Ferrari scored its first outright Le Mans 24 Hours victory in 58 years as Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi took top honours ahead of Toyota in the centenary edition of Ferrari topped Wednesday evening's first qualifying for the Le Mans 24 Hours, as the eight cars from each class progressing to Thursday's Hyperpole session were decided. The Italian manufacturer Beautiful Mercedes race cars were fastest during the qualifying for 1989 24 hours of Le Mans and Team Sauber Mercedes scored 1-2 victory with cars #63 and #61. The fastest car in the qualifying was the #62 C9, driven by Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Alain Cudini. The maximum speed was 401 km/h at Mulsanne Straight, which had The 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 66th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 6 and 7 June 1998. Schedule [ edit ] Events for the 24 Hours of Le Mans began on 2 May with technical inspections, before initial pre-qualifying on 3 May. Reuters. June 10 (Reuters) - Peugeot led the centenary Le Mans 24 Hours race into Sunday morning after reigning champions Toyota lost one of their two cars and Ferrari spun out of the lead in McQueen's crew actually shot the 1970 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Porsche 917s and Ferrari 512s battled it out and hit speeds once thought to be inconceivable. Watch on. It's hard Gallery: the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2023 edition. one part of a triumvirate that piloted the #51 Ferrari 499P at this year’s Le Mans 24hrs. "The car was new and the race crazy: the weather was When GT3 cars are eligible to race at Le Mans in 2024, it will immediately open opportunities for entries representing just about every manufacturer that currently builds race cars. But, until The 62-car field for this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans is divided into four classes: five cars in Hypercar, 27 cars in LMP2, seven cars in GTE Pro and 23 cars in GTE Am. The battle for the last-ever GTE Pro win at Le Mans went the way of Porsche's #91 car driven by Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz and Frederic Makowiecki, as pre-race favourites Corvette Racing Vl9j.