The road to a Le Mans 24 Hours future starts in the Michelin Le Mans Cup, and it kicks off at Paul Ricard this weekend.
The championship for LMP3 and GT3 cars is the first step on the official ladder towards the European Le Mans Series, World Endurance Championship and Le Mans.
There’s a 39-car field for the opener in France this weekend, and 16 of them were within one second in opening practice on Friday.
Watch all the action live on The Race from 3.20pm UK time on Saturday:
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