Penske Porsche shattered Cadillac’s goals of a shock pole for the Le Mans 24 Hours because the quantity six automobile snatched pole within the ultimate moments.
The quantity three Cadillac had sat on provisional pole place within the ultimate minutes due to Sebastien Bourdais, till its sister quantity two automobile beat it on the chequered flag solely to be upset by a surprising ultimate lap by Kevin Estre.
A complete of 23 vehicles participated within the hyperpole session – eight from every of the three courses of Hypercar, LMP2 and LMGT3, however with the quantity 12 Jota Porsche lacking as a result of ongoing rebuilding work to its new chassis following its enormous Wednesday apply crash. The quantity 12 automobile was solely as a result of be within the session after the quantity seven Toyota had all of its occasions deleted from qualifying after Kamui Kobayashi spun.
A heavy accident within the Highway to Le Mans assist collection race on the run to the Indianapolis nook led to intensive barrier repairs which delayed the beginning of the session by 35 minutes. Ultimately the session started with a lightweight menace of rain constructing.
After the preliminary runs, the 2 manufacturing facility Ferraris of quantity 50 and quantity 51 had been the early tempo setters with Antonio Fuoco placing the quantity 50 on provisional pole with a 3’25.598. However that was then overwhelmed by Bourdais who took the highest spot by three tenths of a second within the quantity three Cadillac.
Bourdais improved on his personal provisional pole lap by 4 tenths a second whereas the Ferraris returned to the pits. BMW pitted their quantity 15 automobile from the softs onto contemporary mediums, however Dries Vanthoor ran off the monitor at Indianapolis, sliding into the tyre obstacles and bringing out the crimson flags.
With seven-and-a-half minutes remaining within the session, there was loads of time for the sector to move again out for a minimum of one ultimate push lap. Nevertheless, with groups solely allowed to make use of two tyre units for every automobile and most groups having been operating on a second set of tyres when the crimson flag got here out, Cadillac selected to not ship the quantity three automobile again out for a ultimate run.
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Ferrari despatched each their vehicles out collectively, however Fuoco made an error on the first chicane, ending his probabilities for pole. Reasonably than provide a slipstream to his staff mate quantity 51 automobile, Fuoco pulled over earlier than Terte Rouge to permit Alessandro Pier Guidi by means of. Pier Guidi improved to go second however was unable to beat the perfect time of the quantity two Cadillac.
With Ferrari positive to not repeat their pole place feat from final season, it was a query of whether or not Cadillac, Porsche or Alpine would take it as an alternative. The quantity two Cadillac appeared to rob its sister automobile of pole place on the chequered flag with a lap lower than half a tenth faster than his staff mate, just for Cadillac’s goals of pole to be shattered on the final second by Kevin Estre and the quantity six Penske Porsche.
The quantity six snatched pole by a tenth and a half to safe Penske’s first ever pole place for the Le Mans 24 Hours. Cadillac will begin second and third for Saturday’s endurance basic with the quantity two forward of the quantity three with the 2 Ferraris of numbers 51 and 50 behind them.
Alpine’s quantity 35 will begin sixth, with the quantity 12 Jota in seventh regardless of failing to run a lap within the session. The quantity 15 BMW had all of its occasions deleted from the hyperpole for inflicting the crimson flag and can begin eighth.
Pole place in LMP2 was claimed by AO by TF and their quantity 14 ‘Spike the Dragon’ automobile, whereas the quantity 70 Inception Racing McLaren took pole for the LMGT3 class.
After a ultimate night apply session tonight, the Le Mans 24 Hours will start on Saturday at 4pm native time, 3pm UK time.
