2023 NLS 2 winners are the only one among the top 6 of the current standing in the 2023 NLS Speed Trophy to participate at NLS 4 this weekend. A victory would lift them up to P2 of the Trophy.

Inter Eurpol Competition claimed their first ever WEC victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans as Jakub Śmiechowski, Fabio Scherer and Albert Costa crossed checkered flag first at 4pm Sunday.

Nicky Catsburg, Ben Keating and Nico Varrone drove the #33 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R to the program’s ninth class victory at Le Mans and first for the mid-engine Corvette sports car.

With both entries finishing sixth and seventh, the privateer team Glickenhaus beat the Peugeot and Porsche factory teams.

Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi with Ferrari 499P #51 won the Centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Two Ferrari will start first row the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time since 1973, when Arturo Merzario and Carlos Pace posted the fastest time in the 312 PB ahead of Jacky Ickx and Brian Redman also in a 312PB. Antonio Fuoco was the fastest of Hyperpole with Ferrari 499P #50. Pier Guidi with sister #51 was second.

The Hyperpole of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for LMP2 class was fierce with the top 3 within 0.317 seconds.

In LMGTE AM, Ben Keating dominated the class by relegating the second to more than a second and a half.

Four hypercar manufacturers (Ferrari, Toyota, Porsche and Cadillac) qualified each two cars for the Hyperpole, which will run tonight between 8:00 - 8:30 pm, featuring the eight best cars in each class participating in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Tuesday key moments of the 24 Hours of Le Mans schedule is drivers briefing, drivers official picture, autograph session, pit stop challenge where all mechanics fight of the fastest pit stop. The day ends with cars official picture.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans test day saw JOTA dominating LMP2 class and the three Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 drivers Jenson Button, Jimmie Johnson and Mike Rockenfeller ahead of the three Ferrari 296 drivers dominating the LMGTE AM class.

The ranking of the test day is not significant for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as teams are working on the setup of their cars. Ferrari did lead both sessions and Porsche has its three factory cars in the top 6.

Raffaele Marciello, Jules Gounon and Timur Boguslavskiy with the Akkodis ASP Team #88 Mercedes-AMG GT3 won the Circuit Paul Ricard 1000km after starting from pole. 

Raffaele Marciello, Jules Gounon and Timur Boguslavskiy with the Akkodis ASP Team #88 Mercedes-AMG GT3 sealed top spot after a fascinating contest as five cars looked to have a legitimate shot at pole heading into Q3. 

The Keating/Catsburg/Varrone trio won the first two WEC races of the season at the Sebring 1,000 Miles and Six Hours of Portimão and followed with a runner-up finish at the Spa Six Hours to take the championship lead. Le Mans is critical, though, as it is a double-points race and will go a long way toward determining this year’s title-winners.

Cadillac is paying homage to its first venture to Le Mans with the same car numbers 2 (the usual WEC entry) and 3 (IMSA #01 Chip Ganassi Racing) as 1950, along with #311 (IMSA #31 Whelen Engineering).

Ahead of the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche is third in the FIA World Endurance Manufacturer’s Championship (WEC) and second in the Weathertech Sportscar Manufacturer’s Championship (IMSA). For the June 9th race, Porsche will feature 4 LMDH prototypes.

With three consecutive podium finishes Ferrari has increasingly bridge the gap with Toyota. Fifty years after its last Le Mans win, is Ferrari going to win again for the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans?

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing is dominating the World Endurance Manufacturers’ Championship by scoring almost all points attributed so far if it was not for the pole (1 point) won by Ferrari at Sebring. After 5 consecutive wins at Le Mans, three victories and two doubles this season, Toyota GR010 are definitively the favourites for the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Let us now review the official test day of the Crowdstrike 24 Hours of Spa PRO-AM class ranking as well as the results by manufacturer not mentioned in previous articles.

#21 Comtoyou Racing Audi and #88 Akkodis ASP team Mercedes did set the fastest laps of both official test days during the Wednesday morning session.