Le Mans 24h: Kobayashi tops warm-up for Toyota
Kamui Kobayashi set the fastest time in warm-up for the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours aboard the #7 Toyota, a second ahead of the sister car.
Photo by: Marc Fleury
Kobayashi's lap of 3m19.647s was over four seconds slower than the #7 TS050 Hybrid's pole time as teams naturally took a conservative approach ahead of the race.
The #7 Toyota's best time was set late in the 45-minute session and was enough to beat the #8 car's 3m20.689s effort set by Sebastien Buemi by 1.042s.
Thomas Laurent, who was confirmed as a Signatech Alpine LMP2 driver for the 2019/20 WEC season on Friday, placed the #3 Rebellion R-13 third.
Laurent had a slight off at one of the Mulsanne chicanes midway through the session before setting his best time of 3m21.868s, just over one second off the leading Toyota's best lap.
The two SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1s took fourth and fifth with the #17 entry beating the sister car courtesy of Stephane Sarrazin's 3m21.869s laptime. Vitaly Petrov gave the #11 SMP machine its best time of 3m22.813s.
The #10 DragonSpeed BR1 was sixth ahead of the #1 Rebellion, with both cars setting their best laps in the final moments of the session.
Ben Hanley gave DragonSpeed the edge with his 3m23.735s and lapping almost three seconds clear of Bruno Senna's Rebellion benchmark.
ByKolles ended up slowest of the LMP1s and ninth overall after Tom Dillmann locked up under braking for the Dunlop Chicane, crossing the gravel and the run-off on the outside of the corner.
Jean-Eric Vergne set the fastest time in LMP2 early in the session in the #26 G-Drive Racing Oreca, 1.4s clear of TDS Racing stablemate and polesitter Loic Duval.
Vergne, who qualified fifth, managed a best time of 3m28.763s, 2.5s slower than his best time from Thursday night.
Nicolas Lapierre took third late in the session in the #36 Signatech Alpine to complete an all-Oreca top three, bumping Nigel Moore’s Inter Europol Competition Ligier down to fourth.
GTE: Estre fastest for Porsche
Porsches were fastest in both GTE classes, with Kevin Estre putting the works #92 car on top in the Pro division by a little more than a second.
Estre's fastest time, a 3m50.095s, was just over two seconds shy of the fastest GTE Pro qualifying time, and 1.001s off the time that put the #92 car seventh on the grid.
Harry Tincknell leapt the #67 Ford GT he shares with Andy Priaulx and Jonathan Bomarito up to second with a 3m51.133s lap with 10 minutes to go, and had been fastest of all through the first split on his next lap before a full-course yellow was issued.
The #71 and #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTEs had occupied third and fourth in the closing stages of the session, but were split late on by the #68 Ford GT thanks to Dirk Muller's 3m51.637s lap.
Darren Turner put the class polesitting #95 Aston Martin Vantage GTE sixth, ahead of the lead BMW of Antonio Felix da Costa, who was 1.797s off the pace.
Ben Barker put the Gulf Racing Porsche on top in GTE Am, his 3m54.071s leaving the #86 car 1.270s clear of the similar Team Project 1 911 RSR.
Additional reporting by James Newbold and Jack Cozens
Session results:
Cla | # | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez |
Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 3'19.647 | |
2 | 8 | Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Fernando Alonso |
Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 3'20.689 | 1.042 |
3 | 3 | Thomas Laurent Nathanael Berthon Gustavo Menezes |
Rebellion R13 | LMP1 | 3'21.868 | 2.221 |
4 | 17 | Stéphane Sarrazin Egor Orudzhev Sergey Sirotkin |
BR Engineering BR1 | LMP1 | 3'21.869 | 2.222 |
5 | 11 | Vitaly Petrov Mikhail Aleshin Stoffel Vandoorne |
BR Engineering BR1 | LMP1 | 3'22.813 | 3.166 |
6 | 10 | Henrik Hedman Ben Hanley Renger van der Zande |
BR Engineering BR1 | LMP1 | 3'23.735 | 4.088 |
7 | 1 | Neel Jani Andre Lotterer Bruno Senna |
Rebellion R13 | LMP1 | 3'26.324 | 6.677 |
8 | 26 | Roman Rusinov Job Van Uitert Jean-Eric Vergne |
Aurus 01 | LMP2 | 3'28.763 | 9.116 |
9 | 4 | Tom Dillmann Oliver Webb Paolo Ruberti |
ENSO CLM P1/01 | LMP1 | 3'28.935 | 9.288 |
10 | 28 | François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxiviere Loic Duval |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'30.201 | 10.554 |
11 | 36 | Nicolas Lapierre Andre Negrao Pierre Thiriet |
Alpine A470 | LMP2 | 3'31.080 | 11.433 |
12 | 34 | Jakub Smiechowski James Winslow Nigel Moore |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'31.311 | 11.664 |
13 | 31 | Roberto Gonzalez Pastor Maldonado Anthony Davidson |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'31.328 | 11.681 |
14 | 38 | Ho-Pin Tung Stéphane Richelmi Gabriel Aubry |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'31.506 | 11.859 |
15 | 30 | Nico Jamin Pierre Ragues Romain Dumas |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'31.842 | 12.195 |
16 | 23 | Rene Binder Julien Canal Will Stevens |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'31.916 | 12.269 |
17 | 37 | David Heinemeier Hansson Jordan King Ricky Taylor |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'31.996 | 12.349 |
18 | 20 | Anders Fjordbach Dennis Andersen Mathias Beche |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'32.050 | 12.403 |
