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<strong>Le Mans Q2:</strong> Toyota takes control of the front row

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 Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	3:15.497
2	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Fernando Alonso	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	3:15.908	0.411
3	Vitaly Petrov Mikhail Aleshin Stoffel Vandoorne	BR Engineering BR1	LMP1	3:16.953	1.456
4	Neel Jani Andre Lotterer Bruno Senna	Rebellion R13	LMP1	3:17.313	1.816
5	Stéphane Sarrazin Egor Orudzhev Sergey Sirotkin	BR Engineering BR1	LMP1	3:17.437	1.940
6	Thomas Laurent Nathanael Berthon Gustavo Menezes	Rebellion R13	LMP1	3:18.884	3.387
7	Henrik Hedman Ben Hanley Renger van der Zande	BR Engineering BR1	LMP1	3:20.200	4.703
8	Tom Dillmann Oliver Webb Paolo Ruberti	ENSO CLM P1/01	LMP1	3:23.726	8.229
9	Roberto Gonzalez Pastor Maldonado Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07	LMP2	3:26.490	10.993
10	Ho-Pin Tung Stéphane Richelmi Gabriel Aubry	Oreca 07	LMP2	3:26.821	11.324
11	Nicolas Lapierre Andre Negrao Pierre Thiriet	Alpine A470	LMP2	3:26.935	11.438
12	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxiviere Loic Duval	Oreca 07	LMP2	3:27.096	11.599
13	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries	Dallara P217	LMP2	3:27.107	11.610
14	Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Paul di Resta	Ligier JSP 217	LMP2	3:27.338	11.841
15	Rene Binder Julien Canal Will Stevens	Ligier JSP 217	LMP2	3:27.790	12.293
16	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Memo Rojas	Oreca 07	LMP2	3:27.804	12.307
17	Tristan Gommendy Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi	Oreca 07	LMP2	3:28.426	12.929
18	David Zollinger Andrea Pizzitola John Falb	Oreca 07	LMP2	3:28.457	12.960
19	David Heinemeier Hansson Jordan King Ricky Taylor	Oreca 07	LMP2	3:28.569	13.072
20	Nico Jamin Pierre Ragues Romain Dumas	Oreca 07	LMP2	3:28.653	13.156
21	Roman Rusinov Job Van Uitert Jean-Eric Vergne	Aurus 01	LMP2	3:28.713	13.216
22	Ryan Cullen Alex Brundle	Ligier JSP 217	LMP2	3:28.779	13.282
23	Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Andrea Belicchi	Dallara P217	LMP2	3:28.942	13.445
24	John Farano Arjun Maini Norman Nato	Oreca 07	LMP2	3:29.137	13.640
25	Anders Fjordbach Dennis Andersen Mathias Beche	Oreca 07	LMP2	3:29.633	14.136
26	Jakub Smiechowski James Winslow Nigel Moore	Ligier JSP 217	LMP2	3:30.744	15.247
27	Miro Konopka Henning Enqvist Konstantin Tereshchenko	Ligier JSP 217	LMP2	3:35.480	19.983
28	Erwin Creed Romano Ricci Nicholas Boulle	Ligier JSP 217	LMP2	3:36.144	20.647
29	Michael Christensen Kevin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE PRO	3:49.388	33.891
30	Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	LMGTE PRO	3:49.424	33.927
31	Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito	Ford GT	LMGTE PRO	3:49.530	34.033
32	Patrick Pilet Earl Bamber Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE PRO	3:49.558	34.061
33	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE PRO	3:49.921	34.424
34	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	3:50.037	34.540
35	Sven Muller Mathieu Jaminet Dennis Olsen	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE PRO	3:50.278	34.781
36	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon	Ford GT	LMGTE PRO	3:50.339	34.842
37	Joey Hand Dirk Muller Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	LMGTE PRO	3:50.486	34.989
38	Davide Rigon Sam Bird Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	3:50.623	35.126
39	Marco Sorensen Nicki Thiim Darren Turner	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	3:50.812	35.315
40	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fassler	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	LMGTE PRO	3'51.011	35.514
41	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	3:51.019	35.522
42	Nick Catsburg Martin Tomczyk Philipp Eng	BMW M8 GTE	LMGTE PRO	3:51.353	35.856
43	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson	Ford GT	LMGTE PRO	3:51.601	36.104
44	Augusto Farfus Antonio Felix da Costa Jesse Krohn	BMW M8 GTE	LMGTE PRO	3:51.818	36.321
45	Satoshi Hoshino Giorgio Roda Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3:52.454	36.957
46	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3:52.750	37.253
47	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE	LMGTE AM	3:52.826	37.329
48	Pipo Derani Oliver Jarvis Jules Gounon	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	3:52.997	37.500
49	Matt Campbell Christian Ried Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3:53.408	37.911
50	Takeshi Kimura Kei Cozzolino Côme Ledogar	Ferrari 488 GTE	LMGTE AM	3:53.474	37.977
51	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Felipe Fraga	Ford GT	LMGTE AM	3:53.492	37.995
52	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage	LMGTE AM	3:53.530	38.033
53	Michael Wainwright Benjamin Barker Thomas Preining	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3:53.571	38.074
54	Salih Yoluc Euan Hankey Charles Eastwood	Aston Martin Vantage	LMGTE AM	3:53.974	38.477
55	Claudio Schiavoni Andrea Piccini Sergio Pianezzola	Ferrari 488 GTE	LMGTE AM	3:53.990	38.493
56	Louis Prette Philippe Prette Vincent Abril	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3:54.324	38.827
57	Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander Robert Smith	Ferrari 488 GTE	LMGTE AM	3:54.350	38.853
58	Manuela Gostner Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting	Ferrari 488 GTE	LMGTE AM	3:54.363	38.866
59	Jeff Segal Rodrigo Baptista Wei Lu	Ferrari 488 GTE	LMGTE AM	3:54.513	39.016
60	Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III	Ferrari 488 GTE	LMGTE AM	3:54.737	39.240
61	Luis Perez Companc Matthew Griffin Matteo Cressoni	Ferrari 488 GTE	LMGTE AM	3:56.072	40.575
62	Tracy Krohn Nic Jönsson Patrick Long	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM