It was the eleventh running of the event in its current format in the World Endurance Championship.

The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend, with the race being held in every WEC season, except the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

The only changes from the Lone Star Le Mans entry list are Jules Gounon replacing Paul-Loup Chatin in the No.

35 Alpine, and Christian Ried replacing Ben Keating in the No.

Laurens Vanthoor topped the sheets with a lap time of 1 minute, 30.561 seconds in his No.

Alessio Rovera set an identical fastest lap time in the No.

55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari, with Davide Rigon in the sister No.

[6] The second practice session started at 15:30 JST on Friday, with Dries Vanthoor quickest in the No.

[14] The session was red-flagged after 40 minutes due to curbing issues in turn 1.