2024 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 92nd 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 92e 24 Heures du Mans) is the 92nd Grand Prix of Endurance that is scheduled to take place on 15–16 June 2024 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France.

The Circuit de la Sarthe

Background

The 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans will be the 92nd running of the 24-hour race organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest. The LM GTE Am class of 2023 will be transitioned to LMGT3 for the 2024 race. While LMP2 cars will not be running in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship, Automobile Club de l’Ouest will allocate a minimum of 15 grid slots to LMP2 cars for the race.[1] A number of new and returning manufacturers are hoping to field cars in the 2024 event, including Alpine, Ford, BMW, and McLaren.[2][3][4][5] LMGT3 models that do not compete for the full 2024 FIA WEC seasons are not permitted to enter at the 24 hour race.[6]

Entries

Automatic Invites

In addition to all full season WEC entries, automatic invites are given to championship winners in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), LMP2 and LMGTE in the Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS) and Bronze Cup in GT World Challenge Europe (GTWCE) in a combined Endurance and Sprint Championship. Second-place finishers in LMP2 in the ELMS also earn an invite. 3 IMSA teams are also granted invites, one in Hypercar at the discretion of IMSA, and one each for the Jim Truman and Bob Akin awards.[7]

Automatic entries for the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans
Reason invited Hypercar LMP2 LMGT3
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE) Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Germany Proton Competition
2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2) United States United Autosports USA
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 Pro-Am) Italy AF Corse
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3) Switzerland Cool Racing
IMSA SportsCar Championship at-large entries United States Action Express Racing United States George Kurtz United States Brendan Iribe
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT) TBA TBA
1st in the GT World Challenge Europe (Bronze Cup) Lithuania Pure Rxcing
Sources:[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Klein, Jamie; Watkins, Gary (9 June 2023). "LMP2 class axed by WEC for 2024, but will stay at Le Mans". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. ^ Smith, Fred (9 June 2023). "This is Alpine's 2024 Le Mans Racer". Road & Track. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Ford unveils a new Mustang for 2024 Le Mans in motorsports 'lifestyle brand' retooling". NBC Sports. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  4. ^ Hardy, Edward (26 July 2022). "BMW confirms 2024 Le Mans entry for its LMDh Hypercar". Motor Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  5. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (2023-10-06). "McLaren confirms United Autosports as its LMGT3 customer team". RACER. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  6. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (7 November 2023). "2024 FIA WEC Entry Capped At 37 Cars". Dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b Dagys, John (16 October 2023). "Kurtz Wins Jim Trueman Award, Automatic Le Mans Invite". Sportscar365. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  8. ^ "How many competitors will be invited to the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2024?". Endurance-Info. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

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