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2018 LE MANS 24 HOURS LE MANS 24 hours – JUNE 16-17, 2018 ROUND 2, 2018/2019 FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP (WEC) – ENTRIES: 60 – FRANCE THE 2018 LE MANS 24 HOURS the circuit Non-permanent circuit 85% of the track is open to ordinary traffic the 13.626 km rest of the year and features different types of surface The longest and fastest circuit visited by the 2018/2019 FIA WEC The Porsche Curves form the championship’s most challenging sequence of corners Features The Circuit des 24 Heures – aka Circuit de la Sarthe – is the longest and fastest venue visited by the 2018/2019 45 FIA WEC. The average speed of a qualifying lap is more than 250kph. The track’s long straights make huge cars on Michelin tyres demands on the tyres’ casings, even though the infamous Mulsanne Straight was split into three sections by two chicanes some 20 years ago. Grip levels vary depending on the surface type (busy trunk roads, Le Mans- Bugatti circuit) but tyre wear is relatively low. More than 8 500 Michelin tyres trucked to Le Mans The crew of the N°7 Toyota describes the 800 unique challenge square metres of covered workshop space and atmosphere of the Le Mans 24 Hours. 1,100 square metres of covered storage space A staff of 105 THE 2018 LE MANS 24 HOURS Jérôme mondain Endurance Racing Manager, Michelin Motorsport TIMETABLE We work hard with our manufacturer partners to prepare for the Le Mans 24 Hours, yet we are unable to test at the track itself because it is not a SUNDAY, JUNE 10 permanent facility. Its length is unique, 2:30pm - 7:00pm Scrutineering, Place de la République, Le Mans as are the speeds reached down the three long straights, the average MONDAY, JUNE 11 speeds (which are the highest of the 10:00am - 6:00pm Scrutineering, Place de la République, Le Mans season), the average aerodynamic 6:00pm - 6:30pm Handprints of 2017 winners set in stone, Le Mans centre downforce values and the fast corners which test driver bravery to the limit. TUESDAY, JUNE 12 Our aim is to run quintuple stints with 10:00am Drivers’ and team managers’ briefing the LM P1 prototypes and quadruple 10:30am - 10:45am Official drivers’ photo (start/finish straight) stints with the LM P2 prototypes 5:00pm - 6:30pm Autograph-signing session (pit lane) and cover as many as three stints in LM GTE. OUR PRIORITY IS TO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 PROVIDE OUR PARTNERS WITH 4:00pm - 8:00pm Free Practice (Le Mans 24 Hours) THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE THE STRATEGY THEY FEEL IS IN 10:00pm - midnight Qualifying Practice 1 (Le Mans 24 Hours) THEIR BEST INTERESTS. THURSDAY, JUNE 14 5:30pm - 6:25pm Road to Le Mans (Race 1) 7:00pm - 9:00pm Qualifying Practice 2 (Le Mans 24 Hours) 10:00pm - midnight Qualifying Practice 3 (Le Mans 24 Hours) RECORDS TO BEAT FRIDAY, JUNE 15 AT LE MANS 10:00am - 8:00pm Pit lane open 5:00pm - 7:00pm Drivers’ Parade, city centre, Le Mans SATURDAY, JUNE 16 33 The number of Le Mans starts notched up by Henri Pescarolo 9:00am - 9:45am Warm-up (Le Mans 24 Hours) 10:15am - 11:00am Michelin AMR Le Mans Festival 20 The distance (in metres) that 11:30am - 12:25pm Road to Le Mans (Race 2) separated the two Ford GT40s at the finish in 1966 1:00pm - 1:15pm Cars line up along pit wall 349.80km The biggest ever gap 2:00pm - 2:30pm Presentation of competitors between the winner and second place (in 1927) 2:51pm Start of formation lap 3:00PM START, 2018 LE MANS 24 HOURS 405kph The highest speed ever registered at Le Mans (1988, WM-Peugeot) SUNDAY, JUNE 17 3:00pm Finish, 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours 19 The number of Porsche wins at Le Mans After 3:00pm Podium ceremony starts 33 The number of Porsche entries (out of a total entry of 49 cars for the 1971 race) MONDAY, JUNE 18 9:00am-6:00pm Post-race scrutineering 9 The number of wins scored by Tom Kristensen at Le Mans THE 2018 LM P1 LE MANS 24 HOURS Le Mans Protoypes 1 michelin’smichelin’smichelin’s tyres tyres F tyresOR TFHOER F FTOIHARE WT FHIEAEC FWIAE CWEC AND A6N HoursDA 6N HoursD 6 of Hours Bahrain of Bahrain of Bahrain LM P1Les Tyres tyres Michelin Michelin has developed tyres for the Toyota hybrid prototypes as well as for its other LM P1 partners whose cars are powered solely by an internal combustion engine (no electric motors). The tyres available SLICK Hybrid WET for the four-wheel drive Toyotas are similar to those raced successfully soft - medium - hard weather in 2017. Work on the solutions developed for the two-wheel drive non- hybrid LM P1s (four different chassis, four different engines) focused on the front tyres. LE mans 24 hours TyreFront sizesFront FroRnet ar ReaFrro nRte ianrt eFrormnetd iinFatroteernsm t eindRtiearatmer sei n dtieaRrtmeease r d iinaRtteerasm r eindtieartmese diates Class Class Class slicks* slicsklisc*ks* sl&ic rkais*n tyres* & rain ty&r erais*n tyres* & rain tyres* slick Tyres SLICKslicks* slicks* & rain tyres* & rain tyres* LMP1 L3M1/P711-18 31/3711/-7118-18 HYBRID31/713-11/871-18WET 31/FULL71-1831 WET/71-18 31/71-18 The new tyres for 2018 feature revised constructions, with new compounds for the non-hybrid LMP1Soft - Medium31/71-18 - Hard 31/71-18 31/71-18 31/71-18 LMP2 L3MP0/625-18 30/3615/-7118-18 31/7219-1/865-18 29/65-1381/71-18 31/71-18 prototypes. LMP2 30/65-18 31/71-18 29/65-18 31/71-18 LMGTE LMGTE L3M0G/6T8E-1831/71-1830/68-1380/3618/-7118-18 31/31/71-1871-1831/7310-1/86831/71-18-18 30/68-1380/631/71-188-1381/71-18 31/71-1831/71-18 Soft: for non-abrasive track surfaces, low temperatures (less than 15°C) or at night. * WIDTH (CM) / EXT*E WRIOIDRT HD I(ACMME) T/E ERX (TCEMRI)O XR I NTDIAERMIOETRE DR I(ACMME) TXE IRNT (INERCIHOERS D).IAMETER (INCHES). Medium: for average-wearing or ‘rubbered’ track surfaces, temperatures in excess of 15°C WIDTH (CM) / EXTERIOR DIAMETER* W (CM)IDTH X (C INTERIORM) / EXTER DIAMETERIOR DIAMET (INCHES).ER (CM) X INTERIOR DIAMETER (INCHES). (core range tyre). Hard: abrasive track surfaces, demanding track configurations, temperatures in excess of 30°C. 2016 F2IA0 1W62 EF0CIA1 6t W yFrEIAeC WqutyErCoe tt aquysreo tquasotas 6 Hours 6 HoursFTyrere6 e Hours pracFt rei cQuotase, pqruFaarecltieifc ypei,rn aqgcu taiclief,y qinuga lifying Race Race Race HYBRID of Bahrainof Bahrainof Bahrain& warm-u&p warm&- uwparm-up LMP1 LMP1FreeLMP1 practice,x sets x s equalifying,ts x sets warm-up8 sets 8 sets 8 setRaces ‘Hybrid’: a pattern-less tread for use is damp conditions, or when conditions differ from one part of theLM P2 LMP2 LMP2 x sets x sets x sets 8 sets 8 sets 8 sets track to another, a scenario frequently encountered at Le Mans. The revolutionary Hybrid intermediateLM GTE PLMroGTEL MPrGoTE Prxo sets x s28ets tyresx sets 8 sets 8 sets 8 s48ets tyres was first raced at Spa in 2012 and first used at Le Mans in 2013. LMGTE ALMmGTEL MAmGTE Amx sets x sets x sets 8 sets 8 sets 8 sets RAIN Tyres TrackT treamcTkpr etarecmakt ptuerrmeapteurraeture wet track °c °c °c °c Wet and Full Wet: can have extra grooves cut into its tread pattern depending on how much water°C °C 15°°Cc 15°2c0°c15 20°3c0°c20 30°3c5°c30 35°c 35 there is to clear. Cover a broad spectrum of conditions. 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  • Fastest Lap by Driver

    Fastest Lap by Driver

    ILMC 6 HOURS OF ZHUHAI Qualifying Practice Provisional Classification by Driver Fastest Lap Nr Team Car Class Driver Time Lap Total Gap Kph 1 7 Peugeot Sport Total Peugeot 908 LM P1 Anthony Davidson 1:21.769 4 6 189.3 2 8 Peugeot Sport Total Peugeot 908 LM P1 Stephane Sarrazin 1:21.844 4 6 0.075 0.075 189.1 3 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 TDI LM P1 Tom Kristensen 1:22.038 4 6 0.269 0.194 188.7 4 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 TDI LM P1 Marcel Fässler 1:22.538 4 6 0.769 0.500 187.5 5 12 Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60 Coupé - Toyota LM P1 Neel Jani 1:23.931 3 4 2.162 1.393 184.4 6 24 Oak Racing Oak Pescarolo - Judd LM P1 Olivier Pla 1:24.684 5 6 2.915 0.753 182.8 7 007 Aston Martin Racing Lola Aston Martin LM P1 Stefan Mücke 1:25.119 3 6 3.350 0.435 181.9 8 15 Oak Racing Oak Pescarolo - Judd LM P1 Matthieu Lahaye 1:25.170 2 4 3.401 0.051 181.8 9 26 Signatech Nissan Oreca 03 - Nissan LM P2 Franck Mailleux 1:27.929 2 7 6.160 2.759 176.1 10 35 Oak Racing Oak Pescarolo - Judd LM P2 Patrice Lafargue 1:30.214 4 10 8.445 2.285 171.6 11 23 Tokai Univ Ygk Power Courage-Oreca LC70 LM P1 Mitsuyama Shogo 1:30.614 3 6 8.845 0.400 170.8 12 90 Ptrs Racing Formula Le Mans - Oreca - 09 FLM Zhang Shanqi 1:33.783 4 5 12.014 3.169 165.1 13 55 BMW Motorsport BMW M3 LM GTE Pro Jörg Müller 1:34.506 3 4 12.737 0.723 163.8 14 98 Audi Sport C Racing Audi R8 LMS GTC Edoardo Mortara 1:34.777 3 4 13.008 0.271 163.3 15 94 Hitotsuyama Racing Audi R8 LMS GTC Carlo Van Dam 1:34.934 3 5 13.165 0.157 163.1 16 51 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia LM GTE Pro Gianmaria Bruni