Le Mans Qualifying: Lopez sets pace again for Toyota, Ferrari 1-2 in LMGTE Pro

The No.7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar driven by Jose Maria Lopez, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway topped the qualifying practice times in the one-hour session at Le Mans this evening.

It was again Lopez who clinched the quickest time and stopped the clocks at 3m26.279s, some three seconds quicker than his best free practice effort earlier today.

Ferrari fought back in the LMGTE Pro category with the No.52 488 Evo machine driven by Daniel Serra setting a best lap.

Antonio Felix da Costa fought back from an accident in free practice to head LMP2, while the No.88 Dempsey Proton Porsche 911 topped the LMGTE Am category.

1st Qualifying Results

Pos No. Class Drivers Car Laps Time Gap
1 7 HYPERCAR Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez Toyota GR010 – Hybrid 15 3’26.279 0.000s
2 36 HYPERCAR Andre Negrao Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere Alpine A480 10 3’27.095 0.816
3 8 HYPERCAR Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley Toyota GR010 – Hybrid 15 3’27.671 1.392
4 708 HYPERCAR Pipo Derani Franck Mailleux Olivier Pla Glickenhaus 007 LMH 15 3’28.256 1.977
5 38 LMP2 Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson Oreca 07 10 3’28.807 2.528
6 26 LMP2 Roman Rusinov Franco Colapinto Nyck de Vries Aurus 01 12 3’29.246 2.967
7 709 HYPERCAR Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Romain Dumas Glickenhaus 007 LMH 13 3’29.381 3.102
8 41 LMP2 Robert Kubica Louis Deletraz Ye Yifei Oreca 07 12 3’29.441 3.162
9 65 LMP2 Julien Canal Will Stevens James Allen Oreca 07 11 3’29.508 3.229
10 32 LMP2 Nico Jamin Jonathan Aberdein Manuel Maldonado Oreca 07 11 3’29.688 3.409
11 23 LMP2 Paul di Resta Alex Lynn Wayne Boyd Oreca 07 11 3’29.830 3.551
12 28 LMP2 Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist Oreca 07 10 3’29.835 3.556
13 70 LMP2 Esteban Garcia Loic Duval Norman Nato Oreca 07 9 3’29.861 3.582
14 24 LMP2 Patrick Kelly Gabriel Aubry Simon Trummer Oreca 07 10 3’30.123 3.844
15 48 LMP2 Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick Pilet Oreca 07 2 3’30.166 3.887
16 31 LMP2 Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi Oreca 07 11 3’30.182 3.903
17 22 LMP2 Philip Hanson Fabio Scherer Filipe Albuquerque Oreca 07 11 3’30.234 3.955
18 21 LMP2 Henrik Hedman Ben Hanley Juan Pablo Montoya Oreca 07 9 3’30.323 4.044
19 82 LMP2 Ryan Cullen Oliver Jarvis Felipe Nasr Oreca 07 12 3’30.418 4.139
20 30 LMP2 Rene Binder Guillermo Rojas Tristan Gommendy Oreca 07 11 3’30.691 4.412
21 17 LMP2 Dwight Merriman Thomas Laurent Ryan Dalziel Oreca 07 14 3’30.709 4.430
22 29 LMP2 Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert Oreca 07 9 3’30.843 4.564
23 34 LMP2 Jakub Smiechowski Renger van der Zande Alex Brundle Oreca 07 10 3’30.908 4.629
24 25 LMP2 John Falb Roberto Merhi Rui Andrade Aurus 01 12 3’31.203 4.924
25 49 LMP2 Anders Fjordbach Jan Magnussen Kevin Magnussen Oreca 07 13 3’31.830 5.551
26 20 LMP2 Dennis Andersen Ricky Taylor Marco Sorensen Oreca 07 13 3’32.252 5.973
27 44 LMP2 Miro Konopka Oliver Webb Matej Konopka Oreca 07 12 3’32.446 6.167
28 1 LMP2 Tatiana Calderon Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser Oreca 07 12 3’32.598 6.319
29 84 INNOVATIVE CAR Takuma Aoki Nigel Bailly Matthieu Lahaye Oreca 07 12 3’33.538 7.259
30 39 LMP2 Vincent Capillaire Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Oreca 07 12 3’34.005 7.726
