Tomorrow's starting grid for the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours

Cadillac and Team Jota have locked out the front row of the starting grid for the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours, as Ferrari and Toyota hit problems in the final Hyperpole qualifying sessions

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Two Cadillacs will head the starting grid at the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours after a gripping final Hyperpole qualifying session that saw Alex Lynn take pole position in Team Jota’s No12 car while Ferrari and Toyota stumbled.

It’s a front-row lockout for Tunbridge Wells-based Team Jota, whose No38 car is set to start second thanks to the time set by Earl Bamber.

Behind them, the No5 Porsche 963 will start third, despite having lost a wheel on track in the first of Thursday’s two Hyperpole sessions.

Scroll down or click here to see the provisional grid of 62 cars will look when it lines up for the 93rd running of the Le Mans 24 Hours, which starts at 3pm BST on Saturday.

Le Mans’ new three-part qualifying system proved a hit with the fastest 15 Hypercars (and the top 12 from LMP2 and LMGT3 classes) in qualifying advancing to Hyperpole 1 on Thursday.

Peugeot’s malaise continued, as its cars were dropped at the first stage, but so too was the No6 Porsche, which was disqualified for being underweight. That promoted the No009 Aston Martin’s Valkyrie to the second stage.

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It was no surprise that the newcomer failed to progress further into the Hyperpole 2 shootout for the fastest 10, but it was a shock when it was joined by two Ferraris, while the No5 Porsche limped back to the pits on three wheels having set a time fast enough to progress

The drama continued into Hyperpole 2, with pole decided in the closing seconds of the session. The only Toyota to make the final stage didn’t set a time after Sebastien Buemi locked up the No8 car, ran into the gravel at Mulsanne Corner and returned to the pits for good.

But Porsche put up a fight, as did BMW which joined the fray when Dries Vanthoor in the No15 car put in a storming lap at the very end. But it was only good enough for fourth, behind the repaired No5 Porsche and Team Jota Cadillacs — Alex Lynn taking the pole that had eluded him by 0.15sec last year.

The best-placed Ferrari will be the No50 in seventh, with the No36 Alpine ninth and No8 Toyota 10th.

In LMP2, Mathias Beche finished fastest in his class for TDS Racing, while the LMGT3 grid will be led across the start line by the No27 Aston Martin, thanks to Mattia Drudi’s qualifying performance for Heart of Racing. Also standing out was Valentino Rossi, driving his BMW M4 to third in the LMGT3 grid placings, one ahead of the Iron Lynx’s No61 Mercedes-AMG, which made it to Hyperpole for the first time this World Endurance Championship season.

Below are the starting grid positions based on qualifying and Hyperpole results.

 

2025 Le Mans 24 Hours starting grid

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Place Class Car no. Team/Driver Car Time
1 H 12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota
Alex Lynn		 Cadillac V-Series.R 3min 23.166sec
Hyperpole 2
2 H 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota
Earl Bamber		 Cadillac V-Series.R 3min 23.333sec
Hyperpole 2
3 H 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport
Mathieu Jaminet		 Porsche 963 3min 23.475sec
Hyperpole 2
4 H 15 BMW M Team WRT
Dries Vanthoor		 BMW M Hybrid V8 3min 23.659sec
Hyperpole 2
5 H 4 Porsche Penske Motorsport
Nick Tandy		 Porsche 963 3min 23.983sec
Hyperpole 2
6 H 20 BMW M Team WRT
Sheldon Van Der Linde		 BMW M Hybrid V8 3min 24.009sec
Hyperpole 2
7 H 50 Ferrari AF Corse
Antonio Fuoco		 Ferrari 499P 3min 24.213sec
Hyperpole 2
8 H 311 Cadillac Whelen
Felipe Drugovich		 Cadillac V-Series.R 3min 24.380sec
Hyperpole 2
9 H 36 Alpine Endurance Team
Frédéric Makowiecki		 Alpine A424 3min 24.398sec
Hyperpole 2
10 H 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing
Sébastien Buemi		 Toyota GR010 – Hybrid No Hyperpole 2 time set
11 H 51 Ferrari AF Corse
Alessandro Pier Guidi		 Ferrari 499P 3min 24.143sec
Hyperpole 1
12 H 35 Alpine Endurance Team
Paul-Loup Chatin		 Alpine A424 3min 24.153sec
Hyperpole 1
13 H 83 AF Corse
Yifei Ye		 Ferrari 499P 3min 24.327sec
Hyperpole 1
14 H 101 Cadillac WTR
Ricky Taylor		 Cadillac V-Series.R 3min 24.811sec
Hyperpole 1
15 H 009 Aston Martin THOR Team
Marco Sorensen		 Aston Martin Valkyrie 3min 25.258sec
Hyperpole 1
16 H 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing
Nyck de Vries		 Toyota GR010 – Hybrid 3min 25.062sec
Qualifying
17 H 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies
Stoffel Vandoorne		 Peugeot 9X8 3min 25.240sec
Qualifying
18 H 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies
Jean-Eric Vergne		 Peugeot 9X8 3min 25.494sec
Qualifying
19 H 99 Proton Competition
Neel Jani		 Porsche 963 3min 25.527sec
Qualifying
20 H 007 Aston Martin THOR Team
Harry Tincknell		 Aston Martin Valkyrie 3min 26.349sec
Qualifying
21 H 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport
Kevin Estre		 Porsche 963 3min 23.360sec
Qualifying (DSQ)

