Kamui Kobayashi set a best time of 3m26.096s just seconds after the chequered flag dropped at the Circuit de la Sarthe to put the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid on top by over two-tenths of a second.The first night session at this year’s Le Mans got off to a chaotic start, with the first 30 minutes featuring limited green-flag running.Most notably, Kobayashi’s team-mate Nyck de Vries went over the kerbs at the Dunlop chicane and suffered a spin, leaving debris on track and prompting race control to trigger a full-course yellow.The #44 Proton Oreca stopped on track at around the same time, before a problem for the #22 United Autosports LMP2 led to more double yellow flags around the track.Amid the early drama, Brendon Hartley set the first sub-3m30s lap of the session in the #8 Toyota, before reigning champion Robert Kubica took over the top spot in AF Corse’s #83 Ferrari 499P.WTR driver Filipe Albuquerque snatched the lead soon after, but the #83 AF Corse returned to the front at the end of the opening hour after Kubica posted a time of 3m26.316s. #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P: Yifei Ye, Robert Kubica, Philip Hanson The FCY was deployed again with 30 minutes to go due to an incident at the second marshal post, before Dries Vanthoor caused another stoppage when he spun the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 at the Esses.The #7 Toyota remained in the garage for the majority of the session following de Vries’ off, but the Japanese manufacturer sent the car back on the track in the final part of FP2.In the final five minutes, Kobayashi dispatched the #83 Ferrari from the top with a time of 3m26.329s, before finding another two tenths on his final flyer to pull away at the front.The #83 Ferrari, which failed to progress into Hyperpole in the evening, had to settle for second place, while the #101 WTR Cadillac held on to third, despite suffering an engine shutdown when Albuquerque rolled into the pitlane at the end of his stint.Read Also:WECLe Mans 24h: Alpine fastest in qualifying, Le Mans-winning Ferrari is outFifth went to the #12 Cadillac, but the Jota-run car didn’t have a smooth day, with Louis Deletraz slowing down towards the end of the session with technical problems.Paul-Loup Chatin guided the #19 Genesis GMR-001 to sixth in the final minutes, leaving the #8 Toyota driven by Sebastien Buemi seventh on the timesheets.Harry Tincknell ended up eighth in the #007 Aston Martin Valkyrie, while the top 10 was completed by the two BMWs - Sheldon van der Linde in the #20 M Hybrid V8 leading the sister #15 machine of Vanthoor by just over three-tenths of a second.Panis fastest in LMP2, BMW leads LMGT3The #29 Forestier by Panis Oreca 07 led the way in the LMP2 class, courtesy of a 3m33.645s flyer from Louis Rousset.The Frenchman’s time put him over a second clear of the chasing pack, led by the #4 CrowdStrike by APR Oreca driven by Laurin Heinrich.The Brit set a best time of 3m55.132s and ended the session over three tenths ahead of Rui Andrade in the #61 Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG GT3. Cla Team # Drivers Car Laps Time Interval km/h 1 Toyota Racing HYPERCAR 7 M. Conway K. Kobayashi N. de Vries Toyota TR010 Hybrid 26 3'26.096 238.013 2 AF Corse HYPERCAR 83 Y. Yifei R. Kubica P. Hanson Ferrari 499P 32 +0.220 3'26.316 0.220 237.759 3 Cadillac WTR HYPERCAR 101 R. Taylor J. Taylor F. Albuquerque Cadillac V-Series.R 30 +0.291 3'26.387 0.071 237.677 4 Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR 36 F. Makowiecki J. Gounon V. Martins Alpine A424 30 +0.321 3'26.417 0.030 237.643 5 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA HYPERCAR 12 L. Deletraz W. Stevens N. Nato