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Le Mans 24 Hours: Mathieu Jaminet fastest for Porsche in FP3

The Frenchman topped the third practice session by more than eight tenths at the Circuit de la Sarthe

Ben Vinel

Edited: Jun 12, 2025, 5:00 PM

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Mathieu Jaminet put Porsche Penske Motorsport on top in Free Practice 3 ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Driving the #5 entry from the German-American partnership, Jaminet clocked a 3m24.717s at around 4:10pm local time, having a moment at the Dunlop chicane just seconds later.

This coincidentally happened during a 20-minute evacuation of the circuit’s media centre due to a fire alarm.

Cadillac Jota took second position and third with Earl Bamber (#38) and Will Stevens (#12) in the dying moments of the session, both of them, however, lapping more than eight tenths off the lead Porsche.

Most of the session was led by the #51 Ferrari thanks to a 3m25.705s set by Antonio Giovinazzi on his very first run of the session, but the 499P ended up in fourth after being demoted later in the session.

Further away, the #83 Ferrari, #20 BMW, #4 Porsche, #311 Cadillac and #50 Ferrari all lapped in 3m26s.

Wayne Taylor Racing’s #101 Cadillac spent most of the session in the pits, as a “potential issue” was detected and required an engine swap. With just nine laps covered, it still outpaced three cars in the Hypercar class as teams focused on race pace.

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One of these was the #93 Peugeot, which was out of action for half an hour due to a hydraulics failure that impacted the power steering.

“At the start of the session we saw something that we were questioning, so out of caution we decided to change the engine,” Wayne Taylor Racing vice president and general manager Travis Hogue said.

“Typically, that would be a longer change but with the guys we have and the motivation they have to do this race, they did a fantastic job in under two hours to get us back on track.”

The LMP2 class was led by Mathias Beche, setting a 3m36.827s in TDS Racing’s #29 ORECA-Gibson 07, from another Pro/Am entry - Oliver Jarvis in United Autosports’s #23 machine - by six tenths. Inter Europol Competition’s #43 ORECA with Tom Dillmann and the second United Autosports entry driven by Pietro Fittipaldi also lapped less than a second off the leader.

Many incidents involved LMP2 cars over the three hours of practice, with the only red flag caused by AF Corse’s #183 machine crashing at the hands of Francois Perrodo in the Porsche curves.

Jonas Reid hit the wall at Indianapolis, driving the #9 prototype entered by Iron Lynx – Proton, while Aliaksandr Malykhin (CLX – Pure Rxcing) hit a tyre wall with the #37 entry, attempting to take evasive action as the Iron Dames’ #85 car suffered a wobble ahead.

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Late in the session, IDEC Sport’s #28 car lost its front-left wheel and trundled back to the pits.

In LMGT3, no fewer than four cars from three different brands went faster than the quickest qualifying time from yesterday. Zacharie Robichon's #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin set the pace with a 3m55.897s lap, 0.037s better than Riccardo Pera's #92 Porsche entered by Manthey.

Akkodis ASP’s #78 Lexus with Jack Hawksworth aboard and Eduardo Barrichello in Racing Spirit of Leman’s #10 Aston followed.

The main incident in this class came from Thomas Flohr, who spun out at the last corner in the #54 Ferrari. 

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Cla Team # Drivers Car Laps Time Interval km/h 1

PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT HYPERCAR

5 J. Andlauer M. Christensen M. Jaminet Porsche 963 33

3'24.717

  239.616 2

Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA HYPERCAR

38 E. Bamber S. Bourdais J. Button Cadillac V-Series.R 41

+0.816

3'25.533

0.816 238.665 3

Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA HYPERCAR

12 W. Stevens N. Nato A. Lynn Cadillac V-Series.R 40

+0.892

3'25.609

0.076 238.577 4

FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR

51 A. Pier Guidi J. Calado A. Giovinazzi Ferrari 499P 44

+0.988

3'25.705

0.096 238.465 5

AF Corse HYPERCAR

83 R. Kubica Y. Yifei P. Hanson Ferrari 499P 29

+1.605

3'26.322

0.617 237.752 6

BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR

20 R. Rast R. Frijns S. Van Der Linde BMW M Hybrid V8 32

+1.650

3'26.367

0.045 237.700 7

PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT HYPERCAR

4 F. Nasr N. Tandy P. Wehrlein Porsche 963 34

+2.138

3'26.855

0.488 237.140 8

Cadillac Whelen HYPERCAR

311 J. Aitken F. Drugovich F. Vesti Cadillac V-Series.R 39

+2.197

3'26.914

0.059 237.072 9

FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR

50 A. Fuoco N. Nielsen M. Molina Ferrari 499P 34

+2.231

3'26.948

0.034 237.033 10

BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR

15 D. Vanthoor R. Marciello K. Magnussen BMW M Hybrid V8 37

+2.363

3'27.080

0.132 236.882 11

Toyota Racing HYPERCAR

7 M. Conway K. Kobayashi N. de Vries Toyota GR010 - Hybrid 42

+2.639

3'27.356

0.276 236.567 12

PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT HYPERCAR

6 K. Estre L. Vanthoor M. Campbell Porsche 963 41

+2.683

3'27.400

0.044 236.516 13

Aston Martin THOR Team HYPERCAR

009 A. Riberas M. Sorensen R. De Angelis Aston Martin Valkyrie 39

+2.790

3'27.507

0.107 236.394 14

Toyota Racing HYPERCAR

8 S. Buemi B. Hartley R. Hirakawa Toyota GR010 - Hybrid 45

+3.024

3'27.741

0.234 236.128 15

Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR

36 M. Schumacher F. Makowiecki J. Gounon Alpine A424 42

+3.985

3'28.702

0.961 235.041 16

Aston Martin THOR Team HYPERCAR

007 H. Tincknell T. Gamble R. Gunn Aston Martin Valkyrie 39

+4.552

3'29.269

0.567 234.404 17

PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR

94 L. Duval M. Jakobsen S. Vandoorne Peugeot 9X8 41

+4.575

3'29.292

0.023 234.378 18

Cadillac WTR HYPERCAR

101 R. Taylor J. Taylor F. Albuquerque Cadillac V-Series.R 9

+4.598

3'29.315

0.023 234.353 19

Proton Competition HYPERCAR

99 N. Jani N. Pino

N. Varrone

Porsche 963 29

+4.684

3'29.401

0.086 234.256 20

Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR

35 P. Chatin F. Habsburg C. Milesi Alpine A424 36

+5.318

3'30.035

0.634 233.549 21

PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR

93 P. di Resta M. Jensen J. Vergne Peugeot 9X8 30

+5.933

3'30.650

0.615 232.867 22

TDS Racing LMP2

29 R. Sales M. Beche C. Novalak Oreca 07 40

+12.110

3'36.827

6.177 226.233 23

United Autosports LMP2

23 D. Schneider O. Jarvis B. Hanley Oreca 07 35

+12.719

3'37.436

0.609 225.600 24

INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION LMP2

43 J. Smiechowski T. Dillmann N. Yelloly Oreca 07 32

+12.846

3'37.563

0.127 225.468 25

United Autosports LMP2

22 R. van der Zande P. Fittipaldi D. Heinemeier Hansson Oreca 07 36

+12.946

3'37.663

0.100 225.364 26

AO by TF LMP2

199 P. Hyett D. Cameron L. Deletraz Oreca 07 40

+13.080

3'37.797

0.134 225.226 27

IDEC SPORT LMP2

28 P. Lafargue J. Van Uitert S. Alvarez Oreca 07 27

+14.027

3'38.744

0.947 224.251 28

Algarve Pro Racing Team LMP2

45 G. Kurtz N. Catsburg

A. Quinn

Oreca 07 32

+14.028

3'38.745

0.001 224.250 29

VDS Panis Racing LMP2

48

O. Gray

E. Masson

F. Perera Oreca 07 39

+14.103

3'38.820

0.075 224.173 30

Proton Competition LMP2

11 G. Roda R. Binder B. Viscaal Oreca 07 35

+14.438

3'39.155

0.335 223.830 31

AF Corse LMP2

183 F. Perrodo M. Vaxiviere A. Felix da Costa Oreca 07 32

