Last Friday, the press conference of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest revealed both the list of 60 entries for the 86th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 36-competitor grid list for the 2018-2019 Super Season of the World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC).

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The #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR10 - Hybrid of Ryo Hirakawa ended Wednesday at the stroke of midnight on top in the menacing ‘dark knight’ Toyota - but it wasn’t without drama at the end!

<p>The sun went down&hellip; the lights got turned on for the first time, with Free Practice 2 ending the track action for the teams taking part in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans. Two hours on the clock for the 62 cars to dial themselves in, and acclimatise themselves to the blanket of darkness. The dance of the headlights, searching into the distance, trailing brake lights, the glow from the brake disks, the pops from the exhausts - who&rsquo;s on a mission and who is adjusting their braking points. There is something special about night time at Le Mans.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<h2>Hypercar</h2>

<p>The ever present #83 AF Corse run Ferrari 499P has been near the sharp end in many of the sessions so far this week and they set the initial pace in the opening hour of the session with Phillp Hanson at the wheel of the striking yellow prancing horse. Sebastien Buemi in menacing black #8 Toyota was 1.065 seconds behind and the star of this afternoon, Alex Lynn in the thunderous #12 Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac in third a further half a second back. With the fastest time from the #83 - a sub 03:26 time deleted, this shuffled the pack as the clock hit zero with the #8 Toyota on top, #12 Cadillac second and the #83 Ferrari rustling up on its 22nd lap a third fastest time.</p>

<p>As track temperatures dropped, movement on the leaderboard was gradual or sporadic. Teams only get three hours over the two days in the darkness and even with a brief Red Flag stopage - teams went straight back out to make every kilometre count. Last years victors the #50 Ferrari put in a giant shift - gathering 28 laps in total, amassing over 380 kilometres of data.</p>

<p>One of the positives to take away from FP2 was a glimpse of pace from Peugeot TotalEnergies, with the #93 Peugeot 9X8 running well into the top 10 at various points - with fellow French hopefuls Alpine trading times.</p>

<p>Aston Martin fans can see the progress of the Valkyrie. After the #009 rounded out the top 15 qualifiers for Hyperpole 1 and 2 tomorrow, the Aston Martin Thor Team finished the session in 13th - improving with every run in the car.</p>

<p>The #8 Toyota was in the wars after the chequered flag had fallen - making contact and glancing the #57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 LM6T3. Both drivers are ok - but the teams will have a long night ahead to check over both cars.</p>

<h2>LMP2</h2>

<p>In the LMP2 category Spike gained his wings with Louis Deletraz flying around Circuit de la Sarthe. The Swiss driver right at home in the AO by TF ORECA was quickest this afternoon and continued that trend when the sun went down, eking out a margin of 1.1 seconds early in the session. The #22 United Autosports version of the LMP2 car was second while #37 CLX - Pure Racing were happy with their nights work in third.</p>

<h2>LMGT3</h2>

<p>It was a flying formation for the Akkofis ASP Team who marched both of their Lexus RC F LMGT3 cars to first and second respectively in the LMGT3 order - a position they held for most of the session. Keeping in touch, and the only other GT car under the 03:56 barrier was the #92 Manthey 1ST Phorm Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3.<br />
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Two cars failed to make it out of the garages for Free Practice 2. The #33 TF Sport Corvette saw the mechanics poring over the rear of the car all night, while the #63 Iron Lynx garage was a hive of activity with the engine out of the Mercedes-AMG - and the car being rebuilt with what looked like donor parts from another car.&nbsp;</p>

