The two Toyotas in the lead after two hours in Q2

Alone at the head of qualifying 1 last night at Le Mans, the Toyota TS050 Hybrid #7 was joined at the top of the hierarchy after an hour in Q2 by sister car #8.

Kamui Kobayashi improved to 3’15”497 with the n°7, following on from a 3’15”908 achieved by Kazuki Nakajima on No. 8. The two Japanese hybrid LM P1s thus took a clear advantage over the two BR1s n°11 and n°17 ​​– SMP Racing, Mikhail Aleshin and Vitaly Petrov also improving to 3’16”953 and 3’17”437.

The two Russian LM P1s, however, saw the No. 13 – Rebellion Racing R1 of Neel Jani, come in between a few minutes ago in 3’17”313. Less success for the n°3 of the Swiss team since the latter caused an interruption of the session after a fluid leak on the track between the second chicane of Hunaudières and Mulsanne, where Thomas Laurent stopped.

Maldonado accelerates again, hierarchy unchanged in GTE

DragonSpeed ​​remains at the forefront in LM P2, with a No. 07 Oreca 31 which further increased the pace with Pastor Maldonado. The Venezuelan improved at the start of Q2 in 3'26"490, the crew made up of Anthony Davidson and Roberto Gonzalez now ahead of the No. 07 Oreca 38 - Jackie Chan DC Racing of Richelmi - Tung - Aubry, pointing a little further by three tenths.

Signatech Alpine remains anchored in third place with theAlpine A470 n°36 entrusted to André Negaro – Nicolas lapierre – Pierre Thiriet. Nyck de Vries (Dallara P217 n°29 – Racing Team Nederland) and Phil Hanson (Ligier JS P217 n°22 – United Autosports) place the two other manufacturers in LM P2 in the top 5.

No change in hierarchy is to be noted in GTE Pro and GTE Am, where the No. 67 Ford GT of Priaulx – Tincknell – Bomarito and the Porsche 911 RSR n°88 – Dempsey-Proton Racing from Cairoli – Hoshino – Roda remain at the forefront.