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The #7 Toyota has ended the first qualifying session on top of the standings, while its sister car struggled during the session.
The #7 car set a 3:17.161 with Mike Conway at the wheel, but was involved in an extremely unfortunate crash with an LMP2 car.
The LMP2 DragonSpeed car, which ended that class in P1, spun with Roberto Gonzalez at the wheel during the session. Conway T-boned the car while Gonzalez was recovering to the circuit, forcing both to come back to the pits for repairs.
The #8 car struggled throughout the two hours, and was languishing down in P8 for most of the session - the slowest of all the LMP1 entries.
However, Fernando Alonso managed to improve the time in the final minutes, jumping it up into P4, although it remained 2.471 seconds down on the #7 car.
With the chance of rain coming for Thursday's qualifying sessions, the Q1 times may end up forming the grid for the start of the race which kicks off on Saturday afternoon.
SMP Racing, who Toyota believes will challenge it for pole should tomorrow's sessions go ahead, was second, as the #17 car set a time that just under half a second down on Toyota.
Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK managed to jump to the top of the GTE Pro timesheets in the final moments of the session, with Harry Ticknell moving to the top.
However, the team will have work on its hands as its other car found the barriers during the session.
Ticknell's time that moved him to the head of the GTE Pro class was only marginally faster than #93 Porsche GT team, as just three-hundredths of a second separated the two cars.
Dempsey-Proton Racing was the fastest in the GTE Am category, mixing it up with some of the lower placed Pro cars. However, the other Dempsey-Proton car in the Am class was the only entry not to set a timed lap during the session.
| Pos. | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pos. 1 |
Drivers
Mike Conway
|
Car Toyota TS050 Hybrid |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:17.161 |
Gap |
Pos. 2 |
Drivers
Stéphane Sarrazin
|
Car BR Engineering BR1 |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:17.633 |
Gap 0.472 |
Pos. 3 |
Drivers
Thomas Laurent
|
Car Rebellion R13 |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:19.603 |
Gap 2.442 |
Pos. 4 |
Drivers
Sébastien Buemi
|
Car Toyota TS050 Hybrid |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:19.632 |
Gap 2.471 |
Pos. 5 |
Drivers
Henrik Hedman
|
Car BR Engineering BR1 |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:20.200 |
Gap 3.039 |
Pos. 6 |
Drivers
Neel Jani
|
Car Rebellion R13 |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:20.297 |
Gap 3.136 |
Pos. 7 |
Drivers
Vitaly Petrov
|
Car BR Engineering BR1 |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:20.934 |
Gap 3.773 |
Pos. 8 |
Drivers
Tom Dillmann
|
Car ENSO CLM P1/01 |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:25.246 |
Gap 8.085 |
Pos. 9 |
Drivers
Roberto Gonzalez
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:26.804 |
Gap 9.643 |
Pos. 10 |
Drivers
Nicolas Lapierre
|
Car Alpine A470 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:26.935 |
Gap 9.774 |
Pos. 11 |
Drivers
Philip Hanson
|
Car Ligier JSP 217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:27.338 |
Gap 10.177 |
Pos. 12 |
Drivers
Paul Lafargue
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:27.847 |
Gap 10.686 |
Pos. 13 |
Drivers
Nico Jamin
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:28.653 |
Gap 11.492 |
Pos. 14 |
Drivers
Ho-Pin Tung
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:28.738 |
Gap 11.577 |
Pos. 15 |
Drivers
François Perrodo
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:28.840 |
Gap 11.679 |
Pos. 16 |
Drivers
Frits van Eerd
|
Car Dallara P217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:28.909 |
Gap 11.748 |
Pos. 17 |
Drivers
Roman Rusinov
|
Car Aurus 01 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:29.107 |
Gap 11.946 |
Pos. 18 |
Drivers
David Zollinger
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:29.126 |
Gap 11.965 |
Pos. 19 |
Drivers
David Heinemeier Hansson
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:29.498 |
Gap 12.337 |
Pos. 20 |
Drivers
Ryan Cullen
|
Car Ligier JSP 217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:29.583 |
Gap 12.422 |
Pos. 21 |
Drivers
Roberto Lacorte
|
Car Dallara P217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:29.748 |
Gap 12.587 |
Pos. 22 |
Drivers
Rene Binder
|
Car Ligier JSP 217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:29.821 |
Gap 12.660 |
Pos. 23 |
Drivers
Jakub Smiechowski
|
Car Ligier JSP 217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:30.744 |
Gap 13.583 |
Pos. 24 |
Drivers
Tristan Gommendy
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:30.970 |