<h4><u>Free Practice 1: Top 5 Classification:</u></h4>

<p>1. Toyota GR010 Hybrid #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing &ndash; S&eacute;bastien Buemi / Brendon&nbsp; Hartley / Ryo Hirakawa - 3:26.156<br />
2. Cadillac V-Series.R #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA &ndash; Will Stevens / Norman Nato / Alex Lynn - 3:26.607<br />
3. Ferrari 499P #83 AF Corse &ndash; Robert Kubica / Yifei Ye / Philip Hanson - 03:26.680<br />
4. Porsche 963 #4 Porsche Penske Motorsport &ndash; Felipe Nasr / Nick Tandy / Pascal Wehrlein - 03:26.748<br />
5. Ferrari 499P #50 Ferrari-AF Corse &ndash; Antonio Fuoco / Nicklas Nielsen / Miguel Molina - 3:26.809</p>

<h4><u>Free Practice 2: Fastest times in the LMP2 and LMGT3 categories:</u></h4>

<ul>
	<li>LMP2 : Oreca 07-Gibson #199 AO by TF &ndash; PJ Hyett / Dane Cameron / Louis Deletraz (LMP2 Pro/Am)</li>
	<li>LMGT3: Lexus RC F LMGT3 #87 Akkodis ASP Team &ndash; Petru Umbrarescu / Jos&eacute; Mar&iacute;a L&oacute;pez / Clemens Schmid</li>
</ul>

<p>Tomorrow, we will take it up a level. We have Free Practice 3, kicking things off at 14:45 local time followed by the new format Hyperpole, with the final dress rehearsal - Free Practice 4 coming tomorrow night. Who will show their true colours. Who will take pole for the 93rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans . You don&rsquo;t want to miss a thing!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

Toyota fires back with night session topping form in FP2

Road to Le Mans, the Porsche Sprint Challenge France and the Ford Mustang Challenge are all exhilarating support races at the 93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans. Here's a round-up after the first free practice sessions.

<h2>ROAD TO LE MANS Free Practice: Th&eacute;o Micouris the Fastest ahead of qualifying</h2>

<p>The fourth of six&nbsp;Michelin Le Cup rounds,&nbsp;Road to Le Mans is the high point of the season. The&nbsp;58 entrants&nbsp;(116 drivers, two per car) took advantage of two one-hour free practices today. The field is made up of three categories: LMP3, LMP3 Pro-Am and&nbsp;GT3.</p>

<p>The morning session went off without a hitch. In the head category, David Hadrien (R-ace GP&#39;s #85 Duqueine D09) topped the timesheet in 3:50.288. In Pro-Am, Julien Lemoine clocked a respectable&nbsp;time of 3:53.259 (Ans Motorsport&#39;s #84 LMP3 Ligier) and the Ferrari 296 GT3 driven by Eliseo Donno dominated&nbsp;GT3 in 3:58.303.</p>

<p>The night&nbsp;session (20:30&ndash;21:30) was slightly disrupted when&nbsp;contact was made between the #6&nbsp;LMP3 Ligier JS P325 and the #7&nbsp;Adess AD25.&nbsp;as de quoi, toutefois, perturber le train des meilleurs. Already one to watch&nbsp;in the&nbsp;previous session, cooler temps helped Team Virage Ligier improve its times&nbsp;(P1 and P3).&nbsp;Brazilian driver&nbsp;S&eacute;rgio Sette C&acirc;mara, a former reserve and development driver for&nbsp;McLaren F1 Team in 2019 then&nbsp;Red Bull Racing in&nbsp;2020, secured the second fastest time&nbsp;(P1 in Pro-Am). Team Motopark&#39;s #65 Mercedes-AMG GT3 driven by Lukas Dunner clocked the best time in&nbsp;GT3.</p>

<p>The&nbsp;58 Road to Le Mans competitors will hit the track again tomorrow, Thursday 12 June, when things get serious:&nbsp;qualifying from&nbsp;11:45 to&nbsp;12:40 and the start of Race&nbsp;1 at&nbsp;18:25!</p>

<h2>Enzo Jouli&eacute; and&nbsp;Cl&eacute;ment Loeul Leading the Charge in the Porsche Sprint Challenge France</h2>

