2020 Le Mans 24-hour race

The 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans , the 88 ^e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also called 24 Heures du Mans , was originally supposed to take place on June 13 and 14, 2020 on the Circuit des 24 Heures . Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic , the race has been postponed to September 19 and 20, 2020. On August 10, the ACO announced that the elaborated spectator concept would be discarded and the race would be held without an audience on site.

Invitations

As in many years before, the first invitation list for the Le Mans 24 Hours was published eight months before the race. The class winners from the previous year were automatically eligible to start : Toyota Gazoo Racing for the LMP1 class, Signatech Alpine Matmut as the winner in the LMP2 class and the winners of the two GT classes, AF Corse and Team Project 1 . There were further invitations for the overall winner and the runner-up of the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE), the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT) and the winners of the Michelin Le Mans Cup . Since the Michelin Le Mans Cup is driven with GT3 vehicles that are not allowed to start in Le Mans, Kessel Racing is allowed to switch to the LMGTE class. The last two invitations went to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship .

Start list

Start list
No.	team	vehicle	tires	driver
LMP1
1	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R13	M.	Gustavo Menezes	Norman Nato	Bruno Senna
3	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R13	M.	Nathanaël Berthon	Louis Delétraz	Romain Dumas
4th	ByKolles Racing Team	ENSO CLM P1 / 01	M.	Tom Dillmann	Bruno Spengler	Oliver Webb
5	Team LNT	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	M.	Charles Robertson
6th	Team LNT	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	M.	Mike Simpson	Chris Dyson	Guy Smith
7th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Mike Conway	Kamui Kobayashi	José María López
8th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Sébastien Buemi	Brendon Hartley	Kazuki Nakajima
LMP2
11	EuroInternational	Ligier JS P217	M.	Adrien Tambay	Erik Maris	Christophe D'Ansembourg
12	Rick Ware Racing	Riley Multimatic MkXXX	M.	Cody ware
17th	IDEC Sport	Oreca 07	M.	Jonathan Kennard	Dwight Merriman	Kyle Tilley
20th	High class racing	Oreca 07	M.	Jan Magnussen
21st	DragonSpeed ​​USA	Oreca 07	M.	Ryan Cullen	Luís Felipe Derani	Memo Rojas
22nd	United Autosports	Oreca 07	M.	Filipe Albuquerque	Philip Hanson	Paul di Resta
24	Nielsen Racing	Oreca 07	M.	Garett Grist	Alex Kapadia	Anthony Wells
25th	Algarve Pro Racing	Oreca 07	G	John Falb	Simon Trummer	Matt McMurry
26th	G-Drive Racing	Aurus 01	M.	Roman Rusinov	Jean-Éric Vergne	Mikkel Jensen
27	DragonSpeed ​​USA	Oreca 07	M.	Ben Hanley	Henrik Hedman	Renger van der Zande
28	IDEC Sport	Oreca 07	M.	Richard Bradley	Paul-Loup Chatin	Paul Lafargue
29	Racing Team Nederland	Oreca 07	M.	Frits van Eerd	Giedo van der Garde	Nyck de Vries
30th	Duqueine engineering	Oreca 07	M.	Tristan Gommendy	Jonathan Hirschi	Konstantin Tereshchenko
31	Panis Racing	Oreca 07	G	Julien Canal	Nico Jamin	Matthieu Vaxiviere
32	United Autosports	Oreca 07	M.	Alex Brundle	Will Owen	Job van Uitert
33	High class racing	Oreca 07	M.	Fjordbach is different	Mark Patterson	Kenta Yamashita
34	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P217	M.	René Binder	Jakub Śmiechowski	Matewos Issaakjan
35	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P217	M.	Nick Foster	Roberto Merhi	Nobuya Yamanaka
36	Signatech Alpine Elf	Alpine A470	M.	Thomas Laurent	André Negrao	Pierre Ragues
37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Oreca 07	G	Gabriel Aubry	Will Stevens	Ho-Pin Tung
38	Iota Racing	Oreca 07	G	António Félix da Costa	Anthony Davidson	Roberto González
39	SO24-HAS By Graff	Oreca 07	M.	James Allen	Vincent Capillaire	Charles Milesi
42	Cool racing	Oreca 07	M.	Antonin Borga	Alexandre Coigny	Nicolas Lapierre
45	Thunderhead Carlin Racing	Dallara P217	G	Ben Barnicoat	Jack Manchester
47	Cetilar Racing Villorba Corse	Dallara P217	M.	Andrea Belicchi	Roberto Lacorte	Giorgio Sernagiotto
48	Performance tech	Oreca 07	M.	Cameron Cassels
50	Richard Mille Racing Team	Oreca 07	M.	Tatiana Calderón	Sophia Flörsch	Katherine Legge
LMGT-Pro
51	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	James Calado	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Daniel Serra
63	WeatherTech Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Cooper MacNeil	Jeff Segal	Toni Vilander
63	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	M.	Nicky Catsburg	Antonio García	Jordan Taylor
64	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	M.	Marcel Fässler	Oliver Gavin	Tommy Milner
71	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Miguel Molina	Davide Rigon	Sam Bird
81	Gear Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Christina Nielsen
82	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Sébastien Bourdais	Olivier Pla	Jules Gounon
91	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M.	Gianmaria Bruni	Richard Lietz	Frédéric Makowiecki
92	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M.	Michael Christensen	Kévin Estre	Laurens Vanthoor
93	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M.	Earl Bamber	Matt Campbell	Nick Tandy
94	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M.	Julien Andlauer	Mathieu Jaminet	Patrick Pilet
95	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M.	Marco Sørensen	Nicki Thiim	Richard Westbrook
97	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M.	Alex Lynn	Maxime Martin	Harry Tincknell
LMGT-Am
52	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Steffen Görig	Christoph Ulrich	Alexander West
54	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Francesco Castellacci	Giancarlo Fisichella	Thomas Flohr
55	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Duncan Cameron	Matt Griffin	Aaron Scott
56	Team Project 1	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Matteo Cairoli	Egidio Perfetti	Larry ten Voorde
57	Team Project 1	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Felipe Fraga	Ben Keating
60	Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Sergio Pianezzola	Paolo Ruberti	Claudio Schiavoni
61	Luzich Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Francesco Piovanetti	Côme Ledogar	Oswaldo Negri
62	Red River Sport	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Bonamy Grimes	Charles Hollings	Johnny Mowlem
65	WeatherTech Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Cooper MacNeil
66	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Richard Heistand	Jan Magnussen	Maxwell Root
70	MR Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Takeshi Kimura	Kei Cozzolino	Yūhi Sekiguchi
72	HubAuto Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Morris Chen	Marcos Gomes	Tom Blomqvist
74	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Nicola Cadei
75	Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Matteo Cressoni	Rino Mastronardi	Andrea Piccini
77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Riccardo Pera	Christian Ried	Matt Campbell
78	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Horst Felbermayr junior	Michele Beretta
83	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Emmanuel Collard	Nicklas Nielsen	François Perrodo
85	Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M.	Rahel Frey	Michelle Gatting	Manuela Gostner
86	Gulf Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Ben Barker	Mike Wainwright	Andrew Watson
88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Thomas Preining	Dominique Bastien	Adrien de Leener
89	Team Project 1	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Steve Brooks	Benôit Frétin	Bruno Frétin
90	TF Sport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M.	Jonny Adam	Charlie Eastwood	Salih Yoluç
98	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M.	Paul Dalla Lana	Ross Gunn	Augusto Farfus
99	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak	Lucas Légeret	Hugo de Sadeleer
Innovation Box 60
84	Association SRT41 Graff Racing	Oreca 07	M.	Takuma Aoki	Nigel Bailly	Snoussi Ben Moussa