Gap 13.809 |
Pos. 25 |
Drivers
John Farano
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:31.017 |
Gap 13.856 |
Pos. 26 |
Drivers
Anders Fjordbach
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:32.945 |
Gap 15.784 |
Pos. 27 |
Drivers
Miro Konopka
|
Car Ligier JSP 217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:35.480 |
Gap 18.319 |
Pos. 28 |
Drivers
Erwin Creed
|
Car Ligier JSP 217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:38.663 |
Gap 21.502 |
Pos. 29 |
Drivers
Andy Priaulx
|
Car Ford GT |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:49.530 |
Gap 32.369 |
Pos. 30 |
Drivers
Patrick Pilet
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:49.558 |
Gap 32.397 |
Pos. 31 |
Drivers
Alex Lynn
|
Car Aston Martin Vantage AMR |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:50.037 |
Gap 32.876 |
Pos. 32 |
Drivers
Gianmaria Bruni
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:50.099 |
Gap 32.938 |
Pos. 33 |
Drivers
Sven Muller
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:50.278 |
Gap 33.117 |
Pos. 34 |
Drivers
Michael Christensen
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:50.468 |
Gap 33.307 |
Pos. 35 |
Drivers
Marco Sorensen
|
Car Aston Martin Vantage AMR |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:50.812 |
Gap 33.651 |
Pos. 36 |
Drivers
Davide Rigon
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:50.850 |
Gap 33.689 |
Pos. 37 |
Drivers
Nick Catsburg
|
Car BMW M8 GTE |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:51.476 |
Gap 34.315 |
Pos. 38 |
Drivers
Ryan Briscoe
|
Car Ford GT |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:51.821 |
Gap 34.660 |
Pos. 39 |
Drivers
Jan Magnussen
|
Car Chevrolet Corvette C7R |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:52.109 |
Gap 34.948 |
Pos. 40 |
Drivers
Alessandro Pier Guidi
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:52.128 |
Gap 34.967 |
Pos. 41 |
Drivers
Satoshi Hoshino
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:52.454 |
Gap 35.293 |
Pos. 42 |
Drivers
Oliver Gavin
|
Car Chevrolet Corvette C7R |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:52.490 |
Gap 35.329 |
Pos. 43 |
Drivers
Jörg Bergmeister
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:52.750 |
Gap 35.589 |
Pos. 44 |
Drivers
Pipo Derani
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:52.997 |
Gap 35.836 |
Pos. 45 |
Drivers
Joey Hand
|
Car Ford GT |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:53.053 |
Gap 35.892 |
Pos. 46 |
Drivers
Matt Campbell
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:53.408 |
Gap 36.247 |
Pos. 47 |
Drivers
Augusto Farfus
|
Car BMW M8 GTE |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:53.498 |
Gap 36.337 |
Pos. 48 |
Drivers
Paul Dalla Lana
|
Car Aston Martin Vantage |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:53.530 |
Gap 36.369 |
Pos. 49 |
Drivers
Thomas Flohr
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:53.793 |
Gap 36.632 |
Pos. 50 |
Drivers
Stefan Mücke
|
Car Ford GT |
Class GTE PRO |
Time 3:53.793 |
Gap 36.632 |
Pos. 51 |
Drivers
Salih Yoluc
|
Car Aston Martin Vantage |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:53.974 |
Gap 36.813 |
Pos. 52 |
Drivers
Louis Prette
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:54.324 |
Gap 37.163 |
Pos. 53 |
Drivers
Jeff Segal
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:54.513 |
Gap 37.352 |
Pos. 54 |
Drivers
Motoaki Ishikawa
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:54.737 |
Gap 37.576 |
Pos. 55 |
Drivers
Michael Wainwright
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:55.033 |
Gap 37.872 |
Pos. 56 |
Drivers
Cooper MacNeil
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:55.544 |
Gap 38.383 |
Pos. 57 |
Drivers
Takeshi Kimura
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:56.034 |
Gap 38.873 |
Pos. 58 |
Drivers
Luis Perez Companc
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:56.072 |
Gap 38.911 |
Pos. 59 |
Drivers
Claudio Schiavoni
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:56.147 |
Gap 38.986 |
Pos. 60 |
Drivers
Manuela Gostner
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:56.333 |
Gap 39.172 |
Pos. 61 |
Drivers
Ben Keating
|
Car Ford GT |
Class GTE AM |
Time 3:56.579 |
Gap 39.418 |
Pos. 62 |
Drivers
Tracy Krohn
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class GTE AM |
Time |
Gap |
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Replies (4)
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Posts: 583
Of course Alonso improved the time. That man is a beast, however bad for the team he might or might not be.
ajpennypacker
Posts: 2,475
Given the length of the race, is qualifying important at all in WEC?
f1fan0101
Posts: 1,804
Not really
f1fan0101
Posts: 1,804
Nice one from Alonso. I hope there's no rain today