2024 Lone Star Le Mans

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Flag of the United States.svg Lone Star Le Mans
Event information
Round 6 of 8 in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship
Austin circuit.svg
DateSeptember 1 2024
Location Austin, Texas
Venue Circuit of the Americas
Duration6 hours
Results
Laps completed183
Distance (km)1008.582
Distance (miles)626.704
Hypercar
Pole position
Time1:50.390
Team Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari AF Corse
Drivers Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi
Winners
Team Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse
Drivers Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Yifei
Flag of Israel.svg Robert Shwartzman
LMGT3
Winners
Team Flag of the United States.svg Heart of Racing
Drivers Flag of the United States.svg Ian James
Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli
Flag of Spain.svg Alex Riberas

The 2024 Lone Star Le Mans was an endurance sportscar racing event held on September 1, 2024, as the sixth of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the seventh running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship, and the first running of the event since 2020. [1]

Contents

Background

The event was announced on June 9, 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend, replacing the previously run 1000 Miles of Sebring as the contract with IMSA for an event at Sebring running as a double-header with the 12 Hours of Sebring expired in 2023. [1] [2]

Entry list

36 cars entered the race: 18 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3. Isotta Fraschini, who previously competed in the Hypercar category, withdrew from the championship prior to the race following disputes with Duqueine Team. [3]

Schedule

DateTime (local: CDT)Event
Friday, August 3012:40Free Practice 1
17:10Free Practice 2
Saturday, August 3111:00Free Practice 3
15:00Qualifying - LMGT3
15:20Hyperpole - LMGT3
15:40Qualifying - Hypercar
16:00Hyperpole - Hypercar
Sunday, September 113:00Race
Source: [4]

Practice

Three practice sessions were held: two were held on Friday, and one on Saturday. The sessions on Friday morning and Friday afternoon lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Saturday morning lasted 60 minutes. [4]

Practice 1

The first practice session started at 12:40 CDT on Friday. Matt Campbell topped the session in the No. 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry, with a lap time of 1:53.574. He was 0.460 seconds quicker than second-placed Robert Kubica in the No. 83 AF Corse entry, and Oliver Rasmussen finished third in the No. 38 Hertz Team Jota Porsche. [5] Alessio Rovera was quickest in the LMGT3 category: he lapped the circuit in 2 minute, 6.263 seconds, in the No. 55 AF Corse Ferrari. He placed ahead of the two Proton Competition Ford Mustangs, with the No. 88 of Dennis Olsen and No. 77 of Ben Barker who scored times of 2:06.475 and 2:06.720 respectively. [6] The session was briefly red-flagged due to a technical issue in Race Control, and was extended by five minutes in compensation. [5]

ClassNo.EntrantDriverTime
Hypercar5 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Penske Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Campbell 1:53.574
LMGT355 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Alessio Rovera 2:06.253
Source: [7] [8]

Practice 2

The second practice session started at 17:10 CDT on Friday, and ended with Antonio Giovinazzi in the No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse on top, with a time of 1:52.268. He was 0.052 seconds quicker than second-placed Antonio Fuoco in the sister No. 50 Ferrari. Third-quickest was Robin Frijns in the No. 20 BMW M Team WRT; he was 0.115 seconds slower than Giovinazzi. [9] The No. 82 TF Sport Corvette of Daniel Juncadella was quickest in LMGT3: Juncadella lapped the circuit in 2 minutes, 5.630 seconds. He was 0.043 seconds quicker than the No. 55 Ferrari of Rovera in second, with Davide Rigon rounding out the top three in the sister No. 54 Ferrari. [10] The session saw one stoppage, when the No. 20 BMW with Sheldon van der Linde behind the wheel suddenly stopped with 46 minutes to go. [9]

ClassNo.EntrantDriverTime
Hypercar51 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi 1:52.268
LMGT382 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Juncadella 2:05.630
Source: [11] [12]

Final practice

The third and final practice session started at 11:00 CDT on Saturday. Alex Lynn was quickest in the No. 2 Cadillac Racing entry, with a lap time of 1:51.471. He was 0.040 seconds quicker than Fuoco in the No. 50 Ferrari in second place, with Kamui Kobayashi rounding out the top three in the No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing entry. [13] LMGT3 was once again led by Juncadella in the No. 82 Corvette, with a lap time of 2:05.178. His lap time was 0.173 seconds quicker than the lap time of Charlie Eastwood in the No. 81 Corvette, whilst Rigon was third in the No. 54 Ferrari, 0.364 seconds slower than Juncadella. [14]

