Le Mans Q3: Kobayashi claims pole and heads Toyota 1-2
- Published on 13 Jun 2019 23:04
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- By: Fergal Walsh
The #7 Toyota has claimed pole position for the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, ahead of its sister #8 car.
The fastest lap of qualifying was set in Q2 earlier in the evening by Kamui Kobayashi, who laid down a 3:15.497, which was four-tenths ahead of the #8 entry.
Toyota spent much of the session working on its long-run pace, with the set to get underway on Saturday afternoon. Behind Toyota, SMP Racing and Rebellion Racing set the third and fourth fastest times with the #17 car heading the #3.
Toyota predicted that SMP Racing would give it a challenge for pole position, however in the end, it was over six-tenths down on the pace.
The third row in the LMP1 class sees the second SMP and Rebellion cars, while DragonSpeed and ByKolles Racing completing the LMP1 grid the latter improving by six-tenths from Q2 to Q3.
LMP2
Despite DragonSpeed's consistent impressive speed throughout qualifying, the team didn't manage to secure pole in the LMP2 class.
Although it improved by almost a second from the second session earlier on Thursday, Graff and TDS Racing managed to improve nicely to secure 9th and 10th overall, and the front row in their class.
TDS Racing's position also means it is the highest placed car running the Dunlop tyres.
Signatech Alpine Matmut improved only very slightly on its time and had to settle for fourth alongside DragonSpeed.
There were consistent gaps in the LMP2 class as roughly two-tenths to four-tenths separated each car all the way down to the #32 United Autosports car, who was 10th in the category.
The #32 car narrowly beat High Class Racing and Panis Barthez Competition to 10th, with just two-tenths of a second between the three cars.
GTE
In a thrilling battle for pole in the GTE Pro class, it was Aston Martin Racing that came out on top, with the #95 car improving its time by almost three seconds from Q2.
The car narrowly beat Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK to the class pole, with just over a tenth separating the two cars. Behind them, there was a big gap to Corvette Racing and Porsche, who were over seven-tenths down.
There was another close fight between the #66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK, the #69 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA and the #64 Corvette Racing cars, who were 9th, 10th and 11th in the Pro class, setting times within half a tenth of each other.
One GTE Am car went faster than a Pro entry, as the #89 Dempsey-Proton Racing machine pipped Risi Competizione.
Dempsey-Proton was delivered a hit earlier today when it confirmed that it would have to withdraw its #99 car following a heavy crash for Tracy Krohn on Wednesday during practice.
However, the #77 Dempsey-Proton car was the second fastest GTE Am entry, beating Gulf Racing and JMW Motorsport to a front row start in that class.
| 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 |
Stéphane Sarrazin
|
BR Engineering BR1 | LMP1 | 3:16.159 | 0.662 |
| 4 |
Thomas Laurent
|
Rebellion R13 | LMP1 | 3:16.404 | 0.907 |
| 5 |
Vitaly Petrov
|
BR Engineering BR1 | LMP1 | 3:16.665 | 1.168 |
| 6 |
Neel Jani
|
Rebellion R13 | LMP1 | 3:16.810 | 1.313 |
| 7 |
Henrik Hedman
|
BR Engineering BR1 | LMP1 | 3:20.200 | 4.703 |
| 8 |
Tom Dillmann
|
ENSO CLM P1/01 | LMP1 | 3:23.109 | 7.612 |
| 9 |
Tristan Gommendy
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:25.073 | 9.576 |
| 10 |
François Perrodo
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:25.345 | 9.848 |
| 11 |
Roberto Gonzalez
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:25.667 | 10.170 |
| 12 |
Nicolas Lapierre
|
Alpine A470 | LMP2 | 3:25.874 | 10.377 |
| 13 |
Paul Lafargue
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:26.011 | 10.514 |
| 14 |
Roman Rusinov
|
Aurus 01 | LMP2 | 3:26.257 | 10.760 |
| 15 |
Philip Hanson
|
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3:26.543 | 11.046 |
| 16 |
Ho-Pin Tung
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:26.821 | 11.324 |
| 17 |
Frits van Eerd
|
Dallara P217 | LMP2 | 3:27.107 | 11.610 |
