Le Mans: Hartley Takes Sensational Pole for Toyota; Corvette Fastest in LMGTE Pro
Brendon Hartley is the king of Le Mans qualifying with a brilliant 3m24.408s lap in a thrilling finale to clinch the Hyperpole.
Toyota is 1-2 after the final shootout sees the New Zealander beat teammate Kamui Kobayashi in No.7 Toyota by just 0.177s
Alpine ELF Team ends up third after 3m24.850s lap by Nicolas Lapierre is lauded by a large fanbase for the “Les Bleues” squad. But the French ace loses his fastest tour for track limits.
Glickenhaus is fourth and fifth as all Hypercars are covered by just 1.9s. Four of the five Hypercars tops times during the 30-minute session.
LMGTE Pro category
Nick Tandy led a 1-2 result for Corvette Racing in the Hyperpole session Thursday night ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Tandy set a lap of 3:49.985 (132.538 mph) the No. 64 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R to give the team its first pole since 2010.
That also was the last time Corvette Racing started Le Mans with two cars on the front row. Antonio Garcia sealed the effort in the No. 63 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Corvette C8.R with a time of 3:50.177 (132.414 mph). It continued a solid pre-race program for the mid-engine Corvettes, which are at Le Mans for the second time.
Tandy, driving with FIA WEC full-season teammate Tommy Milner and Alexander Sims, claimed his first pole position at Le Mans. He was only 0.192 seconds clear of Garcia, who is driving with IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teammate Jordan Taylor and Nicky Catsburg.
The two Corvettes have shown impressive form since Sunday’s Test Day with the full benefit of running the WEC with the N. 64 Corvette being realized. The next goal is add another 1-2 finish… this time Sunday afternoon for the team’s ninth class win and first since 2015.
Porsche GT Team start from the second row of the grid as No.91 leads No.92 Porsche 911 RSR-19 as Frederic Makowiecki and Laurens Vanthoor set times.
AF Corse Ferrari fifth and sixth with No.52 of Antonio Fuoco just beating No.51 Spa winning car driven by James Calado
LMP2
In LMP2 the No.31 Le Mans LMP2 title defending car driven by Robin Frijns holds off challengers after a scintillating 3m28.394s lap.
This beats the No.41 Realteam by WRT car driven by Norman Nato by a huge 1.3s, while the No.22 United Autosports Oreca-Gibson is third with Filipe Albuquerque at the wheel.
No.38 JOTA entry places fourth ahead of Prema Orlen Team of Louis Deletraz and No.23 United Autosports car of Alex Lynn.
LMGTE Am
In the LMGTE Am class, the No.61 AF Corse Ferrari driven by Vincent Abril shades the Kessel Racing car of Mikkel Jensen to make it a Prancing Horse front-row lock-out.
Harry Tincknell secures third for Dempsey Proton Porsche heading Nicki Thiim in No.98 Northwest AMR Vantage.
No.54 AF Corse places fifth with Nick Cassidy at wheel, while Iron Dames take sixth thanks to Rahel Frey.