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2024 Le Mans 24 Hours qualifying outcome
| Pos | No. | Class | Staff | Automotive | Drivers | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Hypercar | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Porsche 963 | Kevin Estre/Andre Lotterer/Laurens Vanthoor | 3’25.1 |
| 2 | 2 | Hypercar | Cadillac Racing | Cadillac V-Sequence.R | Earl Bamber/Alex Lynn/Alex Palou | 3’25.0 |
| 3 | 3 | Hypercar | Cadillac Racing | Cadillac V-Sequence.R | Sebastien Bourdais/Renger van der Zande/Scott Dixon | 3’24.6 |
| 4 | 51 | Hypercar | Ferrari AF Corse | Ferrari 499P | Alessandro Pier Guidi/James Calado/Antonio Giovinazzi | 3’25.0 |
| 5 | 50 | Hypercar | Ferrari AF Corse | Ferrari 499P | Antonio Fuoco/Miguel Molina/Nicklas Nielsen | 3’24.7 |
| 6 | 35 | Hypercar | Alpine Endurance Staff | Alpine A424 | Paul-Loup Chatin/Ferdinand Habsburg/Charles Milesi | 3’24.9 |
| 7 | 15 | Hypercar | Bmw M Staff WRT | BMW M Hybrid V8 | Dries Vanthoor/Raffaele Marciello/Marco Wittmann | 3’24.5 |
| 8 | 12 | Hypercar | Staff Jota | Porsche 963 | William Stevens/Callum Ilott/Norman Nato | 3’25.1 |
| 9 | 36 | Hypercar | Alpine Endurance Staff | Alpine A424 | Nicolas Lapierre/Mick Schumacher/Matthieu Vaxiviere | 3’25.3 |
| 10 | 5 | Hypercar | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Porsche 963 | Matt Campbell/Michael Christensen/Frederic Makowiecki | 3’25.3 |
| 11 | 8 | Hypercar | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR010 | Sebastien Buemi/Brendon Hartley/Ryo Hirakawa | 3’25.4 |
| 12 | 83 | Hypercar | AF Corse | Ferrari 499P | Robert Kubica/Robert Shwartzman/Yifei Ye | 3’25.8 |
| 13 | 63 | Hypercar | Lamborghini Iron Lynx | Lamborghini SC63 | Mirko Bortolotti/Edoardo Mortara/Daniil Kvyat | 3’26.0 |
| 14 | 99 | Hypercar | Proton Competitors | Porsche 963 | Harry Tincknell/Neel Jani/Julien Andlauer | 3’26.0 |
| 15 | 93 | Hypercar | Peugeot | Peugeot 9X8 | Mikkel Jensen/Nico Mueller/Jean-Eric Vergne | 3’26.2 |
| 16 | 20 | Hypercar | Bmw M Staff WRT | BMW M Hybrid V8 | Sheldon Van Der Linde/Robin Frijns/Rene Rast | 3’26.2 |
| 17 | 38 | Hypercar | Staff Jota | Porsche 963 | Jenson Button/Philip Hanson/Oliver Rasmussen | 3’26.3 |
| 18 | 311 | Hypercar | Whelen Cadillac Racing | Cadillac V-Sequence.R | Luis Felipe Derani/Jack Aitken/Felipe Drugovich | 3’26.3 |
| 19 | 4 | Hypercar | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Porsche 963 | Mathieu Jaminet/Felipe Nasr/Nick Tandy | 3’26.4 |
| 20 | 94 | Hypercar | Peugeot | Peugeot 9X8 | Paul di Resta/Loic Duval/Stoffel Vandoorne | 3’27.3 |
| 21 | 19 | Hypercar | Lamborghini Iron Lynx | Lamborghini SC63 | Romain Grosjean/Andrea Caldarelli/Matteo Cairoli | 3’27.7 |
| 22 | 11 | Hypercar | Isotta Fraschini | Isotta Fraschini Tipo6-C | Antonio Serravalle/Carl Wattana Bennett/Jean-Karl Vernay | 3’29.9 |
| 23 | 7 | Hypercar | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR010 | Jose Maria Lopez/Kamui Kobayashi/Nyck de Vries | No time |
| 24 | 14 | LMP2 | AO by TF | Oreca 07 – Gibson | PJ Hyett/Louis Delétraz/Alex Quinn | 3’33.1 |
| 25 | 28 | LMP2 | IDEC Sport | Oreca 07 – Gibson | Paul Lafargue/Job van Uitert/Reshad de Gerus | 3’34.2 |
| 26 | 65 | LMP2 | Panis Racing | Oreca 07 – Gibson | Rodrigo Gross sales/Mathias Beche/Scott Huffaker | 3’33.8 |
| 27 | 23 | LMP2 | United Autosports | Oreca 07 – Gibson | Ben Keating/Filipe Albuquerque/Ben Hanley | 3’33.4 |
| 28 | 22 | LMP2 | United Autosports | Oreca 07 – Gibson | Oliver Jarvis/Bijoy Garg/Nolan Siegel | 3’34.5 |
| 29 | 37 | LMP2 | Cool Racing | Oreca 07 – Gibson | Lorenzo Fluxa/Malthe Jakobsen/Ritomo Miyata | 3’32.8 |
| 30 | 33 | LMP2 | DKR Engineering | Oreca 07 – Gibson | Alexander Mattschull/Rene Binder/Laurents Horr | 3’34.3 |
