Cadillac went quickest in Free Apply 1 forward of the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours, comfortably main BMW, Alpine, Toyota and Ferrari within the Hypercar classification.
After Aston Martin topped the Check Day in 3m26.293s on Sunday, Cadillac’s Jordan Taylor was the primary driver to enhance on that reference on Wednesday. Lower than half an hour into the session, Taylor set a 3m25.348s with the #101 Wayne Taylor Racing entry he shares with brother Ricky and Filipe Albuquerque.
It took over two hours for anybody to match – and beat – that benchmark, as Earl Bamber drove the sister Jota-run #38 Cadillac to a 3m25.673s, earlier than recording a 3m24.773s. He subsequently went even faster with a 3m23.786s.
Solely BMW lapped inside two seconds of the lead automotive, with Rene Rast (#20) attaining a 3m25.533s on the finish of the session – stopping a Cadillac 1-2-3 as Will Stevens lapped in 3m26.033s after the #12 machine encountered a brake pedal drawback.
Ferdinand Habsburg introduced the #35 Alpine as much as fifth in 3m26.078s, greater than 0.4s sooner than the #8 Toyota (considered one of two vehicles to not enhance relative to the Check Day, with the #007 Aston Martin), the #50 Ferrari, the #009 Aston Martin and the #17 Genesis.
Peugeot was slowest of all, with a 3.2s deficit to Cadillac, 0.9s to Alpine and 0.4s to Genesis.
#83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P: Yifei Ye, Robert Kubica, Philip Hanson
Photograph by: Rainier Ehrhardt
The principle incidents from the session concerned Hypercars. Ye Yifei misplaced management of Ferrari’s #83 automotive approaching Mulsanne nook and crashed. The Chinese language driver made his means again to the pits, seemingly struggling little harm.
Moments later, veteran Frederic Makowiecki went vast on the method to Tertre Rouge and considerably hit the surface wall on the left-hand facet, with the #36 Alpine crabbing alongside earlier than stopping trackside.
There was extra motion within the LMP2 class, with the #37 CLX Motorsport, #4 APR, #9 Proton and #183 AF Corse entries going off within the first sector, courtesy of Mikkel Jenson, George Kurtz, Harry King and Ben Barnicoat respectively, whereas the #14 TDS and #99 AO by TF entries had related shenanigans at Raccordement with Tobias Luetke and PJ Hyett.
Mercedes Method 1 junior Doriane Pin was quickest by far in LMP2, setting a 3m35.248s within the #30 Duqueine automotive, outpacing the #14 TDS entry by seven tenths, whereas IDEC Sport’s #28 automotive was almost a full second off.
The GT3 class was as aggressive as traditional, with Akkodis ASP’s #78 Lexus narrowly edging each Workforce WRT BMWs, Iron Lynx’ #62 Mercedes and TF’s #34 Corvette – these 4 producers lapped inside 0.41s of each other on the 13.626km monitor.
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Le Mans 24 Hours – Free Apply 1 outcomes
1
Cadillac Hertz Workforce JOTA HYPERCAR
38
Cadillac V-Collection.R
41
240.711
2
Cadillac WTR HYPERCAR
101
Cadillac V-Collection.R
38
1.562
238.880
3
BMW M Workforce WRT HYPERCAR
20
BMW M Hybrid V8
36
0.185
238.665
4
Cadillac Hertz Workforce JOTA HYPERCAR
12
Cadillac V-Collection.R
27
0.500
238.086
5
Alpine Endurance Workforce HYPERCAR
35
Alpine A424
35
0.045
238.034
6
8
Toyota TR010 Hybrid
44
0.413
237.558
7
FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR
50
Ferrari 499P
45
0.003
237.554
8
Aston Martin THOR Workforce HYPERCAR
009
Aston Martin Valkyrie
45
0.082
237.460
9
Genesis Magma Racing HYPERCAR
17
M. Jaubert
Genesis GMR-001
34
0.027
237.429
10
Aston Martin THOR Workforce HYPERCAR
007
Aston Martin Valkyrie
34
0.102
237.312
11
7
Toyota TR010 Hybrid
42
237.432
12
Alpine Endurance Workforce HYPERCAR
36
Alpine A424
39
0.638
236.701
13
Genesis Magma Racing HYPERCAR
19
Genesis GMR-001
37
237.177
14
BMW M Workforce WRT HYPERCAR
15
BMW M Hybrid V8
