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WEC: Kobayashi tops 24 Hours of Le Mans Practice 1

Posted by AR1 staff

Kamui Kobayashi turned a lap of 3m29.309s in his #7 Toyota Hypercar to edge out the #36 Alpine Hypercar driven by Matthieu Vaxiviere by just 0.086s in opening practice for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The #8 Toyota hypercar, driven by Kazuki Nakajima, was just 0.001s slower in third place.

The fastest LMP2 car was the #22 United Autosport entry driven by Filipe Albuquerque.

The #52 Ferrari driven by Miguel Molina was fastest in the GTE Pro category

Last night the 62 cars that are competing at this year’s Le Mans all lined up on the start/finish straight for the collective car picture. Thirty-three of the cars pictured are eligible to score WEC World Championship points – of which 50 points are available this weekend.

Practice 1 Results

POS # CLASS TEAM DRIVER CAR TIME GAP
1 7 Hypercar H TOYOTA GAZOO RACING KOBAYASHI Kamui Toyota GR010 HYBRID 3m29.309s 0.000s
2 36 Hypercar ALPINE ELF MATMUT VAXIVIERE Matthieu Alpine A480 – Gibson 3m29.395s 0.086
3 8 Hypercar H TOYOTA GAZOO RACING NAKAJIMA Kazuki Toyota GR010 HYBRID 3m29.396s 0.087
4 22 LM P2 UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA ALBUQUERQUE Filipe Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m29.441s 0.132
5 26 LM P2 G-DRIVE RACING COLAPINTO Franco Aurus 01 – Gibson 3m30.094s 0.785
6 709 Hypercar GLICKENHAUS RACING WESTBROOK Richard Glickenhaus 007 LMH 3m30.216s 0.907
7 708 Hypercar GLICKENHAUS RACING PLA Olivier Glickenhaus 007 LMH 3m30.325s 1.016
8 28 LM P2 JOTA BLOMQVIST Tom Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m30.629s 1.320
9 41 LM P2 TEAM WRT DELETRAZ Louis Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m30.724s 1.415
10 48 LM P2 IDEC SPORT PILET Patrick Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m30.912s 1.603
11 21 LM P2 DRAGONSPEED USA MONTOYA Juan Pablo Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m30.991s 1.682
12 70 LM P2 REALTEAM RACING NATO Norman Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m30.996s 1.687
13 31 LM P2 TEAM WRT HABSBURG Ferdinand Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m31.158s 1.849
14 38 LM P2 JOTA DAVIDSON Anthony Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m31.279s 1.970
15 25 LM P2 P/A G-DRIVE RACING ANDRADE Rui Aurus 01 – Gibson 3m31.322s 2.013
16 32 LM P2 UNITED AUTOSPORTS ABERDEIN Jonathan Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m31.568s 2.259
17 30 LM P2 DUQUEINE TEAM ROJAS Guillermo Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m32.145s 2.836
18 65 LM P2 PANIS RACING ALLEN James Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m32.236s 2.927
19 29 LM P2 RACING TEAM NEDERLAND VAN UITERT Job Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m32.428s 3.119
20 82 LM P2 RISI COMPETIZIONE JARVIS Oliver Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m32.523s 3.214
21 23 LM P2 UNITED AUTOSPORTS LYNN Alexander Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m32.690s 3.381
22 20 LM P2 HIGH CLASS RACING SØRENSEN Marco Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m32.970s 3.661
23 44 LM P2 ARC BRATISLAVA KONOPKA Matej Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m33.052s 3.743
24 24 LM P2 P/A PR1 MOTORSPORTS MATHIASEN AUBRY Gabriel Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m33.308s 3.999
25 49 LM P2 P/A HIGH CLASS RACING FJORDBACH Anders Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m33.456s 4.147
26 34 LM P2 INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION BRUNDLE Alex Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m33.491s 4.182
