Toyota topped the timesheets at Circuit de la Sarthe as Porsche dominated the GTE classes ahead of this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
In LMP1 class Kazuki Nakajima went fastest for Toyota, with countryman Kamui Kobayashi second fastest in the second Toyota Gazoo Racing entry.
It left the two manufacturer entries at the top of the time sheets, more than two seconds faster than the fastest privateer LMP1 SMP Racing entry in their BR Engineering BR1 – AER.
Leading the LMP2 class was Idec Sport’s Oreca 07 – Gibson, Orecas holding the top four places in class.
The two hour session started at 2200, Nakajima’s best time was set early before the car was handed over to Sebastien Buemi and Fernando Alonso so they could complete their required night time running ahead of the race itself.
Porsche then locked out the top two places in LMGTE Pro, and the first three places in GTE Am, including second and third for Australians Matt Campbell and Alex Davison respectively.
Campbell set the time that saw his Dempsey – Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR second fastest in class, 1.2s off the team’s sister car which went fastest while the Gulf Racing entry in which Davison will compete was half a second further back, the time set by Ben Barker.
Behind the class leading Porsches in LMGTE Pro were two of the four Chip Ganassi Ford GTs, though the Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe, and Richard Westbrook entry was only 10th quickest in class.
Two further qualifying sessions follow on Thursday, the first at 1900 before Qualifying 3 at 2200.
Teams then have Friday free to prepare their cars ahead of a morning warm up on Saturday at 0900 prior to the race start at 1500.
Results: Qualifying 1, 24 Hours of Le Mans
Pos | Num | Driver | Team | Car | Time/Gap | Class |
1 | 8 | Buemi/Nakajima/Alonso | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | 3:17.270 | LMP1 |
2 | 7 | Conway/Kobayashi/Lopez | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | 0.107 | LMP1 |
3 | 17 | Sarrazin/Orudzhev/Isaakyan | SMP Racing | BR Engineering BR1 – AER | 2.213 | LMP1 |
4 | 1 | Lotterer/Jani/Senna | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion R13 – Gibson | 2.392 | LMP1 |
5 | 3 | Laurent/Beche/Menezes | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion R13 – Gibson | 2.675 | LMP1 |
6 | 10 | Hedman/Hanley/Van Der Zande | Dragonspeed | BR Engineering BR1 – Gibson | 3.84 | LMP1 |
7 | 11 | Petrov/Aleshin/Button | SMP Racing | BR Engineering BR1 – AER | 4.138 | LMP1 |
8 | 4 | Webb/Kraihamer/Dillmann | Bykolles Racing Team | Enso CLM P1/01 – Nismo | 5.235 | LMP1 |
9 | 48 | Lafargue/Chatin/Rojas | Idec Sport | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 7.686 | LMP2 |
10 | 28 | Perrodo/Vaxiviere/Duval | TDS Racing | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 7.97 | LMP2 |
11 | 26 | Rusinov/Pizzitola/Vergne | G-Drive Racing | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 9.177 | LMP2 |
12 | 31 | Gonzalez/Maldonado/Berthon | Dragonspeed | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 9.238 | LMP2 |
13 | 36 | Lapierre/Negrão/Thiriet | Signatech Alpine Matmut | Alpine A470 – Gibson | 9.411 | LMP2 |
14 | 22 | Hanson/Albuquerque/Di Resta | United Autosports | Ligier JSP217 – Gibson | 9.502 | LMP2 |
15 | 37 | Jaafar/Jeffri/Tan | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 10.198 | LMP2 |
16 | 47 | Lacorte/Sernagiotto/Nasr | Cetilar Villorba Corse | Dallara P217 – Gibson | 10.723 | LMP2 |
17 | 38 | Tung/Richelmi/Aubry | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 10.729 | LMP2 |
18 | 29 | Van Eerd/Van Der Garde/Lammers | Racing Team Nederland | Dallara P217 – Gibson | 11.286 | LMP2 |
19 | 35 | Shaitar/Newey/Nato | SMP Racing | Dallara P217 – Gibson | 11.359 | LMP2 |
20 | 23 | Buret/Canal/Stevens | Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JSP217 – Gibson | 12.151 | LMP2 |
21 | 39 | Capillaire/Hirschi/Gommendy | Graff-SO24 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 12.59 | LMP2 |
