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The Automobile Club de l’Ouest has placed the values of solidarity and mutual aid at the heart of its development since 1906. Giving back is part of the essence of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The Iron Dames are now one of the discipline’s leading outfits, having won a round of the World Endurance Championship. Doriane Pin was crowned 2023 FIA WEC Revelation of the Year.

At ACO events, the flag bearers are a mixed troupe. Of course, this commitment to parity goes beyond the racetrack. We have hosted the FIA Women in Motorsport forum alongside the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2022. The 2024 event welcomed over 100 attendees, including several female racers. The FIA unveiled its mentoring programme on this occasion, while the Au Féminin magazine invited four inspirational women from the paddock to its round-table discussion on Women in Motorsport.
WOMEN
IN MOTORSPORT
The 24 Hours of Le Mans has been helping raise funds for Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque for fifteen years. This charity, which was set up in 1996 by Professor Francine Leca, brings children with heart malformations to France for operations when they cannot be treated in their home country due to a lack of funding or facilities. Since 2009, over 145 children have undergone life-saving surgery thanks to this partnership. To aid this worthy cause, many initiatives are held throughout the year, including tombolas and the sale of charity merchandise. A Hypercoeur challenge pavilion was set up during the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans to help finance operations for 24 children.
MÉCÉNAT
CHIRURGIE
CARDIAQUE
In 2016, Frédéric Sausset became the first quadruple amputee to take part and finish the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Over the last year or so, Frédéric has been conducting an audit on the circuit with us to improve the experience for spectators. Since 2010, we have been active in making access to the racetrack and its infrastructures easier for people with reduced mobility. The results of this policy are visible at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Special signage has been introduced, wheelchair platforms erected and public space accessibility requirements integrated. In 2024, a 250-strong team was deployed to welcome and inform visitors with disabilities and, when requested, accompany them to specially equipped facilities. A special route was also indicated on the “24H Experience” smartphone app.
INCLUSION
Thanks to our ongoing partnership with Études et Chantiers, which began in 1995, we have built an insertion programme for the long-term unemployed, helping some 600 people reintegrate the workplace.

We also work closely with ESAT Le Circuit. Founded in 1964, this establishment promotes the integration of people with disabilities into working environments. For the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it customises clothing such as overalls and fire suits, and helps put together the collector pack sent out to ACO Members.
INSERTION
The Critérium du Jeune Conducteur, created by the ACO in 1957, is a fun learning programme designed to teach children aged 7 to 14 the basic rules of road safety. It can be found in the Family Fan Zone during the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Another road safety awareness operation is staged in the Impact & Nous area throughout the event.
DRIVER
TRAINING
We have sponsored this workshop academy since its creation in September 2022 near Le Mans. Around 15 students every year receive vocational training in automotive engineering. This action is designed to support young people in their efforts to integrate a working garage.

Two promotions have worked with various teams at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2023.

In 2024, 16 students joined the likes of Ferrari, WRT and Manthey for four days during Scrutineering and Test Day. They were then involved in the starting ceremony on the Saturday as flag bearers!
GARAGE ECOLE
DU MANS
Over 3,000 volunteers help out at the 24 Hours of Le Mans every year. Track marshals, medical staff and car park attendants, to name but a few of the roles, are all hugely appreciated. They receive due acknowledgement of their work by way of a volunteer pack, and we are particularly attentive to their requirements. This year, local company Bordeau Chesnel organised a special “thank you” campaign for the event volunteers.
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Hydrogen on track at Fuji

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