<p>Entrants in the&nbsp;Porsche Sprint Challenge France participated in two free practices. This&nbsp;championshipnat de France groups together various racing Porsches&nbsp;as well as series-produced Porsches adapted for&nbsp;circuits. For example,&nbsp;Porsche 911 type 992 GT3 Cups, 911 type 992 GT3 Rs and&nbsp;GT4 RSs. During the morning&nbsp;FP1, young French hopeful Enzo Joulie&nbsp;made his mark at the wheel of Martinet by Alm&eacute;ras&#39; #97&nbsp;Porsche 992 GT3 Cup ahead of Louis Meric in Racetivity&#39;s #31 Porsche LM31 and&nbsp;Sylvain No&euml;l in Racing Technology&#39;s #111 Porsche.</p>

<p>This relatively calm session was followed by another early in the afternoon with current 992 GT3 Cup leader&nbsp;Victor Blugeon in ABM&#39;s #74 Porsche quickly snatching P1. Shortly after a Full Course Yellow, the times went crazy. Kim Andr&eacute; Hauschild in HRT Performance&#39;s #48&nbsp;Porsche slipped into the lead only to be immediately overtaken by Cl&eacute;ment Loeul in Ancel Motorsport&#39;s #100 Porsche. Times were only slightly slower than the morning session, but the gaps at the top of the timesheet were extremely tight. Loeul finished in the lead thanks to a time of&nbsp;4:04.531, though&nbsp;Blugeon did almost catch up to him in the final lap. Joulie rounded out the top 3.</p>

<p>The first qualifying session for the Porsche Sprint Challenge is tomorrow at&nbsp;09:00.</p>

<h2>The Fun Cut Short for the&nbsp;Mustangs</h2>

<p>Robert Noaker of&nbsp;Robert Noaker Racing clocked the fastest time of the two&nbsp;Mustang Challenge free practices. The American turned in a lap in&nbsp;4:20.174 then 4:21.271 at the wheel of his&nbsp;Mustang Dark Horse R. Only one other competitor clocked a time under&nbsp;4:24 (Cameron McLeod of&nbsp;Ryan McLeod Racing Cars in 4:23.963). The second session was ended prematurely by a red flag. The most consistent drivers on the track were able to complete&nbsp;six laps. A red flag had already shortened the morning session&nbsp;when the engine bonnet of Academy Motorsport&#39;s #97 driven by Marco Signoretti became detached and went flying at Mulsanne.</p>

2025 24 Hours of Le Mans – Support race results after first free practices

Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA claimed their second session in a row with the #38 car sealing top spot in FP1 before the sister car - the #12 scooped top-spot ahead of BMW, Ferrari and Porsche - while the biggest shock of the night was the early exit of the experienced #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing crew.

