Pierre Fillon: “At the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2025, hydrogens will be able to compete with other prototypes”

While the electric-hydrogen prototype MissionH24 drove for the first time against other cars last weekend at Spa-Francorchamps during Free Practice for the Michelin Le Mans Cup, a round table dedicated to the competition took place this Tuesday on the occasion of the Hydrogen Symposium organized in Le Mans, at the Palais des Congrès et de la Culture. While Jean-Michel Bouresche, the Team manager of H24Racing analyzed this first run in competition, Pierre Fillon presented the future category dedicated to electric-hydrogen prototypes planned for the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2025. The President of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest clarified the contours of this next one-make category with a single chassis. This chassis will thus be able to integrate a hydrogen thermal engine and TotalEnergies will take on the mission of ensuring the refueling of these electric-hydrogen prototypes in 2025. For the tires, Michelin is in charge of development. Pierre Fillon assures us, “at the 24 2025 Hours of Le Mans, hydrogen prototypes will be able to compete against other types of technology. »

Development pilot of the H24Racing project with Norman Nato and Stoffel Vandoorne, Stéphane Richelmi's mission was to accumulate kilometers behind the wheel of the MissionH24 in Belgium by refueling with hydrogen at the TotalEnergies mobile station installed for the first time in the pit lane , “ thus allowing refueling under the same conditions as a conventionally powered prototype ". " I had the chance to drive the Mission H24 during Free Practice for the Michelin Le Mans Cup, reacted the Monegasque. Even if we are still far from competing with the LM P3s, the important thing is that the car has a lot of room for improvement. We learn with each outing and the kilometers will make us progress. » The Mission H24 completed the two sessions each time in last position, respectively 8 and 4 seconds behind the penultimate competitor. Another hydrogen project in development, GCK Motorsport unveiled this Tuesday the first images of its vehicle planned for the 2024 Dakar.

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