24 Hours of Le Mans - Alpine fastest as former winner Ferrari exits. As Doriane Pin celebrates impressive qualifying session
Updated 11/06/2026 at 14:23 GMT+1
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The 24 Hours of Le Mans 2026 live comments and streaming details. TNT Sports brings you all the updates from qualifying action for the oldest active endurance racing event in the world, which is set to feature huge names including Doriane Pin, Jack Doohan and Logan Sargeant. Qualifying gets underway at 17:30 UK time, with the 24-hour race starting at 15:00 on Saturday.
Reigning champion Ye reacts to shock Hyperpole qualifying elimination
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The 24 Hours of Le Mans is back, and qualifying begins on Wednesday.
The oldest active endurance race in the world is set to feature some huge names this year, with Mark Cavendish named the official starter to wave off the likes of Doriane Pin, Jack Doohan, Logan Sargeant, and Eduardo Barrichello, son of Rubens, among them.
This year marks the 94th edition of the iconic event, and you can watch every minute of the action on TNT Sports and HBO Max.
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AF CORSE MISS HYPERPOLE, WHILE ALPINE AND CADILLAC SET PACE
Last year’s Le Mans 24 Hours winners, AF Corisica will start toward the back of the Hypercar grid after failing to make it through qualifying.
The number 83 car won a third consecutive Le Mans title for Ferrari’s Hypercar programme in 2025.
However, they struggled for pace and clean track during the opening qualifying session and finished 17th of 18 cars to miss Friday’s Hyperpole.
Both Peugeot TotalEnergies cars also finished in the bottom three and will miss the Hyperpole battle.
Alpine set the pace in qualifying as Ferdinand Harsburg edged out two Cadillacs in the final laps to finish top of the leaderboard.
Meanwhile, it was a great day for talented female driver Doriane Pin who was quickest in practice and in qualifying fastest in the LMP2 category for the Duqueine Team.
Corvette will also be optimistic for the weekend after Irish driver Peter Dempsey topped the LMGT3 in the Racing Team Turkey By TF car.
The top 15 in each category will fight out for the pole positions in tomorrow’s Hyperpole session.
How to watch and stream 24 hours of Le Mans 2026
You can watch all the action from 24 Hours of Le Mans, including free practice, qualifying, and Hyperpole, live on TNT Sports.
It will be available to stream both live and on-demand on HBO Max.
Harsburg: ‘It means so much to be top’
Alpine driver Ferdinand Harsburg was emotional after booking his place in Hyperpole with the quickest Hypercar time.
He said: ” I want to say thanks to my mom, the person who believed in me first.
I can only do what I do because of how much she believed in me. It feels so special to do this here. Last year, I struggled in Le Mans.
”I was really having a hard time out here, finding my rhythm and my pace. It's just qualifying, but it means so much to me and so much to the team to just be able to be on the top.
”Every session that you're on the top is special.”
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Ferrari react to exit
Yifei Ye of the AF Corse team has reacted to last year’s Le Mans winners going out in qualifying.
He said: ”We knew this session would be very difficult for us.
”As we have seen over the last few days, it is very close.
”We have done what we could. We were on a good lap, but unfortunately with some traffic we couldn’t finish the lap.
”We’ll focus on the race. We knew that Le Mans is a long race, and we can always recover. We believe that we have a strong car and will be able to fight for the race.”
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Alpine top qualifying
The 35 car of Alpine, driven by Ferdinand Habsburg, won the Hypercar qualifying session by one hundredth of a second from the two Cadillacs.
They will both be very confident heading into tomorrow’s Hyperpole.
Both Peugeots and Hanson are out
The 93 and 94 cars driven by Vandoorne and Jakobsen are both out. Meanwhile, last year’s Le Mans winner the 83 of AF Corsica also exits in qualifying.
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Hanson heading out
The Ferrari has had a nightmare session after struggling to remain on the track and breaking track limits.
The chequered flag goes before he can start another lap.
Cadillac lower benchmark
It has been a stellar day for Cadillac and Jordan Taylor tops the Hypercar leaderboard after knocking a tenth of Rast’s leading time.
