What happened on day-one of the 2024 24h of Le Mans
Two free practice sessions with a qualifying sandwiched in between took plac💝e at the Circuit de la Sarthe.

Toyota showed their speed throughout practice at Le Mans as they topped both sessions, however, qualifying p🅺ractice was a nightmare for the Japanese manufacturer.
It was the #8 car of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley🤡 and Ryo Hirakawa t💛hat topped FP2 by over half a second, but during the qualifying practice the #8 machine could only manage P11.
The other Toyota led by Kamui Kobayashi had all its lap t🔯im🥀es deleted due to causing a red flag.
The red flag was caused by Kobayashi who spun through the gravel at Kaꦅrting.
At the front of the field, it was BMW who surprised t💧heir rivals by going fastest.
The #15 car, driven by Dries Vanthoor, Raffaele Marciello and Marco Wittmann set a tim⛎e of 3:24.465s.
Impressive once again at Le Mans, Cadillac showed their speed by claiming second place with Sebastien Bourdais, Renger Van Der Zande and Scot💮t Dixon.
Third was the lead🍨 Ferrari, but not the car that won the event in 2023, as Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen finished +0.266s down on the top time.
Leading the World Endurance championship standings, the factory Porsche team of Kevin Estre, Andre Lotterer and L🉐aurens Vanthoor was seventh quickest. The trio went on🐲 to claim third spot during the nighttime free practice.
Win🍒ners last year, the #51 Ferrari enjoyed a strong qualifyiꦚng practice as they claimed P6.
Making it four difღferent manufacturers in the top fꩲour was Alpine, with the #35 car of Paul-Loup Chatin, Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen and Charles Milesi closing their run out four tenths down on the #15 BMW.
In LMP2 Cool Racing were the team to beat as they topp൩ed the class in both qualifying practice and Free Practice.
As expected the LMGT3 class proved competitive wi🔥th Proton Competition leading the way🥃 in qualifying practice, thanks to Ryan Hardwick, Zacharie Robichon and Benjamin Barker setting the best time.