24 Hours of Le Mans 2023: As it happened

Ferrari𝄹 outlasted Toyota to win a historic 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Scroll down to find out how they did it...

15:00
Ferrari Wins!

Ferrari has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans!

Class Winners:
Hypercar - No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse
LM P2 - No. 34 Inter Europol Competition
LM GTE - No. 33 Corvette Racing C8.R
The No. 24 H▨endrick Motorsports NASCAR Chevrolet👍 finished 39th overall

14:44
Toyota Final Pit

The No. 🍨8 Toyota has made their final pit stop with 17 minutes remaining. They will need a major miracle at this point to have any shot at Ferrari for the overall win.

14:42
Glickenhaus Crash

The No. 709 Glickenhaus Racing Hypercar has🌳 gone through the chicane and head-on into the tire barrier.

14:39
Final Ferrari Pit Stop

The No. 51 Ferrari Hypercar has made their final pit stop with 23 minutes remaining. There was a brief scare as it took them some time to release, but they are back on track with a 54 second lead over t⛦he No. 8 Toyota.

14:30
Penske Slowing

Final 🦋pit stops continue as the final 30 minutes of the ꧋race tick down. The No. 5 Penske Porsche is crawling slowly back to pit lane after an on-track issue.

14:10
LM P2 Race

Only 50 minutes remain in the race!

The closest battle for the lead between the three classes is in LM P2 where the No.💎 34 Inter Europol Competition Oreca holds a 12 second edge over the No. 41 Team WRT entry.

14:00
Class Leaders (23 Hours)

Class Leaders after 23 Hours:
Hypercar - No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse (overall leader)
LM P2 - No. 34 Inter Europol Competition
LM GTE - No. 33 Corvette Racing C8.R
No. 2🍸4 Hendrick Motorsports NAS🏅CAR Chevrolet running 39th overall

13:58
Ferrari Driver Swap

Alessandro Pier Guidi haꦿs jumped into the Ferra꧋ri for the final one-hour stint in the race. The lead is just under two minutes over the No. 8 Toyota.

13:56
Toyota Crash Replay

13:41
Hypercar Podium

Fe🥃rrari holds a 3-minute, 24 sec💧ond lead over Toyota with 80 minutes remaining. Both Cadillac Racing cars follow but only the No. 2 car, driven by Richard Westbrook, is on the same lap as the Ferrari and Toyota.

13:18
Toyota Hypercar Crash

With less than two hours remaining, the No. ♑8 Toyota Hypercar has crashed while battling for the overall lead!

Ryo Hirakawa locked the rear brakes which sent th🃏e car spinning, making contact with the barrier. A major setback for the Toyota Gazoo Racing team, as the car comes to pit lane for repairs.

13:11
Garage 56 Update

After spending time in the garage to make repairs to the transmission, the Hendrick Motorsports Gar🍨age 56 NASCAR is back out on track with Mike Rockenfeller behind the wheel, running in 39th overall.

13:02
Final Two Hours

The race c🍨ontinu🍬es to shape up to be an incredible finish. After 310 laps around the eight-mile circuit, the top two cars are separated by just 9 seconds! There have been 20 retirements in the race so far.

13:00
Class Leaders (22 Hours)

Class Leaders after 22 Hours:
Hypercar - No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse (overall leader)
LM P2 - No. 34 Inter Europol Competition
LM GTE - No. 33 Corvette Racing C8.R
♏No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR Chevrolet running 39꧒th overall

12:27
Leaders Pit

The top two in Hypercars have pitted. The No. 8 Toyota made their stop first, and the No. 51 Ferrari came in one lap later and madeཧ a driver change. Antonio Giovinazzi is back behind the wheel with an 18 second lead.

12:00
Class Leaders (21 Hours)

Class Leaders after 21 Hours:
Hypercar - No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse (overall leader)
LM P2 - No. 34 Inter Europol Competition
LM GTE - No. 33 Corvette Racing C8.R
No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR Chevrolet running 40th overa༒ll

11:50
Cadillac Challenge?

While the battle for the overall win between Toyota and Ferrari rages on, Cadillac Racing remains hopeful to get back in the fight. The No. 3 Cadillac may be twoꦑ laps down in 4th but the No. 2 machine is just about one minute behind the top two in 3rd place🎐. Just over three hours remaining!

11:37
A close shave

Brendon Hartley in the #8 Toyota a𒊎lmost loses the rear at th💜e Dunlop Chicane. No damage is done...

11:36
Gap to the front is tight

Just 5.5s separa🐼te the race-leadi▨ng Ferrari and the chasing Totoya.

11:23
Ferrari continue to lead 24h of Le Mans
10:41
Ten-min pitstop for Button

The Gaไrage 56 driver, and ex F1 world champion, was in the pitstops for approximately 10 minutes. Unclear what the problem was.

10:40
Ferrari lead extended

Pier Guidi's #51 Ferrari pitted with𒆙out any need for a power cycle, as they did at their previous stop, so they've extended their advantage at the front over the chasing Toyota.

10:39
Hollywood star crashes!

Michael Fassbender slams hi🅺s #911 Porsche into the wall! He is able to somehow drag it back to the pits but that was a big one.

10:05
Jenson Button in action now

Th♛e 2009 F1 cham🦋pion is currently driving the Garage 56 project.

He's 36th.