2025 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Scrutineering begins this Friday and continues through Saturday at the Place de la République. Test day comes Sunday with two three-hour sessions.

 
The 7 is my pre-test pick to win next weekend. That livery has too much aura not to win.

 
Greg said:
It's their money but I would prefer a solid red without the blotches.
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It comes from the GT-One so it’s not an exact 1:1 match considering the difference in body styles. Still, imo, their best livery since Toyota came back to sports cars in 2012.

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I was remembering last year's class picture of all the cars with the Garage 56 NASCAR standing tall among the low-slung race cars. And I remember the picture of the Garage 56 pit crew holding the manual jack above them after winning their class in the pit crew challenge.
 
I'de like to confirm that I checked my cable guide and Motor Trend will cover all 24 hours of LeMans, so I'll be glued to it. I had resolved myself to finding a stream, but now I can veg on the couch, pig out on pizza and see the entire thing.

Thanks, FLRacingfan for the heads up!

As far as predictions, I'm always wrong so I won't make any, but I'de love to see Toyota finally get that big win from a competitive field.
 
Nine cars among six manufacturers covered by a second in first practice, including Cadillac P1. I’m intrigued for qualifying.
 
Zerkfitting said:
I didn't know Genesis was into racing. The best car I've ever owned was a used 2011 Hyundai Genesis with the 4.6L V8 - drove it 11 years.
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They’re pretty much just getting into it now, they’re joining Hypercar/GTP over the next two years and have the show car variant on display.

 
I figured out why I get so enthused about Daytona but can't muster much interest in Le Mans. Daytona is in late January, when there's been no racing for months, it's usually too cold for me to be interested in leaving the house, and there's little else on TV I'm interested in watching. Le Mans is in June. it's usually favorable to do outdoor things, and the racing series I pay attention to are in the heart of their seasons. This weekend there's NASCAR's return to Mex City and the US Open as the primary draws on my attention.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
I figured out why I get so enthused about Daytona but can't muster much interest in Le Mans. Daytona is in late January, when there's been no racing for months, it's usually too cold for me to be interested in leaving the house, and there's little else on TV I'm interested in watching. Le Mans is in June. it's usually favorable to do outdoor things, and the racing series I pay attention to are in the heart of their seasons. This weekend there's NASCAR's return to Mex City and the US Open as the primary draws on my attention.
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I get about as excited, if not more, for Le Mans now as I do Daytona, and that’s as someone who attends Daytona each year. I haven’t really been able to say that since ~ 2014-2016. It’s hard not to look forward to 21 Hypercars leading the field to green on Saturday. About the only thing it’s missing is a pro GT class, which is an obvious strength of IMSA.

F1 and IndyCar should be off this weekend but I digress.
 
FLRacingFan said:
De Vries failing to make Hyperpole and getting outqualified by a Valkyrie wasn’t something anyone expected. Yikes.

Really competitive and entertaining session.
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Peugeot, I'm so concerned about this team lasting another two years.

Alpine has come in and been competitive from the jump. Seeing both Alpines fight for hyperpole and no Puegeots is really concerning.
 
Peugeot dominated the final years of Group C so convincingly that their lack of competitiveness now is baffling. They really should be much better than they have shown.
 
kkfan91 said:
I don't quite get the business sense behind it, but that's why I teach social studies.
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Most of the other big Asian-based manufacturers have a luxury/performance brand that caters mostly to the U.S., i.e. Lexus/Acura/Infiniti. Makes sense to seek alignment with that.
 
Kiante said:
Peugeot, I'm so concerned about this team lasting another two years.

Alpine has come in and been competitive from the jump. Seeing both Alpines fight for hyperpole and no Puegeots is really concerning.
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Alpine have surprised myself and many others, but I think that’s the benefit in going with a known quantity in the ORECA LMDh base chassis. Peugeot haven’t shown much even after they redesigned the 9X8, but I think they were limited by working from such a uniquely flawed design to begin with. Recent reports seem to be Stellantis will grant them an extension and possibly the budget to build an all-new car from the ground up. Sounds promising, but we know how quickly corporate leadership can change their minds. Hopefully it comes to fruition and they can succeed with a less ambitious concept.
 
Roger has been taking quite the beating lately, but this is not too bad. This was just a case of cutting it too close on the weight, but it's just another brick in the wall of blunders. They got whacked with a grid penalty, but it's a 24 hour race, and they will probably be ok, but you can believe Roger is getting fed up with this sort of thing.

Anyone got a stream for hyperpole?
 
Doc Austin said:
Roger has been taking quite the beating lately, but this is not too bad. This was just a case of cutting it too close on the weight, but it's just another brick in the wall of blunders. They got whacked with a grid penalty, but it's a 24 hour race, and they will probably be ok, but you can believe Roger is getting fed up with this sort of thing.

Anyone got a stream for hyperpole?
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You’re gonna wanna watch this one afterwards, hopefully they upload it in full to YouTube. This is fantastic drama.

Two of the three Ferraris got knocked out in Hyperpole 1, that’s an absolute shocker. I tell you what, those Cadillacs are looking bad fast this week too. Three of the four advanced to the final round.
 
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