Le Mans 24 Hours Live Commentary and Updates
Minute-by-minute updates for the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours
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They are a changing the entire driver's door on the #150 Ferrari in the pit lane.
Lots of sleeping crew members in the pit lane...you can tell we're almost halfway through this 94th edition of the Le Mans 24.
Kobayashi now makes his way into the pit lane after that big move.
Kobayashi sizing up Ricky Taylor and he makes a daring pass, clearing him into the top five.
Back to full green-flag running as the FCY has been removed.
Or maybe not! The team was coaching Chatin on the restart process, and he got that #19 Genesis Hypercar back rolling!
This could very well be the fifth retirement of the race.
That car still won't re-fire, so safety workers are pushing that off into a safe spot and he won't make it back to the pit lane.
FULL-COURSE YELLOW for the stopped Genesis Hypercar.
Tarquini was just talking about how proud he was about the Genesis effort so far, such a shame.
The #19 Genesis Hypercar was running 12th, but it is now stopped to the side of the Mulsanne straight...headlights off
FULL-COURSE YELLOW.
Enzo Trulli trying to get rolling but the tires are just spinning in place.
YELLOW FLAG: the #25 Algarve is off in the gravel and nosed against the barrier.
After that cycle of stops, the #38 Cadillac now has a 30+ second lead over the #12 Cadillac
Hartley has completed his run behind the wheel of the #8 Toyota, and it's now Ryo Hirakawa behind the wheel.
The #87 Lexus dipped a wheel in the gravel, but avoided having a full off.
HOUR 11 LM24 LEADERS:
LMP1: #38 JOTA Cadillac
LMP2: #343 Interpol Eurpol ORECA
LMGT3: #78 Akkodis Lexus
A little nighttime action for you as things remain calm out on track right now:
Kubica has finally ended his time behind the wheel of that Ferrari giving up control to Yifei Ye.
Aitken is over 20 seconds clear of Hartley in the battle for the overall lead, which isn't much of a battle at the moment.
Pit wall is coaching Deletraz, telling him to just focus on the Toyota, but he is frustrated with the racecraft of those around him.
Genesis racing director Gabriele Tarquini offering a TV interview, praising the effort so far: "The car has even surprised the team ... The pace is very good. We had some small trouble, especially with the #17, but the rest of the pace is very good."
Driver change for the #19 Genesis, with Jaminet handing the wheel over to Chatin.
The Toyota has come back to life, as Hartley makes a bold pass on Deletraz for P2 on the track.
The #93 Peugeot had a small off, but Cassidy got away with it...did hit a bollard though.
The Cadillacs have reversed roles up front, with the #38 ahead by 13 seconds as the #12 took a heavier fuel load.
The #12 Cadillac has now pitted from the lead, and Deletraz has taken the wheel from Stevens.
The #38 Cadillac has given up second on track to make a stop.
Stevens is going to hand the car over to Deletraz at the next stop, and is continuing to offer advice over the radio so his co-driver can be fully prepared to take over the race-leading #12 Cadillac.
Stevens worried about the brakes? Talking on the radio about the need to pump the pedal often so it doesn't go soft.
Kubica and the #51 Ferrari team are being looked at for an unsafe release.
Aitken is making serious inroads into the lead of Jota Cadillac team-mate Stevens. Arguably he should be doing so: he's on the fresher tyres and has a light fuel load. It's down to nine seconds.
Tried to look back at the onboard view for it but could not find it. Even still, the #17 Genesis team reported making contact with another car under braking. Still running at a decent pace.
HOUR 10 LM24 LEADERS
HYPERCAR: #12 JOTA Cadillac
LMP2: #343 Inter Europol ORECA
LMGT3: #27 Heart of Racing Aston
An interesting strategic variation took place in the pits at the Jota Caddy team at the last round of stops. Stevens wasn't given new tyres, but Aitken was when he took over from Bamber. But the pitstop for #38 was only eight seconds longer than that for #12. Aitken was clearly short-fuelled to make sure he got out ahead of the Toyota.
It's now 2am in Le Mans, so we're ten hours into the 94th edition of this historic race.
Stevens is maintaining a healthy 15-second lead over teammate Aitken, who has Hartley right behind him and closing in.
A look to LMGT3, and it's the #27 Heart of Racing Aston leading the way. The #74 Kessel Ferrari is about nine seconds adrift of the top spot in that class.
By: Autosport staff
