Le Mans 2023 starting grid: What is the grid order for the iconic 24 hour race?

Henry Valantine
·4-min read
All cars are placed on the grid. Le Mans 2023. Credit: Alamy
All cars are placed on the grid. Le Mans 2023. Credit: Alamy

The drivers have all put in their best efforts over one lap, and the grid for Le Mans 2023 has now officially been set as the world’s most iconic endurance race celebrates its 100th anniversary.

Qualifying on Wednesday saw the top eight cars in each class qualify for Hyperpole on Thursday night, which set up the battle for pole in each category for Le Mans 2023 ahead of the Centenary running of the legendary 24-hour race.

In Hypercars, the long-dominant Toyota team, piloted by ex-F1 drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Brendon Hartley in qualifying, have got a serious challenge on their hands if they are to retain their stranglehold on the race this year.

Ferrari, on their factory return to the top class after over 50 years away, qualified first and second for the big race, and by a healthy margin.

The race itself will begin on Saturday 10 June at 4pm local time at the Circuit de la Sarthe (3pm BST).

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Hyperpole results and starting grid by class: Le Mans 2023

[Positions 9th and below in class decided in qualifying on Wednesday]

Hypercar

  1. #50 FERRARI AF CORSE Antonio Fuoco 3:22.982

  2. #51 FERRARI AF CORSE Alessandro Pier Guidi +0.773

  3. #7 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING Kamui Kobayashi +1.285

  4. #8 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING Brendon Hartley +1.469

  5. #75 PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT Felipe Nasr +1.549

  6. #2 CADILLAC RACING Earl Bamber +2.188

  7. #5 PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT Frédéric Makowiecki +2.194

  8. #3 CADILLAC RACING Sébastien Bourdais +2.539

  9. #6 PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT Kévin Estre 3:26.900

  10. #93 PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES Mikkel Jensen 3:27.260

  11. #94 PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES Loïc Duval 3:27.850

  12. #311 ACTION EXPRESS RACING Luis Felipe Derani 3:27.960

  13. #708 GLICKENHAUS RACING Romain Dumas 3:28.497

  14. #709 GLICKENHAUS RACING Esteban Gutierrez 3:29.082

  15. #4 FLOYD VANWALL RACING TEAM Tom Dillman 3:29.745
    #38 HERTZ TEAM JOTA Will Stevens NO TIME SET (61 overall)

LMP2

  1. #48 IDEC SPORT Paul Loup Chatin 3:32.923

  2. #28 JOTA Pietro Fittipaldi 3:33.035

  3. #41 TEAM WRT Louis Deletraz 3:33.240

  4. #47 COOL RACING Reshad De Gerus 3:33.580

  5. #63 PREMA RACING Mirko Bortolotti 3:33.983

  6. #14 NIELSEN RACING Ben Hanley 3:34.021

  7. #9 PREMA RACING Bent Viscaal 3:34.658

  8. #10 VECTOR SPORT Gabriel Aubry 3:35.091

  9. #923 RACING TEAM TURKEY Dries Vanthoor 3:35.176

  10. #23 UNITED AUTOSPORTS Tom Blomqvist 3:35.519

  11. #45 ALGARVE PRO RACING James Allen 3:35.578

  12. #22 UNITED AUTOSPORTS Filipe Albuquerque 3:35.587

  13. #39 GRAFF RACING Giedo van der Garde 3:35.652

  14. #65 PANIS RACING Job van Uitert 3:35.691

  15. #34 INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION Albert Costa 3:35.755

  16. #31 TEAM WRT Robin Frijns 3:35.853

  17. #43 DKR ENGINEERING Maxime Martin 3:35.951

  18. #37 COOL RACING Malthe Jakobsen 3:36.271

  19. #80 AF CORSE Ben Barnicoat 3:36.483

  20. #30 DUQUEINE TEAM Neel Jani 3:37.213

  21. #35 ALPINE ELF TEAM André Negrao 3:37.498

  22. #32 INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION Anders Fjordbach 3:39.303

  23. #36 ALPINE ELF TEAM Matthieu Vaxiviere 3:59.171 (59 overall)
    #60 TOWER MOTORSPORTS Steven Thomas NO TIME SET (60 overall)

38 overall: #24 HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS Mike Rockenfeller Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 3:47.976 [Innovative Cars, Garage 56]

LMGTE Am

  1. #33 CORVETTE RACING Ben Keating 3:52.376

  2. #25 ORT BY TF Ahmad Al Harthy 3:53.905

  3. #54 AF CORSE Thomas Flohr 3:54.582

  4. #21 AF CORSE Julien Piguet 3:54.744

  5. #83 RICHARD MILLE AF CORSE Luis Perez Companc 3:55.033

  6. #57 KESSEL RACING Takeshi Kimura 3:55.637

  7. #55 GMB MOTORSPORT Jens Reno Møller 3:57.240

  8. #74 KESSEL RACING Yorikatsu Tsujiko 3:59.648

  9. #60 IRON LYNX Alessio Picariello 3:53.374

  10. #98 NORTHWEST AMR Alex Riberas 3:53.406

  11. #77 DEMPSEY – PROTON RACING Julien Andlauer 3:53.481

  12. #86 GR RACING Benjamin Barker 3:53.531

  13. #100 WALKENHORST MOTORSPORT Jeffrey Segal 3:53.590

  14. #85 IRON DAMES Michelle Gatting 3:53.603

  15. #72 TF SPORT Valentin Hasse-Clot 3:53.703

  16. #56 PROJECT 1 – AO Matteo Cairoli 3:53.947

  17. #66 JMW MOTORSPORT Louis Prette 3:54.093

  18. #911 PROTON COMPETITION Martin Rump 3:54.129

  19. #16 PROTON COMPETITION Jan Heylen 3:54.137

  20. #88 PROTON COMPETITION Harry Tincknell 3:58.486

  21. #777 D’STATION RACING Satoshi Hoshino NO TIME SET

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