Toyota lead Glickenhaus and Alpine in Hypercar class in first 24 Hours of Le Mans practice

Toyota set the pace in the opening free practice session of 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe. The defending champions with their GR010 Hybrid came in first with a time of 3:29.441, driven by Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa. Ad/> Just behind came the Glickenhaus SCG 007 C, driven by Ryan Briscoe, Franck Mailleux and Richard Westbrook with a time of 3:29.917.

Le Mans 24hr‘You need to take a lot of risks’ — Kristensen explains what it takes to win 'crazy' Le MansAN HOUR AGO And in third came the other Glickenhaus driven by Pipo Derani, Romain Dumas, Olivier Pla, clocking 3:30.102. Toyota's other GR010 Hybrid were fourth with a time of 3:30.403 posted by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez. Alpine, who have been tipped to challenge Toyota by nine-time Le Mans champion Tom Kristensen, were the slowest of the Hypercars.

In the LMP2 class, the United Autosports team of Alex Lynn, Oliver Jarvis and Joshua Pierson topped the timings with 3:30.238. Kristensen expects Alpine to challenge Toyota How to watch 24 Hours of Le Mans Le Mans: How does it work? What are the rules? The practice session is followed by qualifying, which takes place at 6PM and will be live on Eurosport and discovery+. The six fastest drivers in each class from the qualifying session will qualify for Hyperpole, and the top six from that session will determine the top six places in each class for the race.

/> The main race starts at 3pm on Saturday, June 11 and finishes at 3pm on Sunday, June 12. HOW CAN I WATCH THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS? You can watch the 24 Hours of Le Mans across Eurosport, the Eurosport app and discovery+. Enjoy the action ad-free on the Eurosport app and via eurosport.co.uk.