Q2: Hyperpole Qualifying Results
Pos | No. | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Behind | Gap |
1 | 8 | Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa |
Toyota GR010 – Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 3’24.408 | 0.000s | 0.000s |
2 | 7 | Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez |
Toyota GR010 – Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 3’24.828 | 0.420 | 0.420 |
3 | 36 | Andre Negrao Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere |
Alpine A480 | HYPERCAR | 3’24.850 | 0.442 | 0.022 |
4 | 709 | Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Franck Mailleux |
Glickenhaus 007 LMH | HYPERCAR | 3’25.841 | 1.433 | 0.991 |
5 | 708 | Olivier Pla Romain Dumas Pipo Derani |
Glickenhaus 007 LMH | HYPERCAR | 3’26.359 | 1.951 | 0.518 |
6 | 31 | Sean Gelael Robin Frijns René Rast |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’28.394 | 3.986 | 2.035 |
7 | 41 | Rui Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’29.697 | 5.289 | 1.303 |
8 | 22 | Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Will Owen |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’30.070 | 5.662 | 0.373 |
9 | 38 | Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Will Stevens |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’30.373 | 5.965 | 0.303 |
10 | 9 | Robert Kubica Louis Deletraz Lorenzo Colombo |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’31.115 | 6.707 | 0.742 |
11 | 23 | Alex Lynn Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’31.596 | 7.188 | 0.481 |
12 | 64 | Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | LMGTE PRO | 3’49.985 | 25.577 | 18.389 |
13 | 63 | Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | LMGTE PRO | 3’50.177 | 25.769 | 0.192 |
14 | 91 | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3’50.377 | 25.969 | 0.200 |
15 | 92 | Michael Christensen Kevin Estre Laurens Vanthoor |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3’50.522 | 26.114 | 0.145 |
16 | 52 | Miguel Molina Antonio Fuoco Davide Rigon |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3’51.779 | 27.371 | 1.257 |
17 | 51 | Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3’51.816 | 27.408 | 0.037 |
18 | 61 | Louis Prette Conrad Grunewald Vincent Abril |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’52.594 | 28.186 | 0.778 |
19 | 57 | Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff Mikkel Jensen |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’52.751 | 28.343 | 0.157 |
20 | 77 | Christian Ried Sebastian Priaulx Harry Tincknell |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3’53.006 | 28.598 | 0.255 |
21 | 98 | Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard Nicki Thiim |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 3’53.578 | 29.170 | 0.572 |
22 | 54 | Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Nick Cassidy |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’53.757 | 29.349 | 0.179 |
23 | 85 | Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’53.869 | 29.461 | 0.112 |
Q1 Qualifying
Pos | No. | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Behind | Gap |
1 | 7 | Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez |
Toyota GR010 – Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 3’27.247 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
2 | 708 | Olivier Pla Romain Dumas Pipo Derani |
Glickenhaus 007 LMH | HYPERCAR | 3’27.355 | 0.108 | 0.108 |
3 | 709 | Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Franck Mailleux |
Glickenhaus 007 LMH | HYPERCAR | 3’27.978 | 0.731 | 0.623 |
4 | 36 | Andre Negrao Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere |
Alpine A480 | HYPERCAR | 3’29.656 | 2.409 | 1.678 |
5 | 31 | Sean Gelael Robin Frijns René Rast |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’29.898 | 2.651 | 0.242 |
6 | 38 | Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Will Stevens |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’30.124 | 2.877 | 0.226 |
7 | 41 | Rui Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’30.440 | 3.193 | 0.316 |
8 | 23 | Alex Lynn Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’30.568 | 3.321 | 0.128 |
9 | 22 | Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Will Owen |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’30.639 | 3.392 | 0.071 |
10 | 9 | Robert Kubica Louis Deletraz Lorenzo Colombo |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’30.651 | 3.404 | 0.012 |
11 | 1 | Lilou Wadoux Sébastien Ogier Charles Milesi |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’31.368 | 4.121 | 0.717 |
12 | 65 | Julien Canal Nico Jamin Job Van Uitert |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’31.382 | 4.135 | 0.014 |
13 | 5 | Dane Cameron Emmanuel Collard Felipe Nasr |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’31.462 | 4.215 | 0.080 |
14 | 32 | Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Dries Vanthoor |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’31.808 | 4.561 | 0.346 |
15 | 30 | Richard Bradley Guillermo Rojas Reshad de Gerus |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’32.000 | 4.753 | 0.192 |
16 | 37 | Ye Yifei Ricky Taylor Niklas Krütten |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’32.008 | 4.761 | 0.008 |
17 | 28 | Oliver Rasmussen Edward Jones Jonathan Aberdein |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’32.138 | 4.891 | 0.130 |
18 | 48 | Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick Pilet |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’32.285 | 5.038 | 0.147 |
19 | 34 | Jakub Smiechowski Alex Brundle Esteban Gutierrez |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’32.549 | 5.302 | 0.264 |
