Toyota won the 24 Hours of Le Mans again four years later, and did so from the lowest starting position in the history of the race for an overall winner. The GR010 Hybrid number 7 of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries started 14th on the grid, recovered with an early pit stop in the first half hour, and won with 381 laps and a margin of 10.9 seconds over the BMW M Hybrid V8 number 20 of Robin Frijns, René Rast and Sheldon van der Linde. The Toyota number 8 of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa finished third, 20.4 seconds behind, with seven Hypercars on the lead lap.

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Qualifying had already been a blow for the Japanese manufacturer. The Toyota 8 ended up 15th and the 7, 14th, the first time in several seasons that the team was left out of the fight for pole position. The response came 30 minutes into the race, when Conway brought the Toyota 7 into the pits on lap 9 and the sister car followed one lap later. Both broke away from the rest of the Hypercar sequence to run in clean air, and Buemi put together 20 laps on a single set of medium tyres to take the lead on an afternoon when temperatures in Sarthe reached 30 degrees and tyre wear already made a difference.

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The night brought a close battle with BMW and Cadillac, who used soft compounds to cut the gap in the early morning. Bamber put the Cadillac 38 in front with a record lap of 3:26.370, but a power steering issue sent it to the garage at hour 12 and it never returned to competitive condition. The Toyota 8 also faced difficulties. Hartley warned over the radio that the front grip was becoming erratic due to a flat spot on the tyres, and later the car received a stop‑and‑go penalty for an infringement during a Full Course Yellow, costing it precious margin in the middle of its comeback.

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On Sunday morning, as temperatures rose and the medium compound returned pace to Toyota, the 8 lost a minute and a half due to a change of the left‑front brake drum and ceded the lead to the 7.

With two and a half hours to go, a round of pit stops under FCY split the strategy of the leading pack. Hartley had already stopped the Toyota 8 before the neutralisation. De Vries made an emergency stop and then a full stop on the following lap, and that sequence put the 7 in front. Frijns cut the gap to 10 seconds, but a pit‑entry error in the penultimate hour gave Kobayashi the final margin. De Vries was investigated for cutting a corner at the end, but the stewards determined that no infringement had taken place.

The Cadillac 38 was the fastest of the night and disappeared from contention due to a steering problem. The Genesis 17 broke its right‑front suspension while running inside the top ten on the brand's debut, and the Genesis 19 stopped on the Mulsanne straight with an electrical blackout, although it managed to rejoin and finished the race in 13th place. The Ferrari 50, winner in 2024, spent the night in the garage due to a faulty extinguisher and retired with 284 laps. The BMW 15, pole‑sitter, suffered bodywork, tyre and electrical issues that put it out of contention. At hour 19, Ayhancan Güven crashed the Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R into the barriers of the Mulsanne chicane due to a steering failure. The race was neutralised for more than an hour to repair the barriers, and Güven walked away unhurt.

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Inter Europol defended the victory in LMP2 with the Oreca 43 of Smiechowski, Dillmann and Yelloly, which finished one lap ahead of the 343 of Garg, de Gérus and Müller. Duqueine led much of the night with the Oreca 30 of Verschoor, Andlauer and Pin, but retired three and a half hours from the end with a brake problem. In LMGT3, TF Sport took the Corvette 33 of Keating, Edgar and Catsburg to victory, one lap ahead of the Lexus 78 of Akkodis ASP.

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Toyota's first three Le Mans victories, between 2018 and 2020, came in LMP1 without the opposition of other factory manufacturers. The wins in 2021 and 2022 were in Hypercar, but with a grid still under construction. This sixth crown was achieved against eight official manufacturers, the most competitive field since the Audi‑Porsche‑Toyota era in LMP1. Conway and Kobayashi score their second victory at La Sarthe, and De Vries gets his first.

