Getty This year's Le Mans 24 Hours race kicks off August 21, 2021.
The legendary endurance race returns, as 24 Hours of Le Mans runs this weekend, kicking off on Saturday, August 21 at Circuit de la Sarthe in France.
In the US, the entire race (10 a.m. ET start time) will be televised on the MotorTrend Network. But if you don’t have cable or don’t have that channel, here are several different ways you can watch a live stream of the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans online:
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Philo TV
You can watch a live stream of MotorTrend Network and 60-plus other TV channels on Philo TV, which comes with a seven-day free trial:
Once signed up for Philo, you can watch 24 Hours of Le Mans live on the Philo app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast (compatible on Android mobile), any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. You can also watch on your computer on the Philo website.
If you can’t watch live, Philo allows you to DVR programs and watch them up to 30 days later.
FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of MotorTrend Network and 100-plus other TV channels on FuboTV, which comes with a seven-day free trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch 24 Hours of Le Mans live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 250 hours of cloud DVR space.
Vidgo
You can watch a live stream of MotorTrend Network and 65+ other TV channels on Vidgo, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Vidgo, you can watch every 24 Hours of Le Mans live on the Vidgo app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Vidgo website.
Sling TV
You can watch a live stream of MotorTrend Network and 30-plus other TV channels via Sling TV’s “Sling Orange” package, which comes with a free three-day trial:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch 24 Hours of Le Mans live on the Sling TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Sling TV website.
If you can’t watch live, Sling TV comes included with 50 hours of cloud DVR.
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream (formerly AT&T TV) has four different channel packages: “Entertainment,” “Choice,” “Ultimate” and “Premier.” MotorTrend Network is included in every one, but you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free 14-day trial.
Note that the free trial isn’t advertised as such, but your “due today” amount will be $0 when signing up. If you watch on your computer, phone or tablet, you won’t be charged for 14 days. If you watch on a streaming device on your TV (Roku, Fire Stick, Apple TV, etc.), you will be charged for the first month, but you can get still get a full refund if you cancel before 14 days:
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24 Hours of Le Mans 2021 Preview
This will be the 89th running of Le Mans and the fourth leg of the World Endurance Championship. Toyota has won four races in a row at Le Mans, with Filipe Albuquerque of United Autosports winning the event last year. Albuquerque will start the race from twelfth position, which is something he isn’t thrilled about.
“You can say ‘Yeah, but you don’t win the race in qualifying’, but I can tell you something – it’s a snowball effect. Starting from behind around other guys and to get you know, when you have a better pace to fight, let’s say 10 drivers, you know, three of them have a gentleman driver on it. To pass them, they’re going to make my life hard for me to go ahead they are not even fighting for the same race because when the gentleman drivers all go in, it’s going to be different,” he said this week.
Still, Albuquerque is looking forward to competing at Le Mans again.
“Coming out to Le Mans as a winner is a bit more special,” Albuquerque added. “I think it takes some pressure out because we have won it already before. We have won the first two (WEC) rounds (of 2021), so that’s a good sign we are one of the favorites for the wins. But again, Le Mans is unique and special and there are a lot of strong competitors, so we need to stay humble, have the same approach as last year, which is to do our best.”
Kamui Kobayashi will assume the pole position after finishing just ahead of teammate Brendon Hartley, while Nicolas Lapierre qualified third.
This year’s race will feature a grid of 62 cars, and per FIA.com, “5 x Hypercar entries, 25 x LMP2 entries, 8 x LMGTE Pro entries, 23 LMGTE Am entries and a single entry in the Innovative Car class.”
Out of the 62 drivers competing, 33 are eligible for championship points. The warm up for the race is Saturday, August 21 at 10:15am, with the race kicking off at 2:15pm. The weather should be nice and the track should be mostly dry, although there is a chance for rain and storms between 15:00 and 20:00 (3-8p.m.) on Saturday.