22 | 6 | Rowland/Brundle/Turvey | CEFC TRSM Racing | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 – Mecachrome | 13.069 | LMP1 |
23 | 32 | De Sadeleer/Owen/Montoya | United Autosports | Ligier JSP217 – Gibson | 13.077 | LMP2 |
24 | 5 | Robertson/Simpson/Roussel | CEFC TRSM Racing | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 – Mecachrome | 13.211 | LMP1 |
25 | 40 | Allen/Gutierrez/Guibbert | G-Drive Racing | Oreca 07 – Gibson | 14.021 | LMP2 |
26 | 34 | Taylor/Ledogar/Heinemeier-Hansson | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Ligier JSP217 – Gibson | 16.485 | LMP2 |
27 | 33 | Cheng/Boulle/Nicolet | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Ligier JSP217 – Gibson | 17.967 | LMP2 |
28 | 44 | Bertolini/Jönsson/Krohn | Eurasia Motorsport | Ligier JSP217 – Gibson | 18.115 | LMP2 |
29 | 50 | Creed/Ricci/Dagoneau | Larbre Competition | Ligier JSP217 – Gibson | 20.936 | LMP2 |
30 | 25 | Patterson/De Jong/Kim | Algarve Pro Racing | Ligier JSP217 – Gibson | 26.907 | LMP2 |
31 | 91 | Lietz/Bruni/Makowiecki | Porsche GT Team | Porsche 911 RSR | 30.234 | LMGTE Pro |
32 | 92 | Christensen/Estre/Vanthoor | Porsche GT Team | Porsche 911 RSR | 31.827 | LMGTE Pro |
33 | 66 | Mücke/Pla/Johnson | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford GT | 31.911 | LMGTE Pro |
34 | 68 | Hand/Müller/Bourdais | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Ford GT | 32.312 | LMGTE Pro |
35 | 51 | Pier Guidi/Calado/Serra | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 32.584 | LMGTE Pro |
36 | 94 | Dumas/Bernhard/Müller | Porsche GT Team | Porsche 911 RSR | 32.819 | LMGTE Pro |
37 | 93 | Pilet/Tandy/Bamber | Porsche GT Team | Porsche 911 RSR | 32.991 | LMGTE Pro |
38 | 67 | Priaulx/Tincknell/Kanaan | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford GT | 33.159 | LMGTE Pro |
39 | 82 | Farfus/Felix Da Costa/Sims | BMW Team MTEK | BMW M8 GTE | 33.309 | LMGTE Pro |
40 | 69 | Briscoe/Westbrook/Dixon | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Ford GT | 33.323 | LMGTE Pro |
41 | 81 | Tomczyk/Catsburg/Eng | BMW Team MTEK | BMW M8 GTE | 33.326 | LMGTE Pro |
42 | 71 | Rigon/Bird/Molina | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 33.399 | LMGTE Pro |
43 | 88 | Cairoli/Al Qubaisi/Roda | Dempsey – Proton Racing | Porsche 911 RSR | 33.458 | LMGTE Am |
44 | 63 | Magnussen/Garcia/Rockenfeller | Corvette Racing – GM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 33.519 | LMGTE Pro |
45 | 64 | Gavin/Milner/Fässler | Corvette Racing – GM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 33.682 | LMGTE Pro |
46 | 77 | Campbell/Ried/Andlauer | Dempsey – Proton Racing | Porsche 911 RSR | 34.66 | LMGTE Am |
47 | 52 | Vilander/Giovinazzi/Derani | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 34.842 | LMGTE Pro |
48 | 97 | Lynn/Martin/Adam | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | 35.216 | LMGTE Pro |
49 | 86 | Wainwright/Barker/Davison | Gulf Racing | Porsche 911 RSR | 35.247 | LMGTE Am |
50 | 54 | Flohr/Castellacci/Fisichella | Spirit of Race | Ferrari F488 GTE | 35.486 | LMGTE Am |
51 | 56 | Bergmeister/Lindsey/Perfetti | Team Project 1 | Porsche 911 RSR | 35.715 | LMGTE Am |
52 | 85 | Keating/Bleekemolen/Stolz | Keating Motorsports | Ferrari F488 GTE | 36.73 | LMGTE Am |
53 | 98 | Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin Vantage | 37.037 | LMGTE Am |
54 | 84 | Griffin/Macneil/Segal | JMW Motorsport | Ferrari F488 GTE | 37.114 | LMGTE Am |
55 | 95 | Sørensen/Thiim/Turner | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | 37.51 | LMGTE Pro |
56 | 70 | Ishikawa/Beretta/Cheever | MR Racing | Ferrari F488 GTE | 37.681 | LMGTE Am |
57 | 61 | Mok/Griffin/Sawa | Clearwater Racing | Ferrari F488 GTE | 37.806 | LMGTE Am |
58 | 80 | Babini/Nielsen/Maris | Ebimotors | Porsche 911 RSR | 38.299 | LMGTE Am |
59 | 90 | Yoluc/Hankey/Eastwood | TF Sport | Aston Martin Vantage | 38.391 | LMGTE Am |
60 | 99 | Long/Pappas/Pumpelly | Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | 45.837 | LMGTE Am |