+14.586

3'39.303

0.148 223.679 32

RLR MSport LMP2

16

M. Jensen

R. Cullen P. Pilet Oreca 07 38

+14.843

3'39.560

0.257 223.417 33

Iron Lynx - Proton LMP2

9 J. Ried

M. Capietto

R. de Gerus Oreca 07 33

+14.902

3'39.619

0.059 223.357 34

Algarve Pro Racing Team LMP2

25 M. Kaiser

L. Fluxá

T. Pourchaire Oreca 07 41

+15.455

3'40.172

0.553 222.796 35

CLX Pure Rxcing LMP2

37

A. Malykhin

T. Blomqvist T. Vautier Oreca 07 38

+15.579

3'40.296

0.124 222.671 36

NIELSEN RACING LMP2

24

N. Rao

C. Bolukbasi C. Braun Oreca 07 33

+15.885

3'40.602

0.306 222.362 37

IDEC SPORT LMP2

18 J. Chadwick

M. Jaubert

A. Lotterer Oreca 07 32

+16.324

3'41.041

0.439 221.920 38

INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION LMP2

34 N. Boulle J. Simmenauer L. Ghiotto Oreca 07 39

+17.027

3'41.744

0.703 221.217 39

Heart of Racing Team LMGT3

27 I. James M. Drudi Z. Robichon Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 32

+31.180

3'55.897

14.153 207.944 40

Manthey 1st Phorm LMGT3

92 R. Hardwick R. Pera R. Lietz Porsche 911 GT3 R 38

+31.217

3'55.934

0.037 207.912 41

AKKODIS ASP Team LMGT3

78

A. Robin

J. Hawksworth F. Gehrsitz Lexus RC F GT3 27

+31.307

3'56.024

0.090 207.833 42

Racing Spirit of Leman LMGT3

10 D. DeBoer V. Hasse-Clot D. Barrichello Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 36

+31.891

3'56.608

0.584 207.320 43

TEAM WRT LMGT3

46 A. Al Harthy V. Rossi K. van der Linde BMW M4 GT3 38

+32.161

3'56.878

0.270 207.083 44

United Autosports LMGT3

59

J. Cottingham

G. Saucy S. Baud McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 25

+32.215

3'56.932

0.054 207.036 45

Vista AF Corse LMGT3

54 T. Flohr F. Castellacci D. Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 33

+32.229

3'56.946

0.014 207.024 46

Manthey LMGT3

90

A. Au

L. Hartog

K. Bachler Porsche 911 GT3 R 36

+32.278

3'56.995

0.049 206.981 47

United Autosports LMGT3

95 D. Leung S. Gelael M. Sato McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 32

+32.323

3'57.040

0.045 206.942 48

Ziggo Sport Tempesta LMGT3

193

J. Hui

C. Froggatt

E. Cheever Ferrari 296 GT3 37

+32.383

3'57.100

0.060 206.889 49

AKKODIS ASP Team LMGT3

87

R. Umbrarescu

J. Lopez C. Schmid Lexus RC F GT3 31

+32.412

3'57.129

0.029 206.864 50

Kessel Racing LMGT3

57 T. Kimura D. Serra C. Stevenson Ferrari 296 GT3 37

+32.655

3'57.372

0.243 206.652 51

RICHARD MILLE AF CORSE LMGT3

150 C. Toledo L. Wadoux

R. Agostini

Ferrari 296 GT3 35

+32.665

3'57.382

0.010 206.644 52

Vista AF Corse LMGT3

21 F. Heriau S. Mann A. Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 35

+32.694

3'57.411

0.029 206.618 53

TF Sport LMGT3

81 T. Rompuy R. Andrade C. Eastwood Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 38

+32.778

3'57.495

0.084 206.545 54

The Bend Team WRT LMGT3

31 Y. Shahin T. Boguslavskiy A. Farfus BMW M4 GT3 38

+32.921

3'57.638

0.143 206.421 55

TF Sport LMGT3

33 B. Keating J. Edgar D. Juncadella Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 36

+33.024

3'57.741

0.103 206.332 56

Proton Competition LMGT3

77 B. Sousa B. Tuck B. Barker Ford Mustang GT3 34

+33.320

3'58.037

0.296 206.075 57

IRON DAMES LMGT3

85 C. Martin R. Frey S. Bovy Porsche 911 GT3 R 39

+33.654

3'58.371

0.334 205.786 58

IRON LYNX LMGT3

61 M. Berry L. Hodenius M. Martin Mercedes AMG GT3 35

+33.713

3'58.430

0.059 205.735 59

IRON LYNX LMGT3

60

A. Gilbert

L. Nicolas Hanafin

F. Rueda Mercedes AMG GT3 36

+34.197

3'58.914

0.484 205.319 60

IRON LYNX LMGT3

63 S. Grove

B. Grove

L. Stolz Mercedes AMG GT3 30

+34.814

3'59.531

0.617 204.790 61

Proton Competition LMGT3

88 S. Gattuso G. Levorato D. Olsen Ford Mustang GT3 17

+35.477

4'00.194

0.663 204.224 62

AWA LMGT3

13 O. Fidani L. Kern M. Bell Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 25

+35.668

4'00.385

0.191 204.062 View full results  

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