The 2026 Lone Star Le Mans was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between September 4–6, 2026 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. It was the fifth of eight rounds of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship and the ninth running of the event.

Entry list

The entry list was published on August 24, 2026 and consisted of 35 entries across 2 categories – 17 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3. In Hypercar, Ricky Taylor joined the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota entry. In LMGT3, Eduardo Barrichello and Nicky Catsburg both return to their respective teams after missing the 6 Hours of São Paulo due to their full-season IMSA SportsCar Championship commitments.

Schedule Date Time (local: CST) Event Friday, 4 September 11:30 Free Practice 1 16:00 Free Practice 2 Saturday, 5 September 11:00 Free Practice 3 15:00 Qualifying – LMGT3 15:20 Hyperpole – LMGT3 15:40 Qualifying – Hypercar 16:00 Hyperpole – Hypercar Sunday, 6 September 13:00 Race Source: Practice Three practice sessions were held before the event: two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two sessions on Friday ran for 90 minutes, and the final session on Saturday ran for 60 minutes.

Practice 1 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar51 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Giovinazzi1:53.824LMGT310 Garage 59 Tom Fleming2:06.016Source:

Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Practice 2 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar007 Aston Martin THOR Team Harry Tincknell1:52.567LMGT327 Heart of Racing Team Zacharie Robichon2:05.609Source:

Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 3 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar007 Aston Martin THOR Team Harry Tincknell1:52.174LMGT321 Vista AF Corse Simon Mann2:05.731Source:

Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Qualifying Qualifying started at 15:00 CST on Saturday, with one twelve-minute qualifying session and one ten-minute hyperpole session per class, resulting in two qualifying and two hyperpole sessions in total.

Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. ClassEntrantQualifyingHyperpole1Hypercar51 Ferrari AF Corse1:52.1051:52.44512Hypercar38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota1:52.5981:52.44523Hypercar35 Alpine Endurance Team1:52.5521:52.47434Hypercar007 Aston Martin THOR Team1:52.6631:52.49545Hypercar50 Ferrari AF Corse1:52.0201:52.87356Hypercar36 Alpine Endurance Team1:52.0741:52.88677Hypercar8 Toyota Racing1:52.6711:52.98568Hypercar17 Genesis Magma Racing1:52.7351:53.00689Hypercar7 Toyota Racing1:52.7291:53.293910Hypercar19 Genesis Magma Racing1:52.4571:53.4951011Hypercar15 BMW M Team WRT1:52.8411112Hypercar94 Peugeot TotalEnergies1:52.9471213Hypercar20 BMW M Team WRT1:52.9981314Hypercar83 Ferrari AF Corse1:53.0431415Hypercar12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota1:53.0801516Hypercar93 Peugeot TotalEnergies1:53.2201717Hypercar009 Aston Martin THOR Team1:53.5071618LMGT323 Heart of Racing Team2:07.1482:05.1601819LMGT327 Heart of Racing Team2:06.8052:05.2841920LMGT391 Manthey DK Engineering2:06.7892:05.4832021LMGT377 Proton Competition2:06.8772:05.4832122LMGT358 Garage 592:06.7392:05.6542223LMGT321 Vista AF Corse2:06.8262:05.7652524LMGT332 Team WRT2:07.0682:05.8882325LMGT361 Iron Lynx2:06.7142:05.9692426LMGT387 Akkodis ASP Team2:07.0952:06.2652627LMGT388 Proton Competition2:06.3312:09.1962728LMGT354 Vista AF Corse2:07.2622829LMGT334 Racing Team Turkey by TF2:07.4432930LMGT392 The Bend Manthey2:07.4793031LMGT310 Garage 592:07.5593132LMGT378 Akkodis ASP Team2:07.6223233LMGT369 Team WRT2:08.1283334LMGT333 TF Sport2:08.8643435LMGT379 Iron Lynx2:08.96835Source: Race The race started at 13:00 CST on Sunday, and ran for six hours.

