the race and while BMW got to the front, there are several cars running strong such as Alpine, Cadillac and Toyota. Peugeot is still struggling trailing at the end of the field. It's way early, of course, and things will definitely change as night time sets in. Several hours to go until that happens. Lexus is leading LMGT3 with Aston Martin, BMW, Ferrari and one of the Fords looking good presently. The gap on the Hypercar field is 50 seconds front to back.
I don't really follow LMP2.
Looks like it's going to be a competitive race. No one is dominating.
Good news! TruTV 24-hour coverage!
Yay!
Can't wait for the night racing!
Yay!
Can't wait for the night racing!
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The race is at the 12.5 hour mark. The race has changed a bit, most of that being due to the night time conditions I'd imagine.
Cadillac has looked very strong, with the #38 car being in the lead quite a bit, but that car has an issue, not sure what at this point, and was in the garage quite a while so it's pretty much out of the running for the time being. It's back in the garage now. But the #12 and #101 Cadillacs are in the top five and are running strong.
There are Ferraris, Alpines and Toyotas well within striking distance for a win in the Hypercar class. Aston Martin hasn't done so well in the night time stretch. Genesis has looked good for a first year car, they're at #11 & #12.
Lexus and Aston Martin are leading the LMGT3 field, although there are a number of others that are competitive and could win (such as Corvettes).
Overall, there's nothing definitive.
The race is at the 12.5 hour mark. The race has changed a bit, most of that being due to the night time conditions I'd imagine.
Cadillac has looked very strong, with the #38 car being in the lead quite a bit, but that car has an issue, not sure what at this point, and was in the garage quite a while so it's pretty much out of the running for the time being. It's back in the garage now. But the #12 and #101 Cadillacs are in the top five and are running strong.
There are Ferraris, Alpines and Toyotas well within striking distance for a win in the Hypercar class. Aston Martin hasn't done so well in the night time stretch. Genesis has looked good for a first year car, they're at #11 & #12.
Lexus and Aston Martin are leading the LMGT3 field, although there are a number of others that are competitive and could win (such as Corvettes).
Overall, there's nothing definitive.
I'm feeling a Toyota vibe. 
I just woke up after about a 4 hour nap. One cat is defending my couch with vigor. The other is the antagonist running around the floor and making incursions onto the couch. There is roughly four hours in the race left.I'm feeling a Toyota vibe.
You might be right regarding Toyota. I looked at the standings and there is a sole Cadillac in the lead with one Toyota 5 seconds behind and the other just behind it too.
It's tough to maintain the lead at Le Man in the later hours. The cars have migrated back to the medium tires from the soft compounds they ran overnight short of a few cars that have medium/hard tire mixes.
Apparently I missed a safety car while I was asleep. They just mentioned it was a few hours ago. Thought it might be more recent since the field is so tight.
And a Corvette leads LMGT3 with an Aston Martin 10 seconds back.
American marks look pretty good right now. Hope it holds. Cadillac has been competitive over the years for Le Mans and deserve a win.
Oh, I definitely remember 2016.Good to see plenty of racing right the way through the field from the start.
Who remembers what happened in the final minutes of the race in 2016?
It isn't over until Lady Luck has finished her role and the chequered flag falls.
Toyota managed to win Hypercar, Inter Europol (sp?) repeated as champions in LMP2 and Ben Keating's Corvette won LMGT3. Congratulations to these teams!
Cadillac got caught with worn tires about 3.5 hours from the end and could not keep up with the Toyotas. 20-30 seconds were lost, and was just too much to overcome. The ended up 4th.
That's not the result I was thinking of.
2016 was when the lead Toyota "died" on the penultimate lap and victory went to Porsche. Hence my comment about Lady Luck.
Toyota responded with outright wins in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022
2016 24 Hours of Le Mans - Wikipedia
List of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners - Wikipedia
2016 was when the lead Toyota "died" on the penultimate lap and victory went to Porsche. Hence my comment about Lady Luck.
Toyota responded with outright wins in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022
2016 24 Hours of Le Mans - Wikipedia
List of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners - Wikipedia
The two Toyotas worked well together to keep the BMW from winning. BMW prolly lost the race when its second-best car started dropping back. And they could no longer act in tandem. Teamwork seems to be needed to win these endurance races — even back to the Porsche and AUDI dominance years.
Ferrari had issues from the get-go.
Odd for the last two-time winners. 
And the Cadillacs seemed to have attrition issues, toward the middle-end of the race.
Alpine and Peugeot looked good for teams that hadn't had hypercars in the race for a few years.
Aston also had issues.
Ferrari had issues from the get-go.
Odd for the last two-time winners. And the Cadillacs seemed to have attrition issues, toward the middle-end of the race.
Alpine and Peugeot looked good for teams that hadn't had hypercars in the race for a few years.
Aston also had issues.
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That 2nd BMW just took too much track when passing and clipped the slower car. Big mistake. Took em out until rear was changed, last in class. Then more issues to dnf. First Bimmer did well missing the win by just this much.
The second Toyota did a good job of blocking that BMW. When Buemi (Toyota) finally got passed by Frijns (BMW), it was too late to catch up to the leading Toyota.
Great race.
I'm well aware of what happened to Toyota in '16. The rest of my post had nothing to do with that but rather was a summary of the end of the '26 race.
On the last pit stop, The lead Toyota (#8) had new tires mounted, whereas the second (#7) did not. I was having a hard time figuring that out but now it seems clear -- that was done so the second Toyota would come out in second and hold off the BMW for a few laps while it could once the BMW caught up with it, which is what happened. Or rather I should say, that appears to be the logic behind it.
Alpine and Peugeot returned to Le Mans in '23.The two Toyotas worked well together to keep the BMW from winning. BMW prolly lost the race when its second-best car started dropping back. And they could no longer act in tandem. Teamwork seems to be needed to win these endurance races — even back to the Porsche and AUDI dominance years.
Ferrari had issues from the get-go.
And the Cadillacs seemed to have attrition issues, toward the middle-end of the race.
Alpine and Peugeot looked good for teams that hadn't had hypercars in the race for a few years.
Aston also had issues.
Alpine looked good for the most part, but never really looked like a threat to win it all. Peugeot never looked competitive at all. They qualified poorly, and were at the back of the field of hypercars for the whole race. The only reason they're not listed as last in class is because of 4 DNF cars.
Ah, sorry. I'd misinterpreted/misunderstood.