Callum Ilott, Will Stevens and Norman Nato will start the 2024 24h of Le Mans race from eighth despite missing out on 🐎Hyperpole.

The #12 car qualified for th🥂e Hyperpole shootout, however, damage to the car from Ilott’s crash in Free Practice 🦋2 meant they couldn’t get it repaired in time.

As a result✨, the #12 car missed out on track action throughout Thursday’s two pﷺractice sessions and Hyperpole.

“That’s a big workload for the team”, said Ilot📖t about the d꧃amage. “It’s probably the first time that I’ve put myself at risk in an endurance environment and I felt very bad for that.

“But once we knew the car was going to be put♕ back together with the team working so hard, it’s okay. Now it’s about resetting anඣd getting going again.”

In terms of the damage and what needed to be replac🦂ed, Ilott admitted the monocoque was completely wrecked.

Ilott added: “The monocoque had to be re🔯placed and we’ve fit everything that we have run previo𒀰usly, so there should not really be any issues.

“We will start P8, it’s a good starting position for a long race. Obviously, if that crash was going to hap🎉pen, that was th🤪e better day to do it.”

Despite the crash on Wednesday, Ilott is ♉not losing hope of achieving a big result at Le Mans.

In fact, the former F2 dri🔥ver is hopefu𝔍l of winning the showpiece event.

“We knowไ we’ve got a good setup”, underlined Ilott. “♊Everything we’re putting on the car, except for the front right, has been run and we know everything works on that side.

“The mechanics were in great spirits yesterday, they were even enjoying 🦩it. The one thing they want out of all this is a win, so we’ll go and push for that.”