| 31 | 10 | LMP2 | Vector Sport | Oreca 07 – Gibson | Ryan Cullen/Patrick Pilet/Stephane Richelmi | 3’34.3 |
| 32 | 183 | LMP2 | AF Corse | Oreca 07 – Gibson | François Perrodo/Ben Barnicoat/Nicolas Varrone | 3’34.8 |
| 33 | 24 | LMP2 | Nielsen Racing | Oreca 07 – Gibson | Fabio Scherer/David Heinemeier Hansson/Kyffin Simpson | 3’34.8 |
| 34 | 34 | LMP2 | Inter Europol Competitors | Oreca 07 – Gibson | Jakub Smiechowski/Vladislav Lomko/Clément Novalak | 3’34.9 |
| 35 | 9 | LMP2 | Proton Competitors | Oreca 07 – Gibson | Jonas Ried/Maceo Capietto/Bent Viscaal | 3’35.0 |
| 36 | 30 | LMP2 | Duqueine Staff | Oreca 07 – Gibson | John Falb/James Allen/Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer | 3’35.1 |
| 37 | 47 | LMP2 | Cool Racing | Oreca 07 – Gibson | Naveen Rao/Matthew Bell/Frederik Vesti | 3’35.4 |
| 38 | 25 | LMP2 | Algarve Professional Racing | Oreca 07 – Gibson | Matthias Kaiser/Olli Caldwell/Roman De Angelis | 3’35.5 |
| 39 | 45 | LMP2 | Crowdstrike Racing by APR | Oreca 07 – Gibson | George Kurtz/Colin Braun/Nicky Catsburg | 3’39.2 |
| 40 | 70 | LMGT3 | Inception Racing | McLaren 720S Evo | Brendan Iribe/Ollie Millroy/Frederik Schandorff | 3’55.4 |
| 41 | 92 | LMGT3 | Manthey Purerxcing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Aliaksandr Malykhin/Joel Sturm/Klaus Bachler | 3’56.2 |
| 42 | 66 | LMGT3 | JMW Motorsport | Ferrari 296 | Giacomo Petrobelli/Larry ten Voorde/Salih Yoluc | 3’56.4 |
| 43 | 77 | LMGT3 | Proton Competitors | Ford Mustang | Ryan Hardwick/Zacharie Robichon/Ben Barker | 3’55.3 |
| 44 | 27 | LMGT3 | Coronary heart Of Racing Staff | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Ian James/Daniel Mancinelli/Alex Riberas | 3’56.2 |
| 45 | 777 | LMGT3 | D’Station Racing | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Clement Mateu/Erwan Bastard/Marco Sorensen | 3’56.5 |
| 46 | 82 | LMGT3 | TF Sport | Corvette Z06.R | Hiroshi Koizumi/Sebastien Baud/Daniel Juncadella | 3’56.1 |
| 47 | 60 | LMGT3 | Iron Lynx | Lamborghini Huracan Evo2 | Claudio Schiavoni/Matteo Cressoni/Franck Perera | 3’56.2 |
| 48 | 85 | LMGT3 | Iron Dames | Lamborghini Huracan Evo2 | Sarah Bovy/Doriane Pin/Michelle Gatting | 3’56.5 |
| 49 | 87 | LMGT3 | Akkodis Asp Staff | Lexus RC F | Takeshi Kimura/Esteban Masson/ | 3’56.6 |
| 50 | 59 | LMGT3 | United Autosports | McLaren 720S Evo | James Cottingham/Nicolas Costa/Gregoire Saucy | 3’56.7 |
| 51 | 46 | LMGT3 | Staff WRT | BMW M4 | Ahmad Al Harthy/Valentino Rossi/Maxime Martin | 3’56.7 |
| 52 | 54 | LMGT3 | Vista AF Corse | Ferrari 296 | Thomas Flohr/Francesco Castellacci/Davide Rigon | 3’56.8 |
| 53 | 44 | LMGT3 | Proton Competitors | Ford Mustang | Ryan Hardwick/Zacharie Robichon/Ben Barker | 3’56.8 |
| 54 | 31 | LMGT3 | Staff WRT | BMW M4 | Darren Leung/Sean Gelael/Augusto Farfus | 3’56.9 |
| 55 | 91 | LMGT3 | Manthey Ema | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Yasser Shahin/Morris Schuring/Richard Lietz | 3’57.0 |
| 56 | 88 | LMGT3 | Proton Competitors | Ford Mustang | Giorgio Roda/Mikkel Pedersen/Dennis Olsen | 3’57.2 |
| 57 | 81 | LMGT3 | TF Sport | Corvette Z06.R | Tom Van Rompuy/Rui Andrade/Charlie Eastwood | 3’57.3 |
| 58 | 95 | LMGT3 | United Autosports | McLaren 720S Evo | Joshua Caygill/Nicolas Pino/Marino Sato | 3’57.3 |
| 59 | 155 | LMGT3 | Spirit of Race | Ferrari 296 | Johnny Laursen/Conrad Laursen/Jordan Taylor | 3’57.3 |
| 60 | 78 | LMGT3 | Akkodis Asp Staff | Lexus RC F | Arnold Robin/Timur Boguslavskiy/Kelvin Van Der Linde | 3’57.4 |
| 61 | 55 | LMGT3 | Vista AF Corse | Ferrari 296 | Francois Heriau/Simon Mann/Alessio Rovera | 3’58.3 |
| 62 | 86 | LMGT3 | GR Racing | Ferrari 296 | Michael Wainwright/Daniel Serra/Riccardo Pera | No time |
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