 

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Place Class Car no. Team/Driver Car Time
22 LMP2 29 TDS Racing
Mathias Beche		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 35.062sec
Hyperpole 2
23 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition
Tom Dillmann		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 35.333sec
Hyperpole 2
24 LMP2 199 AO by TF
Louis Deletraz		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 35.421sec
Hyperpole 2
25 LMP2 23 United Autosports
Benjamin Hanley		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 35.459sec
Hyperpole 2
26 LMP2 22 United Autosports
Pietro Fittipaldi		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 35.615sec
Hyperpole 2
27 LMP2 37 CLX Pure Rxcing
Tom Blomqvist		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 36.184sec
Hyperpole 2
28 LMP2 183 AF Corse
Matthieu Vaxiviere		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 36.993sec
Hyperpole 2
29 LMP2 16 RLR M Sport
Ryan Cullen		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 38.922sec
Hyperpole 2
30 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport
Sebastian Alvarez		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 36.675sec
Hyperpole 1
31 LMP2 45 Algarve Pro Racing
Nicky Catsburg		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 36.834sec
Hyperpole 1
32 LMP2 48 VDS Panis Racing
Franck Perera		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 36.844sec
Hyperpole 1
33 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing
Lorenzo Fluxa		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 37.120sec
Hyperpole 1
34 LMP2 11 Proton Competition
Bent Viscaal		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 37.767sec
Qualifying
35 LMP2 18 IDEC Sport
André Lotterer		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 37.940sec
Qualifying
36 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton
Reshad De Gérus		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 38.548sec
Qualifying
37 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition
Luca Ghiotto		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 39.328sec
Qualifying
38 LMP2 24 Nielsen Racing
Colin Braun		 Oreca 07 – Gibson 3min 40.271sec
Qualifying

 

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Place Class Car no. Team/Driver Car Time
39 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team
Mattia Drudi		 Aston Martin Vantage AMR 3min 52.789sec
Hyperpole 2
40 LMGT3 21 Vista AF Corse
Alessio Rovera		 Ferrari 296 3min 53.085sec
Hyperpole 2
41 LMGT3 46 Team WRT
Valentino Rossi		 BMW M4 3min 54.966sec
Hyperpole 2
42 LMGT3 61 Iron Lynx
Maxime Martin		 Mercedes-AMG 3min 54.998sec
Hyperpole 2
43 LMGT3 92 Manthey 1st Phorm
Richard Lietz		 Porsche 911 GT3 R 3min 55.140sec
Hyperpole 2
44 LMGT3 81 TF Sport
Rui Andrade		 Corvette Z06 3min 55.740sec
Hyperpole 2
45 LMGT3 95 United Autosports
Marino Sato		 McLaren 720S Evo 3min 55.965sec
Hyperpole 2
46 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team
Jack Hawksworth		 Lexus RC F 4min 03.660sec
Hyperpole 2
47 LMGT3 193 Ziggo Sport Tempesta
Chris Froggatt		 Ferrari 296 3min 55.853sec
Hyperpole 1
48 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition
Giammarco Levorato		 Ford Mustang 3min 56.160sec
Hyperpole 1
49 LMGT3 59 United Autosports
Sébastien Baud		 McLaren 720S 3min 56.171sec
Hyperpole 1
50 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse
Francesco Castellacci		 Ferrari 296 No Hyperpole 1 time set
51 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition
Bernardo Sousa		 Ford Mustang 3min 59.004sec
Qualifying
52 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team
Petru Umbrãrescu		 Lexus RC F 3min 59.037sec
Qualifying
53 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing
Takeshi Kimura		 Ferrari 296 3min 59.092sec
Qualifying
54 LMGT3 31 The Bend Team WRT
Yasser Shahin		 BMW M4 3min 59.288sec
Qualifying
55 LMGT3 33 TF Sport
Ben Keating		 Corvette Z06 3min 59.379sec
Qualifying
56 LMGT3 10 Racing Spirit of LeMan
Ben Keating		 Aston Martin Vantage AMR 3min 59.472sec
Qualifying
57 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames
Célia Martin		 Porsche 911 GT3 R 4min 00.026sec
Qualifying
58 LMGT3 90 Manthey
Antares Au		 Porsche 911 GT3 R 4min 00.450sec
Qualifying
59 LMGT3 13 Awa Racing
Orey Fidani		 Corvette Z06 4min 01.099sec
Qualifying
60 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx
Andrew Gilbert		 Mercedes-AMG No Qualifying time set
61 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx
Stephen Grove		 Mercedes-AMG No Qualifying time set
62 LMGT3 150 Richard Mille AF Corse
Custodio Toledo		 Ferrari 296 No Qualifying time set

 

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