Le Mans 24h: Toyota 4s clear of privateers in warm-up
Kamui Kobayashi put the #7 Toyota on top in Saturday morning's Le Mans 24 Hours warm-up session, beating the sister car of Sebastien Buemi by a quarter of a second.
Photo by: Marc Fleury
Kobayashi set the session's fastest time late on in a largely uneventful 45-minute session, recording a 3m18.687s in the #7 TS050 Hybrid.
That beat Buemi's previous 3m18.949s benchmark, which in turn was more than four seconds faster than leading LMP1 privateer Ben Hanley.
The #10 DragonSpeed car completed the most laps of any LMP1 outfit with Hanley initially setting a fastest time of 3m24.954s.
But the car was investigated for speeding in the pitlane and had that lap removed towards the end of the session, which dropped the BR1 to 13th in the timesheets before Hanley improved on his final lap to record a 3m23.039s.
The similar #17 SMP Racing BR1 was fourth and separated from its sister #11 car by the leading #1 Rebellion-Gibson R-13, with half a second covering the leading four privateers.
Tom Dillmann recorded a 3m26.421s in the #4 ByKolles and ended the session seventh, with Charlie Robertson completing a timed lap in the #5 Manor Ginetta on his final run, recording a 3m29.305s.
Rebellion's #3 car charted five laps but did not complete a timed effort, while the the #6 Ginetta did not take to the track during the session.
LMP2: Taylor quickest for Ligier
Ricky Taylor set a lap almost half a second clear of his rivals to top the LMP2 class aboard the #34 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ligier.
The Penske IMSA driver set his 3m29.466s lap in the middle of the session to displace the #26 G-Drive Racing Oreca that had its best lap set by Formula E championship leader Jean-Eric Vergne.
Vergne would then drop to third when Nicolas Lapierre took the #36 Signatech Alpine Oreca to second on his final-minute flying lap.
The second Jackie Chan DC Racing Ligier of Gabriel Aubry took fourth in class in the driver's first flying lap of the session.
The sister car driven by Stephane Richelmi was fifth behind a late improvement from ex-Formula 1 racer Felipe Nasr in the Villorba Corse Dallara.
All LMP2 runners completed the warm-up, although the #48 IDEC Sport Oreca failed to set a laptime after Paul-Loup Chatin went into the gravel at the Dunlop Chicane.
GTE: Dixon beats the Ferraris
Ford set the pace in GTE Pro thanks to a last-minute effort by IndyCar star Scott Dixon in the #69 GT.
Dixon's best time of 3m50.533s leapfrogged him ahead of a trio of Ferraris, led by James Calado the #51 AF Corse-run 488 GTE Evo, to the tune of 0.169s.
Toni Vilander was a further two tenths behind in the third-string #52 Ferrari, while Sam Bird made it a top-three lockout for the Prancing Horse in the #71 car until Dixon's late surge up the order.
Porsche, which along was Ford was hit with a weight penalty in the latest Balance of Performance, was sixth-fastest courtesy of Nick Tandy's best time in the #93 car, behind the second of the Fords.
Aston Martin set the eighth quickest time after its Vantage GTE was handed a double performance break after its poor qualifying performance, while the best of the BMW M8s was 10th.
Ferrari led the way in GTE Am thanks to a 3m53.218s effort from Jeroen Bleekemolen in the #85 Keating/Risi car, enough to beat Ben Barker's time in the #86 Gulf Racing Porsche by a full 1.6s.
The polesitting #88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche did not set a laptime.
Additional reporting by Tom Errington
Warm-up results:
Pos. | # | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | Kamui Kobayashi Mike Conway Jose Maria Lopez |
Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 3'18.687 | |
2 | 8 | Fernando Alonso Kazuki Nakajima Sébastien Buemi |
Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 3'18.949 | 0.262 |
3 | 10 | Henrik Hedman Renger van der Zande Ben Hanley |
BR Engineering BR1 | LMP1 | 3'23.039 | 4.352 |
4 | 17 | Stéphane Sarrazin Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev |
BR Engineering BR1 | LMP1 | 3'23.314 | 4.627 |
5 | 1 | Andre Lotterer Bruno Senna Neel Jani |
Rebellion R13 | LMP1 | 3'23.442 | 4.755 |
6 | 11 | Jenson Button Vitaly Petrov Mikhail Aleshin |
BR Engineering BR1 | LMP1 | 3'23.549 | 4.862 |
7 | 4 | Oliver Webb Dominik Kraihamer Tom Dillmann |
ENSO CLM P1/01 | LMP1 | 3'26.421 | 7.734 |
8 | 5 | Leo Roussel Mike Simpson Charlie Robertson |
Ginetta G60-LT-P1 | LMP1 | 3'29.305 | 10.618 |
9 | 34 | David Heinemeier Hansson Ricky Taylor Côme Ledogar |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'29.466 | 10.779 |
10 | 36 | Nicolas Lapierre Pierre Thiriet Andre Negrao |
Alpine A470 | LMP2 | 3'29.868 | 11.181 |
11 | 26 | Jean-Eric Vergne Roman Rusinov Andrea Pizzitola |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'30.072 | 11.385 |
12 | 47 | Felipe Nasr Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto |
Dallara P217 | LMP2 | 3'30.582 | 11.895 |
13 | 38 | Ho-Pin Tung Stéphane Richelmi Gabriel Aubry |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'30.676 | 11.989 |
14 | 40 | Jose Gutierrez Enzo Guibbert James Allen |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'30.918 | 12.231 |