46
0.023
237.151
15
FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR
51
Ferrari 499P
44
0.091
237.047
16
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR
93
Peugeot 9X8
41
1.989
234.790
17
83
Ferrari 499P
37
236.601
18
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR
94
Peugeot 9X8
42
0.021
236.577
19
DUQUEINE TEAM LMP2
30
Oreca 07 – Gibson
34
7.901
227.893
20
14
Oreca 07 – Gibson
43
0.710
227.144
21
IDEC SPORT LMP2
28
V. Rinicella
Oreca 07 – Gibson
38
227.693
22
AO by TF LMP2
99
Oreca 07 – Gibson
42
0.787
226.864
23
22
Oreca 07 – Gibson
32
0.154
226.703
24
183
Oreca 07 – Gibson
41
1.698
224.938
25
Crowdstrike Racing by APR LMP2
4
A. Quinn
Oreca 07 – Gibson
41
226.677
26
INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION LMP2
43
Oreca 07 – Gibson
42
0.003
226.673
27
Forestier Racing by Panis LMP2
29
L. Rousset
E. Masson
O. Grey
Oreca 07 – Gibson
43
0.232
226.431
28
25
M. Jensen
Oreca 07 – Gibson
43
0.258
226.161
29
VECTOR SPORT LMP2
26
Oreca 07 – Gibson
42
0.240
225.911
30
NIELSEN RACING LMP2
24
E. Pearson
Oreca 07 – Gibson
39
0.210
225.693
31
INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION LMP2
343
Oreca 07 – Gibson
38
225.775
32
RD Restricted LMP2
48
Oreca 07 – Gibson
42
0.528
225.228
33
CLX Motorsport LMP2
37
A. Closmenil
I. Aguilera
T. Jensen
Oreca 07 – Gibson
38
0.017
225.210
34
DKR Engineering LMP2
3
Oreca 07 – Gibson
36
0.504
224.690
35
222
Oreca 07 – Gibson
41
0.228
224.456
36
44
H. Felbermayr
L. Fluxá
Oreca 07 – Gibson
40
0.290
224.158
37
9
H. King
Oreca 07 – Gibson
10
30.888
196.432
38
AKKODIS ASP Workforce LMGT3
78
H. David
Lexus RC F GT3
30
208.086
39
TEAM WRT LMGT3
32
BMW M4 GT3 Evo
41
0.100
207.997
40
TEAM WRT LMGT3
69
D. Harper
BMW M4 GT3 Evo
38
0.001
207.997
41
Workforce Qatar by Iron Lynx LMGT3
62
A. Ali Al-Khelaifi
Mercedes AMG GT3
17
0.066
207.938
42
Racing Workforce Turkey by TF LMGT3
34
P. Dempsey
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
39
0.243
207.724
43
AKKODIS ASP Workforce LMGT3
87
R. Umbrarescu
Lexus RC F GT3
36
0.035
207.694
44
Coronary heart of Racing Workforce LMGT3
27
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
37
0.033
207.665
45
33
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
42
0.096
207.580
46
IRON LYNX LMGT3
61
Mercedes AMG GT3
41
0.169
207.432
47
The Bend Manthey LMGT3
92
Porsche 911 GT3 R
43
0.016
207.418
48
Storage 59 LMGT3
58
B. Goethe
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
38
0.072
207.355
49
Kessel Racing LMGT3
57
C. Laursen
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo
41
0.012
207.344
50
Storage 59 LMGT3
10
A. Au
T. Fleming
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
39
0.240
207.134
51
Manthey DK Engineering LMGT3
91
J. Cottingham
Porsche 911 GT3 R
42
0.029
207.109
52
Vista AF Corse LMGT3
21
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo
38
0.168
206.962
53
2
J. Ibrahim
L. Nicolas Hanafin
B. Inexperienced
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
37
0.024
206.941
54
Vista AF Corse LMGT3
54
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo
42
0.060
206.889
55
Coronary heart of Racing Workforce LMGT3
23
G. Newell
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
35
0.062
206.834
56
Kessel Racing LMGT3
74
D. Blattner
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo
40
0.068
206.775
57
88
Ford Mustang GT3
31
0.498
206.342
58
RICHARD MILLE AF CORSE LMGT3
150
R. Agostini
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo
38
206.653
59
IRON LYNX LMGT3
79
J. Zelger
Mercedes AMG GT3
39
0.012
206.643
60
77
S. Priaulx
Ford Mustang GT3
40
0.069
206.583
61
13 Autosport LMGT3
13
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
36
0.454
206.188
62
Racing Spirit of Leman LMGT3
59
M. Fossard
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
36
0.209
206.008
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