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BMW Takes Hypercar Pole as 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans Starts Today

Global live coverage will carry the 24‑hour race as a 62‑car, 186‑driver field lines up with Ferrari chasing a fourth straight win.

Overview

  • The race begins at 16:00 CEST (15:00 GMT, 10:00 ET) on Saturday, June 13, and runs 24 hours to the same local time on Sunday.
  • BMW M Team WRT's #15 car secured overall and Hypercar pole after setting a new lap record, with Kevin Magnussen joined in the lineup by Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor.
  • A diverse 62‑car field of 186 drivers will start at the Circuit de la Sarthe, and Le Mans is the only World Endurance Championship round that allows LMP2 entries alongside Hypercars.
  • Viewers can watch live in the U.S. on truTV with streams via DirecTV, HBO Max and services that carry truTV such as Sling TV and Hulu + Live TV; the official WEC site offers paid coverage in the U.K., while free streams are available in some markets including Indonesia on YouTube and multiple feeds in Brazil via Grande Premio.
  • Ferrari is pursuing a fourth straight Le Mans win but last year’s winning customer car, the #83 AF Corse Ferrari, starts 17th which will affect its early‑race strategy and underline how reliability, pit stops and traffic often decide a 24‑hour result.