LE MANS — Cadillac Hertz Crew JOTA was quickest for a second consecutive session Wednesday afternoon through the first spherical of qualifying for the 93rd operating of the 24 Hours of Le Mans on the Circuit de la Sarthe.
Through the closing laps of the session, Alex Lynn pushed the No. 12 Hertz Crew JOTA Cadillac to the restrict and to the entrance of the queue with a 03:22.847 lap to prime the second session in a row for the American model.
Lynn shares his trip with Will Stevens and Norman Nato.
Second on the grid, which set the highest 15 spots heading into Thursday’s Hyperpole qualifying session that units the ultimate grid for the twice-around-the-clock race, was the No. 15 wheeled by Dries Vanthoor, who shares the machine with Raffaele Marciello and Kevin Magnussen.
Ferrari-AF Corse was third with its Ferrari 499P shared by James Calado, Allessandro Pier Guidi and Antonio Giovinazzi.
Porsche Penske Motorsports was fourth with drivers Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor and Matt Campbell.
The second Hertz Crew JOTA Cadillac of Earl Bamber, Sebastien Bourdais and Jensen Button accomplished the highest 5.
With 21 vehicles within the Hypercar class, six did not make it to Hypepole qualifying. Chief amongst them was the No. 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid.
Bowing out with the Toyota have been each Aston Martin Valkyries, the Proton Competitors Porsche and each Peugeot 9X8s.
Kicking the night off within the scorching sunshine, the Goodyear-shod LMP2 and LMGT3 courses took to the observe to qualify for the knock-out and Hyperpole periods. Bronze drivers took to the wheel in LMGT3, whereas probably the most skilled drivers in LMP2 vehicles spearheaded their groups efforts.
What was meant to be a 30-minute session became a brief, sharp 15-minute blast for the LMP2 machines. Louis Deletraz, who shares the automobile with Dane Cameron and P.J. Hyett, turned on the afterburners aboard Spike the Dragon, placing the No. 199 AO by TF ORECA LMP2 prime the standings by 0.185 from the No. 23 United Autosports automobile (Daniel Schneider, Oliver Jarvis, Benjamin Hanley) in second and No. 45 Algarve Professional Racing (George Kurtz, Nicky Catsburg and Alexander Quinn) third.
Eight totally different marques of vehicles took the highest eight quickest occasions in LMGT3, exhibiting the tight competitors among the many producers.
The leaders in LMGT3 have been the No. 46 BMW M4 LMGT3 shared by Kelvin van der Linde, Valentino Rossi and Ahmad Al Harthy.
Hypercar
Cadillac V-Collection.R #12 Cadillac Hertz Crew JOTA – Will Stevens / Norman Nato / Alex Lynn – 03.22.847
BMW M Hybrid V8 #15 BMW M Crew WRT – Dries Vanthoor / Raffaele Marciello / Kevin Magnussen – 03.22.887
Ferrari 499P #51 Ferrari-AF Corse – Alessandro Pier Guidi / James Calado / Antonio Giovinazzi – 03.23.163
Porsche 963 #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport – Kévin Estre / Laurens Vanthoor / Matt Campbell – 03.23.360
Cadillac V-Collection.R #38 Cadillac Hertz Crew JOTA – Earl Bamber / Sébastien Bourdais / Jenson Button – 03.23.467
Ferrari 499P #50 Ferrari-AF Corse – Antonio Fuoco / Nicklas Nielsen / Miguel Molina – 03.23.514
Porsche 963 #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport – Julien Andlauer / Michael Christensen / Mathieu Jaminet – 03.23.544
BMW M Hybrid V8 #20 BMW M Crew WRT – Rene Rast / Robin Frijns / Sheldon van der Linde – 03.23.805
Cadillac V-Collection.R #311 Cadillac Whelen – Jack Aitken / Felipe Drugovich / Frederik Vesti – 03.23.890
