Hartley Takes Sensational Pole for Toyota; Corvette Fastest in LMGTE Pro

The No.8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid Hypercar takes pole position in dramatic Hyperpole session at Le Mans.

Brendon Hartley is king of Le Mans qualifying with brilliant 3m24.408s lap in thrilling finale to Hyperpole.

Toyota are 1-2 after final shootout sees Hartley beat teammate Kamui Kobayashi in No.7 Toyota by just 0.177s

Alpine ELF Team third after 3m24.850s lap by Nicolas Lapierre is lauded by large fanbase for Les Bleues squad. But French ace loses fastest tour for track limits.

Glickenhaus fourth and fifth as all Hypercars are covered by just 1.9s. Four of the five Hypercars tops times during 30-minute session.

The LMGTE Pro category sees the No.64 Corvette lead the way as Nick Tandy’s early session topping laps of 3m49.895s beats sister Corvette driven by Antonio Garcia by a mere 0.192s.

Porsche GT Team start from second row of the grid as No.91 leads No.92 Porsche 911 RSR-19 as Frederic Makowiecki and Laurens Vanthoor set times.

AF Corse Ferrari fifth and sixth with No.52 of Antonio Fuoco just beating No.51 Spa winning car driven by James Calado

In LMP2 the No.31 Le Mans LMP2 title defending car driven by Robin Frijns holds off challengers after scintillating 3m28.394s lap.

This beats the No.41 Realteam by WRT car driven by Norman Nato by a huge 1.3s, while the No.22 United Autosports Oreca-Gibson is third with Filipe Albuquerque at the wheel.

No.38 JOTA entry places fourth ahead of Prema Orlen Team of Louis Deletraz and No.23 United Autosports car of Alex Lynn.

In the LMGTE Am class the No.61 AF Corse Ferrari driven by Vincent Abril shades the Kessel Racing car of Mikkel Jensen to make it a Prancing Horse front-row lock-out.

Harry Tincknell secures third for Dempsey Proton Porsche heading Nicki Thiim in No.98 Northwest AMR Vantage.

No.54 AF Corse place fifth with Nick Cassidy at wheel, while Iron Dames take sixth thanks to Rahel Frey.

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