Ferrari have been the team to beat so far at the 2024 24h of Le Mans race as Robert Kubica leads for the #83 car.

12th to start the race, Kubica made quickಌ progress up fifth as he benefitꦍed from his soft tyres.

After making the right decision when rain fell a couple of hours into the race, Kubica leapfrogged the leading #50 Ferrari and the #6 Por🧸sche which started on pole.

The #🐻50 then began to close in as pit stops and driver changes came into effect, however, the #83 managed to remain in the lead as heavy r♎ain came six hours into the race.

Both factory Ferrari’s stayed out while Kubica and ꩵthe #83 pitted for wets, which again proved to be the right c🐭all as he lapped the #51 which had been fifth before dropping to 13th.

Bat𒀰tling Ferrari for top spot was the #5 Porsche Penske car, which like the #83 car, made the right calls at the right time to move up ꦉthe order.

Toyot𒈔a were not shy in making pr♈ogress either, as Brendon Hartley was able to claw back a lot of time on the leading trio.

Alpine suffered a disastrous opening few hours as the #35 reitred before Mick Schumacher was alsoꦰ out of the race just after the six-hour mark.

Despite early pace, Cadillac’s challenge 𓆏faded as both full☂ factory V-Series R machines went backwards.

In LMGT3🍒, the highly-anticipated #46 BMW was a constant🌺 presence at the front before taking the lead after a few hours.

Valentino Rossi s🅠pent much of his first stint leading the way before handing back over to Maxime Martin, who made a mistake when getting back underway following the latest full course yellow when he spun round an LMP2 car.

As a result, Martin was under in🌟vestigation for h🧸im part in the incident.

Af𒁃ter big problems for the #20 BMW early on, the #1🧸5 was forced to retire when Dries Vanthoor suffered a big crash after contact with race leader Kubica.

As a result of the incident the safety caꦉr was deployed for the first time today.