El Toyota Nº 7 largará desde la mejor posición de la grilla de la 89ª edición de las 24 horas de Le Mans, con el tiempo que logró Kamui Kobayashi, que compartirá la conducción con José María López y Mike Conway.
La Hyperpole revalidó el andar del auto japonés, y que en la clasificación de ayer había establecido la referencia en la división Hypercar; registrando un tiempo de 3m23s900 para cubrir los 13.626 metros del mítico trazado francés, superando al otro Toyota Nº 8, que conducen Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, quien fue el encargado de clasificar, y Kazuki Nakajima, por 0s295.
El Alpine Matmut, quedó tercero con el tiempo de Nicolas Lapierre, quien alternará la conducción junto a Andrê Negrao y Mattieu Vauxiviere, a 1s674, seguido por los novedosos Glickenhaus de Oliver Pla, Franck Mailleux y Luis Felipe Derani, y el que tripulan Romain Dumas, Ryan Briscoe y Richard Westbrook.
Por otra parte, con el registro de 3m28s943, que marcó el neerlandés Nyck de Vries, el Aurus 01 Gibson Nº 26 en el cual debutará en el circuito de La Sarthe el pilarense Franco Colapinto, y que alternará también con el ruso Roman Rusinov, quedó noveno en la sesión y cuarto en la división LMP2, que lideró el Oreca del equipo JOTA y que manejan Antonio Félix Da Costa, junto Roberto González y Anthony Davidson, con 3m27s950.
La competencia se pondrá en marcha este sábado, a partir de la hora 11 de la Argentina.
Todos los tiempos de la hyperpole:
POS. | Nº | PILOTOS | EQUIPO | CLASE | TIEMPO | DIF. | ||
1 | 7 | CONWAY | KOBAYASHI | LÓPEZ | Toyota Gazoo Racing | HYPERCAR | 3:23.900 | – |
2 | 8 | BUEMI | NAKAJIMA | HARTLEY | Toyota Gazoo Racing | HYPERCAR | 3:24.195 | 0.295 |
3 | 36 | NEGRÃO | LAPIERRE | VAXIVIERE | Alpine Elf Matmut | HYPERCAR | 3:25.574 | 1.674 |
4 | 708 | DERANI | MAILLEUX | PLA | Glickenhaus Racing | HYPERCAR | 3:25.639 | 1.739 |
5 | 709 | BRISCOE | WESTBROOK | DUMAS | Glickenhaus Racing | HYPERCAR | 3:27.656 | 3.756 |
6 | 38 | GONZALEZ | DA COSTA | DAVIDSON | JOTA | LMP2 | 3:27.950 | 4.050 |
7 | 41 | KUBICA | DELETRAZ | YE | Team WRT | LMP2 | 3:28.470 | 4.570 |
8 | 65 | CANAL | STEVENS | ALLEN | Panis Racing | LMP2 | 3:28.586 | 4.686 |
9 | 26 | RUSINOV | COLAPINTO | DE VRIES | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | 3:28.943 | 5.043 |
10 | 32 | JAMIN | ABERDEIN | MALDONADO | United Autosports | LMP2 | 3:29.078 | 5.178 |
11 | 23 | DI RESTA | LYNN | BOYD | United Autosports | LMP2 | 3:30.027 | 6.127 |
12 | 28 | GELAEL | VANDOORNE | BLOMQVIST | JOTA | LMP2 | 3:29.835 | 5.935 |
13 | 70 | GARCIA | DUVAL | NATO | Realteam Racing | LMP2 | 3:29.861 | 5.961 |
14 | 24 | KELLY | AUBRY | TRUMMER | PR1 Motorsports Mathiasen | LMP2 | 3:30.123 | 6.223 |
15 | 48 | LAFARGUE | CHATIN | PILET | IDEC Sport | LMP2 | 3:30.166 | 6.266 |
16 | 31 | FRIJNS | HABSBURG | MILESI | Team WRT | LMP2 | 3:30.182 | 6.282 |
17 | 22 | HANSON | SCHERER | ALBUQUERQUE | United Autosports USA | LMP2 | 3:30.234 | 6.334 |
18 | 21 | HEDMAN | HANLEY | MONTOYA | DragonSpeed USA | LMP2 | 3:30.323 | 6.423 |
19 | 82 | CULLEN | JARVIS | NASR | Risi Competizione | LMP2 | 3:30.418 | 6.518 |
20 | 30 | BINDER | ROJAS | GOMMENDY | Duqueine Team | LMP2 | 3:30.691 | 6.791 |
21 | 17 | MERRIMAN | LAURENT | DALZIEL | IDEC Sport | LMP2 | 3:30.709 | 6.809 |
22 | 29 | VAN EERD | VAN DER GARDE | VAN UITERT | Racing Team Nederland | LMP2 | 3:30.843 | 6.943 |
23 | 34 | SMIECHOWSKI | VAN DER ZANDE | BRUNDLE | Inter Europol Competition | LMP2 | 3:30.908 | 7.008 |
24 | 25 | FALB | MERHI | ANDRADE | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | 3:31.203 | 7.303 |
