Wednesday evening saw FIA World Endurance Championship teams qualify for this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. After 60 minutes of on-track action, Toyota GAZOO Racing’s Kamui Kobayashi was fastest overall with a lap at 147.077 mph. That does not give Kobayashi the overall pole, but does give the rest of the Hypercar class something to shoot at.
While the session was scheduled for a full hour, it truly lasted for about half of that time before rain showers arrived at the 8.467-mile circuit. With no way to improve on a wet track, most teams spent the second half of the session in their garage.
Kobayashi’s lap was a little more than a tenth of a second quicker than Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus’ Olivier Pla. Pla’s teammate Ryan Briscoe was third quickest in the No. 709 Glickenhaus, while Signatech Alpine’s Nicolas Lapierre was fourth. Brendon Hartley was unable to get a clean lap before the rains came and ended up 13 seconds back, fifth in class.
In LMP2, Team WRT’s Robin Frijns was fastest with a lap at 145.219 mph, good for fifth overall. Frijns’ lap was nearly a quarter of a second faster than JOTA Sport’s Antonio Felix da Costa. RealTeam by WRT’s Norman Nato was third fastest, then the United Autosports entries driven by Alex Lynn (No. 23) and Filipe Albuquerque (No. 22). Prema’s Louis Deletraz was sixth fastest, three-quarters of a second slower than Frijns.
GTE-Pro saw Porsche GT Team’s Laurens Vanthoor go fastest with a lap at 131.954 mph, good for 29th overall. Vanthoor’s lap was .133 seconds quicker than Corvette Racing’s Antonio Garcia. Frederic Makowiecki in the second Porsche was third, followed by Nick Tandy in the No. 64 Corvette. AF Corse teammates James Calado and Antonio Fuoco were fifth and sixth.
In GTE-Am, one of the most closely watched teams out there is the No. 93 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR-19. This car was due to be qualified by Michael Fassbender, best known for playing the title…
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