LE MANS, France \u2014 Hyperpole Qualifying for the 94th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe may have had more drama off the track than on it.<\/p>\n
Jack Aitken, driving the No. 38 Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac, was quickest on the road, but a penalty for not complying with the pit lane start procedure to the start of the evening dropped the car to 10th on the grid. That promoted the MBW My Hybrid V8 shared by Kevin Magnussen,Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor to the top spot.<\/p>\n
In LMP2, the No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis entry claimed pole and in LMGT3, Heart of Racing and Aston Martin secured the top spot.<\/p>\n
In Hyperpole 1, the 15 fastest cars from Wednesday\u2019s qualifying session went head-to-head in low-fuel trim.<\/p>\n
BMW were the first to circulate and immediately laid down the gauntlet with a provisional one-two. However, an influx of competitive laps from Cadillac, Genesis, Alpine and Toyota offered an early glimpse that sparks were about to fly.<\/p>\n
Halfway through the session, with the sun disappearing behind the clouds and ambient temperatures dropping by the minute, every team dived into the pit lane to bolt on fresh soft tires and extract every ounce of performance.<\/p>\n
Charles Milesi delighted the French crowd by setting the fastest time in Hyperpole 1, with the ever-present Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac second and the No.17 Genesis Magma Racing machine third.<\/p>\n
The biggest story was Toyota\u2019s elimination. Both GR010 HYBRIDs were dumped out in the opening session, managing only 14th and 15th fastest.<\/p>\n
In Hyperpole 2, the atmosphere was palpable as the 10 fastest cars headed out for one final dogfight.<\/p>\n
BMW laid down the gauntlet as Dries Vanthoor scorched the timesheets with a 3:22.745 on the first runs. The Belgian Bullet then found even more pace, hustling the M Hybrid V8 around the 13.626km Circuit de la Sarthe to shave a few more tenths from his benchmark.<\/p>\n
BMW looked set for pole, but a textbook final lap from Jack Aitken aboard the No. 38 Cadillac snatched top spot by just five thousandths of a second, securing what appeared to be back-to-back poles for Cadillac at Le Mans.<\/p>\n
However, an infringement from earlier in the week resulted in a penalty that dropped the British driver and the American team to tenth on the grid.<\/p>\n
The sister No. 12 Cadillac of Will Stevens inherited second place, while French hopes rest on the No. 35 Alpine A424 in third, ahead of the No. 20 BMW in fourth and the WTR-run Cadillac in fifth.<\/p>\n
Genesis enjoyed a dream Le Mans debut by qualifying sixth and ninth overall. British fans will be cheering on the No. 009 Aston Martin from seventh, while the Italian tifosi will be left hoping the No. 51 Ferrari can move forward after qualifying eighth.<\/p>\n
LMP2 and LMGT3<\/p>\n
In the LMP2 prototypes, Tom Dillmann was the class act, booking Inter Europol Competition a place in Hyperpole 2, with the No. 4 CrowdStrike Racing by APR just a tenth behind.<\/p>\n
In the GT category, Heart of Racing carried its Free Practice pace into Hyperpole 1 to ensure Aston Martin would be represented in the top 10.<\/p>\n
In fact, seven of the eight LMGT3 manufacturers secured places in the final shootout, with only McLaren missing out.<\/p>\n
Hyperpole 2 saw just 15 minutes on the clock.<\/p>\n
The final five minutes stirred the emotions, with eight of the 10 cars dipping below the previous pole time in a frenetic finale.<\/p>\n
The No. 28 IDEC Sport entry struck first, with Job van Uitert at the wheel. His rapid run would eventually be shuffled down the order, but as the session unfolded he was the final driver to complete his lap. The Flying Dutchman ultimately secured second place, although he could not match the pace of the car ahead.<\/p>\n
Esteban Masson, aboard the No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis machine, was on rails, setting a scorching 3:32.855 to claim LMP2 pole.<\/p>\n
It was panic stations at the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team garage. The mechanics struggled to close the driver\u2019s door, costing Jack Hawksworth valuable track time. The brilliant Brit refused to let it ruin his evening, setting the fourth-fastest time behind team-mate Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez in the sister No. 87 Lexus.<\/p>\n
Vista AF Corse, with the No. 21 Ferrari, will line up on the front row in second, while Mattia Drudi secured a sublime pole position for Heart of Racing and Aston Martin with a 3:52.433.<\/p>\n
Hypercar<\/p>\n
BMW M Hybrid V8 #15 BMW M Team WRT \u2013 Kevin Magnussen \/ Raffaele Marciello \/ Dries Vanthoor \u2013 3\u201922\u2019\u2019564
