Le Mans scrutineering: the most important
The iconic 24-hour event in Le Mans traditionally begins with technical "scrutineering" in the very center of the city, where the event is open to fans. During the technical inspection of cars, pilots spend a lot of time with the media. The most interesting thing is that:
Hypercar Genesis Magma Racing GMR-001 is going to its debut next week for 24 hours Le Mans. This is the first ever 24-hour race this Korean luxury brand will take part in. Jaminet explained before the French classic tout that he and Genesis felt "less pressure" than they did at the Porsche.
Mathieu Jaminet decided to leave the Porsche as a factory driver after the 2025 season after winning the IMSA in the GTP category. He joined the newly created Hypercar Team Genesis, which has no tradition in motorsport and begins its presence in motorist sport with a clean slate: "Yes, it is my first Le Mans with another brand. In fact, in the past I drove Le Mans always with a Porsche," said Jaminet.
I'm excited because it's the beginning of Genesis. It's a brand new brand. Also on the European market, you know, just arrived. I think this event will really help create a fan base and help a few people understand what we do, what road cars we make.
We came here with special colors that are actually pretty cool, you know, and I feel like they're really cool. I hope the fans like it, and that more people will be cheering for us for the rest of the season. "
Jack Aitken has attended Le Mans 24 hours with Cadillac for the fourth time, although for the first time in the entire season of World Endurance Championship. Brit summed up the differences between participating in Le Mans as a one-time race and participating in the WEC season: "It's a little easier because every year when I arrived with Action Express in Whelen, I had to adapt to the new rules and remember all the differences between the series.
"There are also some very small differences between the two cars that you need to control. So now, well, we've only had a few races of the season, but it's getting easier when it comes to adapting, coming to Le Mans from Iola and Spa than Detroit and Laguna and all that."
Aitken, who replaced Button at the number 38 Cadillac JoTA this season, left out the initial race in Imola due to a collision with the IMSA race: "Yeah, I missed Imola and we didn't get to Qatar, so I certainly didn't have as many racing bikes as I wanted.
The factory rider Porsche Laurin Heinrich will debut Le Mans in LMP2 next weekend with the Crowdstretch Racing by APR. He explained how he was preparing for the world's biggest endurance race.
"In fact, we took a preparatory test at Watkins Glen, after Long Beach in April, so I had a few laps to get used to the car, and the track was familiar, which helps," he began.
"But you can't learn a car for one test day, so I'm getting better, but as I said, I like to adapt to new cars, and it's actually a very different car from the GTP I'm used to, but I think it makes me a more complex driver when I'm learning all categories of cars and trying to adapt as best I can."
The Portuguese APR team (Algarve Pro Racing Team) is a triple winner of its class for 24 hours Le Mans and dominated the LMP2 Pro-Am class in 2023 with the CrowdStrike Racing team.
"It's a very performance-oriented team, but it also feels like one big family. Actually, it's a family business, which I really like. They're not just there to have fun and be a family team, but they're also successful, and I really like this combination. I love the atmosphere," Shnrul Heinrich.