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WEC — Le Mans 24H 

Pos	p.class	class	#	drivers	team	car	laps	Gap
1	1	HYPERCAR	#7	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck De Vries	Toyota Racing	Toyota TR010 Hybrid	381	-
2	2	HYPERCAR	#20	Robin Frijns René Rast Sheldon Van Der Linde	BMW M Team WRT	BMW M Hybrid V8	381	+10.913s
3	3	HYPERCAR	#8	Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa	Toyota Racing	Toyota TR010 Hybrid	381	+20.417s
4	4	HYPERCAR	#12	Louis Delétraz Will Stevens Norman Nato	Cadillac Hertz Team Jota	Cadillac V-Series.R	381	+32.381s
5	5	HYPERCAR	#51	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi	Ferrari AF Corse	Ferrari 499P	381	+2:22.423
6	6	HYPERCAR	#35	António Félix Da Costa Charles Milesi Ferdinand Habsburg	Alpine Endurance Team	Alpine A424	381	1 lap
7	7	HYPERCAR	#83	Yifei Ye Robert Kubica Philip Hanson	AF Corse	Ferrari 499P	381	1 lap
8	8	HYPERCAR	#007	Harry Tincknell Tom Gamble Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Thor Team	Aston Martin Valkyrie	379	2 Laps
9	9	HYPERCAR	#101	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Filipe Albuquerque	Cadillac WTR	Cadillac V-Series.R	379	2 Laps
10	10	HYPERCAR	#36	Frédéric Makowiecki Jules Gounon Victor Martins	Alpine Endurance Team	Alpine A424	379	2 Laps
11	11	HYPERCAR	#94	Loïc Duval Malthe Jakobsen Théo Pourchaire	Peugeot Totalenergies	Peugeot 9X8	377	4 Laps
12	12	HYPERCAR	#93	Paul Di Resta Stoffel Vandoorne Nick Cassidy	Peugeot Totalenergies	Peugeot 9X8	376	5 Laps
13	13	HYPERCAR	#19	Mathieu Jaminet Paul-loup Chatin Daniel Juncadella	Genesis Magma Racing	Genesis GMR-001-Hypercar	372	9 Laps
14	14	HYPERCAR	#009	Alex Riberas Marco Sørensen Roman De Angelis	Aston Martin Thor Team	Aston Martin Valkyrie	372	9 Laps
15	1	LMP2	#43	Jakub Smiechowski Tom Dillmann Nicholas Yelloly	Inter Europol Competition	Oreca 07 - Gibson	361	-
16	2	LMP2	#343	Bijoy Garg Reshad De Gérus Nico Müller	Inter Europol Competition	Oreca 07 - Gibson	360	1 Lap
17	3	LMP2	#29	Louis Rousset Esteban Masson Oliver Gray	Forestier Racing by Panis	Oreca 07 - Gibson	360	1 Lap
18	4	LMP2	#26	Ryan Cullen Vladislav Lomko Pietro Fittipaldi	Vector Sport	Oreca 07 - Gibson	360	1 Lap
19	5	LMP2	#37	Adrien Closmenil Ian Aguilera Theodor Jensen	CLX Motorsport	Oreca 07 - Gibson	360	1 Lap
20	6	LMP2	#28	Paul Lafargue Valerio Rinicella Job Van Uitert	IDEC SPORT	Oreca 07 - Gibson	359	2 Laps
21	7	LMP2	#4	George Kurtz Alexander Quinn Laurin Heinrich	Crowdstrike Racing by APR	Oreca 07 - Gibson	358	3 Laps
22	8	LMP2	#22	Rasmus Lindh Grégoire Saucy Mikkel Jensen	United Autosports	Oreca 07 - Gibson	358	3 Laps
23	9	LMP2	#183	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxiviere Ben Barnicoat	AF Corse	Oreca 07 - Gibson	357	4 Laps
24	10	LMP2	#99	Pj Hyett James Allen Dane Cameron	AO by TF	Oreca 07 - Gibson	356	5 Laps
25	11	LMP2	#9	Jonas Ried Kakunoshin Ohta Harry King	Proton Competition	Oreca 07 - Gibson	356	5 Laps
26	12	LMP2	#25	Michael Jensen Enzo Trulli Jake Hughes	Algarve Pro Racing	Oreca 07 - Gibson	356	5 Laps
27	13	LMP2	#14	Tobias Lutke Mathias Beche Kévin Estre	TDS Racing	Oreca 07 - Gibson	355	6 Laps
28	14	LMP2	#44	Horst Jr Felbermayr Horst Felix Felbermayr Lorenzo Fluxa	Proton Competition	Oreca 07 - Gibson	354	7 Laps
29	15	LMP2	#222	Daniel Schneider Benjamin Hanley Oliver Jarvis	United Autosports	Oreca 07 - Gibson	354	7 Laps
30	16	LMP2	#48	Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Romain Dumas	RD Limited	Oreca 07 - Gibson	353	8 Laps
31	17	LMP2	#3	John Farano Sebastian Alvarez Renger Van Der Zande	DKR Engineering	Oreca 07 - Gibson	344	17 Laps
32	18	LMP2	#24	David Heinemeier Hansson Edward Pearson Jack Doohan	Nielsen Racing	Oreca 07 - Gibson	341	20 Laps
33	1	LMGT3	#33	Ben Keating Jonny Edgar Nicky Catsburg	TF Sport	Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R	336	-