<h4>Hypercar</h4>

<p>1. Cadillac V-Series.R #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA &ndash; Will Stevens / Norman Nato / Alex Lynn &ndash; 03.22.847<br />
2. BMW M Hybrid V8 #15 BMW M Team WRT &ndash; Dries Vanthoor / Raffaele Marciello / Kevin Magnussen &ndash; 03.22.887<br />
3. Ferrari 499P #51 Ferrari-AF Corse &ndash; Alessandro Pier Guidi / James Calado / Antonio Giovinazzi &ndash; 03.23.163<br />
4. Cadillac V-Series.R #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA &ndash; Earl Bamber / S&eacute;bastien Bourdais / Jenson Button &ndash; 03.23.467<br />
5. Ferrari 499P #50 Ferrari-AF Corse &ndash; Antonio Fuoco / Nicklas Nielsen / Miguel Molina &ndash; 03.23.514<br />
6. Porsche 963 #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport &ndash; Julien Andlauer / Michael Christensen / Mathieu Jaminet &ndash; 03.23.544<br />
7. BMW M Hybrid V8 #20 BMW M Team WRT &ndash; Rene Rast / Robin Frijns / Sheldon van der Linde &ndash; 03.23.805<br />
8. Cadillac V-Series.R #311 Cadillac Whelen &ndash; Jack Aitken / Felipe Drugovich / Frederik Vesti &ndash; 03.23.890<br />
9. Alpine A424 #36 Alpine Endurance Team &ndash; Mick Schumacher / Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Makowiecki / Jules Gounon &ndash; 03.23.945<br />
10. Toyota GR010 Hybrid #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing &ndash; S&eacute;bastien Buemi / Brendon Hartley / Ryo Hirakawa &ndash; 03.23.988<br />
11. Ferrari 499P #83 AF Corse &ndash; Robert Kubica / Yifei Ye / Philip Hanson &ndash; 03.23.994<br />
12. Cadillac V-Series.R #101 Cadillac WTR &ndash; Ricky Taylor / Jordan Taylor / Filipe Albuquerque &ndash; 03.24.030<br />
13. Porsche 963 #4 Porsche Penske Motorsport &ndash; Felipe Nasr / Nick Tandy / Pascal Wehrlein &ndash; 03.24.584<br />
14. Alpine A424 #35 Alpine Endurance Team &ndash; Paul-Loup Chatin / Ferdinand Habsburg / Charles Milesi &ndash; 03.24.667<br />
15.&nbsp;Aston Martin Valkyrie #009 Aston Martin THOR Team &ndash; Alex Riberas / Marco S&oslash;rensen / Roman De Angelis</p>

<h4>LMP2</h4>

<p>1. Oreca 07-Gibson #14 AO by TF &ndash; PJ Hyett / Dane Cameron / Louis Deletraz (LMP2 Pro/Am) &ndash; 03.35.472<br />
2. Oreca 07-Gibson #23 United Autosports &ndash; Daniel Schneider / Oliver Jarvis / Benjamin Hanley (LMP2 Pro/Am) &ndash; 03.35.657<br />
3. Oreca 07-Gibson #45 Algarve Pro Racing &ndash; George Kurtz / Nicky Catsburg / Alexander Quinn (LMP2 Pro/Am) &ndash; 03.35.954<br />
4. Oreca 07-Gibson #29 TDS Racing &ndash; Rodrigo Sales / Mathias Beche / Cl&eacute;ment Novalak (LMP2 Pro/Am) &ndash; 03.36.163<br />
5. Oreca 07-Gibson #22 United Autosports &ndash; Renger Van Der Zande / Pietro Fittipaldi / David Heinemeier Hansson &ndash; 03.36.536<br />
6. Oreca 07-Gibson #48 Panis Racing &ndash; Oliver Gray / Esteban Masson / Franck Perera &ndash; 03.36.588<br />
7. Oreca 07-Gibson #25 Algarve Pro Racing &ndash; Matthias Kaiser / Lorenzo Fluxa / Th&eacute;o Pourchaire &ndash; 03.36.612<br />
8. Oreca 07-Gibson #43 Inter Europol Competition &ndash; Jakub Smiechowski / Tom Dillmann / Nick Yelloly &ndash; 03.36.958<br />
9. Oreca 07-Gibson #28 IDEC Sport &ndash; Paul Lafargue / Job Van Uitert / Sebastian Alvarez &ndash; 03.37.004<br />
10. Oreca 07-Gibson #16 RLR M Sport &ndash; Michael Jensen / Ryan Cullen / Patrick Pilet (LMP2 Pro/Am) &ndash; 03.37.119<br />
11. Oreca 07-Gibson #183 AF Corse &ndash; Fran&ccedil;ois Perrodo / Matthieu Vaxiviere / Antonio Felix Da Costa (LMP2 Pro/Am) &ndash; 03.37.394<br />
12. Oreca 07-Gibson #37 Cool Racing &ndash; Aliaksandr Malykhin / Tom Blomqvist / Tristan Vautier &ndash; 03.37.652</p>

<h4>LMGT3</h4>

<p>1. BMW M4 LMGT3 #46 Team WRT &ndash; Ahmad Al Harthy / Valentino Rossi / Kelvin Van Der Linde &ndash; 03.56.875<br />
2. Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 #27 Heart Of Racing &ndash; Ian James / Mattia Drudi / Zacharie Robichon &ndash; 03.57.083<br />
3. Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 #92 Manthey 1ST Phorm &ndash; Ryan Hardwick / Riccardo Pera / Richard Lietz &ndash; 03.57.255<br />
4. Lexus RC F LMGT3 #78 Akkodis ASP Team &ndash; Arnold Robin / Jack Hawksworth / Finn Gehrsitz &ndash; 03.57.321<br />
5. Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R #81 TF Sport &ndash; Tom Van Rompuy / Rui Andrade / Charlie Eastwood &ndash; 03.57.690<br />
6. Ford Mustang LMGT3 #88 Proton Competition &ndash; Stefano Gattuso / Giammarco Levorato / Dennis Olsen &ndash; 03.57.827<br />
7. Ferrari 296 LMGT3 #196 Ziggo Sport Tempesta &ndash; Jonathan Hui / Christopher Froggatt / Edward Cheever &ndash; 03.57.960<br />
8. McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo #59 United Autosports &ndash; James Cottingham / Gr&eacute;goire Saucy / S&eacute;bastien Baud &ndash; 03.58.106<br />
9. Ferrari 296 LMGT3 #21 Vista AF Corse &ndash; Fran&ccedil;ois Heriau / Simon Mann / Alessio Rovera &ndash; 03.58.116<br />
10. Ferrari 296 LMGT3 #54 Vista AF Corse &ndash; Thomas Flohr / Francesco Castellacci / Davide Rigon &ndash; 03.58.632<br />
11. Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 #61 Iron Lynx &ndash; Martin Berry / Lin Hodenius / Maxime Martin &ndash; 03.58.732<br />
12. McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo #95 United Autosports &ndash; Darren Leung / Sean Gelael / Marino Sato &ndash; 03.58.977</p>

<h2>Hypercars</h2>

<p>A tantalising prospect as the sun slowly began to set at Le Mans. The 21 Hypercars were unleashed onto Circuit de la Sarthe in their lightest, most aggressive trim - with the sole objective of reaching the Hyperpole knockouts tomorrow evening.</p>

<p>Setting the first representative time and impressive out of the box was Robin Frijns in the #20 BMW M Team WRT M Hybrid V8 - a whisker away from last years Hyperpole time on his first flying lap. The Flying Dutchman had the BMW on rails and that time opened the floodgates with Alpine, Ferrari, Porsche, BMW and Cadillac all following suit - each flexing their muscles on the race to the top of the timing tree.</p>

<p>Chinese driver Yifei Yi lit-up the proceedings further - the #83 AF Corse star was the first to dip under the 03:24 mark with a 03:23.994 on his second lap. Alessandro Pier Guidi sliced six hundredths to leapfrog Yi in the works #51 Ferrari AF Corse machine before Jack Aitken in the #311 Cadillac&nbsp;went quicker&nbsp;in the 03:23 club.</p>

<p>With five minutes left tensions were high - a mistake from Paul-Loup Chatin resulted in an off-road excursion in the #35 Alpine A424, while Dries Vanthoor grabbed the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 by the scruff of its neck to be the first to smash the 03:23 mark with a 03:22.887. Just seconds later Alex Lynn pushed the #12 Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac to the limit and to the front of the queue with a 03:22.847 to take the second session in a row for the American brand.&nbsp;</p>

<p>One of the biggest stories from the session was the #7 Toyota GR010 - Hybrid, only managing 17th. With only the top 15 proceeding to the next round of knockouts - the Japanese team will put all their effort behind the #8 crew tomorrow. Bowing out with the Toyota was the&nbsp;#007&nbsp;Aston Martin Valkyrie, the #99 Proton Competition Porsche and sadly for French fans both #93 and&nbsp;#94 Peugeot 9X8s.<br />
&nbsp;</p>

