At this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans (11–15 June), the Automobile Club de l’Ouest will be tipping its hat at two eminent motorsport personalities.

<h2>Yannick Dalmas, Grand Marshal of the 93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans</h2>

Four-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Yannick Dalmas will have the honour of setting the pace for the 62 cars on the grid during the starting procedure on Saturday 14 June, shortly before 4&nbsp;p.m. 
 
The distinguished ex-Formula One driver triumphed at Le Mans with four different manufacturers: Peugeot in 1992, Porsche in 1994, McLaren in 1995, and BMW in 1999. 
Following a single-seater racing career, including Formula One, he went on to become an endurance racing specialist. Several generations of racing drivers have benefited from his wealth of experience, which he shares as a consultant to race teams and as an FIA ambassador. As Grand Marshal, Yannick Dalmas will contribute his undying passion and immense know-how to the 93rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

<h2>Fran&ccedil;ois Perrodo, Spirit of Le Mans 2025</h2>

Every year, the Spirit of Le Mans trophy is awarded to someone who embodies the values of endurance racing: commitment, passion, team spirit and perseverance. Fran&ccedil;ois Perrodo is this year&rsquo;s recipient. 
As an amateur driver, Fran&ccedil;ois has become an acclaimed figure of endurance racing paddocks in the last decade. He boasts several FIA World Endurance Championship GTE-Am wins and was LMP2 Pro-Am champion in 2022. 
Aside from running a company, Fran&ccedil;ois Perrodo is a car collector and accomplished racing driver. An ambassador for the endurance discipline, his unique combination of skills, resilience, humility and determination embodies the spirit of Le Mans. 
 
Pierre Fillon, President of the Automobile Club de l&#39;Ouest:&nbsp;&ldquo;We are delighted to pay tribute to Yannick Dalmas and Fran&ccedil;ois Perrodo at this year&rsquo;s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Yannick Dalmas is an endurance racing legend who has won Le Mans four times, with four different manufacturers. His track record and his ongoing commitment made him the ideal candidate to be Grand Marshal this year. Fran&ccedil;ois Perrodo represents the Spirit of Le Mans to perfection. A champion amateur driver, he radiates enthusiasm, and his sense of commitment is a real strength in this discipline. We are proud to celebrate their contribution to endurance racing this year.&rdquo;

<h4>LAST CHANCE!</h4>

Enjoy the Practice &amp; Qualifying sessions and the new Hyperpole format and then head to the concert arena for the evening&rsquo;s live music. Tickets are on sale from &euro;23 for students and &euro;62 for Green Tickets, which reward sustainable transport choices.

&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/tickets" target="_blank"> Ticketing</a> &lt;&lt;&lt;

24 Hours of Le Mans 2025: The Automobile Club de l’Ouest shows its appreciation of Yannick

The 4 Hours of Barcelona kicked off the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) with a bang this weekend. The 2025 season opener delivered a job-dropping overall win by AF Corse entered in LMP2 Pro/Am. Just two months ahead of the 93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans on 11-15 June, the performance set quite the tone for upcoming battles in the LMP2 and LMGT3 classes.

AF Corse&#39;s Matthieu Vaxivi&egrave;re clinched the team&#39;s victory&nbsp;in the final moments of the race at&nbsp;the wheel of the #83 ORECA-Gibson. The French driver managed to overtake three&nbsp;LMP2s in the last lap. He shares the triumph with teammates&nbsp;Fran&ccedil;ois Perrodo and&nbsp;Alessio Rovera, LMP2 Pro/Am winners last year. They couldn&#39;t have hoped for a better&nbsp;launch to their&nbsp;2025 campaign just two months from the&nbsp;24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans where&nbsp;17 prototypes will go head to head in an&nbsp;LMP2 class more fiercely competitive than ever.

<h2>Jamie Chadwick Makes History</h2>

IDEC Sport claimed the top step on the&nbsp;LMP2 podium with the #18 ORECA driven by&nbsp;Jamie Chadwick, Daniel Juncadella and&nbsp;Mathys Jaubert. Chadwick became the first woman&nbsp;in ELMS history to win the LMP2 class. The team beat out&nbsp;VDS Panis Racing&#39;s #48 ORECA.

