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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans
Le Mans 24 Hours: Toyota back on top in FP2 after qualifying disaster
Toyota returned to the top of the times in second free practice for this weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours after failing to get either of its cars into the final Hyperpole qualifying session.
Gary Watkins
Edited: Jun 13, 2024, 12:56 PM
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Sebastien Buemi went quickest in the two-hour FP2 night session on Wednesday in the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar with a time half a second up on his nearest rival.
He emulated team-mate Brendon Hartley, who topped the times in FP1 in #8 before both cars ended up outside the top eight fastest cars in first qualifying for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship.
Kamui Kobayashi had been fourth at the end of the one-hour timed session early in the evening, but lost all his times when he went off at Virage Corvette (formerly known as Virage Karting) and caused a session-stopping red flag.
Buemi posted a 3m27.474s on his fourth lap in FP2, which compared with the 3m27.998s set by Robert Kubica in the AF Corse-run customer Ferrari 499P LMH.
Laurens Vanthoor was less than a tenth in arrears in third place courtesy of a 3m28.065s in the #6 factory Porsche 963 LMDh.
Callum Ilott jumped to fourth in the best of Jota customer Porsches with just over half an hour of the session remaining.
The Briton, following up on a performance that won him the final place in Hyperpole for the fastest eight cars in each class, demoted Sebastien Bourdais in the #3 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh with a 3m28.352s.
Ilott subsequently went off at exit in the Esses, hitting the barriers and precipitating a red flag with little more than a minute of the session left.
Alpine and Cadillac battled over the minor top six placings through the session.
Ferdinand Habsburg was initially fourth in the French manufacturer’s #35 A424 LMDh before Sebastien Bourdais improved on team-mate Scott Dixon’s time with a 3m28.485s to move ahead.
In the closing minutes of the session Nicolas Lapierre got down to a 3m28.458s in the sister car to move Alpine back ahead and seal fifth position.
#2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-SeriesR: Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, Alex Palou
Photo by: Alexander Trienitz
Bourdais ended up as the meat in an Alpine sandwich between Lapierre and Habsburg.
Habsburg’s 3m28.644s stood as the seventh fastest time of the session just ahead of Alessandro Pier Guidi in the #51 factory Ferrari on 3m28.853s
The second Toyota took ninth in the hands of Nyck de Vries while the second full-season WEC entry from the Porsche Penske Motorsport team rounded out the top 10 in Matt Campbell’s hands.
The WRT-run BMW M Hybrid V8 in which Dries Vanthoor went fastest in first qualifying ended up 13th in Marco Wittmann’s hands, while the top Peugeot 9X8 2024 LMH ended up 18th with Paul di Resta at the wheel.
Lamborghini took 20th with the best of its Iron Lynx-run SC63s LMDh in which Mirko Bortolotti set the time.
Malthe Jakobsen again led the way in LMP2 after taking top spot in the opening qualifying session in his Cool Racing ORECA-Gibson 07.
The Dane’s 3m35.386s pushed United Autosports driver Oliver Jarvis, who led the times initially with a 3m36.551s, down to second by a margin of over a second.
Scott Huffaker was third for the TDS-run Panis Racing.
#88 Proton Competition Ford Mustang LMGT3: Giorgio Roda, Mikkel Pedersen, Dennis Olsen
Photo by: Alexander Trienitz
The Proton Competition Ford squad again topped the times in the new-for-2024 LMGT3 class after Ben Barker had led the way in the hour of qualifying.
Dennis Olsen ended up fastest in the German team’s #88 Ford Mustang GT3 with a time of 3m58.689s, which was just three hundredths up on Marco Sorensen’s 3m58.716s in the D’station Aston Martin Vantage GT3.
Maxime Martin was bumped down to third after going fastest at the start of the session in the best of WRT’s BMW M4 GT3s.
FP3 starts at 15:00 local time on Thursday with the half-hour Hyperpole session beginning at 20:00.
