Le Mans Q2: Toyota takes control of the front row
- Published on 13 Jun 2019 21:12
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- By: Fergal Walsh
Toyota looks set to start the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans from pole position after both cars made improvements in the second qualifying session.
The #7 car stayed in front at the end of the two-hour outing, as Kamui Kobayashi stripped over half a second off the benchmark that was laid down on Wednesday.
While the #8 car seemed to have issues yesterday, it made up ground today as it set a 3:15.497, four-tenths off the pace of its sister car. On Wednesday, it was two and a half seconds down.
With Toyota stating earlier this week that it expected a challenge from SMP Racing for pole, the Russian squad ended the session 1.4 seconds down on the pace as preparations get underway for the final qualifying stage.
There was little to separate the #1 Rebellion and #17 SMP Racing Car, with Rebellion holding fourth place by just one-tenth.
However, trouble struck the other Rebellion car as it stopped exiting the Mulsanne corner with smoke coming from the rear. It was sixth in the LMP1 class, ahead of DragonSpeed and ByKolles Racing Team.
In the LMP2 category, DragonSpeed once again had an advantage over the rest, as Pastor Maldonado set 3:26.490 to go four-tenths quicker than the #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing.
The #36 Signatech Alpine Matmut entry that ended Wednesday's running in second slipped to third, ahead of TDS Racing and Racing Team Nederland.
GTE saw a battle between Porsche and Corvette, as the #92 Porsche GT Team entry headed the Pro field. Less than two-tenths separated the top four in the Pro field.
| Pos. | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mike Conway
|
Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 3:15.497 | |
| 2 |
Sébastien Buemi
|
Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 3:15.908 | 0.411 |
| 3 |
Vitaly Petrov
|
BR Engineering BR1 | LMP1 | 3:16.953 | 1.456 |
| 4 |
Neel Jani
|
Rebellion R13 | LMP1 | 3:17.313 | 1.816 |
| 5 |
Stéphane Sarrazin
|
BR Engineering BR1 | LMP1 | 3:17.437 | 1.940 |
| 6 |
Thomas Laurent
|
Rebellion R13 | LMP1 | 3:18.884 | 3.387 |
| 7 |
Henrik Hedman
|
BR Engineering BR1 | LMP1 | 3:20.200 | 4.703 |
| 8 |
Tom Dillmann
|
ENSO CLM P1/01 | LMP1 | 3:23.726 | 8.229 |
| 9 |
Roberto Gonzalez
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:26.490 | 10.993 |
| 10 |
Ho-Pin Tung
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:26.821 | 11.324 |
| 11 |
Nicolas Lapierre
|
Alpine A470 | LMP2 | 3:26.935 | 11.438 |
| 12 |
François Perrodo
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:27.096 | 11.599 |
| 13 |
Frits van Eerd
|
Dallara P217 | LMP2 | 3:27.107 | 11.610 |
| 14 |
Philip Hanson
|
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3:27.338 | 11.841 |
| 15 |
Rene Binder
|
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3:27.790 | 12.293 |
| 16 |
Paul Lafargue
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:27.804 | 12.307 |
| 17 |
Tristan Gommendy
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:28.426 | 12.929 |
| 18 |
David Zollinger
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:28.457 | 12.960 |
| 19 |
David Heinemeier Hansson
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:28.569 | 13.072 |
| 20 |
Nico Jamin
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:28.653 | 13.156 |
| 21 |
Roman Rusinov
|
Aurus 01 | LMP2 | 3:28.713 | 13.216 |
| 22 |
Ryan Cullen
|
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3:28.779 | 13.282 |
| 23 |
Roberto Lacorte
|
Dallara P217 | LMP2 | 3:28.942 | 13.445 |
| 24 |
John Farano
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:29.137 | 13.640 |
| 25 |
Anders Fjordbach
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:29.633 | 14.136 |
| 26 |
Jakub Smiechowski
|
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3:30.744 | 15.247 |
| 27 |
Miro Konopka
|
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3:35.480 | 19.983 |
| 28 |
Erwin Creed
|
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3:36.144 | 20.647 |
| 29 |
Michael Christensen
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.388 | 33.891 |
| 30 |
Jan Magnussen
|
Chevrolet Corvette C7R | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.424 | 33.927 |
| 31 |
Andy Priaulx
|
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.530 | 34.033 |
| 32 |
Patrick Pilet
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.558 | 34.061 |
| 33 |
Gianmaria Bruni
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.921 | 34.424 |
| 34 |
Alex Lynn
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 3:50.037 | 34.540 |
| 35 |
Sven Muller
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3:50.278 | 34.781 |
| 36 |
Ryan Briscoe
|
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3:50.339 | 34.842 |
| 37 |
Joey Hand
|
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3:50.486 | 34.989 |
| 38 |
Davide Rigon
|
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3:50.623 | 35.126 |
| 39 |
Marco Sorensen
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 3:50.812 | 35.315 |
| 40 |
Oliver Gavin
|
Chevrolet Corvette C7R | LMGTE PRO | 3'51.011 | 35.514 |
| 41 |
Alessandro Pier Guidi
|
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3:51.019 | 35.522 |
| 42 |
Nick Catsburg
|
BMW M8 GTE | LMGTE PRO | 3:51.353 | 35.856 |
| 43 |
Stefan Mücke
|
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3:51.601 | 36.104 |
| 44 |
Augusto Farfus
|
BMW M8 GTE | LMGTE PRO | 3:51.818 | 36.321 |
| 45 |
Satoshi Hoshino
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3:52.454 | 36.957 |
| 46 |
Jörg Bergmeister
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3:52.750 | 37.253 |
| 47 |
Thomas Flohr
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:52.826 | 37.329 |
| 48 |
Pipo Derani
|
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3:52.997 | 37.500 |
| 49 |
Matt Campbell
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3:53.408 | 37.911 |
| 50 |
Takeshi Kimura
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:53.474 | 37.977 |
| 51 |
Ben Keating
|
Ford GT | LMGTE AM | 3:53.492 | 37.995 |
| 52 |
Paul Dalla Lana
|
Aston Martin Vantage | LMGTE AM | 3:53.530 | 38.033 |
| 53 |
Michael Wainwright
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3:53.571 | 38.074 |
| 54 |
Salih Yoluc
|
Aston Martin Vantage | LMGTE AM | 3:53.974 | 38.477 |
| 55 |
Claudio Schiavoni
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:53.990 | 38.493 |
| 56 |
Louis Prette
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3:54.324 | 38.827 |
| 57 |
Cooper MacNeil
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:54.350 | 38.853 |
| 58 |
Manuela Gostner
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:54.363 | 38.866 |
| 59 |
Jeff Segal
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:54.513 | 39.016 |
| 60 |
Motoaki Ishikawa
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:54.737 | 39.240 |
| 61 |
Luis Perez Companc
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:56.072 | 40.575 |
| 62 |
Tracy Krohn
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM |
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