2023 Le Mans 24 Hours Starting Grid
10 June 2023, 10:18 AM
Here’s how the field of 62 cars will line up for the Centenary Edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans – and the drivers that will start the race.------------------------------------------------------------------
Centenary Le Mans: Pre-Race Paddock Notes
News and notes ahead of the 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours...
10 June 2023, 9:35 AM
The DSC team has arrived at Circuit de la Sarthe this morning – where the most anticipated endurance race in many, many generations is set to begin – the Centenary 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 91st running of the
Grand Prix d’Endurance.
Conditions are cloudy this morning, and a bit humid. And there’s the looming threat of rain showers from mid-day, until the start of the race at 16:00 local time.
In the warm-up, though, there were only small spits of rain falling. We’ll see how it all develops…
The crowd on hand is splendid – this race has been sold out for months, and no matter the conditions, the atmosphere of the start in front of an estimated 300,000 plus spectators will be electric.
Before we get locked into our hourly updates, and other stories that will unfold throughout the day – here’s a final catch-up on some of the stories from the past 36 hours!
PMW offers Hypercar technical preview
If you’re unfamiliar with the Hypercar class, and have a few minutes to sit down before the race, our friend Lawrence Butcher has contributed a top-notch technical preview of the top class for Professional Motorsport World (PMW).
Le Mans 100: Hypercar Technical Preview >>>
It’s also filled with wonderful pictures of all the ins and outs of all the cars that will be fighting for the overall victory!
DSC has also written up bumper previews of the entire field, which can be found below:
HYPERCAR PREVIEW
LMP2 PREVIEW
GTE & G56 PREVIEW
Hertz Team JOTA moved to back of grid
Hertz Team JOTA’s Porsche 963 didn’t set a time in Qualifying Practice and was placed 16th on the provisional starting grid on Thursday, behind the 15 other Hypercars.
The official starting grid has been amended last night, and now the #38 Porsche will start 60th out of 62 cars – behind all but one LMGTE Am car.
Also starting out of position is the #13 Tower Motorsports Oreca-07 Gibson, which must serve a three-minute penalty stop at the beginning of the race due to Steven Thomas’ crash into Casper Stevenson and the #777 D’station Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE on Wednesday.