Reserve vehicles

As in previous years, the ACO published a list of reserve vehicles at the same time as the first preliminary start list. Nominated in the list from one to ten, the vehicles move up in this order for failures in the original starting list.

class	No.	team	vehicle	Nominated driver	Nominated driver	Nominated driver
LMP2	23	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P217	Nigel Moore
LMGTE Am	96	D'station Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Tomonobu Fujii	Satoshi Hoshino

Virtual 24-hour race

The original race date on 13 and 14 June organized ACO , the organizer of the real race, in cooperation with Motorsport Network , the virtual 24-hour race at Le Mans . Vehicles from the LMP2 and LMGT Pro classes competed. Each vehicle was piloted by four racing drivers who took turns taking turns over a period of 24 hours. Among the 200 racing drivers who competed for 50 teams in the two categories are, in addition to professional sim racers, many famous drivers from Formula 1 and other racing series, among others. a. Fernando Alonso , Jenson Button , Felipe Massa , Rubens Barrichello , Juan Pablo Montoya , André Lotterer and Charles Leclerc . The race simulation rFactor 2 was used .

The LMP2 car # 4, driven by Tom Dillmann , Esteban Guerrieri , Jernej Simončič and Jesper Pedersen, from the ByKolles team qualified on pole position with a lap time of 3: 23.380 minutes . The fastest car in the GT class in qualifying was the Porsche 911 RSR from the works team with the number # 93, driven by Nick Tandy , Ayhancan Güven , Joshua Rogers and Tommy Østgaard.

The race ended with the overall victory of Louis Deletraz and Raffaele Marciello with the two sim racers Nikodem Wisniewski and Kuba Brzezinski for Rebellion Racing . The GT category was won by the number # 93 Porsche 911 RSR from the works team, which was driven by Nick Tandy, Ayhancan Güven, Joshua Rogers and Tommy Østgaard.

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Race postponed to September
2. ↑ Le Mans without a spectator
3. ^ First Le Mans invitation list
4. ↑ Moved up after the withdrawal of the Porsche GT Team
5. ↑ Bruno Spengler makes Le Mans debut
6. ↑ LNT pulls back car with number 5
7. ↑ Rick Ware Racing retires
8. ↑ Moved up after the withdrawal of the Porsche GT Team
9. ↑ IDEC announces drivers; Patrice Lafargue does not start.
10. ↑ John Dagys: Era Drivers Confirmed in IDEC Sport Oreca for 24H Le Mans. In: sportscar365. July 15, 2020, accessed on July 25, 2020 . 
11. ^ Moved up after Corvette Racing withdrew
12. ↑ High Class Racing withdraws vehicle
13. ↑ Moved up after the withdrawal from LNT
14. ↑ vehicle withdrawn
15. ↑ Withdrawal from Performance Tech
16. ↑ Corvette Racing waiver to start
17. ↑ Notification withdrawn
18. ↑ Porsche halves its commitment
19. ^ Moved up after the resignation of Graff Racing
20. ↑ Moved up after the resignation of Ware Racing
21. ↑ starts with number 63 in the LMGT Pro class
22. ↑ vehicle withdrawn
23. ^ Moved up after Corvette Racing withdrew
24. ↑ Successor for Gear Racing
25. ↑ Graff Racing withdraws report
26. ↑ Notification withdrawn
27. ↑ Notification withdrawn
28. ↑ Virtual 24-hour race
29. ↑ Virtual 24-hour race
30. ↑ Virtual 24-hour race
31. ↑ Victory for Rebellion Racing in the virtual 24-hour race

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