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Kobayashi lands Toyota on pole

Mat Coch
Mat Coch
10 Sep 2023
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Kobayashi lands Toyota on pole

Toyota will start on pole for the 6 Hours of Fuji. Image: WEC, FocusPackMedia, Tim Hearn

Toyota will start on pole for the 6 Hours of Fuji. Image: WEC, FocusPackMedia, Tim Hearn

Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Kamui Kobayashi gave the team its fourth pole of the season ahead of Sunday’s 6 Hours of Fuji race.

The Japanese fans in attendance got their wish to see an all-Toyota front row.

The #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid driven by Kobayashi put up a time of 1:27.794s to claim the pole over Brandon Hartley in the sister #8 Toyota.

The New Zealander was 0.624s adrift of Kobayashi.

Kobayashi turned in the fast lap mid-session and was never seriously threatened as rain came in the closing minutes of qualifying.

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The second row will be all Porsche. The two Penske Porsche 963s will start in the third and fourth positions.

Kevin Estre in the #6 963 was 0.030s seconds ahead of team-mate Fred Makowieck in the #5 Porsche.

Earl Bamber’s co-driver, Alex Lynn, in the #2 Cadillac V-Series was fifth with with a lap of 1:28.770s.

The two Ferrari’s turned in the sixth and seventh fastest times. The #50 499P driven by James Calado recorded a 1:28.991s.

Nicklas Nielsen in the #51 Ferrari was 0.072s behind his team-mate.

The #93 and #94 Peugeot 9X8s, hoping for steady rain with their all-wheel drive, will start in the tenth and eleventh positions.

In LMP2 Phil Hanson topped the charts in the #22 United Autosports Oreca with a lap of 1:32.182s.

The #41 Team WRT Oreca with Luis Deletraz at the wheel was second with a 1:32.273s.

Oliver Jarvis put the second United Autosport entry into the third position with a 1:32.453s.

Ben Keating scored the third class pole of the year for the #33 Chevrolet Corvette with a time of 1:38.338s.

Sarah Bovy in the #85 Iron Dames Porsche 911 RSR-19 was second trailing Keating by only 0.035 seconds while Satashi Hashino was third in the #777 D’Station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR.

The 6 Hours of Fuji will start at 11:00 local time (12:00 AEST) Sunday.



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