<h2>LMP2 and LMGT3</h2>

<p>Kicking the evening off&nbsp; in the scorching sunshine, the Goodyear-shod LMP2 and LMGT3 classes took to the track to qualify for the knock-out and Hyperpole sessions. Bronze drivers took to the wheel in LMGT3, while the most experienced drivers in LMP2 cars spearheaded their teams efforts.</p>

<p>An incident filled qualifying session shortened the 30 minutes on the original clock to two short, sharp sessions.The Iron Lynx bad luck was to continue from FP1 as the #60 Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 came to a premature stop on the run up to the Dunlop chicane.&nbsp;</p>

<p>What was meant to be a 30 minute session turned into a short, sharp 15 minute blast. Louis Deletraz turned on the afterburners aboard Spike the Dragon - putting the #199 AO by TF ORECA LMP2 top the standings by 0.185 from the #23 United Autosports car in second and #45 Algarve Pro Racing in third.</p>

<p>Eight different marques of cars took the top eight fastest times in LMGT3 - showing the tight competition between the manufacturers. The Bavarian BMW carrying the famous #46 sealed the top spot with Ahmad Al Harthy booking the teams place in Hyperpole knckouts tomorrow, handing over to Valentino Rossi.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Two of the casualties in LMP2 consisted of previous outright winner Andre Lotterer in the #18 IDEC Sport car as well as 2023 LMP2 class winners Inter Europol Competition. Meanwhile, in the GT class - the dominant #87 Lexus from Sunday failed to make it into the top 12 along with the #85 Iron Dames Porsche 911 GT3 R.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

Double top for Cadillac as #7 Toyota out of Hyperpole qualifying

From GT to single-seater, karting to prototypes, Jamie Chadwick has already tried her hand at several motorsport disciplines. At 27, she knows she’s at a crucial stage in her career. And endurance racing beckons. The 24 Hours of Le Mans in particular.

<p>Jamie Chadwick, from Bath, UK, calls herself a &ldquo;racer&rdquo;, and the term is loaded with meaning. <strong>She is full of competitive spirit, has a performance mindset and loves a challenge. </strong>She resents being labelled a woman racing driver. But it&rsquo;s difficult to escape the fact in such a male-dominated sport. Still, the more records she breaks, the more she furthers the cause for equality and inspires young girls as she makes her way to the top.</p>

<h2>An early start</h2>

<p>Chadwick began go-karting at the age of 12 and felt immediately at home behind the wheel.</p>

<p>&ldquo;I came from a couple of other sports and I think that helped me initially, but there were still a lot of things to learn - naturally, when you start - but I kind of enjoyed them. It wasn&rsquo;t until a lot later that I started thinking it was something I wanted to do. Seriously, I mean. <strong>The breakthrough came ten years ago. She shone in 2015, winning British GT 4 in an Aston Martin Vantage</strong> (with Ross Gunn, who is at the wheel of the #007 <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/the-aston-martin-valkyrie-under-the-microscope-when-the-road-leads-to-le-mans-59692">Aston Martin Valkyrie</a>). Two victories and several podiums boosted her career from that point.</p>

<p>Andrew Howard of Beechdean Motorsport shared his admiration in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/02/jamie-chadwick-british-teen-hoping-first-female-f1">The Guardian</a>: <em>&quot;She displayed hunger and the ability to understand how to turn that hunger into something deliverable.You get a lot of people that have hunger and think they are the next Michael Schumacher but she is bright with it. She understands she has to work hard, she listens and she takes the knocks and learns. And she is an out and out racer.&quot; </em>The &ldquo;girl&rdquo; (she was only 17 at the time) became the first woman to win a championship title. And the youngest ever winner.</p>

<p>That laid the foundation stone for things to come.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h2>Aim high</h2>