Race results Class winners are in bold and . ClassTeamDriversChassisTyreTime/ReasonEngine 1 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P 1676:00:07.219Ferrari F163CG 3.0 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Jack Aitken Earl Bamber Sébastien Bourdais Cadillac V-Series.R 167 +4.471 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 3 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team António Félix da Costa Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi Alpine A424 167 +6.116Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 4 Hypercar 007 Aston Martin THOR Team Tom Gamble Harry TincknellAston Martin Valkyrie 167 +9.045 Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 5 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team Jules Gounon Frédéric Makowiecki Victor Martins Alpine A424 167 +10.885Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 6 Hypercar 8 Toyota Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa Toyota TR010 Hybrid 167 +21.389Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 7 Hypercar 17 Genesis Magma Racing Pipo Derani Mathys Jaubert André Lotterer Genesis GMR-001 167 +35.975 Genesis G8MR 3.2 L Turbo V8 8 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Kevin Magnussen Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor BMW M Hybrid V8 167 +37.470 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 9 Hypercar 12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Norman Nato Will Stevens Ricky Taylor Cadillac V-Series.R 167 +39.631 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 10 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval Malthe Jakobsen Théo Pourchaire Peugeot 9X8 167 +40.000Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 11 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 167 +40.739 Ferrari F163CG 3.0 L Turbo V6 12 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT Robin Frijns René Rast Sheldon van der Linde BMW M Hybrid V8 167 +41.840 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 13 Hypercar 83 AF Corse Phil Hanson Robert Kubica Yifei Ye Ferrari 499P 167 +44.830 Ferrari F163CG 3.0 L Turbo V6 14 Hypercar 009 Aston Martin THOR Team Alex Riberas Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Valkyrie 167 +45.703Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 15 Hypercar 19 Genesis Magma Racing Paul-Loup Chatin Mathieu Jaminet Daniel Juncadella Genesis GMR-001 167 +1:45.214 Genesis G8MR 3.2 L Turbo V8 16 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Nick Cassidy Paul di Resta Stoffel Vandoorne Peugeot 9X8 165 +2 LapsPeugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 17 Hypercar 7 Toyota Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries Toyota TR010 Hybrid 161 +6 LapsToyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 18 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team Mattia Drudi Ian James Zacharie Robichon Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 154 +13 LapsAston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 19 LMGT3 91 Manthey DK Engineering Timur Boguslavskiy James Cottingham Ayhancan Güven Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 154 +13 LapsPorsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 20 LMGT3 23 Heart of Racing Team Jonny Adam Kobe Pauwels Gray Newell Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 154 +13 LapsAston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 21 LMGT3 21 Vista AF Corse François Hériau Simon Mann Alessio Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 154 +13 LapsFerrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 22 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Eric Powell Sebastian Priaulx Ben Tuck Ford Mustang GT3 Evo 154 +13 LapsFord Coyote 5.4 L V8 23 LMGT3 61 Iron Lynx Rui Andrade Martin Berry Maxime Martin Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 154 +13 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 LMGT3 79 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Lin Hodenius Johannes Zelger Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 154 +13 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 25 LMGT3 58 Garage 59 Finn Gehrsitz Benjamin Goethe Alexander West McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 154 +13 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 26 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition Stefano Gattuso Giammarco Levorato Logan Sargeant Ford Mustang GT3 Evo 153 +14 LapsFord Coyote 5.4 L V8 27 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 153 +14 LapsFerrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 28 LMGT3 69 Team WRT Dan Harper Anthony McIntosh Parker Thompson BMW M4 GT3 Evo 153 +14 LapsBMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 29 LMGT3 33 TF Sport Nico Varrone Jonny Edgar Ben Keating Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 153 +14 LapsChevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 30 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team José María López Clemens Schmid Răzvan Umbrărescu Lexus RC F GT3 153 +14 LapsLexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 31 LMGT3 34 Racing Team Turkey by TF Peter Dempsey Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 151 +16 LapsChevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 32 LMGT3 92 The Bend Manthey Richard Lietz Riccardo Pera Yasser Shahin Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 147 +20 LapsPorsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 33 LMGT3 32 Team WRT Augusto Farfus Sean Gelael Darren Leung BMW M4 GT3 Evo 142 +25 LapsBMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 34 LMGT3 10 Garage 59 Antares Au Tom Fleming Marvin Kirchhöfer McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 140 +27 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 35 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team Hadrien David Jack Hawksworth Tom Van Rompuy Lexus RC F GT3 122 +45 LapsLexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 Source: References