Pit lane allocation for Le Mans 2025

[Northcote67]

I see Ferrari have taken the old Audi garages and Toyota Gazoo Racing have gone from their normal 1 and 2 to the additional pits with BMW which is a bit of a surprise. Does anyone know if the teams choose their garages or they are allocated?

[OvalOwl]

I forget how many garages there are in the "row of woe" these days. There used to be a gap between the original five and the main row under the stands. I think in the past Audi used to take the last two in the main row because the extra space was handy if two cars came in together.

Toyota (and Peugeot before them) used to take the first two garages at pit entry because they gave easier entry to the box. That is now negated by the extra two pits added in the gap between the media/commissaires block and the main stand.