Is this the year an LMDh car can win at Le Mans?The Le Mans Test Day did not offer a lot of evidence after the LMH category cars of Aston Martin and Toyota set the quickest times. Cadillac, whose V-Series.R was the top-ranked LMDh platform, had the third-quickest time.But there’s a long way to go before the end of sports car racing’s most prestigious 24-hour.Held six days prior to the traditional start, the Test Day now serves as two additional sessions of free practice. Teams generally concentrate on a check list of the usual pre-race goals, but they also keep an eagle-eye on relative positions to the other teams, particularly their segment times. An accurate reading will not come until the final Hyperpole qualifying round on Thursday. The fastest lap of the No. 007 Aston Martin Valkyrie driven by Tom Gamble helped sustain the momentum of the THOR team that finished fourth in the preceding Six Hours of Spa. Gamble used soft tires to just edge the No. 8 Toyota TR010 Hybrid of Brendan Hartley. Brandon Hartley.Gamble’s fastest lap of 3:26.293 fell well short of Alex Lynn’s pole lap of 3:23.166 set last year on board the Hertz Team Jota Cadillac. On Sunday, the No. 12 Jota Cadillac, where Lynn is absent from the driving crew due to a neck injury, set the third-quickest lap in the hands of Norman Nato. The Alpine Endurance Team’s A424 entries were fourth and fifth quickest followed by the No. 101 Cadillac of Wayne Taylor Racing, where Felipe Albuquerque posted his lap of 3:27.011 late in the morning session.The Alpine team, which is trying to secure a new manufacturer to replace Renault, and WTR are both under pressure to show strong results. WTR has trailed the Action Express Cadillac, which did not receive a Le Mans invitation, all season in IMSA. Six of the eight Hypercar class manufacturers underwent aerodynamic changes in the off-season, including Alpine, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Peugeot and Toyota. That leaves only the Valkyrie without a significant aero update and the all-new Genesis GMR-001, which was an impressive 10th on Sunday. The LMH category Ferrari 499P that has won all three races in the Hypercar era, managed a best of ninth place for Alessandro Pier Guidi before the No. 51 collected the barriers at Indianapolis before driving bac to the pits.The Ferrari 499P of Alessandro Pier Guidi.In addition to new aero, teams were on the track for the first time with Michelin’s new Pilot Sport Endurance tires and its special “Vision” tread for more consistency on pit exits and possibly better endurance that could lead to quadruple four stints. The majority of times were set on the medium tire. The No. 8 Toyota (Ryo Hirakawa) had to have a damaged rear corner repaired after an incident in the day’s first session with the LMP2 of Algarve Pro Racing (Jack Hughes) at the newly renamed Goodyear Chicane, which now precedes the Goodyear Bridge that was long-sponsored by Dunlop. The 27-minute red flag was the only interruption in the day’s schedule.In the LMP2 class for Gibson-powered Orecas, platinum-rated refugees from IMSA’s prototype ranks—Renger van der Zande, Kevin Estre, and Dane Cameron—are expected to make a difference as well as the gold-rated Lauren Heinrich and Julien Andlauer. On Sunday, the IDEC Sport entry of Job van Uitert posted the fastest lap of 3:35.344. The LMGT3 category will be dependent on execution by teams and drivers due to the LMGT3 class’s balance and familiar Goodyear tires. The Evo version of the Ferrari GT3 296 showed well for the AF Corse team, which recorded the two quickest times on the day, led by Francesco Castellacci’s lap of 3:56.646 in the afternoon in the No. 54. The No. 21 AF Corse entry laid down a marker in the morning when Alessio Rovera was quickest in the morning and second overall.The Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R.’ expand='The Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R was a close third, followed by two of the four Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs entered by TF Sport. Johnny Edgar was fourth quickest in the No. 33 Corvette, which he will share with bronze driver Ben Keating. The Texas car dealer is returning for his first WEC race this year after sustaining an arm injury while training on his mountain bike.“I got into the car four different times, and I’ve made big improvements every single time, which is all I can hope for,” said Keating. “In that last run my lap time was pretty similar to where I qualified last year.”