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The magic of Le Mans at night ✨



Once Qualifying Practice was complete, the teams still had a two-hour night session to run on Wednesday, which gave Ford’s team of photographers time to take these sublime shots.



There are two more free practice sessions today but the headline event is Hyperpole!



The first Hyperpole session is for the Top 12 LMGT3 cars and the Top 15 Hypercars. This is a knockout round where the 8 fastest LMGT3 cars and 10 fastest Hypercars go through to the second Hyperpole session.



Hyperpole 2 is where the #LeMans24 Pole Position is decided. It’s a straight shootout for the Top 8 LMGT3 and Top 10 Hypercar grid positions.



Any driver can take part in Hyperpole 1 & 2 but the same driver can’t do both sessions. Do you risk saving your fastest driver for Hyperpole 2? We’ll find out tonight!



#golikehell ...

The elimination game has begun! ⏱️



Qualifying for Le Mans is a bit different year so here’s a quick rundown of what will happen over the next couple of days…



The Mustang GT3s will run in the first of this evening’s Qualifying Practice sessions and the Top 12 from that session will go through to tomorrow’s “Hyperpole 1” for LMGT3 and LMP2.



The Porsche 963s go in the second Qualifying Practice session and the Top 15 Hypercars will go through to “Hyperpole 1” for Hypercars.



Tomorrow, the Top 8 LMGT3 cars and the Top 8 Hypercars from their respective Hyperpole 1 sessions, will go through to Hyperpole 2.



Then it’s a straightforward scrap for pole position in Hyperpole 2.



That’s a lot of “Hyper” but we hope that makes sense.



#Hyper ...

The teams are ready. The question is, are YOU ready?
 
Running starts tomorrow at #LeMans24 and before we know it, the race will have begun. Check out the post for all of the session times for the #LeMans24 👆 ...

What’s happening at #LeMans24 today?



To be completely honest, a whole lot of posing!



Today is a great day to get all those PR shots taken as there are no cars on track. Well, not running anyway. This gives @drewgibsoncaptures and his team, plenty of time to work their magic behind the lens.



Away from the glitz and the glamour, the teams are busy re-prepping the cars after yesterday’s Test Day, the engineers are honing their strategy for when the cars start running on Wednesday, and the drivers have a bit of time to make sure all of their kit is ready for the week ahead and (very importantly) they have made comfortable sleeping arrangements for the race weekend.



Let’s just say the local @carrefourfrance must sell a lot of pillows every June!



Join us again tomorrow for more pillow talk 😉




Photo 1: The #77 @protoncompetition Mustang GT3

Photo 2: “Triple B” aka the #77 driver crew @benbarkermsport @bernardorsousa @bentuckracing

Photo 3: The #88 Proton Mustang GT3 – podium finisher at Le Mans last year

Photo 4: The #88 driver team @dennis_olsen @giammarcolevorato @stefano_gattuso

Photo 5: #77 and #88 Mustangs

Photo 6: Presenting…Proton Competition 💙 Dream Team 💙

Photo 7: Dennis “The Menace” Olsen – we still keep thinking about his final stint at Daytona 🙌 ...

📍Iconic



The only time the race cars are photographed with this road sign is during the Official Test Day as the sign becomes an advertising hoarding for the race. That’s how you know these photos were taken today 🤓



The Test Day is the only time the teams can test at Le Mans as the 13.626km Circuit de la Sarthe is a combination of permanent race track and public roads, which are temporarily closed for the event. Yes, you can drive along the Mulsanne ordinarily and yes, we’ve done it 😍 ...