Franck Mailleux has this morning concluded his final preparations for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which is set to get underway at 15.00 this afternoon.

 

Franck, together with his Morand Racing team-mates, carried out 8 laps around the 13.6km La Sarthe circuit in the 45-minute warm-up session to run some important system checks on the Morgan Judd LMP2 car to finalise their package ahead of this afternoon’s start. 

 

The team also used the opportunity to practice the driver change procedures that will be an all-important element of the 24 hour race, although the session was red-flagged with four minutes remaining due to an on-track incident.

 

The starting procedure gets underway at 14.22 but all eyes will be on the weather which was cloudy during warm-up although with significant cloud cover. Franck will be on starting duties for the Morand Racing team from fourth in LMP2.

 

Franck said: “I’m pleased with how our final preparations have gone today and we are ready to go racing. The weather conditions were dry this morning but we know from this week just how unsettled things can become. Thankfully, we have plenty of laps behind us in a variety of conditions, even if our dry running this week has been limited. The atmosphere, as always, has been incredible and I am looking forward to getting back behind the wheel in the race.”