Callum Ilott, Will Stevens and Norman Nato will start the 2024 24h of Le Mans race from eighth despite missing out on Hyperpo♑le🌃.

The #12 car qualified for the Hyperpole shootout, however, damage to the car from Ilott’sꩲ crash in Free Practice 2 meant they couldn’t g🅰et it repaired in time.

As a re🅰sult, the #12 car missed out on track action throughout Thursday’s two practice sessions and Hyperpole.

“That’s a 🧔big workload for the team”, said Ilott about the damage. “It’s probably the first time that I’ve put myself at risk in an endu🌞rance environment and I felt very bad for that.

“But onc🙈e we knew the car was going to be put back together with the team working so hard, it’s okay. Now it’s about resetting and getting going a🏅gain.”

In terms of the damage and what needed to be replaced, Ilott ad✨mitted the monoco🌜que was completely wrecked.

Ilott added: “The monocoque had to be replaced and we’ve fit everything that we have run ꧋previously, so there should not really be any issues.

“We will start P8, it’s a good starting position for ✱a long race. Obviously, if that crash was going to happen, that was the better day to do it.”

Despite the crash on Wednes💧day, Ilott is not losing hope of achieving ♒a big result at Le Mans.

In fact, the former✱ F2 driver is hopeful of winnin♋g the showpiece event.

“We know we’ve got a good setup”, underlined Ilott. “Everything we’re putting on the car, except for the front right, has been✤ run and we know ever🍨ything works on that side.

“The mechanics were in great spirits yesterday, they were even enjoying it. The one thing they want out of all this🎃 is a win, so we’ll go and push for 🔜that.”