Follow it live: The 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans

Summary:

• The 93rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is underway

• The #6 in the battle for podium positions as racing heads into the night

• All seven Porsche cars are still in the running in the French endurance classic

Positions:

Hypercar

• #4 Porsche Penske Motorsport: P5

• #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport: P9

• #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport: P4

• #99 Proton Competition: P15

LMGT3

• #85 Iron Dames Manthey: P10

• #90 Manthey: P13

• #92 Manthey 1st Phorm: P1

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01:00: That's all from us for this evening! We'll be back at 05:00 CEST with more live updates from this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans.

00:55: The #92 car with Richard Lietz leads LMGT3 by around 11 seconds from the #46 BMW.

00:51: #6 comes in again, this time for four new tyres.

00:43: Jonathan Diuguid, Managing Director Porsche Penske Motorsport, says: “We did a great job of leading the race with two of our WEC cars. We had a problem with the tyres on the number 4 car, which we had to change early. Unfortunately, the number 5 sister car received a drive-through penalty after four hours. That set us back a bit, but there’s still a long way to go in the race.”

00:40: Here's the latest from Urs Kuratle, Director Factory Motorsport LMDh: “The start went really well. All three Porsches made up positions. We were able to drive at the front initially, but now the situation has changed. Ferrari is very fast during the evening and is now setting the pace. But we still have 20 hours to go. I am convinced that we will have an intense battle. Our 963 are running cleanly and without any worries.”

00:35: The #6 car is in from the lead again, and returns to the track in third place with Kévin still at the wheel.

00:22: A fun fact for the coming laps: On lap 146, the Porsche 963 model will have accumulated 500,000 kms across all works and customer cars. That's the distance from Earth to the Moon, and half way back!

00:13: Those fireworks were pretty brilliant! Almost as good as the on-track action with just under 16 hours to go.

23:52: The #6 stopped again and has returned on track to third place.

23:35: Julien Andlauer has made the most overtakes of any driver so far in this race with 294 overtakes!

23:22: The #6 is up to third after passing the #50 Ferrari, which had a penalty. Great work from the team! The #4 and #5 cars are running sixth and seventh.

23:08: In LMGT3, all three Porsche are continuing to have a good race. The #92 is the highest runner, second in class.

23:02: Campbell stops from the lead and Estre takes back over at the wheel of the #6 car heading into the night. They come back out in fourth.

22:55: The #6 has again inherited the lead as those ahead make pitstops.

22:48: The #4 Porsche is now running directly behind the sister #6 car in fifth place.

22:40: All four of the Porsche 963 are now inside the top 10, with the #6 running highest in fourth.

22:14: Campbell has pitted from the lead in the #6 car. He's come back out in fourth place.

22:03: Andlauer has taken back over the wheel of the #5 car from Christensen and Nasr is back at the wheel of the #4 after Wehrlein stepped out.

22:00: The #5 and the #99 make their eighth planned stops of the race here, and the #4 follows suit a lap later. The #6, which tends to stop later, has moved up to third for the time being.

21:51: The #4 in Wehrlein's hands is going nicely in sixth, having soaked up and rebuffed the pressure from multiple Cadillacs behind. All three Porsche Penske Motorsport cars are in the top eight right now, and the #99 Proton is holding its own in 10th.

21:42: A very short full course yellow then. The #92 has had a pitstop for a driver change - from Pera to Hardwick - but since rejoining it's already cycled back to second place, 10 seconds off the lead. Looking good!

21:39: Full course yellow for the #95 McLaren LMGT3 car pulling over on the Mulsanne straight. Campbell in the #4 had been gaining a little on the leading Ferraris.

21:32: Pera continues to build that class lead for the #92, being one of the very few LMGT3 drivers in the sub-4m00s laptime range right now.

21:28: Campbell brings in the #6 for a stop and rejoins the race in fourth place, 23 seconds off the lead. Unlucky for Christensen further back - he gets caught out coming into the end-of-lap chicane while in pursuit of the Cadillac, so ends up vulnerable to a couple of rival cars behind.

