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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pos. 1 |
Drivers
Mike Conway
|
Car Toyota TS050 Hybrid |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:15.497 |
Gap |
Pos. 2 |
Drivers
Sébastien Buemi
|
Car Toyota TS050 Hybrid |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:15.908 |
Gap 0.411 |
Pos. 3 |
Drivers
Stéphane Sarrazin
|
Car BR Engineering BR1 |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:16.159 |
Gap 0.662 |
Pos. 4 |
Drivers
Thomas Laurent
|
Car Rebellion R13 |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:16.404 |
Gap 0.907 |
Pos. 5 |
Drivers
Vitaly Petrov
|
Car BR Engineering BR1 |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:16.665 |
Gap 1.168 |
Pos. 6 |
Drivers
Neel Jani
|
Car Rebellion R13 |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:16.810 |
Gap 1.313 |
Pos. 7 |
Drivers
Henrik Hedman
|
Car BR Engineering BR1 |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:20.200 |
Gap 4.703 |
Pos. 8 |
Drivers
Tom Dillmann
|
Car ENSO CLM P1/01 |
Class LMP1 |
Time 3:23.109 |
Gap 7.612 |
Pos. 9 |
Drivers
Tristan Gommendy
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:25.073 |
Gap 9.576 |
Pos. 10 |
Drivers
François Perrodo
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:25.345 |
Gap 9.848 |
Pos. 11 |
Drivers
Roberto Gonzalez
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:25.667 |
Gap 10.170 |
Pos. 12 |
Drivers
Nicolas Lapierre
|
Car Alpine A470 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:25.874 |
Gap 10.377 |
Pos. 13 |
Drivers
Paul Lafargue
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:26.011 |
Gap 10.514 |
Pos. 14 |
Drivers
Roman Rusinov
|
Car Aurus 01 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:26.257 |
Gap 10.760 |
Pos. 15 |
Drivers
Philip Hanson
|
Car Ligier JSP 217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:26.543 |
Gap 11.046 |
Pos. 16 |
Drivers
Ho-Pin Tung
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:26.821 |
Gap 11.324 |
Pos. 17 |
Drivers
Frits van Eerd
|
Car Dallara P217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:27.107 |
Gap 11.610 |
Pos. 18 |
Drivers
Ryan Cullen
|
Car Ligier JSP 217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:27.509 |
Gap 12.012 |
Pos. 19 |
Drivers
Anders Fjordbach
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:27.610 |
Gap 12.113 |
Pos. 20 |
Drivers
Rene Binder
|
Car Ligier JSP 217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:27.790 |
Gap 12.293 |
Pos. 21 |
Drivers
David Heinemeier Hansson
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:28.049 |
Gap 12.552 |
Pos. 22 |
Drivers
Nico Jamin
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:28.195 |
Gap 12.698 |
Pos. 23 |
Drivers
David Zollinger
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:28.457 |
Gap 12.960 |
Pos. 24 |
Drivers
John Farano
|
Car Oreca 07 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:28.803 |
Gap 13.306 |
Pos. 25 |
Drivers
Roberto Lacorte
|
Car Dallara P217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:28.942 |
Gap 13.445 |
Pos. 26 |
Drivers
Jakub Smiechowski
|
Car Ligier JSP 217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:30.744 |
Gap 15.247 |
Pos. 27 |
Drivers
Miro Konopka
|
Car Ligier JSP 217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:34.146 |
Gap 18.649 |
Pos. 28 |
Drivers
Erwin Creed
|
Car Ligier JSP 217 |
Class LMP2 |
Time 3:34.913 |
Gap 19.416 |
Pos. 29 |
Drivers
Marco Sorensen
|
Car Aston Martin Vantage AMR |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:48.000 |
Gap 32.503 |
Pos. 30 |
Drivers
Andy Priaulx
|
Car Ford GT |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:48.112 |
Gap 32.615 |
Pos. 31 |
Drivers
Jan Magnussen
|
Car Chevrolet Corvette C7R |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:48.830 |
Gap 33.333 |
Pos. 32 |
Drivers
Patrick Pilet
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:48.907 |
Gap 33.410 |
Pos. 33 |
Drivers
Augusto Farfus
|
Car BMW M8 GTE |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:49.108 |
Gap 33.611 |
Pos. 34 |
Drivers
Joey Hand
|
Car Ford GT |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:49.116 |
Gap 33.619 |
Pos. 35 |
Drivers
Michael Christensen
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:49.196 |
Gap 33.699 |
Pos. 36 |
Drivers
Davide Rigon
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:49.391 |
Gap 33.894 |
Pos. 37 |
Drivers
Stefan Mücke
|
Car Ford GT |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:49.511 |
Gap 34.014 |
Pos. 38 |
Drivers
Ryan Briscoe
|
Car Ford GT |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:49.546 |
Gap 34.049 |
Pos. 39 |
Drivers
Oliver Gavin
|
Car Chevrolet Corvette C7R |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:49.573 |
Gap 34.076 |
Pos. 40 |
Drivers
Alessandro Pier Guidi
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:49.655 |
Gap 34.158 |
Pos. 41 |
Drivers
Gianmaria Bruni
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:49.921 |
Gap 34.424 |
Pos. 42 |
Drivers
Alex Lynn
|
Car Aston Martin Vantage AMR |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:50.037 |
Gap 34.540 |
Pos. 43 |
Drivers
Sven Muller
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:50.278 |
Gap 34.781 |
Pos. 44 |
Drivers
Nick Catsburg
|
Car BMW M8 GTE |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:51.353 |
Gap 35.856 |
Pos. 45 |
Drivers
Satoshi Hoshino
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:51.439 |
Gap 35.942 |
Pos. 46 |
Drivers
Pipo Derani
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Class LMGTE PRO |
Time 3:51.454 |
Gap 35.957 |
Pos. 47 |
Drivers
Matt Campbell
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:51.645 |
Gap 36.148 |
Pos. 48 |
Drivers
Michael Wainwright
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:51.944 |
Gap 36.447 |
Pos. 49 |
Drivers
Jeff Segal
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:52.423 |
Gap 36.926 |
Pos. 50 |
Drivers
Louis Prette
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:52.434 |
Gap 36.937 |
Pos. 51 |
Drivers
Jörg Bergmeister
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:52.750 |
Gap 37.253 |
Pos. 52 |
Drivers
Thomas Flohr
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:52.826 |
Gap 37.329 |
Pos. 53 |
Drivers
Takeshi Kimura
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:53.474 |
Gap 37.977 |
Pos. 54 |
Drivers
Ben Keating
|
Car Ford GT |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:53.492 |
Gap 37.995 |
Pos. 55 |
Drivers
Claudio Schiavoni
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:53.528 |
Gap 38.031 |
Pos. 56 |
Drivers
Paul Dalla Lana
|
Car Aston Martin Vantage |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:53.530 |
Gap 38.033 |
Pos. 57 |
Drivers
Salih Yoluc
|
Car Aston Martin Vantage |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:53.606 |
Gap 38.109 |
Pos. 58 |
Drivers
Cooper MacNeil
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:53.630 |
Gap 38.133 |
Pos. 59 |
Drivers
Motoaki Ishikawa
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:54.051 |
Gap 38.554 |
Pos. 60 |
Drivers
Manuela Gostner
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:54.083 |
Gap 38.586 |
Pos. 61 |
Drivers
Luis Perez Companc
|
Car Ferrari 488 GTE |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time 3:54.799 |
Gap 39.302 |
Pos. 62 |
Drivers
Tracy Krohn
|
Car Porsche 911 RSR |
Class LMGTE AM |
Time |
Gap |
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