Theodor Jensen takes top-five Le Mans finish on debut
Danish driver Theodor Jensen finished fifth in the LMP2 class at the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans, capping an impressive debut at the world's most demanding endurance race alongside CLX Motorsport.
Jensen, 19, shared the #37 Oreca 07-Gibson with Adrien Closmenil and Ian Aguilera. With all three drivers aged 19 and a combined age of just 57, the crew lined up as the youngest in the history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
For much of the early running the #37 ran inside the podium positions, the young crew matching far more experienced line-ups and showing genuine class-winning pace. That momentum was checked by a poorly timed safety car, which fell against the CLX strategy and cost the car valuable track position. Recovering from that setback over the remaining hours, the team rebuilt its race and brought the car home fifth.
Jensen underlined his own form across the weekend by setting the fastest lap time of the three CLX drivers, a marker of the speed he carried in only his first appearance at the legendary race.
The strength of the result is clear in the numbers. After 24 hours and 360 laps of the Circuit de la Sarthe, the #37 was classified fifth, finishing on the same lap as the second and third-placed cars and just one lap behind the class winner. In a flat-out fight across a deep 19-car LMP2 field, the CLX crew kept the car clean and on the pace through the night and into Sunday, converting a disciplined run into a top-five class result on their first visit to Le Mans.
Jensen and Closmenil arrived at Le Mans as the reigning European Le Mans Series LMP3 champions, a title they secured with CLX before stepping up to LMP2 for the 2026 season. For Jensen, the weekend marked another milestone in a rapid climb through endurance racing's feeder categories.
"Finishing in the top five at Le Mans on our first attempt is a result we can be proud of," said Jensen. "Twenty-four hours leaves you nowhere to hide. You have to be fast, but more than that you have to be precise, lap after lap, through the night and into the next day. We did that as a team."
"We were running in the podium positions for a big part of the early race, and the pace was there to fight at the front," he added. "The safety car didn't fall our way and it cost us track position, which is part of racing here. To recover from that and still finish on the same lap as the podium says a lot about the team. For three teenagers on their Le Mans debut, this is a serious result, and it's the level I want to keep racing at."
Jensen thanked the CLX Motorsport crew for the car and preparation, along with the partners and supporters who have backed his career to this point.
He continues his 2026 campaign in the European Le Mans Series LMP2 class with CLX Motorsport.
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