Aitken secures pole position for the #38 Cadillac at Le Mans 2026, beating BMW by 0.005 seconds

The No. 12 Cadillac rounded out the top three, while Genesis, Alpine, Aston Martin, and Ferrari made it into the top 10

Cadillac secures pole position for the 2026 Le Mans with Aitken by five thousandths of a second

Aitken secures pole position for the #38 Cadillac at Le Mans 2026, beating BMW by 0.005 seconds

The No. 12 Cadillac rounded out the top three, while Genesis, Alpine, Aston Martin, and Ferrari made it into the top 10

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Cadillac claimed pole position for the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Hyperpole 2 session decided by just five thousandths of a second. Jack Aitken put the Cadillac Hertz Team Jota #38 on top with a time of 3:22.559. The BMW M Team WRT #15 finished only 0.005 seconds behind, while Cadillac #12 took third place. Alpine, BMW, Genesis, Aston Martin and Ferrari also managed to place representatives inside the Top 10. Full details, complete results and analysis of one of the closest qualifying sessions at Le Mans in recent years will follow shortly.

NOTE: After the publication of this post, the stewards voided the lap time of the #38 Cadillac due to a penalty. BMW inherited the pole position. The updated information is available in the following post:

BMW takes pole for 24 Hours of Le Mans 2026 after Cadillac #38 penalty

Hyperpole 2 HYPERCAR Le Mans 24H 2026

Pos Clase # drivers team car Gap
1 HYPERCAR #38
Sébastien Bourdais
Earl Bamber
Jack Aitken
Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Cadillac V-Series.R +4.301s
2 HYPERCAR #15
Kevin Magnussen
Raffaele Marciello
Dries Vanthoor
BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 +0.005s
3 HYPERCAR #12
Louis Delétraz
Will Stevens
Norman Nato
Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Cadillac V-Series.R +0.519s
4 HYPERCAR #35
António Félix Da Costa
Charles Milesi
Ferdinand Habsburg
Alpine Endurance Team Alpine A424 +1.061s
5 HYPERCAR #20
Robin Frijns
René Rast
Sheldon Van Der Linde
BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 +1.205s
6 HYPERCAR #101
Ricky Taylor
Jordan Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque
Cadillac WTR Cadillac V-Series.R +1.219s
7 HYPERCAR #19
Mathieu Jaminet
Paul-loup Chatin
Daniel Juncadella
Genesis Magma Racing Genesis GMR-001-Hypercar +1.264s
8 HYPERCAR #009
Alex Riberas
Marco Sørensen
Roman De Angelis
Aston Martin Thor Team Aston Martin Valkyrie +2.170s
9 HYPERCAR #51
Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado
Antonio Giovinazzi
Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P +2.522s
10 HYPERCAR #17
André Lotterer
Luis Felipe Derani
Mathys Jaubert
Genesis Magma Racing Genesis GMR-001-Hypercar +3.557s
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