Rast goes quickest
The BMW has lowered the quickest qualifier mark to 3:23.4 but that could be lowered as drivers look to set one more quick lap with three minutes remaining.
Pressure on Hanson
The AF Corsica has one lap to ‘push’ and move out of the bottom three if the Ferrari is going to make a place in Hyperpole.
It could be a big upset if the Ferrari exits at this stage.
Competitive elimination zone
Currently the top 15 cars are separated by less than a second. Currently the three cars who are heading out with 11 minutes remaining are the Genesis Magma 19 car of Juncadella, the Ferrari of Hanson and Peugeot of Jakobsen.
Rast, Deletraz and Riberas in touch
Less than one tenth of a second separates the top four cars early in this qualifying session. Currently it’s a one-two for Aston Martin with Gamble and Riberas.
The Cadillac of Deletraz and the BMW M Team of Rast are firmly in touch.
Gamble goes quickest in first lap
Tom Gamble driving the 007 Aston Martin car has set his stool out with a time of 3:24.1, which is five tenths quicker than his nearest challenger on the first qualifying lap.
Hypercar cars are underway
We are underway with the Hypercars who will also have 30 minutes to make it into the top 15 for a Hyperpole position.
Only three cars will be eliminated from the 18 starters.
Dempsey quickest of LMGT3
Peter Dempsey held the quickest time for the majority of the LMGT3 qualifying in his Corvette.
He was just two tenths quickest than the number 77 car driven by Powell and the 23 Aston Martin by Newell.
Missing qualifying was two McLarens (numbers 62 & 79), two Ferrari (150 &57), three Corvette (33, 2, 13), an Aston Martin and a Mercedes.
Perfect job for Pin
Doriane Pin was the quickest qualifier in the number 30 car in the LMP2 and receives a round of applause from her garage after a perfect day of driving. She finished five tenths quicker than the number 37 car driven by Aguilera.
The cars missing out on the top 15 are cars numbers 44, 25, 48 and 3 and they are all eliminated.
Session coming to an end
Some of the LMGT3 drivers will be very unhappy with this qualifying session as they scramble for a top 15 finish.
There are some big teams who are going to fail to make Hyperpole.
Doriane Pin leads LMP2 category
The 22-year-old French young driver is driving the Oreca-07-Gibson this evening in qualifying. The female driver made her mark is qualifying and is five tenths clear of her nearest competition with five minutes remaining.
Early pace setters
The LMP2 and LMGT3 cars are now making a decision if the early time that they’ve set is enough.
The 37 car of CLX Motorsport currently has the quickest time of 3:35.229 in the LMP2 category.
Meanwhile, in the 34 car of Racing Team Turkey By TF is leading the LMGT3 category in 3:55.744
Qualifying underway
Action is underway. It’s set to be an unpredictable session on a packed course for the LMP2 and LMGT3 cars. Teams are expecting five 'push/fast' laps to try and obtain a qualifying time good enough to finish inside the top 15.
One driver, one session
There is a tactical element to this year’s Le Mans qualifying session. Teams have to field different drivers in each of the qualifying and two hyperpole sessions.
The least qualified of the three drivers are required to take part in the first qualifying session.
Will teams leave their most experience driver for the final hyperpole session and risk going out of hyperpole?
We are just minutes from qualifying getting underway and teams want to set a fast time early in qualifying.
Kristensen feels that 'Cadillac mean business'
TNT Sports pundit and nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen believes that Cadillac could be the team to beat in qualifying tonight.
The 34 car was the quickest in Hypercar practice earlier today.
Drama during practice
The Circuit de la Sarthe has already caused issues in practice earlier today. Several teams were up against time to repair their cars in time for this evening’s qualifying session.
How qualifying works
We will start with the LMP2 and LMGT3 cars who have a 30-minute session starting at 17:45 BST. The top 15 cars in each class progress to tomorrow’s Hyerpole.
The Hypercars will enter the track around 18:30 BST. They will also be bidding for a top 15 spot during a 30-minute qualifying session.
How to watch and stream 24 hours of Le Mans 2026
You can watch all the action from 24 Hours of Le Mans, including free practice, qualifying, and Hyperpole, live on TNT Sports.
It will be available to stream both live and on-demand on HBO Max.
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