27 17 LM P2 P/A IDEC SPORT LAURENT Thomas Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m33.612s 4.303
28 39 LM P2 P/A SO24-DIROB BY GRAFF ROBIN Maxime Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m33.767s 4.458
29 1 LM P2 RICHARD MILLE RACING TEAM VISSER Beitske Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m34.114s 4.805
30 84 CDNT ASSOCIATION SRT41 LAHAYE Matthieu Oreca 07 – Gibson 3m34.510s 5.201
31 74 LM P2 P/A RACING TEAM INDIA EURASIA CORBETT John Ligier JSP217 – Gibson 3m37.048s 7.739
32 52 LM GTE Pro AF CORSE MOLINA Miguel Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m50.123s 20.814
33 64 LM GTE Pro CORVETTE RACING SIMS Alexander Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 3m50.163s 20.854
34 56 LM GTE Am TEAM PROJECT 1 CAIROLI Matteo Porsche 911 RSR – 19 3m50.193s 20.884
35 91 LM GTE Pro PORSCHE GT TEAM LIETZ Richard Porsche 911 RSR – 19 3m50.488s 21.179
36 51 LM GTE Pro AF CORSE CALADO James Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m50.611s 21.302
37 79 LM GTE Pro WEATHERTECH RACING BAMBER Earl Porsche 911 RSR – 19 3m50.737s 21.428
38 72 LM GTE Pro HUB AUTO RACING MARTIN Maxime Porsche 911 RSR – 19 3m51.188s 21.879
39 86 LM GTE Am GR RACING BARKER Benjamin Porsche 911 RSR – 19 3m51.326s 22.017
40 63 LM GTE Pro CORVETTE RACING TAYLOR Jordan Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 3m51.330s 22.021
41 88 LM GTE Am DEMPSEY – PROTON RACING BASTIEN Dominique Porsche 911 RSR – 19 3m51.519s 22.210
42 92 LM GTE Pro PORSCHE GT TEAM CHRISTENSEN Michael Porsche 911 RSR – 19 3m51.542s 22.233
43 18 LM GTE Am ABSOLUTE RACING SEEFRIED Marco Porsche 911 RSR – 19 3m51.826s 22.517
44 57 LM GTE Am KESSEL RACING JENSEN Mikkel Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m51.911s 22.602
45 33 LM GTE Am TF SPORT FRAGA Felipe Aston Martin Vantage AMR 3m52.224s 22.915
46 98 LM GTE Am ASTON MARTIN RACING THIIM Nicki Aston Martin VANTAGE AMR 3m52.329s 23.020
47 80 LM GTE Am IRON LYNX ILOTT Callum Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m52.349s 23.040
48 95 LM GTE Am TF SPORT GUNN Ross Aston Martin VANTAGE AMR 3m52.488s 23.179
49 47 LM GTE Am CETILAR RACING SERNAGIOTTO Giorgio Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m52.528s 23.219
50 83 LM GTE Am AF CORSE ROVERA Alessio Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m52.598s 23.289
51 55 LM GTE Am SPIRIT OF RACE GRIFFIN Matthew Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m52.809s 23.500
52 54 LM GTE Am AF CORSE CASTELLACCI Francesco Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m52.838s 23.529
53 85 LM GTE Am IRON LYNX BOVY Sarah Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m52.873s 23.564
54 777 LM GTE Am D’STATION RACING WATSON Andrew Aston Martin VANTAGE AMR 3m52.880s 23.571
55 60 LM GTE Am IRON LYNX RUBERTI Paolo Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m53.042s 23.733
56 71 LM GTE Am INCEPTION RACING MILLROY Ollie Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m53.076s 23.767
57 77 LM GTE Am DEMPSEY – PROTON RACING RIED Christian Porsche 911 RSR – 19 3m53.200s 23.891
58 388 LM GTE Am RINALDI RACING HOOK Christian Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m53.222s 23.913
59 99 LM GTE Am PROTON COMPETITION INTHRAPHUVASAK Vuttikhorn Porsche 911 RSR – 19 3m53.915s 24.606
60 46 LM GTE Am TEAM PROJECT 1 FOLEY Robert Porsche 911 RSR – 19 3m54.970s 25.661
61 69 LM GTE Am HERBERTH MOTORSPORT RENAUER Robert Porsche 911 RSR – 19 3m55.223s 25.914
62 66 LM GTE Am JMW MOTORSPORT FANNIN Jody Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3m55.682s 26.373