Alpine A424 #36 Alpine Endurance Crew – Mick Schumacher / Frédéric Makowiecki / Jules Gounon – 03.23.945
Toyota GR010 Hybrid #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing – Sébastien Buemi / Brendon Hartley / Ryo Hirakawa – 03.23.988
Ferrari 499P #83 AF Corse – Robert Kubica / Yifei Ye / Philip Hanson – 03.23.994
Cadillac V-Collection.R #101 Cadillac WTR – Ricky Taylor / Jordan Taylor / Filipe Albuquerque – 03.24.030
Porsche 963 #4 Porsche Penske Motorsport – Felipe Nasr / Nick Tandy / Pascal Wehrlein – 03.24.584
Alpine A424 #35 Alpine Endurance Crew – Paul-Loup Chatin / Ferdinand Habsburg / Charles Milesi – 03.24.667
LMP2
Oreca 07-Gibson #14 AO by TF – PJ Hyett / Dane Cameron / Louis Deletraz (LMP2 Professional/Am) – 03.35.472
Oreca 07-Gibson #23 United Autosports – Daniel Schneider / Oliver Jarvis / Benjamin Hanley (LMP2 Professional/Am) – 03.35.657
Oreca 07-Gibson #45 Algarve Professional Racing – George Kurtz / Nicky Catsburg / Alexander Quinn (LMP2 Professional/Am) – 03.35.954
Oreca 07-Gibson #29 TDS Racing – Rodrigo Gross sales / Mathias Beche / Clément Novalak (LMP2 Professional/Am) – 03.36.163
Oreca 07-Gibson #22 United Autosports – Renger Van Der Zande / Pietro Fittipaldi / David Heinemeier Hansson – 03.36.536
Oreca 07-Gibson #48 Panis Racing – Oliver Grey / Esteban Masson / Franck Perera – 03.36.588
Oreca 07-Gibson #25 Algarve Professional Racing – Matthias Kaiser / Lorenzo Fluxa / Théo Pourchaire – 03.36.612
Oreca 07-Gibson #43 Inter Europol Competitors – Jakub Smiechowski / Tom Dillmann / Nick Yelloly – 03.36.958
Oreca 07-Gibson #28 IDEC Sport – Paul Lafargue / Job Van Uitert / Sebastian Alvarez – 03.37.004
Oreca 07-Gibson #16 RLR M Sport – Michael Jensen / Ryan Cullen / Patrick Pilet (LMP2 Professional/Am) – 03.37.119
Oreca 07-Gibson #183 AF Corse – François Perrodo / Matthieu Vaxiviere / Antonio Felix Da Costa (LMP2 Professional/Am) – 03.37.394
Oreca 07-Gibson #37 Cool Racing – Aliaksandr Malykhin / Tom Blomqvist / Tristan Vautier – 03.37.652
LMGT3
BMW M4 LMGT3 #46 Crew WRT – Ahmad Al Harthy / Valentino Rossi / Kelvin Van Der Linde – 03.56.875
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 #27 Coronary heart Of Racing – Ian James / Mattia Drudi / Zacharie Robichon – 03.57.083
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 #92 Manthey 1ST Phorm – Ryan Hardwick / Riccardo Pera / Richard Lietz – 03.57.255
Lexus RC F LMGT3 #78 Akkodis ASP Crew – Arnold Robin / Jack Hawksworth / Finn Gehrsitz – 03.57.321
Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R #81 TF Sport – Tom Van Rompuy / Rui Andrade / Charlie Eastwood – 03.57.690
Ford Mustang LMGT3 #88 Proton Competitors – Stefano Gattuso / Giammarco Levorato / Dennis Olsen – 03.57.827
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 #196 Ziggo Sport Tempesta – Jonathan Hui / Christopher Froggatt / Edward Cheever – 03.57.960
McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo #59 United Autosports – James Cottingham / Grégoire Saucy / Sébastien Baud – 03.58.106
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 #21 Vista AF Corse – François Heriau / Simon Mann / Alessio Rovera – 03.58.116
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 #54 Vista AF Corse – Thomas Flohr / Francesco Castellacci / Davide Rigon – 03.58.632
Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 #61 Iron Lynx – Martin Berry / Lin Hodenius / Maxime Martin – 03.58.732
McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo #95 United Autosports – Darren Leung / Sean Gelael / Marino Sato – 03.58.9