ClassNo.EntrantDriverTime
Hypercar2 Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn 1:51.471
LMGT382 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Juncadella 2:05.178
Source: [15] [16]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

PosClassNo.EntrantQualifyingHyperpoleGrid
1Hypercar51 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari AF Corse 1:50.7341:50.3901
2Hypercar83 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse 1:51.2331:50.6672
3Hypercar2 Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Racing 1:51.0731:50.6803
4Hypercar35 Flag of France.svg Alpine Endurance Team 1:51.3181:50.7514
5Hypercar50 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari AF Corse 1:51.0591:50.8185
6Hypercar5 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:51.3681:50.8746
7Hypercar20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BMW M Team WRT 1:51.4451:50.8827
8Hypercar15 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BMW M Team WRT 1:51.3791:50.9388
9Hypercar7 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:51.3891:50.9519
10Hypercar12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hertz Team Jota 1:51.6391:51.53210
11Hypercar93 Flag of France.svg Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:51.65911
12Hypercar8 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:51.72012
13Hypercar36 Flag of France.svg Alpine Endurance Team 1:51.96913
14Hypercar6 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:51.98414
15Hypercar94 Flag of France.svg Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:52.08115
16Hypercar99 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition 1:52.22516
17Hypercar38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hertz Team Jota 1:52.32017
18Hypercar63 Flag of Italy.svg Lamborghini Iron Lynx 1:52.42618
19LMGT327 Flag of the United States.svg Heart of Racing Team 2:06.1462:05.58719
20LMGT385 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Dames 2:06.0092:05.75920
21LMGT355 Flag of Italy.svg Vista AF Corse 2:06.3562:06.00121
22LMGT392 Flag of Lithuania.svg Manthey PureRxcing 2:06.4142:06.17622
23LMGT381 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport 2:06.2562:06.28723
24LMGT354 Flag of Italy.svg Vista AF Corse 2:06.9722:06.31224
25LMGT359 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports 2:07.0252:06.52125
26LMGT3777 Flag of Japan.svg D'station Racing 2:06.8182:06.60926
27LMGT388 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition 2:06.6332:06.65027
28LMGT331 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT 2:07.1082:07.48328
29LMGT395 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports 2:07.11229
30LMGT378 Flag of France.svg Akkodis ASP Team2:07.18430
31LMGT382 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport 2:07.32831
32LMGT377 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition 2:07.43132
33LMGT346 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT 2:07.45933
34LMGT391 Flag of Germany.svg Manthey EMA 2:07.69134
35LMGT387 Flag of France.svg Akkodis ASP Team2:08.15335
36LMGT360 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Lynx 2:09.62236
Source: [17] [18]

Race

Race results

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 128 laps. Class winners are in bold and .

