24 Hours of Le Mans

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The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world’s oldest active endurance sports car race, held annually near Le Mans, France, and renowned as one of motorsport’s most prestigious events.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf endurance sports car race ⓘ
motorsport event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 24 Heures du Mans ⓘ
linked to: 24 Hours of Le Mans
approximateCircuitLengthKm 13.6 ⓘ
carCategories GT3 ⓘ
Hypercar ⓘ
LMP2 ⓘ
circuitUsed Circuit de la Sarthe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
economicImpactOn Le Mans region ⓘ
firstHeld 1923 ⓘ
formerCarCategories GTE Am ⓘ
GTE Pro ⓘ
LMP1 ⓘ
linked to: LMP1 (historic)
frequency annual ⓘ
governingBody Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile ⓘ
hasNightRacing true ⓘ
hasSupportRaces true ⓘ
historicStartFormat Le Mans start ⓘ
standing start with drivers running to cars ⓘ
inception 1923 ⓘ
keyChicane Ford Chicane ⓘ
keyCorner Arnage ⓘ
Mulsanne Corner ⓘ
Tertre Rouge ⓘ
keyStraight Mulsanne Straight ⓘ
lapDirection clockwise ⓘ
locatedIn Le Mans ⓘ
Pays de la Loire ⓘ
Sarthe ⓘ
mediaCoverage global television broadcast ⓘ
live streaming ⓘ
motorsportDiscipline endurance racing ⓘ
sports car racing ⓘ
notableFeature oldest active endurance sports car race in the world ⓘ
one of the Triple Crown of Motorsport ⓘ
organizer Automobile Club de l’Ouest ⓘ
partOf FIA World Endurance Championship ⓘ
raceDuration 24 hours ⓘ
safetyInnovationInfluence motorsport safety standards ⓘ
safetyRegulator FIA ⓘ
spectatorType international audience ⓘ
surface asphalt ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
trackType semi-permanent circuit ⓘ
tripleCrownWith Indianapolis 500 ⓘ
Monaco Grand Prix ⓘ
typicalRaceStartFormat rolling start ⓘ
typicalStartMonth June ⓘ
usesPublicRoads true ⓘ

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linked to: 24 Hours of Le Mans
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linked to: 24 Hours of Le Mans
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Sauber Motorsport → participatedIn → Le Mans 24 Hours ⓘ
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Rolex 24 at Daytona → relatedEvent → 24 Hours of Le Mans ⓘ
24 Hours of Le Mans → alsoKnownAs → 24 Heures du Mans ⓘ
linked to: 24 Hours of Le Mans
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Ford GT40 → notableRace → 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans ⓘ
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