Main Information Additional Data Driver Info Driver Info
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Cla Team # Drivers Car Laps Time Interval km/h 1
Toyota Racing HYPERCAR
8 S. Buemi
B. Hartley
R. Hirakawa Toyota GR010 - Hybrid 32
3'27.474
236.432 2
AF Corse HYPERCAR
83 R. Kubica
R. Shwartzman
Y. Yifei Ferrari 499P 33
+0.524
3'27.998
0.524 235.836 3
PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT HYPERCAR
6 K. Estre
A. Lotterer
L. Vanthoor Porsche 963 32
+0.591
3'28.065
0.067 235.760 4
HERTZ TEAM JOTA HYPERCAR
12 W. Stevens
N. Nato
C. Ilott Porsche 963 31
+0.878
3'28.352
0.287 235.436 5
Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR
36 N. Lapierre
M. Schumacher
M. Vaxiviere Alpine A424 31
+0.984
3'28.458
0.106 235.316 6
CADILLAC RACING HYPERCAR
3 S. Bourdais
R. van der Zande
S. Dixon Cadillac V-Series.R 29
+1.011
3'28.485
0.027 235.285 7
Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR
35 P. Chatin
F. Habsburg
C. Milesi Alpine A424 30
+1.170
3'28.644
0.159 235.106 8
FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR
51 A. Pier Guidi
J. Calado
A. Giovinazzi Ferrari 499P 31
+1.379
3'28.853
0.209 234.871 9
Toyota Racing HYPERCAR
7 J. Lopez
K. Kobayashi
N. de Vries Toyota GR010 - Hybrid 24
+1.632
3'29.106
0.253 234.587 10
PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT HYPERCAR
5 M. Campbell
M. Christensen
F. Makowiecki Porsche 963 26
+1.690
3'29.164
0.058 234.522 11
FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR
50 A. Fuoco
M. Molina
N. Nielsen Ferrari 499P 31
+1.912
3'29.386
0.222 234.273 12
CADILLAC RACING HYPERCAR
2 E. Bamber
A. Lynn
A. Palou Cadillac V-Series.R 27
+1.986
3'29.460
0.074 234.190 13
Whelen Cadillac Racing HYPERCAR
311 P. Derani
J. Aitken
F. Drugovich Cadillac V-Series.R 24
+1.996
3'29.470
0.010 234.179 14
Proton Competition HYPERCAR
99 N. Jani
H. Tincknell
J. Andlauer Porsche 963 28
+2.053
3'29.527
0.057 234.115 15
BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR
15 D. Vanthoor
R. Marciello
M. Wittmann BMW M Hybrid V8 25
+2.090
3'29.564
0.037 234.074 16
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR
93 J. Vergne
M. Jensen
N. Müller Peugeot 9X8 2024 29
+2.199
3'29.673
0.109 233.952 17
HERTZ TEAM JOTA HYPERCAR
38 O. Rasmussen
P. Hanson
J. Button Porsche 963 32
+2.207
3'29.681
0.008 233.943 18
BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR
20 S. Van Der Linde
R. Frijns
R. Rast BMW M Hybrid V8 32
+2.340
3'29.814
0.133 233.795 19
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR
94 S. Vandoorne
P. di Resta
L. Duval Peugeot 9X8 2024 31
+2.470
3'29.944
0.130 233.650 20
Lamborghini Iron Lynx HYPERCAR
63 M. Bortolotti
D. Kvyat
E. Mortara Lamborghini SC63 25
+2.815
3'30.289
0.345 233.267 21
PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT HYPERCAR
4 M. Jaminet
F. Nasr
N. Tandy Porsche 963 28
+4.085
3'31.559
1.270 231.867 22
Lamborghini Iron Lynx HYPERCAR
19 R. Grosjean
A. Caldarelli
M. Cairoli Lamborghini SC63 19
+4.105
3'31.579
0.020 231.845 23
Isotta Fraschini HYPERCAR
11
C. Bennett
J. Vernay
A. Serravalle Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6 Competizione LMH 31
+6.520
3'33.994
2.415 229.228 24
Cool Racing LMP2
37
L. Fluxá
M. Jakobsen
R. Miyata Oreca 07 27
+7.912
3'35.386
1.392 227.747 25
United Autosports LMP2
22 O. Jarvis
B. Garg
N. Siegel
Oreca 07 30
+9.077
3'36.551
1.165 226.522 26
PANIS RACING LMP2
65 R. Sales
M. Beche
S. Huffaker Oreca 07 30
+9.126
3'36.600
0.049 226.470 27
DUQUEINE TEAM LMP2
30 J. Falb
J. Allen
J. Simmenauer Oreca 07 30
+9.549
3'37.023
0.423 226.029 28
AF Corse LMP2
183 F. Perrodo
B. Barnicoat
N. Varrone
Oreca 07 26
+10.000
3'37.474
0.451 225.560 29
INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION LMP2
34 J. Smiechowski
V. Lomko
C. Novalak Oreca 07 30
+10.020
3'37.494
0.020 225.540 30
Crowdstrike Racing by APR LMP2
45 G. Kurtz
C. Braun
N. Catsburg Oreca 07 30
+10.046
3'37.520
0.026 225.513 31
