2019 24 Heures du Mans

Round 8:  15/16 June 2019

Lap distance: 13.629 km

Race duration: 24 hours

Location: Situated 200km from Paris, Le Mans is located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.

Other Races: Road to Le Mans – Ferrari Challenge

Press Office:      Email - medias@lemans.org

                          Website - www.lemans.org

Airport: Paris Orly – 198km – http://www.airport-orly.com/

DID YOU KNOW?

• 2019 will be 87th edition of the 24 Heures du Mans.  The first race was held in 1923.

• 17.262 km (10.726 Miles) was the length of the original circuit in 1923. It was shortened in 1929 and again in 1932.
• The city of Le Mans has hosted the French Grand Prix on four occassions: 1906, 1921, 1929 and 1967
• The fastest speed achieved on the Mulsanne Straight was 403.9kph / 251mph set by Roger Dorchy’s WM-Peugeot in 1988.
• 5410km  (3362 Miles) – the greatest distance achieved by a winning car (2010 Audi R15 TDI – Romain Dumas, Timo Bernhard, Mike Rockenfeller)
• After winning the 1967 race with A.J. Foyt and Ford, American Dan Gurney spontaneously sprayed champagne while celebrating on the podium.  This was the first occasion that this had been done and one that has become the traditional victory celebration.
• In 2018 Fernando Alonso became the first Formula One Grand Prix winner to win at Le Mans since Michele Alboreto in a Joest Racing TWR Porsche WSC-95 in 1997
• 1997 was also the first of Tom Kristensen’s record nine wins at Le Mans.

FIA WEC TIMETABLE

Sunday 9 June

14:00 - 19:00     Administrative Checks and Scrutineering (Place de la République)

Monday 10 June

09:30 - 18:00     Administrative Checks and Scrutineering (Place de la République)

Tuesday 11 June

10:00                   Drivers’ briefing + Team Managers’ briefing

10:30                   Official photo of the drivers entered for the Le Mans 24 Hours

17:00                   Autograph session (drivers)

Wednesday 12 June

16:00 - 20:00     Le Mans 24 Hours - Free practice session

22:00 - 00:00     Le Mans 24 Hours - Qualifying 1 session

Thursday 13 June

19:00 - 21:00     Le Mans 24 Hours - Qualifying 2 session

22:00 - 00:00     Le Mans 24 Hours - Qualifying 3 session

00:00                  Pole setters’ photo + Press Conference

Friday 14 June

10:00                  Press Conference ACO 

17:30 - 18:30     Drivers' parade (City centre)

Saturday 15 June

09.00 - 09:45     Le Mans 24 Hours - Warm-Up

12:45                  FIA Action For Road Safety Photo

15:00                  Start of the 87th 24 Hours of Le Mans

Sunday 16 June

15:00                    Finish of the 87th 24 Hours of Le Mans

                 Post-podium ACO Press conference

FIA OFFICIALS

Eduardo Freitas  FIA Race Director

Jean-Francois Veroux  FIA WEC Steward (Chairman)

Manuel Leal    FIA Technical Delegate

Christian Wahlen   FIA Medical Delegate

Jeff Carter  FIA Media Delegate

Cristobal Lopera  Chief timekeeper

Yannick Dalmas   Driver Adviser

FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS

The provisional classifications for all the Championship can be found on the following link:

http://www.fia.com

FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP – 24 Heures du Mans

Shortly after the finish of the sessions, results of the event can be found on the following link:

http://www.fia.com