🦡 Le Mans 24 Hours Rules
Driving time at Le Mans. Minimum driving time: In LMP1, LMP2 and GTE Am, a driver must not drive less than 6 hours during the 24 Hours of Le Mans; the penalty for infringing this regulation is at the discretion of the Stewards but could go as far as exclusion. In LMGTE Pro there is no regulated minimum driving time.
Drivers from the IMSA SportsCar Championship have spoken in defence of the new safety car rules at the Le Mans 24 Hours following heavy criticism from Toyota. Author Jamie Klein. Co-author James
The rules allow an LMH to be 250mm longer, 25mm wider and 100mm higher than an LMP1 to help the designers incorporate styling ideas. The increase in height also reflects new cockpit safety standards that define a more upright seating position. The overhangs, front and rear, are also longer. Hypercars are much bulkier than their LMP1 predecessors.
Le Mans has introduced a new safety car procedure for the 2023 race after its previous system, involving three safety cars on the 8.47 mile circuit, was criticised for artificially affecting the results. After a trial at last weekend’s Test Day, the new method — which involves a different and lengthier restart process — was called into
Why an 'artificial' Le Mans finish is more likely in 2023 OPINION: A change to regulations for the Le Mans 24 Hours makes a super-close winning margin much more likely in its centenary year.
Toyota blasts “Americanisation” of Le Mans with new safety car rules; The hour-long session started with two early red flags, The 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list in full;
The 84th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 84 e 24 Heures du Mans) was a 24-hour automobile endurance racing event held for teams of three drivers each fielding Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars from 15 to 19 June 2016 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, close to Le Mans, France before 263,500 spetators.
A. J. Foyt at the 24 Heures du Mans (24 Hours of Le Mans) Race, June 1967. Digital image. A.J. Foyt ranked among the best in stock car and open-wheel racing -- particularly at the Indianapolis 500, where he'd won in 1961, 1964 and 1967 (and would win again in 1977) -- but he was a rookie at Le Mans. Foyt was a fast study.
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