\nCadillac V-Series.R #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA \u2013 Louis Del\u00e9traz \/ Will Stevens \/ Norman Nato \u2013 3\u201923\u2019\u2019079<\/p>\n
3.Alpine A424 #35 Alpine Endurance Team \u2013 Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix Da Costa \/ Charles Milesi \/ Ferdinand Habsburg \u2013 3\u201923\u2019\u2019620<\/p>\n
BMW M Hybrid V8 #20 BMW M Team WRT \u2013 Robin Frijns \/ Rene Rast \/ Sheldon van der Linde \u2013 3\u201923\u2019\u2019764
\nCadillac V-Series.R #101 Cadillac WTR \u2013 Ricky Taylor \/ Jordan Taylor \/ Filipe Albuquerque \u2013 3\u201923\u2019\u2019778
\nGenesis GMR-001-Hypercar #19 Genesis Magma Racing \u2013 Mathieu Jaminet \/ Paul-Loup Chatin \/ Daniel Juncadella \u2013 3\u201923\u2019\u2019823
\nAston Martin Valkyrie #009 Aston Martin THOR Team \u2013 Alex Riberas \/ Marco S\u00f8rensen \/ Roman De Angelis \u2013 3\u201924\u2019\u2019729
\nFerrari 499P #51 Ferrari-AF Corse \u2013 Alessandro Pier Guidi \/ James Calado \/ Antonio Giovinazzi \u2013 3\u201925\u2019\u2019081
\nGenesis GMR-001-Hypercar #17 Genesis Magma Racing \u2013 Andr\u00e9 Lotterer \/ Luis Felipe Derani \/ Mathys Jaubert \u2013 3\u201926\u2019\u2019116
\nCadillac V-Series.R #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA \u2013 S\u00e9bastien Bourdais \/ Earl Bamber \/ Jack Aitken \u2013 3\u201922\u2019\u2019559<\/p>\n
LMP2<\/p>\n
Oreca 07-Gibson #29 Forestier Racing by Panis \u2013 Louis Rousset \/ Esteban Masson \/ Oliver Gray \u2013 3\u201932\u2019\u2019855
\nOreca 07-Gibson #28 IDEC Sport \u2013 Paul Lafargue \/ Valerio Rinicella \/ Job Van Uitert \u2013 3\u201933\u2019\u2019242
\nOreca 07-Gibson #24 Nielsen Racing \u2013 David Heinemeier Hansson \/ Edward Pearson \/ Jack Doohan \u2013 3\u201933\u2019\u2019510
\nOreca 07-Gibson #43 Inter Europol Competition \u2013 Jakub Smiechowski \/ Tom Dillmann \/ Nicholas Yelloly \u2013 3\u201933\u2019\u2019578
\nOreca 07-Gibson #4 Crowdstrike Racing by APR \u2013 George Kurtz \/ Alexander Quinn \/ Laurin Heinrich (LMP2 Pro\/Am) \u2013 3\u201933\u2019\u2019628
\nOreca 07-Gibson #30 Duqueine Team \u2013 Doriane Pin \/ Julien Andlauer \/ Richard Verschoor \u2013 3\u201933\u2019\u2019702
\nOreca 07-Gibson #14 TDS Racing \u2013 Tobias Lutke \/ Mathias Beche \/ K\u00e9vin Estre (LMP2 Pro\/Am) \u2013 3\u201933\u2019\u2019715
\nOreca 07-Gibson #99 AO by TF \u2013 PJ Hyett \/ James Allen \/ Dane Cameron (LMP2 Pro\/Am) \u2013 3\u201934\u2019\u2019280
\nOreca 07-Gibson #183 AF Corse \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Perrodo \/ Matthieu Vaxiviere \/ Ben Barnicoat (LMP2 Pro\/Am) \u2013 3\u201934\u2019\u2019692
\nOreca 07-Gibson #343 Inter Europol Competition \u2013 Bijoy Carg \/ Reshad De G\u00e9rus \/ Nico M\u00fcller \u2013 3\u201935\u2019\u2019038<\/p>\n
LMGT3<\/p>\n
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 #27 Heart Of Racing \u2013 Ian James \/ Zacharie Robichon \/ Mattia Drudi \u2013 3\u201952\u2019\u2019433
\nFerrari 296 LMGT3 Evo #21 Vista AF Corse \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Heriau \/ Simon Mann \/ Alessio Rovera \u2013 3\u201953\u2019\u2019412
\nLexus RC F LMGT3 #87 Akkodis ASP Team \u2013 Petru Umbr\u0103rescu \/ Clemens Schmid \/ Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez \u2013 3\u201953\u2019\u2019614
\nLexus RC F LMGT3 #78 Akkodis ASP Team \u2013 Tom Van Rompuy \/ Hadrien David \/ Jack Hawksworth \u2013 3\u201953\u2019\u2019869
\nBMW M4 LMGT3 Evo #32 Team WRT \u2013 Darren Leung \/ Sean Gelael \/ Augusto Farfus \u2013 3\u201954\u2019\u2019401
\nBMW M4 LMGT3 Evo #69 Team WRT \u2013 Anthony McIntosh \/ Parker Thompson \/ Daniel Harper \u2013 3\u201954\u2019\u2019655
\nFerrari 296 LMGT3 Evo #74 Kessel Racing \u2013 Dustin Blattner \/ Lorenzo Patrese \/ Dennis Marschall \u2013 3\u201954\u2019\u2019677
\nAston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 #23 Heart Of Racing \u2013 Gray Newell \/ Eduardo Barrichello \/ Jonny Adam \u2013 3\u201954\u2019\u2019888
\nPorsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 #91 Manthey DK Engineering \u2013 James Cottingham \/ Timur Boguslavskiy \/ Ayhancan G\u00fcven \u2013 3\u201955\u2019\u2019610
\nFord Mustang LMGT3 #77 Proton Competition \u2013 Eric Powell \/ Ben Tuck \/ Sebastian Priaulx \u2013 3\u201955\u2019\u2019666<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LE MANS, France \u2014 Hyperpole Qualifying for the 94th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20955],"tags":[6213,26709,27465,2957],"class_list":["post-34883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bmw","tag-bmw","tag-cadillac","tag-le-mans","tag-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}