15 | 23 | Will Stevens Julien Canal Timothé Buret |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'30.919 | 12.232 |
16 | 35 | Viktor Shaytar Norman Nato Harrison Newey |
Dallara P217 | LMP2 | 3'30.942 | 12.255 |
17 | 39 | Vincent Capillaire Tristan Gommendy Jonathan Hirschi |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'31.186 | 12.499 |
18 | 22 | Paul di Resta Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'31.425 | 12.738 |
19 | 28 | Loic Duval François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxiviere |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'32.361 | 13.674 |
20 | 32 | Juan Pablo Montoya William Owen Hugo De Sadeleer |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'32.519 | 13.832 |
21 | 31 | Pastor Maldonado Nathanael Berthon Roberto Gonzalez |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'33.617 | 14.930 |
22 | 29 | Jan Lammers Giedo van der Garde Frits van Eerd |
Dallara P217 | LMP2 | 3'35.285 | 16.598 |
23 | 44 | Andrea Bertolini Tracy Krohn Nic Jönsson |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'35.411 | 16.724 |
24 | 37 | Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan Jazeman Jaafar |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'35.876 | 17.189 |
25 | 50 | Thomas Dagoneau Romano Ricci Erwin Creed |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'37.436 | 18.749 |
26 | 33 | David Cheng Nicholas Boulle Pierre Nicolet |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'38.505 | 19.818 |
27 | 25 | Mark Patterson Tacksung Kim Ate de Jong |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'39.966 | 21.279 |
28 | 69 | Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook |
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3'50.533 | 31.846 |
29 | 51 | James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Daniel Serra |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3'50.702 | 32.015 |
30 | 52 | Pipo Derani Toni Vilander Antonio Giovinazzi |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3'50.931 | 32.244 |
31 | 71 | Sam Bird Davide Rigon Miguel Molina |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3'51.010 | 32.323 |
32 | 68 | Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Müller |
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3'51.320 | 32.633 |
33 | 93 | Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet Earl Bamber |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3'51.862 | 33.175 |
34 | 94 | Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard Sven Muller |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3'51.869 | 33.182 |
35 | 97 | Jonathan Adam Maxime Martin Alex Lynn |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.169 | 33.482 |
36 | 92 | Michael Christensen Kevin Estre Laurens Vanthoor |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.230 | 33.543 |
37 | 82 | Antonio Felix da Costa Augusto Farfus Alexander Sims |
BMW M8 GTE | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.381 | 33.694 |
38 | 95 | Marco Sorensen Nicki Thiim Darren Turner |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.448 | 33.761 |
39 | 66 | Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson |
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.581 | 33.894 |
40 | 91 | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.829 | 34.142 |
41 | 81 | Nick Catsburg Martin Tomczyk Philipp Eng |
BMW M8 GTE | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.842 | 34.155 |
42 | 67 | Harry Tincknell Tony Kanaan Andy Priaulx |
Ford GT | LMGTE PRO | 3'52.903 | 34.216 |
43 | 85 | Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Luca Stolz |
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3'53.218 | 34.531 |
44 | 63 | Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia Mike Rockenfeller |
Chevrolet Corvette C7R | LMGTE PRO | 3'53.286 | 34.599 |
45 | 64 | Marcel Fassler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner |
Chevrolet Corvette C7R | LMGTE PRO | 3'53.688 | 35.001 |
46 | 86 | Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Alex Davison |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'54.830 | 36.143 |
47 | 54 | Giancarlo Fisichella Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr |
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3'55.209 | 36.522 |
48 | 56 | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'55.289 | 36.602 |
49 | 77 | Christian Ried Matt Campbell Julien Andlauer |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'55.791 | 37.104 |
50 | 90 | Salih Yoluc Euan Hankey Charlie Eastwood |
Aston Martin Vantage | LMGTE AM | 3'56.517 | 37.830 |
51 | 99 | Patrick Long Tim Pappas Spencer Pumpelly |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'56.847 | 38.160 |
52 | 98 | Pedro Lamy Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda |
Aston Martin Vantage | LMGTE AM | 3'57.584 | 38.897 |
53 | 70 | Olivier Beretta Motoaki Ishikawa Eddie Cheever III |
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 3'58.695 | 40.008 |
54 | 61 | Matt Griffin Mok Weng Sun Keita Sawa |
Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE AM | 4'01.485 | 42.798 |
55 | 80 | Erik Maris Christina Nielsen Fabio Babini |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 4'02.635 | 43.948 |
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