<h2>The Iron Dames make their Mark in&nbsp;LMGT3</h2>

The&nbsp;Iron Dames took the LMGT3 class with the #85&nbsp;Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 shared by&nbsp;C&eacute;lia Martin, Sarah Bovy and&nbsp;Michelle Gatting, scoring the outfit&#39;s third ELMS win after a flawless race. Gatting staved off constant pressure from&nbsp;Daniel Serra in Kessel Racing&#39;s #57&nbsp;Ferrari 296 LMGT3, earning this all-female driver line-up a breathtaking victory.

The showing sets the team up well heading&nbsp;into the 2025 24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans. The&nbsp;Iron Dames will aim for the top spot in&nbsp;the packed 24-car LMGT3 class.

This opening round in Barcelona is&nbsp;already resonating in the run-up to the 93rd running of the race. All eyes will be on AF Corse, Iron Dames and IDEC Sport where the battles promise to be more intense than ever in LMP2,&nbsp;LMGT3 and of course&nbsp;Hypercar.

ELMS – AF Corse wins the 4 Hours of Barcelona

Suspense was the name of the game up to the end of qualifying at the 4 Hours of Barcelona this weekend. Duqueine scored pole position in LMP2, becoming one to watch in the 17-strong class field taking the start in the 93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans on 11-15 June.

With a time of&nbsp;1:27.664 clocked in the final seconds of qualifying, Reshad de Gerus&nbsp;placed Duqueine Team&#39;s #30 ORECA&nbsp;07-Gibson&nbsp;in&nbsp;pole position at the first race of the 2025&nbsp;ELMS season. The French driver beat Proton Competition&#39;s #9 ORECA driven by&nbsp;Matteo Cairoli&nbsp;by&nbsp;0.219.

The small gaps reflect a particularly competitive LMP2 class with Tom Dillmann (Inter Europol Competition), Charles Milesi (VDS Panis Racing), Th&eacute;o Pourchaire (Algarve Pro Racing) and&nbsp;Tom Blomqvist (CLX-Pure Rxcing) among the fastest.

This performance level is certainly promising for the 93rd&nbsp;24 Hours&nbsp;where&nbsp;17 LMP2 prototypes will take the start, including&nbsp;15 directly from the&nbsp;ELMS. The class always delivers extremely tight battles&nbsp;and this year will be no different.

<h2>LMP2 Pro/Am |&nbsp;Roda and&nbsp;Proton Competition in the Lead</h2>

A heavy-hitter in&nbsp;2024 with five&nbsp;poles in six races, Giorgio Roda&nbsp;turned in a time of&nbsp;1:31.11&nbsp;in the last moments of the Pro/Am session, giving&nbsp;Proton Competition&nbsp;its first&nbsp;point of the season. AO by TF&#39;s #99 ORECA and TDS Racing&#39;s&nbsp;#29 rounded out the&nbsp;top 3.

Proton Competition, like&nbsp;TDS Racing, is among the&nbsp;LMP2 teams expected at the 2025&nbsp;24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans, ready to take on&nbsp;top European and international&nbsp;rivals.

<h2>LMP3 |&nbsp;CLX Motorsport Reigns at Barcelona</h2>

In LMP3, Adrien Closmenil snatched the pole in CLX Motorsport&#39;s #17&nbsp;Ligier with a time of&nbsp;1:36.188, earning the Swiss team its&nbsp;fourth&nbsp;consecutive pole at&nbsp;Barcelona. French driver&nbsp;Rik Koen (Team Virage) and&nbsp;Ian Aguilera (Eurointernational) will take the start in P2 and P3.

<h2>LMGT3 | Positive First Showing&nbsp;for&nbsp;Mercedes-AMG with&nbsp;Iron Lynx</h2>

For its first effort in the ELMS, Mercedes-AMG did not disappoint. Martin Berry clocked a time of&nbsp;1:42.257, placing Iron Lynx&#39;s #63 in the lead of the&nbsp;LMGT3 field, followed by Iron Dames&#39; #85&nbsp;Porsche driven by C&eacute;lia Martin and Racing Spirit of L&eacute;man&#39;s Aston Martin and Kessel Racing&#39;s&nbsp;Ferrari.

