20h

The LM P1 classification:

 

19h

The first qualifying session of the 87th edition of the 24 hours of Le Mans will be contested from 22 p.m. to midnight. The chance of rain diminished at the end of the day.

20h

Erwin Creed (Ligier) skids in the Porsche corners at high speed! The Larbre Compétition driver stops in the clearances without having hit the wall.

19h

The checkered flag is waved, it's the end of this free practice session! The rankings are to be followed.

19h

Kamui Kobyashi steals the best time from the SMP Racing team with a lap in 3'18"091! This makes an outlay of 1″8 with Stoffel Vandoorne.

19h

Jaminet took 2nd place in the GTE Pro, 3 tenths behind the category benchmark. Bird also improves on the #71 AF Corse Ferrari which completes the top three. His teammate Calado did the same, placing the sister car in 5th place between the #66 Ford GT and the #82 BMW.

19h

The #49 Ligier from the ARC Bratislava team spins at the Mulsanne bend, definitely a tricky place today.

19h

Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota) set the third time in 3'20″082.

19h

Gustavo Menezes (Rebellion) touched gravel when braking at Mulsanne, without serious consequences. 

19h

All GTE Pros are now on track with the exception of the No. 89 Risi Competizione Ferrari which is in last place in the category with a dozen laps covered.

19h

Things are moving in the LM P2 class. Paul-Loup Chatin (Oreca) set the best time in 3'28″363! 

19h

A second pirouette for gentleman driver Frits van Eerd! This time, the Dutchman from Racing Team Nederland made a mistake at the Dunlop chicane. He can leave.

19h

It is the turn of Roda (Porsche n°88) to be called to order by the stewards for excessively exceeding the limits of the track.

19h

The #60 Kessel Racing Ferrari driven by Schiavoni spun at the exit of the first Hunaudières chicane. The GTE Am in penultimate place in the category ended up against the rail. A double yellow flag is displayed in this area.

19h

Rookie Stoffel Vandoorne (BR Engineering) takes the lead in the general classification with a lap in 3'19″931!

19h

Mücke lifted the No. 66 Ford GT to 2nd place in GTE Pro, 6 tenths off the category benchmark.

19h

Makowiecki received a black and white flag for exceeding track limits. The #91 Porsche occupies 13th position in GTE Pro.

19h

José Maria Lopez is closing in on the Rebellion in the lead with a lap of 3'20″355. The gap between the Toyota and the non-hybrid prototype is 395 thousandths.

19h

Fisichella has just set the 2nd fastest time in GTE Am in the #54 Spirit of Race Ferrari, 7 tenths behind the #77 Dempsey Proton Racing Porsche.

19h

We see again the free figure of Frits van Eerd accelerating after the first Mulsanne chicane:

 

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