<p>In 2017 she began her transition towards single-seaters in British F3. <strong>Despite a win in her second season, Chadwick didn&rsquo;t feel her future lay in the series and began considering other avenues. </strong>She took part in the 24 Hours of N&uuml;rburgring and landed a seat as a Formula E test driver. Then came the second milestone in her career, the W series (W for Women).</p>

<p>&ldquo;W Series came at the perfect time for me. I remember 2019. I wasn&rsquo;t sure if I was going to continue the following year. So, it came at the right time, and I spent three years in the championship [and won three titles].And it propelled me until another opportunity in singe-seaters in America, in IndyNXT (the feeder series before Indycar). It was another great chance to get experience at a high level of single-seater racing with different tracks and different challenges. Then full circle back to endurance racing albeit at a much higher level in LMP2.&rdquo; A versatile driver with all-round experience, <strong>Chadwick has solid technical skills and her outgoing nature makes her a good teammate</strong>.</p>

<h2>First learn, then win</h2>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>For her first 24 Hours of Le Mans Chadwick shares a car with her regular European Le Mans Series (ELMS) codriver Mathys Jaubert, and three-time winner of the race Andr&eacute; Lotterer. It&rsquo;s rare to see a driver of such calibre switch to LMP2. &ldquo;[Having Andr&eacute; on the team] is huge for us. I ask him everything and anything, whatever comes into my head, whether it&rsquo;s a stupid question or not. He&rsquo;s just got that experience, he&rsquo;s done it before, and he&rsquo;s also very fast in the car. And he&rsquo;s a driver who can help us develop an LMP2 car.&rdquo;</p>

<p>So, what are Chadwick&rsquo;s impression after Test Day?</p>

<p>&ldquo;It was honestly really special. The first time I hit the Mulsanne Straight I had this sort of euphoric feeling of &lsquo;this is Le Mans!&rsquo; You go through the first sector and it&rsquo;s one thing, but you hit the Mulsanne and it&rsquo;s a completely different feeling. <strong>But it&rsquo;s funny how quickly you transition from just being happy to be here to wanting to find performance, to drive as fast as possible and go for a lap time.</strong>&quot;</p>

<p>Having won the opening two ELMS rounds, Chadwick could set her sights on a hat-trick. But she&rsquo;s cautious. &ldquo;This circuit is lovely to drive, but it also can bite if you overdo it too soon. The plan is to keep building until the end of the race on Sunday, hopefully in a good place. As a group we want to be as competitive as possible, and personally for sure you wanna be as fast as you can be. I want to improve, but the main thing is to be there fighting for something on Sunday.&quot;</p>

<p>Then what?</p>

<p>Being with Genesis Magma Racing this year could ultimately earn her a seat in the Korean Hypercar (the GMR-001). &quot;I&rsquo;m going to concentrate on making progress and probably being on the trajectory programme for another year. The ultimate goal is Hypercar.&nbsp; The class is so competitive. The teams, the manufacturers but the drivers especially. If I go into Hypercar I want to be in a position to be competitive and do this Genesis brand justice. Because it&rsquo;s not just me, it&rsquo;s mechanics, engineers, it&rsquo;s about giving everyone the time to develop and to have the opportunity to learn endurance racing.&quot;</p>

<p>This weekend will be Chadwick&rsquo;s fourth 24-hour race. And she has always finished. She won her class at Silverstone in 2015 and at the 2019 24 Hours of N&uuml;rburgring on second attempt. May she sustain her success at Le Mans!</p>

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Jamie Chadwick intends to work her way up to Hypercar

24 Heures du Mans 2018

<p>In case you missed it on Friday, February 9th at 3:00 p.m. local time (2:00 p.m. in the U.K.), you can still learn all there is to know about the competitors that will take the start at the 24 Hours of Le Mans&nbsp;on June&nbsp;16th at 3:00 p.m. local time.&nbsp;Check out the event in its entirety in the video below!</p>

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