France, June 13 -- While Ferrari may be enduring a challenging season in Formula One, the legendary Italian marque heads into this weekend's 93rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans as the firm favourite, aiming for a third consecutive victory in motorsport's most prestigious endurance race.

Tennis legend Roger Federer will have the honour of acting as the celebrity starter, waving the French tricolour at 16:00 CEST on Saturday, 14 June, to send the grid roaring into action. Over the following 24 hours, the world's top endurance racers will contest more than 300 laps (over 4,000km) of the iconic Circuit de la Sarthe, through dusk, darkness, and dawn, cheered on by a sell-out crowd of 320,000 passionate fans fuelled by coffee, adrenaline-and...