Toyota to race from pole position at Le Mans, Porsche starts from second

It is the first pole position ever for a Japanese driver, and Nakajima’s lap time of 3:21.789 in the No.7 Toyota TS040 Hybrid is a new qualifying lap record.  It looked at one stage as though it would be a Toyota front row lock out, but Romain Dumas in the No.14 Porsche 919 Hybrid put in a fast lap time of 3:22.146, putting the German team – making its return to top line sportscar racing this year – on the front row of the grid.  Third in class was the No.8 TS040 Hybrid of Anthony Davidson, Nicolas Lapierre and Sébastien Buemi, four tenths of a second ahead of the No.20 Porsche which had held provisional pole position up until this evening.

Audi Sport Team Joest’s well-drilled team completely re-built the No.1 R18 e-tron quattro following Loïc Duval’s accident yesterday and all three of its cars were on track during both the evening’s qualifying sessions.   Also on track and running without issues were the two Rebellion R-Ones in the LMP1-L sub-category, the No.12 Toyota-engined prototype qualifying two seconds ahead of the No.13 sister car.

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