34	2	LMGT3	#78	Tom Van Rompuy Hadrien David Jack Hawksworth	Akkodis ASP Team	Lexus RC F LMGT3	335	1 Lap
35	3	LMGT3	#23	Gray Newell Eduardo Barrichello Jonny Adam	Heart of Racing Team	Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3	335	1 Lap
36	4	LMGT3	#87	Petru Umbrärescu Clemens Schmid José María López	Akkodis ASP Team	Lexus RC F LMGT3	335	1 Lap
37	5	LMGT3	#21	François Hériau Simon Mann Alessio Rovera	Vista AF Corse	Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo	335	1 Lap
38	6	LMGT3	#34	Peter Dempsey Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood	Racing Team Turkey by TF	Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R	335	1 Lap
39	7	LMGT3	#32	Darren Leung Sean Gelael Augusto Farfus	Team WRT	BMW M4 LMGT3 Evo	334	2 Laps
40	8	LMGT3	#150	Custodio Toledo Lilou Wadoux Riccardo Agostini	Richard Mille AF Corse	Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo	334	2 Laps
41	9	LMGT3	#74	Dustin Blattner Lorenzo Patrese Dennis Marschall	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo	334	2 Laps
42	10	LMGT3	#57	Takeshi Kimura Conrad Laursen Daniel Serra	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo	334	2 Laps
43	11	LMGT3	#59	Clément Mateu Marius Fossard Valentin Hasse Clot	Racing Spirit Of Leman	Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3	332	4 Laps
44	12	LMGT3	#10	Antares Au Thomas Fleming Marvin Kirchhöfer	Garage 59	McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo	332	4 Laps
45	13	LMGT3	#92	Yasser Shahin Riccardo Pera Richard Lietz	The Bend Manthey	Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3	330	6 Laps
46	14	LMGT3	#2	Prince Jefri Ibrahim Lorcan Hanafin Ben Green	TF Sport	Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R	330	6 Laps
47	15	LMGT3	#58	Alexander West Finn Gehrsitz Benjamin Goethe	Garage 59	McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo	329	7 Laps
48	16	LMGT3	#62	Abdulla Al-khelaifi Julian Hanses Giuliano Alesi	Team Qatar by Iron Lynx	Mercedes-AMG LMGT3	324	12 Laps
49	17	LMGT3	#88	Stefano Gattuso Giammarco Levorato Logan Sargeant	Proton Competition	Ford Mustang LMGT3	323	13 Laps
50	19	LMP2	#30	Doriane Pin Julien Andlauer Richard Verschoor	Duqueine Team	Oreca 07 - Gibson	307	54 Laps
51	18	LMGT3	#27	Ian James Zacharie Robichon Mattia Drudi	Heart of Racing Team	Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3	291	45 Laps
52	19	LMGT3	#69	Anthony Mcintosh Parker Thompson Daniel Harper	Team WRT	BMW M4 LMGT3 Evo	291	45 Laps
53	15	HYPERCAR	#50	Antonio Fuoco Nicklas Nielsen Miguel Molina	Ferrari AF Corse	Ferrari 499P	284	97 Laps
54	16	HYPERCAR	#15	Kevin Magnussen Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor	BMW M Team WRT	BMW M Hybrid V8	272	109 Laps
55	17	HYPERCAR	#17	André Lotterer Luis Felipe Derani Mathys Jaubert	Genesis Magma Racing	Genesis GMR-001-Hypercar	263	118 Laps
56	20	LMGT3	#91	James Cottingham Timur Boguslavskiy Ayhancan Güven	Manthey DK Engineering	Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3	254	82 Laps
57	21	LMGT3	#77	Eric Powell Ben Tuck Sebastian Priaulx	Proton Competition	Ford Mustang LMGT3	244	92 Laps
58	18	HYPERCAR	#38	Sébastien Bourdais Earl Bamber Jack Aitken	Cadillac Hertz Team Jota	Cadillac V-Series.R	218	163 Laps
59	22	LMGT3	#79	Johannes Zelger Matteo Cressoni Lin Hodenius	Iron Lynx	Mercedes-AMG LMGT3	153	183 Laps
60	23	LMGT3	#54	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Davide Rigon	Vista AF Corse	Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo	110	226 Laps
61	24	LMGT3	#61	Martin Berry Rui Andrade Maxime Martin	Iron Lynx	Mercedes-AMG LMGT3	65	271 Laps
62	25	LMGT3	#13	Orey Fidani Lars Kern Matthew Bell	13 Autosport	Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R	61	275 Laps