20 | 24 | Rodrigo Sales Matthew Bell Ben Hanley |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’32.956 | 5.709 | 0.407 |
21 | 35 | Jean Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye François Heriau |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’33.463 | 6.216 | 0.507 |
22 | 44 | Miro Konopka Bent Viscaal Tristan Vautier |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’33.480 | 6.233 | 0.017 |
23 | 39 | Eric Trouillet Sébastien Page David Droux |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’33.483 | 6.236 | 0.003 |
24 | 3 | Laurents Hörr Jean Glorieux Alexandre Cougnaud |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’34.524 | 7.277 | 1.041 |
25 | 47 | Sophia Flörsch John Falb Jack Aitken |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’36.371 | 9.124 | 1.847 |
26 | 83 | François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’36.548 | 9.301 | 0.177 |
27 | 27 | Cresp Christophe Michael Jensen Steven Palette |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3’38.136 | 10.889 | 1.588 |
28 | 43 | David Heinemeier Hansson Fabio Scherer Pietro Fittipaldi |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’38.491 | 11.244 | 0.355 |
29 | 8 | Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa |
Toyota GR010 – Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 3’40.842 | 13.595 | 2.351 |
30 | 92 | Michael Christensen Kevin Estre Laurens Vanthoor |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3’50.999 | 23.752 | 10.157 |
31 | 63 | Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | LMGTE PRO | 3’51.132 | 23.885 | 0.133 |
32 | 91 | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3’51.382 | 24.135 | 0.250 |
33 | 64 | Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | LMGTE PRO | 3’51.491 | 24.244 | 0.109 |
34 | 51 | Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3’51.502 | 24.255 | 0.011 |
35 | 52 | Miguel Molina Antonio Fuoco Davide Rigon |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3’51.614 | 24.367 | 0.112 |
36 | 98 | Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard Nicki Thiim |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 3’52.559 | 25.312 | 0.945 |
37 | 57 | Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff Mikkel Jensen |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’53.489 | 26.242 | 0.930 |
38 | 54 | Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Nick Cassidy |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’53.690 | 26.443 | 0.201 |
39 | 85 | Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’54.081 | 26.834 | 0.391 |
40 | 74 | Felipe Fraga Sam Bird Shane van Gisbergen |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3’54.116 | 26.869 | 0.035 |
41 | 77 | Christian Ried Sebastian Priaulx Harry Tincknell |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3’54.224 | 26.977 | 0.108 |
42 | 61 | Louis Prette Conrad Grunewald Vincent Abril |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’54.316 | 27.069 | 0.092 |
43 | 86 | Michael Wainwright Riccardo Pera Benjamin Barker |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3’54.323 | 27.076 | 0.007 |
44 | 56 | Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Ben Barnicoat |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3’54.510 | 27.263 | 0.187 |
45 | 46 | Matteo Cairoli Mikkel Pedersen Nicolas Leutwiler |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3’54.533 | 27.286 | 0.023 |
46 | 79 | Cooper MacNeil Julien Andlauer Thomas Merrill |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3’54.912 | 27.665 | 0.379 |
47 | 99 | Andrew Haryanto Alessio Picariello Martin Rump |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3’55.076 | 27.829 | 0.164 |
48 | 59 | Alexander West Côme Ledogar Marvin Klein |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’55.162 | 27.915 | 0.086 |
49 | 21 | Simon Mann Christoph Ulrich Toni Vilander |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’55.308 | 28.061 | 0.146 |
50 | 55 | Duncan Cameron Matthew Griffin David Perel |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’55.617 | 28.370 | 0.309 |
51 | 75 | Pierre Ehret Christian Hook Nicolas Varrone |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’55.672 | 28.425 | 0.055 |
52 | 66 | Renger van der Zande Mark Kvamme Jason Hart |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’56.008 | 28.761 | 0.336 |
53 | 777 | Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Charlie Fagg |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 3’56.437 | 29.190 | 0.429 |
54 | 88 | Fred Poordad Maxwell Root Jan Heylen |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3’56.516 | 29.269 | 0.079 |
55 | 33 | Ben Keating Henrique Chaves Jr. Marco Sorensen |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 3’57.044 | 29.797 | 0.528 |
56 | 60 | Claudio Schiavoni Alessandro Balzan Raffaele Giammaria |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 4’05.633 | 38.386 | 8.589 |
57 | 93 | Michael Fassbender Matt Campbell Zacharie Robichon |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 4’07.907 | 40.660 | 2.274 |
58 | 80 | Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Richard Heistand |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 4’23.223 | 55.976 | 15.316 |
59 | 10 | Nico Müller Ryan Cullen Sébastien Bourdais |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | |||
60 | 13 | Philippe Cimadomo Mathias Beche Tijmen van der Helm |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3’30.905 | 3.658 | |
61 | 45 | Thomas Steven James Allen Rene Binder |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | |||
62 | 71 | Franck Dezoteux Pierre Ragues Gabriel Aubry |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3’54.139 | 26.892 | 23.234 |