21:23: The #6 leads the race - it's on strategy, but it's moved ahead of the three Ferraris by carrying on with this stint. Further back, the #5 in Christensen's hands is attacking the 11th-placed Cadillac.

21:12: The latest round of Hypercar pitstops is occurring here, and the #6 is back into podium positions as it waits to make its stop. The #5 and the #99 have come in onm lap 85.

21:04: The #92 car, now driven by Riccardo Pera, has cycled into the LMGT3 lead here - and is setting class-leading laptimes.

21:00: At the end of hour five, the top running Porsche is the #6 car in fifth. The sister #4 car is ninth, with the #5 just outside the top ten in P11.

20:45: The #92 Manthey 1st Phorm car is up to second, while the #85 Iron Dames car is running seventh, as the pair are on alternate fuel strategies. The #90 Manthey entry is in P11.

20:40: The #6 has now made a pitstop, with Laurens hopping out the car and Matt Campbell jumping in. It comes out in sixth place before losing a place while warming up his tyres.

20:36: Vanthoor is back to the top of the field in the #6 car. The #4 made a stop and is now 11th.

20:32: The #6 has been promoted to second by a stop ahead, with the #4 in third driven by Pascal Wehrlein. He's just put in his fastest lap of the race so far!

20:27: Up front, the #6 car is running in third as the top Porsche.

20:23: The #85 Iron Dames crew are doing a great job and have cycled to the front of the LMGT3 field. The #92 is close behind in eighth, with the #90 in P15.

20:11: Michael Christensen is making progress in the #5 car and is now up to P14 on fresh tyres after serving the drive-through penalty.

20:03: Unfortunately, the #6 has fallen behind the Ferraris and is now running in P4.

19:56: A big battle for the #6 with the #83 and #51 Ferraris in close pursuit - they went three wide into Indianapolis, but the #6 stays ahead.

19:54: The #6 passed the #83 in the pits! One second can make a big difference.

19:51: The #4 car has also stopped for a driver change - Nick Tandy gets out and Pascal Wehrlein gets in. The #6 stopped but Laurens Vanthoor stayed at the wheel.

19:46: The #5 Porsche, which was running third, has received a drive-through penalty for not respecting slow zone procedures. It made a stop where Michael Christensen took the wheel from Mathieu Jaminet.

19:42: The leading #50 Ferrari has pitted, handing the #6 Porsche the lead.

19:27: Full course yellow for debris on track after an incident in the LMP2 class.

19:13: Mathieu Jaminet in the #5 car is having a fantastic battle for third with the #51 Ferrari.

19:11: Little update from the LMGT3 class: The #92 Manthey 1st Phorm car is running third - in the podium places. The Iron Dames #85 is up inside the top 10, with the #90 car immediately behind it.

18:57: Pitstop for the #5 and then, a lap later, the #4. The #6 remains out there in the lead, one of just three cars to go beyond lap 49 on three stops.

18:49: The #6 hits the front - and the #5 reclaims second place - as the Ferrari pits at the end of lap 47.

18:47: The fourth round of pitstops is kicking off in LMGT3, and this includes a driver change in the #92 Manthey 1st Phorm - Lietz in for Hardwick.

18:43: Vanthoor is up to second in the #6, having used some LMGT3 traffic to go around the outside of the boxed-in #5 at the Porsche curves.

18:37: The #90 Manthey car is making some moves in the LMGT3 class, with Hartog having taken over from Au and worked his way up to 15th and counting.

18:34: A spirited defence by Jaminet through the two Mulsanne straight chicanes, but finally the #5 has to yield to the Ferrari - which is on fresh tyres, unlike the #5, so some strategy playing out here. The #6 is right with them.

18:30: The #5 has a fight on its hands, with both the Ferrari and the #6 closing in in recent laps. Those three cars have left the rest of the field well behind for now.