31 74 LMP2 James Winslow John Corbett Tom Cloet Ligier JSP 217 13 3’36.012 9.733
32 52 LMGTE PRO Daniel Serra Miguel Molina Sam Bird Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 8 3’46.011 19.732
33 51 LMGTE PRO Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Côme Ledogar Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 9 3’46.581 20.302
34 92 LMGTE PRO Kevin Estre Neel Jani Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR 3 3’46.779 20.500
35 64 LMGTE PRO Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 13 3’47.074 20.795
36 72 LMGTE PRO Dries Vanthoor Alvaro Parente Maxime Martin Porsche 911 RSR 12 3’47.599 21.320
37 91 LMGTE PRO Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR 6 3’47.624 21.345
38 79 LMGTE PRO Cooper MacNeil Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 RSR 12 3’47.682 21.403
39 88 LMGTE AM Julien Andlauer Dominique Bastien Lance Arnold Porsche 911 RSR 10 3’48.620 22.341
40 86 LMGTE AM Michael Wainwright Benjamin Barker Tom Gamble Porsche 911 RSR 9 3’49.100 22.821
41 47 LMGTE AM Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 11 3’49.102 22.823
42 71 LMGTE AM Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Ben Barnicoat Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 7 3’49.462 23.183
43 56 LMGTE AM Egidio Perfetti Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera Porsche 911 RSR 11 3’49.608 23.329
44 63 LMGTE PRO Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 12 3’49.643 23.364
45 33 LMGTE AM Ben Keating Dylan Pereira Felipe Fraga Aston Martin Vantage AMR 8 3’49.663 23.384
46 80 LMGTE AM Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Callum Ilott Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 13 3’49.693 23.414
47 57 LMGTE AM Takeshi Kimura Scott Andrews Mikkel Jensen Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 13 3’49.715 23.436
48 99 LMGTE AM Harry Tincknell Vuttikhorn Inthraphuvasak Florian Latorre Porsche 911 RSR 11 3’49.788 23.509
49 54 LMGTE AM Thomas Flohr Giancarlo Fisichella Francesco Castellacci Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 12 3’49.829 23.550
50 83 LMGTE AM François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 8 3’49.881 23.602
51 77 LMGTE AM Christian Ried Jaxon Evans Matt Campbell Porsche 911 RSR 11 3’49.913 23.634
52 18 LMGTE AM Andrew Haryanto Alessio Picariello Marco Seefried Porsche 911 RSR 12 3’50.016 23.737
53 388 LMGTE AM Pierre Ehret Christian Hook Jeroen Bleekemolen Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 12 3’50.018 23.739
54 95 LMGTE AM John Hartshorne Ollie Hancock Ross Gunn Aston Martin Vantage AMR 12 3’50.059 23.780
55 98 LMGTE AM Paul Dalla Lana Nicki Thiim Marcos Gomes Aston Martin Vantage AMR 11 3’50.156 23.877
56 85 LMGTE AM Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 11 3’50.314 24.035
57 60 LMGTE AM Claudio Schiavoni Paolo Ruberti Raffaele Giammaria Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 12 3’50.768 24.489
58 777 LMGTE AM Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Andrew Watson Aston Martin Vantage AMR 11 3’51.107 24.828
59 46 LMGTE AM Dennis Olsen Anders Buchardt Robert Foley Porsche 911 RSR 10 3’51.411 25.132
60 55 LMGTE AM Duncan Cameron David Perel Matthew Griffin Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 12 3’52.088 25.809
61 66 LMGTE AM Thomas Neubauer Rodrigo Sales Jody Fannin Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 12 3’52.304 26.025
62 69 LMGTE AM Robert Renauer Ralf Bohn Rolf Ineichen Porsche 911 RSR 10 3’52.960 26.681