{"id":427427,"date":"2026-09-05T20:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427427\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T20:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:20:34","slug":"lone-star-le-mans-2026-saturdays-schedule-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427427\/","title":{"rendered":"Lone Star Le Mans 2026 \u2013 Saturday&#8217;s schedule in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DPPI_02226026_1325-2.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Lone Star Le Mans 2026 \u2013 Saturday's schedule in Austin\"\/><br \/>\n\u00a9 Frederic Le Floc&#8217;h \/ DPPI                <\/p>\n<p>     Discover the full schedule for Saturday of Lone Star Le Mans, the fifth round of the 2026 WEC, in Austin, Texas.                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/news\/again\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"57\" title=\"WEC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WEC<\/a> continues its weekend in the heat of Austin, Texas, with the 2026 edition of Lone Star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/news\/24-hours-of-Le-Mans\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"56\" title=\"24h of le mans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Le Mans<\/a> . On the program this Saturday are Free Practice 3 followed by qualifying and Hyperpole sessions, which will determine the starting grid for this fifth round of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 The Austin circuit (USA) in numbers<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1455\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788639634_781_2024-tracks-rvb-cota-b-2995d7-68f0207707190094403734.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-702172\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>First edition : 2013<\/p>\n<p>Circuit length: 5,513 Km<\/p>\n<p>Number of turns: 20 (11 Left \/ 9 Right)<\/p>\n<p>Hyperpole lap times in 2025: 1:57.655 (Robert Kubica \u2013 AF Corse)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd56 Lone Star Le Mans 2026 schedule and TV channels<\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday, September 5<br \/>18h &#8211; Free Practice 3 (FIAWEC+)<br \/>22h &#8211; Qualifications (FIAWEC+ and La Cha\u00eene L&#8217;\u00c9quipe)<\/p>\n<p>WEC 2026 \u2013 Hypercar Drivers&#8217; Championship<\/p>\n<p>Ren\u00e9 Rast, Robin Frijns \u2013 75 points<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/pilot\/endurance\/Kamui-Kobayashi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kamui Kobayashi<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/pilot\/endurance\/mike-conway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike conway<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/pilot\/again\/nyck-de-Vries\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nyck de Vries<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 75 points<\/p>\n<p>Sheldon van der Linde \u2013 65 pts<\/p>\n<p>Alessandro Pier Guidi, Antonio Giovinazzi, James Calado \u2013 57 pts<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/pilot\/endurance\/Brendon-Hartley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendon Hartley<\/a>, Ryo Hirakawa, S\u00e9bastien Bueni \u2013 56 pts<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/pilot\/endurance\/Kevin-Magnussen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Magnussen<\/a>, Raffaele Marciello \u2013 50 pts<\/p>\n<p>Dries Vanthoor \u2013 44 pts<\/p>\n<p>Norman Nato, Will Stevens \u2013 42 pts<\/p>\n<p>Phil Hanson, Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye \u2013 31 pts<\/p>\n<p>Harry Tincknell, Tom Gamble \u2013 30 pts<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, Nicklas Nielsen \u2013 29 pts<\/p>\n<p>Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix Da Costa, Charles Milesi, Ferdinand Habsburg \u2013 29 pts<\/p>\n<p>Louis Del\u00e9traz \u2013 26 pts<\/p>\n<p>Earl Bamber, Sebastian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/news\/classic\/French-drivers-in-F1-Sebastien-Bourdais.html\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"36\" title=\"Sebastien Bourdais\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bourdais<\/a> &#8211; 16 pts<\/p>\n<p>Jack Aitken \u2013 12 pts<\/p>\n<p>Ross Gunn \u2013 8 pts<\/p>\n<p>Nick Cassidy, Paul di Resta, Stoffel Vandoorne \u2013 6 pts<\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9 Lotterer, Pipo Derani, Mathys Jaubert \u2013 4 pts<\/p>\n<p>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Makowiecki, Jules Gounon, Victor Martins \u2013 4 pts<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/pilot\/endurance\/loic-blew\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"97\" title=\"Lo\u00efc duval\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lo\u00efc duval<\/a>Malthe Jakobsen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/pilot\/f1\/theo-pourchaire\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"107\" title=\"Theo Pourchaire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Theo Pourchaire<\/a> &#8211; 3 pts<\/p>\n<p>Alex Riberas, Marco S\u00f8rensen \u2013 2 pts<\/p>\n<p>Dani Juncadella, Mathieu Jaminet, Paul-Loup Chatin \u2013 0 pt<\/p>\n<p>Roman de Angelis \u2013 0 pt<\/p>\n<p>WEC 2026 \u2013 Hypercar Manufacturers&#8217; Championship<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/news\/stable\/toyota\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"108\" title=\"Toyota\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toyota<\/a> &#8211; 132 pts<\/p>\n<p>BMW \u2013 127 pts<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/stable\/f1\/ferrari\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"74\" title=\"Classic Ferrari for sale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Classic Ferrari for sale<\/a> &#8211; 88 pts<\/p>\n<p>Cadillac \u2013 60 pts<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/stable\/endurance\/alpine\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"79\" title=\"Alpine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alpine<\/a> &#8211; 41 pts<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/stable\/f1\/aston-martin\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"77\" title=\"Aston Martin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aston Martin<\/a> &#8211; 40 pts<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/stable\/endurance\/peugeot-sport\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"85\" title=\"Peugeot Sport\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peugeot <\/a> &#8211; 15 pts<\/p>\n<p>Genesis \u2013 6 pts<\/p>\n<p>WEC 2026 \u2013 LMGT3 Drivers&#8217; Championship<\/p>\n<p>Jonny Edgar \u2013 76 pts<\/p>\n<p>Nicky Catsburg \u2013 72 pts<\/p>\n<p>Ben Keating \u2013 54 pts<\/p>\n<p>Riccardo Pera, Richard Lietz, Yasser Shahin \u2013 49 pts<\/p>\n<p>Anthony McIntosh, Dan Harper, Parker Thompson \u2013 43 pts<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Eastwood, Peter Dempsey, Salih Yolu\u00e7 \u2013 43 pts<\/p>\n<p>Alessio Rovera, Fran\u00e7ois H\u00e9riau, Simon Mann \u2013 42 pts<\/p>\n<p>Clemens Schmid, Jos\u00e9 Maria <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/pilot\/endurance\/jose-maria-lopez\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"101\" title=\"Jose Maria Lopez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">L\u00f3pez<\/a>Petru Umbrarescu \u2013 38 pts<\/p>\n<p>Hadrien David, Tom van Rompuy \u2013 37 pts<\/p>\n<p>Jack Hawksworth \u2013 36 pts<\/p>\n<p>WEC 2026 \u2013 LMGT3 Team Championship<\/p>\n<p>TF Sport #33 \u2013 76 pts<\/p>\n<p>The Bend Manthey n\u00b092 \u2013 49 pts<\/p>\n<p>Team WRT #69 \u2013 43 pts<\/p>\n<p>Racing Team Turkey by TF n\u00b034 \u2013 43 pts<\/p>\n<p>Vista AF Corse n\u00b021 \u2013 42 pts<\/p>\n<p>Akkodis ASP Team n\u00b087 \u2013 38 pts<\/p>\n<p>Akkodis ASP Team n\u00b078 \u2013 37 pts<\/p>\n<p>Garage 59 #10 \u2013 34 pts<\/p>\n<p>Heart of Racing Team n\u00b023 \u2013 33 pts<\/p>\n<p>Manthey DK Engineering n\u00b091 \u2013 30 pts<\/p>\n<p class=\"cross-article__title\">\n        This article might interest you    <\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Aston-Martin-Valkyrie-Austin.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Lone Star Le Mans \u2013 FP2: Aston Martin in the lead Alpine and Genesis\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a9 Frederic Le Floc&#8217;h \/ DPPI Discover the full schedule for Saturday of Lone Star Le Mans, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,137185,147787,147788],"class_list":["post-427427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-lone-star-le-mans","tag-programme","tag-wec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}