25 | 49 | FJORDBACH | MAGNUSSEN | MAGNUSSEN | High Class Racing | LMP2 | 3:31.830 | 7.930 |
26 | 20 | ANDERSEN | TAYLOR | SØRENSEN | High Class Racing | LMP2 | 3:32.252 | 8.352 |
27 | 44 | KONOPKA | WEBB | KONOPKA | ARC Bratislava | LMP2 | 3:32.446 | 8.546 |
28 | 1 | CALDERON | FLOERSCH | VISSER | Richard Mille Racing Team | LMP2 | 3:32.598 | 8.698 |
29 | 84 | AOKI | BAILLY | LAHAYE | Association SRT41 | INNOVATIVE CAR | 3:33.538 | 9.638 |
30 | 39 | CAPILLAIRE | ROBIN | ROBIN | SO24-Dirob by Graff | LMP2 | 3:34.005 | 10.105 |
31 | 74 | WINSLOW | CORBETT | CLOET | Racing Team India Eurasia | LMP2 | 3:36.012 | 12.112 |
32 | 72 | VANTHOOR | PARENTE | MARTIN | Hub Auto Racing | LMGTE Pro | 3:46.882 | 22.982 |
33 | 52 | SERRA | MOLINA | BIRD | AF Corse | LMGTE Pro | 3:47.063 | 23.163 |
34 | 64 | MILNER | TANDY | SIMS | Corvette Racing | LMGTE Pro | 3:47.093 | 23.193 |
35 | 51 | PIER GUIDI | CALADO | LEDOGAR | AF Corse | LMGTE Pro | 3:47.247 | 23.347 |
36 | 91 | BRUNI | LIETZ | MAKOWIECKI | Porsche GT Team | LMGTE Pro | 3:47.696 | 23.796 |
37 | 92 | ESTRE | JANI | CHRISTENSEN | Porsche GT Team | LMGTE Pro | ||
38 | 79 | MACNEIL | BAMBER | VANTHOOR | WeatherTech Racing | LMGTE Pro | 3:47.682 | 23.782 |
39 | 63 | GARCIA | TAYLOR | CATSBURG | Corvette Racing | LMGTE Pro | 3:49.643 | 25.743 |
40 | 88 | ANDLAUER | BASTIEN | ARNOLD | Dempsey – Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | 3:47.987 | 24.087 |
41 | 86 | WAINWRIGHT | BARKER | GAMBLE | GR Racing | LMGTE Am | 3:48.560 | 24.660 |
42 | 56 | PERFETTI | CAIROLI | PERA | Team Project 1 | LMGTE Am | 3:48.876 | 24.976 |
43 | 47 | LACORTE | SERNAGIOTTO | FUOCO | Cetilar Racing | LMGTE Am | 3:49.387 | 25.487 |
44 | 71 | IRIBE | MILLROY | BARNICOAT | Inception Racing | LMGTE Am | 3:49.477 | 25.577 |
45 | 33 | KEATING | PEREIRA | FRAGA | TF Sport | LMGTE Am | 3:49.676 | 25.776 |
46 | 80 | CRESSONI | MASTRONARDI | ILOTT | Iron Lynx | LMGTE Am | 3:49.693 | 25.793 |
47 | 57 | KIMURA | ANDREWS | JENSEN | Kessel Racing | LMGTE Am | 3:49.715 | 25.815 |
48 | 99 | TINCKNELL | INTHRAPHUVASAK | LATORRE | Proton Competition | LMGTE Am | 3:49.788 | 25.888 |
49 | 54 | FLOHR | FISICHELLA | CASTELLACCI | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | 3:49.829 | 25.929 |
50 | 83 | PERRODO | NIELSEN | ROVERA | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | 3:49.881 | 25.981 |
51 | 77 | RIED | EVANS | CAMPBELL | Dempsey – Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | 3:49.913 | 26.013 |
52 | 18 | HARYANTO | PICARIELLO | SEEFRIED | Absolute Racing | LMGTE Am | 3:50.016 | 26.116 |
53 | 388 | EHRET | HOOK | BLEEKEMOLEN | Rinaldi Racing | LMGTE Am | 3:50.018 | 26.118 |
54 | 95 | HARTSHORNE | HANCOCK | GUNN | TF Sport | LMGTE Am | 3:50.059 | 26.159 |
55 | 98 | DALLA LANA | THIIM | GOMES | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Am | 3:50.156 | 26.256 |
56 | 85 | FREY | BOVY | GATTING | Iron Lynx | LMGTE Am | 3:50.314 | 26.414 |
57 | 60 | SCHIAVONI | RUBERTI | GIAMMARIA | Iron Lynx | LMGTE Am | 3:50.768 | 26.868 |
58 | 777 | HOSHINO | FUJII | WATSON | D’Station Racing | LMGTE Am | 3:51.107 | 27.207 |
59 | 46 | OLSEN | BUCHARDT | FOLEY | Team Project 1 | LMGTE Am | 3:51.411 | 27.511 |
60 | 55 | CAMERON | PEREL | GRIFFIN | Spirit of Race | LMGTE Am | 3:52.088 | 28.188 |
61 | 66 | NEUBAUER | SALES | FANNIN | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE Am | 3:52.304 | 28.404 |
62 | 69 | RENAUER | BOHN | INEICHEN | Herberth Motorsport | LMGTE Am | 3:52.960 | 29.060 |
PROMEDIO: 240,577 Km/h. |