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The race ended with confusion among competitors, as the checkered flag to end the race was displayed with roughly 1 minute and 30 seconds remaining on the timing clock. By IMSA rules, the race was officially ended at the checkered flag, and so the official time of race was just shy of the full 24 hours.
The race-winning No. 50 Ferrari 499P. The 92nd 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 92 e 24 Heures du Mans) was an automobile endurance race for teams of three drivers each racing Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Le Mans Grand Touring Car (LMGT3) cars held from 15 to 16 June 2024 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, near Le Mans, France.
Light beam timing system (the two lenses extended to the right of the stand) Fully automatic time (abbreviated FAT) is a form of race timing in which the clock is automatically activated by the starting device, and the finish time is either automatically recorded, or timed by analysis of a photo finish.
A 66-car field contested the race — 24 in Pro class, 6 in Gold Cup, 10 in Silver Cup, 20 in Bronze Cup and 6 in Pro-Am Cup. 9 manufacturers were represented, with 14 Mercedes cars, 12 Porsche cars, 8 Audi cars, 7 Ferrari 296 GT3 cars, 6 BMW cars, 6 Lamborghini cars and 6 McLaren cars, as well as the debut for the new Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo with 7 and the new Ford Mustang GT3 with ...
The air temperature throughout the race was between 78.2 and 88.3 °F (25.7 and 31.3 °C) and the track temperature ranged from 75.0 to 87.0 °F (23.9 to 30.6 °C). [43] A chance of rain was in the forecast in the evening of March 18. [44] The race began at 10:10 am Eastern Standard Time . [45]
In 1982 the race continued on as part of the IMSA GT Championship instead of WSC. In 2014, the race saw a dramatic crash involving Memo Gidley who was driving the pole-sitter DP and Matteo Malucelli, an amateur driver in a Ferrari 458 of the GTD category that has never won a race in North American Endurance. At the time of the impact, Malucelli ...
International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2023. [1] It was the second consecutive year the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the third time a race was held here since the series' inception in 2014.
The 2024 Bathurst 12 Hour (commercially titled 2024 Repco Bathurst 12 Hour) was an endurance race for FIA GT3 cars and invited vehicles, staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 18th February 2024.