The&nbsp;4 Hours of&nbsp;Barcelona have kicked off the&nbsp;2025 European Le Mans Series season, serving as a barometer for the upcoming&nbsp;24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans starting on Saturday&nbsp;14 June at 16:00. With&nbsp;17 LMP2s lining up to compete, the&nbsp;Barcelona results are sure be heavily scrutinezed.

Several drivers like&nbsp;Charles Milesi, Tom Blomqvist, Th&eacute;o Pourchaire and&nbsp;Giorgio Roda will look to perform well in the both the ELMS and at the 24 Hours.

Check out qualifying highlights in the video below.

Qualifying Highlights | 4 Hours of Barcelona 2025 | ELMS

ELMS : revivez les qualifications des 4 Heures de Barcelone

ELMS – Duqueine Team takes pole at 4 Hours of Barcelona

The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) is excited to announce that iGarden, a subsidiary of the Fairland Group, will join the 24 Hours of Le Mans as an official partner.

iGarden, a Chinese company specializing in robotics, smart energy management, and water treatment, shares the ACO&#39;s ambition to combine innovation with sustainable development. Notably, the company is recognized for its longest endurance robots, whose performance is certified by the Guinness World Records, proving their reliability and exceptional durability. 
 
Moreover, the cutting-edge designs of iGarden&rsquo;s products echo to the bold lines of the Hypercars that compete on the 24 Hours of Le Mans track. This aesthetic and technological synergy strengthens the connection between the two brands, both of which are dedicated to excellence and innovation. 
 
This partnership also presents new opportunities for iGarden, allowing it to leverage the international visibility of the event to introduce its products to the European market. By becoming the first Chinese partner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, iGarden demonstrates the global reach of this legendary race and its popular reputation, which continues to grow and reach an ever-wider audience. 
 
Pierre Fillon, President of the Automobile Club de l&rsquo;Ouest&nbsp;: &ldquo;We are delighted to welcome iGarden among the official partners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This partnership is fully in line with our approach to innovation and sustainable development, in line with the pioneering spirit that has driven our event for over a century. We look forward to collaborating with iGarden to make the 24 Hours of Le Mans an ever more innovative and responsible event.&rdquo; 
 
Andy Chen, CEO of Fairland Group&rsquo;s:&nbsp;&ldquo;We share the same soul on the Le Mans 24 Hours circuit: &ldquo;Human Crazy&rdquo;. In motorsport as in the technology industry, racers are geeks. Just like the hypercar manufacturers at Le Mans who push the boundaries of production technologies and aim for exciting world records, we share the same passion for developing world-winning robotic technologies. At iGarden, we are a team of grassroot geeks with crazy dream - One family, one iGarden - each enjoying an outdoor utopia.&rdquo;

iGarden: Official Partner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

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	Winner of a design competition, &#39;The Eternit&agrave;&#39; could suggest the shape of Ferrari in the future ... With such a look, let&#39;s face it would not look out of place at the start of Le Mans 24 Hours.</h2>

	The students of Hongik University (Seoul) won the &quot;Ferrari World Design Contest,&quot; a competition in which fifty universities competed. Young Koreans designed a supercar brimming with new technologies and materials. Moreover, all the proposed concepts &nbsp;optimise fuel consumption through alternative propulsion systems, including hybrid engines.

	Finalists of Ferrari World Design Contest 2011 : 
	1) University of &nbsp;Hongik (S&eacute;oul) 
	2) Institut Europ&eacute;en de Design (Turin) 
	3) Royal College of Art (Londres) 
	 
	Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo: &ldquo;Nurturing the creativity of young people is a fundamental strategy in every walk of life. The Ferrari World Design Contest represents a window that we want to keep open on the world and the creative energy of the next generation. I saw at first hand the many genuinely innovative ideas that these talented youngsters sent us and could feel the enormous passion and commitment that had gone into them. I am certain that some of these suggestions will come to light in the Ferraris of the future.&rdquo;

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	<a href="mailto:j.hergault@lemans.org">Julien Hergault</a>

	Photo&nbsp;: MARANELLO (Italy), FERRARI WORLD DESIGN CONTEST, 19 JULY 2011. On the 1:4 scale model, special care was given to finish as well as the interior of the Ferrari Eternit&agrave;.

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