24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary Begins with LeBron James Banner

Edition century 24 Hours of Le Mansthe most legendary endurance race in motorsport, kicked off this Saturday with a flag of honor given to the star basketball player from Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James.

He Ferrai number 50 famous in Italian Antonio FuocoSpanish Miguel Molina and Danish Niklas Nilson approved his “pole” and went out first, followed by Ferrari 51brought Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Kalado And Antonio Giovinazziformer Formula 1 driver.

A total of 62 cars from three categories (Hypercars, LMP2 and GTE AM) compete in this historic edition of the legendary race. Highway 13,626 km.

IN hypercarsthe fastest category Ferrari 499P are the main favorites to put an end to the absolute dominance put Toyotawho has won non-stop since 2018, the year of the trio’s first of two consecutive wins. Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi And Kazuki Nakajima.

Japanese brand with GR010 Hybridslightly behind Ferrari this year and their fastest car was a second and a half behind the pole position in qualifying.

The weather forecast is not favorable for first five hours of the testWith risk of storms and rainwith a forecast of dry soil for later.

If rain falls, it could make the distance record, set in 2010, 5,410.713 km from Audi R15 TDI piloted Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Mike Rockenfeller

The organization hoped to record number 300,000 spectatorswell above the previous mark of 263,500 from 2022.

Without exact numbers, fans from all over the world came to Le Mans to enjoy this centennial race and the hotel establishments in the area and a large part french northwest.

(According to information from EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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