Le Mans – Follow the Test Day live

18:00 p.m.: The Test Day ends with a best time achieved by Brendon Hartley on Porsche n°17 avec un temps de 3’21 »061. La 919 Hybrid n°19 de Hulkenberg-Bamber-Tandy follows more than a second ahead of two Audis. Karun Chandhok remained fastest in LMP2 with the Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03R. Aston Martin finishes first in GTE Pro and GTE Am.

17:25 p.m.: With only 25 minutes of practice remaining, the No. 24 Ligier of Christopher Cumming entered by Oak Racing returns to the track. But the rain increases in intensity.

17:00 p.m.: There is only one hour of testing left on Test Day. The Porsches n°17 ​​of Bernhard-Webber-Hartley and n°19 of Hülkenberg-Bamber-Tandy are still at the forefront this afternoon ahead of the Audi n°7 of Fässler-Lotterer-Tréluyer and n°8 of Jarvis-Duval-di Grassi. Les Toyota sont encore en dehors du top 6.

16:32 p.m.: If the times do not change due to rain, the teams will still continue their relays. Among the LMP1s, it was the No. 9 Audi from Rast-Albuquerque-Bonanomi which was the most diligent with 34 laps covered this afternoon.

16:01 p.m.: While the rain is still disrupting testing, only one Nissan recorded a time this afternoon. Tsugio Matsuda is at the wheel of the #22 while the #23 only completed one installation lap. The n°21 is credited with a time of 3'50, a good distance from the reference.

15:18 p.m.: The rain returns to the Sarthe circuit. The teams at least had time to take advantage of a dry track to improve their morning times. The safety car intervenes following the stop on the track of the Ferrari #71 driven by James Calado at the Corvette corner.

15:08 p.m.: It's Darren Turner's turn to improve the mark in GTE Pro with a time of 3'58"069 at the wheel of the No. 97 Aston Martin. That's a tenth better than Oliver Gavin's time in the No. 64 Corvette. Meanwhile, Karun Chandhok took the best time in LMP2 with a time of 3'42"405 in the No. 03 Murphy Prototypes Oreca 48R.

14:58 p.m.: Brendon Hartley improves the Test Day benchmark time by 9 tenths with a time of 3'21"061 in the #17 Porsche. The Audis are still the closest with the #7 of Tréluyer-Fässler-Lotterer and the #8 of Duval-di Grassi-Jarvis less than 2 seconds behind. Tristan Gommendy sets the benchmark time for LMP2 in the No. 05 Oreca 46 of Thiriet by TDS Racing with a time of 3'43"747.

14:31 p.m.: The track is dry and the times are progressing. André Lotterer sets the provisional best time of the afternoon with a lap of 3'31"509 in the no. 7 Audi.

14:19 p.m.: The session resumed almost 20 minutes ago, but the rain is still heavy towards Mulsanne. Temperatures are 17°C in the air and 19°C on the track. The CLM P1/P1 will not return to the track.

The morning report of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Test Day

Oak Racing must change the engine of Cumming-Vanthoor's #2 Ligier JS P34 at the top of the LMP2 class. According to the Belgian, the French team hopes to be able to put the car back on track around 16:30 p.m.

13:00 p.m.: Test Day is interrupted for one hour for the mid-day break. The times did not change with the arrival of the rain, even if the track began to dry at the end of the morning.

11:49 a.m.: Red flag shown due to debris on the track at the Arnage bend. This debris could come from the puncture of the CLM LMP1 driven by Tiago Monteiro.

11:31 a.m.: Olivier Pla is stopped near Tertre Rouge in Nissan no. 23. This is the second GT-R LM Nismo to encounter electrical problems.

11:08 a.m.: The Nissans are still behind after 2 hours of testing. The No. 23 from Pla-Mardenborough-Chilton, the first GT LM Nismo, is in 16th place, 21 seconds behind the benchmark. the No. 22 from Krumm-Buncombe-Ticknell occupies 23rd place. No. 21 by Ordonez-Matsuda-Schulzhitskiy

11:01 a.m.: The No. 18 Porsche of Jani-Dumas-Lieb is still in the lead ahead of the No. 9 Audi of Bonanomi-Albuquerque-Rast and No. 7 of Fässler-Lotterer-Tréluyer. The Toyotas are beyond 6th place, 5 seconds behind the benchmark. The No. 2 Ligier JS P34 from Cumming-Vanthoor's Oak Racing remains at the top of the LMP2 category. The No. 64 Corvette of Gavin-Milner-Taylor still occupies first place in the GTE Pro. Ferrari dominates the GTE Am debates with a quartet led by the #61 AF Corse of Mann-Gianmaria-Cressoni.

10:45 a.m.: The times will stabilize as the rain falls across the entire track.

10:41 a.m.: Rebellion set the 9th fastest time with the #12 R-One of Cheers-Beche-Heidfeld 8”5 off the provisional best time. It is the first private LMP1. The #13 sister car of Imperatori-Kraihamer-Abt is in the pits due to engine problems.

10:35 a.m.: Oliver Gavin takes the best time in GTE Pro with a lap completed in 3'58"162 in the No. 64 Corvette which is 4 tenths ahead of the No. 51 Ferrari of Bruni-Vilander-Fisichella.

10:11 a.m.: Neel Jani took the #18 Porsche to the top of the timesheet with a time of 3'21"945, already beating last year's benchmark by more than a second. The No. 9 Audi from Bonanomi-Albuquerque-Rast is in 2nd place, 3 tenths behind. In LMP2, it is the No. 2 Oak Racing Ligier JS P34 driven by Cumming-Vanthoor which is in the lead with a time of 3'41"919. The No. 911 92 RSR of Makowiecki-Pilte-Henzler-Müller is in first position in the GTE Pro with a time of 3'59"043. Ferraris dominate GTE Am, occupying the first four places.

10:07 a.m.: Red flag. The #22 Nissan of Michael Krumm is stopped at the Dunlop chicane. The GT-R LM reportedly encountered electrical problems.

9:37 a.m.: Timo Bernhard has just taken the best time with a lap completed in 3'23"945 in the No. 17 Porsche. Lucas di Grassi follows less than 8 tenths behind in the #8 Audi. The first Toyota is in 7th place.

9:35 a.m.: After a little over half an hour of testing at the Test Day of 24 Hours of Le Mans, the times are already promising. André Lotterer set a time of 3'25"257 in the #7 Audi, last year's benchmark being 3'23"0. Timo Bernhard follows in the #17 Porsche less than 2 seconds behind. Kazuki Nakajima is already behind the wheel of the #1 Toyota.

9h : The Test Day of the 83rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans begins for 8 hours of testing, with a break between 13 and 14 p.m. 64 cars will take part in the session, including two LMP3s and two Ferraris, adding to the 56 cars entered in the race.