24H Le Mans: Toyota and Kobayashi dominate the qualifying session – endurance-info

At this game, Toyota quickly took shelter by signing a 3’26’279 thanks to Kamui Kobayashi The Japanese driver is 0.816 ahead of the # 36 Alpine A480 of Matthieu Vaxiviere and of 1392s Sébastien Buemi on the # 8 Toyota. The Glickenhaus # 708 finished 4th within two seconds. Romain Dumas places the other Glickenhaus, # 709, in 7th place …

In LMP2, JOTA was the fastest in LMP2 with Antonio Felix da Costa’s Oreca # 38. The Aurus 01 # 26 G-Drive Racing of Nyck de Vries signs the 2nd fastest time ahead of the Oreca # 41 of Team WRT… The other qualifiers are the Oreca # 65 of Panis Racing, and the two United Autosports # 32 and # 23. The first car in Pro Am is the # 71 of Realteam Racing of Loïc Duval (8th).

Disappointment at United Autosports # 22 (12th in P2), Risi Competizione # 82 (14th), Duqueine Team # 30 (15th), Inter Europol Competition # 34 (18th) or even # 49 in High Class Racing with the duo Magnussen ( 20th).

Note that after 10 minutes of session, the Oreca # 48 of IDEC Sport by Paul-Loup Chatin came out at Tertre Rouge. The car has hit the tire stack and won’t go into Hyperpole tomorrow. There will be work in the French clan this evening. It is ranked 10th in P2 …

In GTE Pro, the two Ferraris AF Corse were the fastest thanks in particular to Daniel Serra who posted the best time in the # 52 488 GTE Evo. The Brazilian sets a new lap record in this category. This is mainly due to very good grip since Test Day. The # 92 Porsche 911 RSR completes the top three ahead of the # 64 Corvette C8.R and # 72 Hub Auto Racing and # 91 Porsches. Note the last place of the Corvette C8.R # 63, more than three seconds from the Ferrari…

Julien Andlauer placed the # 88 Dempsey Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR at the top of the GTE Am. The Frenchman also broke the category record and beat another Porsche, the # 86 from GR Racing. Cetilar Racing’s # 47 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, which crashed earlier in the afternoon, finished 3rd with Antonio Fuocco. The top 6 is completed by a Ferrari 488 GTE, the # 71 Inception Racing, another Porsche, the # 56 of Team Project 1, and the Aston Martin Vantage GTE # 33 of TF Sport.

Paul Dalla Lana also went off the track in his # 98 AMR Aston Martin Vantage GTE at Esses de la Forêt (19:25). He triggered a Full Course Yellow. Some 20 minutes later, it was Rahel Frey’s turn to exit at the Dunlop Virage (Ferrari 488 GTE # 85 Iron Lynx).

The Hyperpole will take place tomorrow from 9 pm to 9:30 pm… In the meantime, all the competitors will be entitled to a night session this evening from 10 pm to midnight!

The times are HERE…