LeMans

United Autosports LMP2 driver Will Owen has expressed his frustration with Rene Rast's 'aggressive' driving that led to their Turn 1 contact at the start of ...

He turned left and crashed into the United, which I nearly got away with but the United just clipped me on the rear as the United went off. "It took five, six minutes to get the car unstuck. "And then suddenly Rast comes and turns left aggressively, something you would never do in a straight line.

The most famous automobile endurance race in the world is set to return with a bang.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is back. Live coverage is rolling on Eurosport now, with the racing kicking off at 3pm. Buemi leads the pack over the start line and we already have cars off. Estre in the Porsche #92 now leading. They need to be careful as the two Glickenhaus's are getting closer. In the pits he goes. However, most of the pack came in to leaving Tandy coming out in second. Nasr is just clinging on to it. However, Buemi's pit is slower than Conway's previous on, handing Conway the lead. Florsch is in trouble in the Algarve Pro #47 and is trundling to the pits. The United Autosports #22 is in the gravel and it looks to be the end for them already. However, Lynn pits, ending that little battle.

Hour 00:01: The race has begun. Toyota gets both of their cars through turn 1 together, with No. 8 leading No. 7, but both of the Glickenhaus cars pass the No ...

The No. 22 United Autosports and No. 47 Algarve Pro Racing cars are of in the dirt on the start, with the No. 22 flying off screen through the gravel as the Hypercar smade their way through the first few corners. Toyota gets both of their cars through turn 1 together, with No. 8 leading No. 7, but both of the Glickenhaus cars pass the No. 36 Alpine before the first corner. Corvette Racing holds the entire front row in the final year of GTE Pro, a class with just seven cars this season. After the two other WRT cars suffered damage in an opening lap clash and one of them was assessed an additional penalty, the No. 32 WRT car is up to sixth. LMP2 is the biggest class in the race, boasting more than 25 cars. That would have been a battle for the lead. Both the gaps and order remain consistent near the top of the other three classes. The No. 708 Glickenhaus and No. 7 Toyota will both go 11 laps. The No. 709 Glickenhaus and sole Alpine LMP1 car are both following. Hour 00:45: After stopping a lap earlier, Toyota No. 7 now leads overall for the first time today. The No. 64, the car currently drien by Nick Tandy, leads that group. That remains a 1-2-3-4-5 for the 911 GT3 RSR.

Sims was leading by more than a minute in the #64 C8.R he shares with Nick Tandy and Tommy Milner when he was taken out of the race by the #83 AF Corse LMP2 ...

Further time was then lost with checks to inspect a vibration and a subsequent diffuser change, before the decision was made to pull the car from the race due to what the team called "significant mechanical damage - seen and unseen - at the rear of the car." The #63 car had been leading in the early part of the race, but lost considerable time with a left-rear suspension failure that sent the car into the garage for lengthy repairs. Sims was leading by more than a minute in the #64 C8.R he shares with Nick Tandy and Tommy Milner when he was taken out of the race by the #83 AF Corse LMP2 car driven by Francois Perrodo.