The atmosphere and pitlane of Le Mans

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The pitstop challenge

On Tuesday afternoon, crews for the 62 cars in the 24 Hours participated in the first-ever Pit Stop Challenge. Mechanics from TOYOTA GAZOO Racing and TF Sport rose to the top in this tyre change speed test.The Pit Stop Challenge starting signal was given today at 15:30 by none other than Bruno Vandestick. Spectators watched on as tyre changes were executed in succession in front of the garages. With three teams working at the same time along pit lane, the first times were recorded as well as the first withdrawals, namely a Ferrari belonging to Iron Lynx.

After a routine warm-up, the four mechanics in each crew got into position. With the clock ticking, they proceeded to change the tyres, taking care not to get their brushes tangled in the pipes of the pneumatic guns, and precisely adjusted the tightness of the four central lug nuts. For Team WRT’s #31 ORECA 07-Gibson, the exercise was a failure, the fault of a recalcitrant right front wheel that wasted precious time. Every second lost is costly because to clinch this inaugural victory, you had to complete the task within 10 seconds.

The winners in each class:

Hypercar | #8 Toyota GR010-Hybrid of TOYOTA GAZOO Racing in 10:1

LMP2 | #13 ORECA 07-Gibson of TDS Racing x Vaillante in 11:6

LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Porsche GT Team

LMGTE Am | #33 Aston Martin Vantage AMR of TF Sport in 10:1

#59 Inception Racing Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE Am: Alexander West, Côme Ledogar, Marvin Klein, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#32 WRT Oreca 07 – Gibson LMP2: Rolf Ineichen, Mirko Bortolotti, Dries Vanthoor, Rene Rast, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

Pit Lane, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR – 19 LMGTE Am: Fred Poordad, Patrick Lindsey, Jan Heylen, #93 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR – 19 LMGTE Am: Michael Fassbender, Matt Campbell, Zacharie Robichon 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#93 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR – 19 LMGTE Am: Michael Fassbender, Matt Campbell, Zacharie Robichon, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#708 Glickenhaus Racing Glickenhaus 007 LMH Hypercar: Luis Felipe Derani, Romain Dumas, Olivier Pla, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#79 Weather Tech Racing Porsche 911 RSR – 19 LMGTE Am: Cooper Mac Neil, Julien Andlauer, Gianluca Giraudi, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

Road Sign, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#38 JOTA Oreca 07 – Gibson LMP2: Roberto Gonzalez, Antonio Felix Da Costa, Will Stevens, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#33 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE Am: Ben Keating, Henrique Chaves, Marco Sorensen , 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#74 Riley Motorsports Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE Pro: Felipe Fraga, Sam Bird, Shane Van Gisbergen , 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#24 Nielsen Racing Oreca 07 – Gibson LMP2: Rodrigo Sales, Matt Bell, Ben Hanley, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE Am: Renger Van der Zande, Mark Kvamme, Jason Hart, Jody Fannin, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#75 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE Am: Pierre Ehret, Christian Hook, Nicolas Varrone, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#48 Idec Sport Oreca 07 – Gibson LMP2: Paul Lafargue, Paul-Loup Chatin, Patrick Pilet, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#52 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE Pro: Miguel Molina, Davide Rigon, Antonio Fuoco, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#3 DKR Engineering Oreca 07 – Gibson LMP2: Laurents Hörr, Jean Glorieux, Alexandre Cougnaud , 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#92 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR – 19 LMGTE Pro: Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor, Michael Christensen, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#91 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR – 19 LMGTE Pro: Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz, Frederic Makowiecki, 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

#57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE Am: Takeshi Kimura, Frederik Schandorff, Mikkel Jensen , 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, Set Up, Circuit des 24 Heures, Pays da Loire, France

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