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1Hypercar83 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica
Flag of Israel.svg Robert Shwartzman
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yifei Ye
Ferrari 499P M 1836:00:23.755
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
2Hypercar7 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Conway
Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 183+1.780
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
3Hypercar50 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco
Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Molina
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 499P M 183+26.282
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
4Hypercar2 Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn
Cadillac V-Series.R M 183+46.924
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
5Hypercar35 Flag of France.svg Alpine Endurance Team Flag of France.svg Paul-Loup Chatin
Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg
Flag of France.svg Charles Milesi
Alpine A424 M 183+1:10.513
Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6
6Hypercar6 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Penske Motorsport Flag of France.svg Kévin Estre
Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963 M 183+1:36.873
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
7Hypercar5 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Penske Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Campbell
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Christensen
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 963 M 183+1:41.494
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
8Hypercar15 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BMW M Team WRT Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Raffaele Marciello
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Vanthoor
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Wittmann
BMW M Hybrid V8 M 182+1 Lap
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
9Hypercar36 Flag of France.svg Alpine Endurance Team Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
Flag of Germany.svg Mick Schumacher
Flag of France.svg Matthieu Vaxivière
Alpine A424 M 182+1 Lap
Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6
10Hypercar38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hertz Team Jota Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Hanson
Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Rasmussen
Porsche 963 M 182+1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
11Hypercar99 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition Flag of France.svg Julien Andlauer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Tincknell
Porsche 963 M 182+1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
12Hypercar93 Flag of France.svg Peugeot TotalEnergies Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Jensen
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nico Müller
Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne
Peugeot 9X8 M 182+1 Lap
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
13Hypercar20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BMW M Team WRT Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Frijns
Flag of Germany.svg René Rast
Flag of South Africa.svg Sheldon van der Linde
BMW M Hybrid V8 M 182+1 Lap
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
14Hypercar63 Flag of Italy.svg Lamborghini Iron Lynx Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti
White flag of surrender.svg Daniil Kvyat
Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Mortara
Lamborghini SC63 M 182+1 Lap
Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8
15Hypercar8 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi
Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 181+2 Laps
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
16LMGT327 Flag of the United States.svg Heart of Racing Team Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian James
Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli
Flag of Spain.svg Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 164+19 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
17LMGT392 Flag of Lithuania.svg Manthey PureRxcing Flag of Austria.svg Klaus Bachler
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Alex Malykhin
Flag of Germany.svg Joel Sturm
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 164+19 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
18LMGT391 Flag of Germany.svg Manthey EMA Flag of Austria.svg Richard Lietz
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Morris Schuring
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Yasser Shahin
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 164+19 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
19LMGT359 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Costa
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Cottingham
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Grégoire Saucy
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 164+19 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
20LMGT331 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus
Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Leung
BMW M4 GT3 G 164+19 Laps
BMW P58 L Turbo I6
21LMGT377 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Barker
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hardwick
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zacharie Robichon
Ford Mustang GT3 G 163+20 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
22LMGT395 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Caygill
Flag of Chile.svg Nico Pino
Flag of Japan.svg Marino Sato
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 163+20 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
23LMGT382 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport Flag of France.svg Sébastien Baud
Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Juncadella
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Koizumi
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 163+20 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
24LMGT378 Flag of France.svg Akkodis ASP Team Flag of South Africa.svg Kelvin van der Linde
Flag of France.svg Arnold Robin
Flag of Austria.svg Clemens Schmid
Lexus RC F GT3 G 163+20 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
25LMGT355 Flag of Italy.svg Vista AF Corse Flag of France.svg François Hériau
Flag of the United States.svg Simon Mann
Flag of Italy.svg Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 296 GT3 G 163+20 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
26LMGT387 Flag of France.svg Akkodis ASP Team Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Kimura
Flag of Argentina.svg José María López
Flag of France.svg Esteban Masson
Lexus RC F GT3 G 162+21 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
27LMGT360 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Lynx Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Cressoni
Flag of France.svg Franck Perera
Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Schiavoni
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 162+21 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
28LMGT385 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Dames Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sarah Bovy
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rahel Frey
Flag of Denmark.svg Michelle Gatting
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 160+23 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
NCLMGT346 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT Flag of Oman.svg Ahmad Al Harthy
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maxime Martin
Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Rossi
BMW M4 GT3 G 155Not classified
BMW P58 L Turbo I6
NCLMGT388 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating
Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Olsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel O. Pedersen
Ford Mustang GT3 G 146Not classified
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
NCHypercar12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hertz Team Jota Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott
Flag of France.svg Norman Nato
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Will Stevens
Porsche 963 M 71Not classified
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
DNFLMGT381 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport Flag of Angola.svg Rui Andrade
Flag of Ireland.svg Charlie Eastwood
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom van Rompuy
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 137Did not finish
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
DNFHypercar94 Flag of France.svg Peugeot TotalEnergies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul di Resta
Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stoffel Vandoorne
Peugeot 9X8 M 121Did not finish
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
DNFLMGT3777 Flag of Japan.svg D'station Racing Flag of France.svg Erwan Bastard
Flag of France.svg Clément Mateu
Flag of Denmark.svg Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 81Did not finish
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNFHypercar51 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari AF Corse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado
Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 499P M 55Did not finish
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
DNFLMGT354 Flag of Italy.svg Vista AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Castellacci
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Thomas Flohr
Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon
Ferrari 296 GT3 G 54Did not finish
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
Source: [19]

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