Le Mans – Porsche leads the Test Day

Taking advantage of a dry track at the start of the afternoon, Brendon Hartley signed the best time of the Test Day of 24 Hours of Le Mans driving the Porsche n°17 qui a bouclé un tour en 3’21 »061. C’est 7 dixièmes de mieux que la pole réalisée par Kazuki Nakajima. The 919 Hybrid n°19 of Hulkenberg-Bamber-Tandy follows more than a second ahead of two Audis, the No. 18 R7 e-tron quattro of Lotterer-Tréluyer-Fässler preceding the No. 8 of di Grassi-Duval-Jarvis.

The Toyota sont restées en dehors du top 6 even if most of the session was contested on a wet track. The Nissans remained discreet with only a few laps completed this afternoon, the Japanese manufacturer encountering electrical problems on its LMP1s. The Rebellion also toured little.

Karun Chandhok set the LMP2 benchmark time with a time of 3'42"405 at the wheel of the Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03R. The Indian was almost a second ahead of the No. 05 Oreca 46 of Thiriet by TDS Racing driven by Thiriet-Gommendy-Badey. Laurens Vanthoor achieved the best time of the day with a lap completed in 3'41"919 in the No. 2 Oak Racing Ligier JS P34.

Aston Martin distinguished himself in his two categories. It's the #97 Vantage that leads the GTE Pro with a time of 3'58"069 set by Darren Turner. The No. 98 led by Pedro Lamy leads the GTE Am. The first LMP3 moved in 3'58 with Charlie Robertson.

List of entrants

Discover the report of the Test Day of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 2014 issue of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.