18:23: The #92 Manthey 1st Phorm car in Hardwick's hands has consolidated seventh place in LMGT3 as it stands. The #85 Iron Dames entry is also in the mix, with Bovy running 11th.

18:21: As promised, a pitstop for the stint-extending Peugeot finally releases the #5 back into the lead. The #6 has reclaimed third place and has the second-placed Ferrari in its sights.

18:15: Driver change, too, for the #6, Vanthoor in for Estre after the latter's early charge. The lead entry, the #5, has cycled back into third and should be leading again shortly.

18:09: Andlauer brings the #5 car in and gets out after over two hours, almost entirely spent in the lead. He hands over to Jaminet - who rejoins the track in a very healthy fifth.

18:03: As the race enters its third 'wave' of pitstops, the #5 continues to pace itself in the lead. A pitstop for the second-place Ferrari restores a Porsche Penske Motorsport 1-2.

17:54: Working his way through the order, Tandy overtakes Jani in the #99 Proton - then, almost immediately, clears a Toyota as well. He's up to 13th.

17:46: The pursuers briefly get a bit closer to the #5 after a difficult lap in traffic, but there's still a six-second cushion and now Andlauer is in clean air. The #6 has settled into third.

17:41: The lead Porsche in LMGT3 right now is the #92, still in the hands of starting driver Ryan Hardwick, running eighth in class in the 24-car class.

17:34: As the pit sequence concludes, it's back to the lead for #5, with Andlauer continuing behind the wheel, currently eight seconds clear.

17:30: What an opening hour and a half from Estre this has been - the #6 is back behind the #5 after its second stop, but it has leapfrogged two rival cars during this pit sequence, though the Ferrari gets back ahead while Estre warms his tyres. In the #4, Nasr has handed the car over to Tandy.

17:27: The #5 pits and rejoins the race in fifth place - best of those who have already stopped twice. And in the meantime it's still a Porsche Penske Motorsport 1-2 through the pit sequence, now with the #6 ahead of the #4.

17:23: The two cars between Andlauer in the #5 and Estre in the #6 pit, giving us a Porsche Penske Motorsport 1-2 on lap 24.

17:16: The #6 car has duly cleared the Cadillac to move up to fourth. The #5's lead stands at around five seconds.

17:03: Andlauer's excellent start to the race continues as he manages and extends the lead out front. In the #6, Estre is gaining on the fourth-placed Cadillac.

16:47: The #4 car has now made its pitstop and the #5 car retakes the lead of the race. Back to the same order as before the stops.

16:42: The #5 car stopped from the lead, with the #4 inheriting the lead of the race. The #6 car also made its first stop.

16:40: The #4 car has been promoted to second after the two Cadillacs took their first pitstop.

16:30: ...and another one! Estre takes advantage of traffic to pass one of the BMWs into seventh. Andlauer leads the race by seven seconds onto lap 10.

16:28: Kévin is making some fantastic moves here! His brilliant progress means the #6 car is now up to eighth.

16:22: Andlauer's lead in the #5 Porsche is up to 2.8s as behind, Nasr holds off one of the Ferraris for fourth. Estre has made up another place to P12.

16:07: Andlauer has had fantastic pace over the first couple of laps. Further back, the #6 is climbing back through the field and has made his way to P13.

16:01: The #5 car takes the lead at the first chicane! The #4 is up to fourth on the first lap.

16:00: Green flag - racing is now underway!

15:52: The field has set off for the first of two warm-up laps. Once the cars cross the line for a second time, we go racing...

15:47: This is the 75th consecutive year of participation at Le Mans for Porsche.

15:42: Here are the starting drivers for each car:

#5 Andlauer #4 Nasr #6 Estre #99 Jani #85 Martin #90 Au #92 Hardwick

15:38: Welcome to our live updates for this year's edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans! We'll be bringing you live updates from across the race.