Proton Competition LMP2
9 J. Ried
M. Capietto
B. Viscaal Oreca 07 28
+10.315
3'37.789
0.269 225.234 32
Algarve Pro Racing Team LMP2
25 M. Kaiser
O. Caldwell
R. De Angelis Oreca 07 28
+10.575
3'38.049
0.260 224.965 33
IDEC SPORT LMP2
28 P. Lafargue
J. Van Uitert
R. de Gerus Oreca 07 26
+10.799
3'38.273
0.224 224.735 34
UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA LMP2
23 B. Keating
F. Albuquerque
B. Hanley Oreca 07 28
+11.140
3'38.614
0.341 224.384 35
VECTOR SPORT LMP2
10 R. Cullen
P. Pilet
S. Richelmi Oreca 07 22
+11.419
3'38.893
0.279 224.098 36
Cool Racing LMP2
47
N. Rao
M. Bell
F. Vesti Oreca 07 28
+11.961
3'39.435
0.542 223.545 37
AO by TF LMP2
14 P. Hyett
L. Deletraz
A. Quinn
Oreca 07 21
+12.016
3'39.490
0.055 223.488 38
DKR Engineering LMP2
33 A. Mattschull
R. Binder
L. Hörr Oreca 07 26
+12.255
3'39.729
0.239 223.245 39
NIELSEN RACING LMP2
24 F. Scherer
D. Heinemeier Hansson
K. Simpson Oreca 07 19
+12.344
3'39.818
0.089 223.155 40
Proton Competition LMGT3
88 G. Roda
M. Pedersen
D. Olsen Ford Mustang GT3 25
+31.215
3'58.689
18.871 205.512 41
D'Station Racing LMGT3
777 S. Hoshino
E. Bastard
M. Sorensen Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 27
+31.242
3'58.716
0.027 205.489 42
TEAM WRT LMGT3
31
D. Leung
S. Gelael
A. Farfus BMW M4 GT3 25
+31.243
3'58.717
0.001 205.488 43
TF Sport LMGT3
82 H. Koizumi
S. Baud
D. Juncadella Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 27
+31.279
3'58.753
0.036 205.457 44
TEAM WRT LMGT3
46 A. Al Harthy
V. Rossi
M. Martin BMW M4 GT3 27
+31.630
3'59.104
0.351 205.155 45
IRON LYNX LMGT3
60 C. Schiavoni
M. Cressoni
F. Perera
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 22
+31.726
3'59.200
0.096 205.073 46
INCEPTION RACING LMGT3
70 B. Iribe
O. Millroy
F. Schandorff McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 21
+31.738
3'59.212
0.012 205.063 47
Proton Competition LMGT3
77 R. Hardwick
Z. Robichon
B. Barker Ford Mustang GT3 21
+31.839
3'59.313
0.101 204.976 48
Manthey EMA LMGT3
91
Y. Shahin
M. Schuring
R. Lietz Porsche 911 GT3 R 26
+32.236
3'59.710
0.397 204.637 49
IRON DAMES LMGT3
85 S. Bovy
M. Gatting
R. Frey Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 23
+32.271
3'59.745
0.035 204.607 50
Spirit of Race LMGT3
155 J. Laursen
C. Laursen
J. Taylor Ferrari 296 GT3 22
+32.389
3'59.863
0.118 204.506 51
Manthey PureRxcing LMGT3
92
A. Malykhin
J. Sturm
K. Bachler Porsche 911 GT3 R 27
+32.465
3'59.939
0.076 204.441 52
Vista AF Corse LMGT3
54 T. Flohr
F. Castellacci
D. Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 28
+32.481
3'59.955
0.016 204.428 53
AKKODIS ASP Team LMGT3
87 T. Kimura
E. Masson
J. Hawksworth Lexus RC F GT3 25
+32.485
3'59.959
0.004 204.424 54
Heart of Racing Team LMGT3
27 I. James
D. Mancinelli
A. Riberas Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 27
+32.654
4'00.128
0.169 204.281 55
Vista AF Corse LMGT3
55 F. Heriau
S. Mann
A. Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 29
+32.659
4'00.133
0.005 204.276 56
Proton Competition LMGT3
44 J. Hartshorne
B. Tuck
C. Mies Ford Mustang GT3 23
+32.660
4'00.134
0.001 204.275 57
AKKODIS ASP Team LMGT3
78
A. Robin
T. Boguslavskiy
K. van der Linde Lexus RC F GT3 22
+33.003
4'00.477
0.343 203.984 58
JMW Motorsport LMGT3
66 G. Petrobelli
L. ten Voorde
S. Yoluc Ferrari 296 GT3 23
+33.251
4'00.725
0.248 203.774 59
United Autosports LMGT3
59 J. Cottingham N. Costa G. Saucy McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 24
+33.958
4'01.432
0.707 203.177 60
United Autosports LMGT3
95 H. Hamaguchi N. Pino
M. Sato McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 11
+34.451
4'01.925
0.493 202.763 61
TF Sport LMGT3
81 T. Van Rompuy
R. Andrade
C. Eastwood Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 22
+34.669
4'02.143
0.218 202.581 62
GR RACING LMGT3
86 M. Wainwright
D. Serra
R. Pera Ferrari 296 GT3 2
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