| 18 |
Ryan Cullen
|
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3:27.509 | 12.012 |
| 19 |
Anders Fjordbach
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:27.610 | 12.113 |
| 20 |
Rene Binder
|
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3:27.790 | 12.293 |
| 21 |
David Heinemeier Hansson
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:28.049 | 12.552 |
| 22 |
Nico Jamin
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:28.195 | 12.698 |
| 23 |
David Zollinger
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:28.457 | 12.960 |
| 24 |
John Farano
|
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3:28.803 | 13.306 |
| 25 |
Roberto Lacorte
|
Dallara P217 | LMP2 | 3:28.942 | 13.445 |
| 26 |
Jakub Smiechowski
|
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3:30.744 | 15.247 |
| 27 |
Miro Konopka
|
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3:34.146 | 18.649 |
| 28 |
Erwin Creed
|
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3:34.913 | 19.416 |
| 29 |
Marco Sorensen
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 3:48.000 | 32.503 |
| 30 |
Andy Priaulx
|
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3:48.112 | 32.615 |
| 31 |
Jan Magnussen
|
Chevrolet Corvette C7R | LMGTE PRO | 3:48.830 | 33.333 |
| 32 |
Patrick Pilet
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3:48.907 | 33.410 |
| 33 |
Augusto Farfus
|
BMW M8 GTE | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.108 | 33.611 |
| 34 |
Joey Hand
|
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.116 | 33.619 |
| 35 |
Michael Christensen
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.196 | 33.699 |
| 36 |
Davide Rigon
|
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.391 | 33.894 |
| 37 |
Stefan Mücke
|
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.511 | 34.014 |
| 38 |
Ryan Briscoe
|
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.546 | 34.049 |
| 39 |
Oliver Gavin
|
Chevrolet Corvette C7R | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.573 | 34.076 |
| 40 |
Alessandro Pier Guidi
|
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.655 | 34.158 |
| 41 |
Gianmaria Bruni
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3:49.921 | 34.424 |
| 42 |
Alex Lynn
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 3:50.037 | 34.540 |
| 43 |
Sven Muller
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3:50.278 | 34.781 |
| 44 |
Nick Catsburg
|
BMW M8 GTE | LMGTE PRO | 3:51.353 | 35.856 |
| 45 |
Satoshi Hoshino
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3:51.439 | 35.942 |
| 46 |
Pipo Derani
|
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3:51.454 | 35.957 |
| 47 |
Matt Campbell
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3:51.645 | 36.148 |
| 48 |
Michael Wainwright
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3:51.944 | 36.447 |
| 49 |
Jeff Segal
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:52.423 | 36.926 |
| 50 |
Louis Prette
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3:52.434 | 36.937 |
| 51 |
Jörg Bergmeister
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3:52.750 | 37.253 |
| 52 |
Thomas Flohr
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:52.826 | 37.329 |
| 53 |
Takeshi Kimura
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:53.474 | 37.977 |
| 54 |
Ben Keating
|
Ford GT | LMGTE AM | 3:53.492 | 37.995 |
| 55 |
Claudio Schiavoni
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:53.528 | 38.031 |
| 56 |
Paul Dalla Lana
|
Aston Martin Vantage | LMGTE AM | 3:53.530 | 38.033 |
| 57 |
Salih Yoluc
|
Aston Martin Vantage | LMGTE AM | 3:53.606 | 38.109 |
| 58 |
Cooper MacNeil
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:53.630 | 38.133 |
| 59 |
Motoaki Ishikawa
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:54.051 | 38.554 |
| 60 |
Manuela Gostner
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:54.083 | 38.586 |
| 61 |
Luis Perez Companc
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3:54.799 | 39.302 |
| 62 |
Tracy Krohn
|
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM |
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