19 | 29 | Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries |
Dallara P217 | LMP2 | 3'32.832 | 13.185 |
20 | 39 | Tristan Gommendy Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'32.874 | 13.227 |
21 | 32 | Ryan Cullen Alex Brundle |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'34.931 | 15.284 |
22 | 47 | Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Andrea Belicchi |
Dallara P217 | LMP2 | 3'35.283 | 15.636 |
23 | 22 | Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Paul di Resta |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'36.697 | 17.050 |
24 | 49 | Miro Konopka Henning Enqvist Konstantin Tereshchenko |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'36.930 | 17.283 |
25 | 25 | David Zollinger Andrea Pizzitola John Falb |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'38.008 | 18.361 |
26 | 92 | Michael Christensen Kevin Estre Laurens Vanthoor |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3'50.095 | 30.448 |
27 | 67 | Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito |
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3'51.133 | 31.486 |
28 | 71 | Davide Rigon Sam Bird Miguel Molina |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3'51.366 | 31.719 |
29 | 68 | Joey Hand Dirk Muller Sébastien Bourdais |
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3'51.637 | 31.990 |
30 | 51 | Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3'51.638 | 31.991 |
31 | 95 | Marco Sorensen Nicki Thiim Darren Turner |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 3'51.854 | 32.207 |
32 | 82 | Augusto Farfus Antonio Felix da Costa Jesse Krohn |
BMW M8 GTE | LMGTE PRO | 3'51.892 | 32.245 |
33 | 91 | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3'51.960 | 32.313 |
34 | 69 | Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon |
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.173 | 32.526 |
35 | 81 | Nick Catsburg Martin Tomczyk Philipp Eng |
BMW M8 GTE | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.446 | 32.799 |
36 | 97 | Alex Lynn Maxime Martin Jonathan Adam |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.618 | 32.971 |
37 | 93 | Patrick Pilet Earl Bamber Nick Tandy |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.743 | 33.096 |
38 | 89 | Pipo Derani Oliver Jarvis Jules Gounon |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.865 | 33.218 |
39 | 66 | Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson |
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3'53.094 | 33.447 |
40 | 63 | Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia Mike Rockenfeller |
Chevrolet Corvette C7R | LMGTE PRO | 3'53.588 | 33.941 |
41 | 64 | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fassler |
Chevrolet Corvette C7R | LMGTE PRO | 3'53.826 | 34.179 |
42 | 94 | Sven Muller Mathieu Jaminet Dennis Olsen |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3'53.989 | 34.342 |
43 | 86 | Michael Wainwright Benjamin Barker Thomas Preining |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'54.071 | 34.424 |
44 | 56 | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'55.341 | 35.694 |
45 | 60 | Claudio Schiavoni Andrea Piccini Sergio Pianezzola |
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3'55.516 | 35.869 |
46 | 98 | Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda |
Aston Martin Vantage | LMGTE AM | 3'56.458 | 36.811 |
47 | 54 | Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella |
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3'57.163 | 37.516 |
48 | 57 | Takeshi Kimura Kei Cozzolino Côme Ledogar |
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3'57.673 | 38.026 |
49 | 61 | Luis Perez Companc Matthew Griffin Matteo Cressoni |
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3'57.764 | 38.117 |
50 | 83 | Manuela Gostner Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting |
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3'57.952 | 38.305 |
51 | 62 | Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander Robert Smith |
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3'58.908 | 39.261 |
52 | 84 | Jeff Segal Rodrigo Baptista Wei Lu |
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3'58.931 | 39.284 |
53 | 70 | Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III |
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3'59.193 | 39.546 |
54 | 78 | Louis Prette Philippe Prette Vincent Abril |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'59.978 | 40.331 |
55 | 77 | Matt Campbell Christian Ried Julien Andlauer |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 4'02.643 | 42.996 |
56 | 50 | Erwin Creed Romano Ricci Nicholas Boulle |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 5'30.023 | 2'10.376 |
57 | 43 | John Farano Arjun Maini Norman Nato |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | ||
58 | 48 | Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Memo Rojas |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | ||
59 | 85 | Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Felipe Fraga |
Ford GT | LMGTE AM | ||
60 | 88 | Satoshi Hoshino Giorgio Roda Matteo Cairoli |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | ||
61 | 90 | Salih Yoluc Euan Hankey Charles Eastwood |
Aston Martin Vantage | LMGTE AM | ||
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