24H of Le Mans
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24 Hours of Le Mans 2021
This is the end of this day at Le Mans during which Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota No. 7) took pole position. Find all the information about the 24 Hours on our www.autohebdo.fr. Very good evening everyone and thank you again for your loyalty! See you Saturday !
As a result, positions will no longer change! Here are the results for all categories in the following order: Hypercar, LMP2, GTE Pro and GTE Am
And that's it for this fourth free practice session. The race management announced that the latter, despite the few minutes remaining, would not resume!
While waiting for the session to resume, if it resumes, embark with Kamui Kobayashi for the pole lap of this 89th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Your 2021 Le Mans pole lap. Enjoy! 😁# LeMans24 #GoHyper #ToyotaGAZOORacing @FIAWEC @ 24hoursoflemans pic.twitter.com/yPZ2J8O6oq
— TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WEC (@TGR_WEC) August 19
Red flag with a quarter of an hour to go! Very surprising exit from Ollie Millroy (N°71 Inception Racing Ferrari) at the first Ford corner. The Briton hit the wall, heavily damaging his mount. His team will have work to do tonight
Big scare for Kobayashi at the exit of Tertre Rouge. The pole sitter went too wide and put his wheels in the grass. Miraculously, the Japanese did not hit any safety rails and was able to get back on the road. We're blowing on Toyota's side
If they don't go heavy on the track, the Toyotas are doing a lot of driving in this 4th session of the week. No. 7 and No. 8 already have 48 laps between them, 24 for each. The defending team is undoubtedly working on different types of adjustments in preparation for the race
Only half an hour of driving left before the checkered flag is presented to the drivers!
Six cars have not run for the moment: the No. 17 of IDEC Sport, the No. 65 of Panis Racing, the No. 74 of Racing Team India Eurasia, the No. 33 and No. 95 of TF Sport as well as that the Porsche N°92 of the official team
With one hour to go, a quick update on the classification by category is necessary. In Hypercar, the No. 8 Toyota is still in the lead ahead of the No. 7 and theAlpine No. 36. In LMP2, the No. 26 Oreca of G-Drive Racing is comfortably installed in first place with almost half a second ahead of the No. 29 of Team Nederland. In GTE Pro, Porsche regained its right thanks to the No. 91 of the Bruni-Lietz-Makowiecki trio. In GTE Am, the No. 83 Ferrari dominates with a lap of 3'51″561
A little scare for Nigel Bailly of the N°84 of the SRT41 team who was not far from coming into contact with the JOTA N°38 in the Esses de la Forêt. More fear than harm ultimately luckily. Both cars were able to resume the session without any problem
Small error for Thomas Flohr who ends his race in the gravel of the Dunlop chicane at the wheel of his Ferrari No. 54 entered in GTE Am
As a reminder, a little over an hour ago the Hyperpole took place. Here is a reminder of the results with the winner of each category:
In GTE Pro, the No. 63 Corvette temporarily dominates its category with a best lap of 3'49″603. It is followed by its sister, the No. 64, and the Porsche No. 91. All three stand within only eight hundredths
In LMP2, it's quite lively on the track since 15 cars have already done a fast lap. For the moment, the No. 26 of the G-Drive is in the lead with a time of 3'31″826
After a little over ten minutes in the session, only the Toyotas recorded a time in Hypercar. The N°8 is currently ahead of the N°7 with a best time of 3'30″363
Stopped in the pit lane after receiving the start signal, the No. 65 of Panis Racing returned to its garage. Information to come
This last test session allows the teams to make the final adjustments before the big start for the drivers to get their bearings in the Sarthe night
Let's go for two more hours of driving at Le Mans with a second night session
The Hyperpole having fallen behind schedule due to a red flag, the 4th free practice session will start a little later than planned