Cadillac V-Series.R 31 +0.324 3'26.420 0.003 237.639 6 Genesis Magma Racing HYPERCAR 19 M. Jaminet P. Chatin D. Juncadella Genesis GMR-001 30 +0.756 3'26.852 0.432 237.143 7 Toyota Racing HYPERCAR 8 S. Buemi B. Hartley R. Hirakawa Toyota TR010 Hybrid 32 +0.816 3'26.912 0.060 237.074 8 Aston Martin THOR Team HYPERCAR 007 H. Tincknell T. Gamble R. Gunn Aston Martin Valkyrie 29 +0.839 3'26.935 0.023 237.048 9 BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR 20 R. Frijns R. Rast S. Van Der Linde BMW M Hybrid V8 32 +0.907 3'27.003 0.068 236.970 10 BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR 15 K. Magnussen R. Marciello D. Vanthoor BMW M Hybrid V8 27 +1.242 3'27.338 0.335 236.587 11 FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR 50 A. Fuoco N. Nielsen M. Molina Ferrari 499P 32 +1.256 3'27.352 0.014 236.571 12 Aston Martin THOR Team HYPERCAR 009 A. Riberas M. Sorensen R. De Angelis Aston Martin Valkyrie 31 +1.370 3'27.466 0.114 236.441 13 Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR 35 A. Felix da Costa C. Milesi F. Habsburg Alpine A424 29 +1.449 3'27.545 0.079 236.351 14 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA HYPERCAR 38 S. Bourdais E. Bamber J. Aitken Cadillac V-Series.R 26 +1.613 3'27.709 0.164 236.165 15 PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR 93 P. di Resta S. Vandoorne N. Cassidy Peugeot 9X8 30 +1.735 3'27.831 0.122 236.026 16 FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR 51 A. Pier Guidi J. Calado A. Giovinazzi Ferrari 499P 31 +1.807 3'27.903 0.072 235.944 17 Genesis Magma Racing HYPERCAR 17 A. Lotterer P. Derani M. Jaubert Genesis GMR-001 29 +1.976 3'28.072 0.169 235.753 18 PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR 94 L. Duval M. Jakobsen T. Pourchaire Peugeot 9X8 31 +2.377 3'28.473 0.401 235.299 19 Forestier Racing by Panis LMP2 29 L. Rousset E. Masson O. Gray Oreca 07 - Gibson 29 +7.549 3'33.645 5.172 229.603 20 Crowdstrike Racing by APR LMP2 4 G. Kurtz A. Quinn L. Heinrich Oreca 07 - Gibson 31 +8.869 3'34.965 1.320 228.193 21 AF Corse LMP2 183 F. Perrodo M. Vaxiviere B. Barnicoat Oreca 07 - Gibson 30 +9.669 3'35.765 0.800 227.347 22 INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION LMP2 43 J. Smiechowski T. Dillmann N. Yelloly Oreca 07 - Gibson 26 +10.015 3'36.111 0.346 226.983 23 Proton Competition LMP2 9 J. Ried K. Ohta H. King Oreca 07 - Gibson 28 +10.176 3'36.272 0.161 226.814 24 IDEC SPORT LMP2 28 P. Lafargue V. Rinicella J. Van Uitert Oreca 07 - Gibson 28 +10.220 3'36.316 0.044 226.768 25 TDS Racing LMP2 14 T. Lutke M. Beche K. Estre Oreca 07 - Gibson 29 +10.261 3'36.357 0.041 226.725 26 DUQUEINE TEAM LMP2 30 D. Pin J. Andlauer R. Verschoor Oreca 07 - Gibson 26 +10.545 3'36.641 0.284 226.428 27 CLX Motorsport LMP2 37 A. Closmenil I. Aguilera T. Jensen Oreca 07 - Gibson 28 +10.602 3'36.698 0.057 226.368 28 NIELSEN RACING LMP2 24 D. Heinemeier Hansson E. Pearson J. Doohan Oreca 07 - Gibson 29 +10.866 3'36.962 0.264 226.093 29 United Autosports LMP2 222 D. Schneider B. Hanley O. Jarvis Oreca 07 - Gibson 27 +11.161 3'37.257 0.295 225.786 30 AO by TF LMP2 99 P. Hyett J. Allen D. Cameron Oreca 07 - Gibson 27 +11.194 3'37.290 0.033 225.751 31 Algarve Pro Racing Team LMP2 25 M. Jensen E. Trulli J. Hughes Oreca 07 - Gibson 29 +11.381 3'37.477 0.187 225.557 32 INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION LMP2 343 B. Garg R. de Gerus N. Müller Oreca 07 - Gibson 28 +11.416 3'37.512 0.035 225.521 33 DKR Engineering LMP2 3 J. Farano S. Alvarez R. van der Zande Oreca 07 - Gibson 26 +12.147 3'38.243 0.731 224.765 34 RD Limited LMP2 48 F. Poordad T. Vautier R. Dumas Oreca 07 - Gibson 30 +12.427 3'38.523 0.280 224.477 35 Proton Competition LMP2 44 H. Felbermayr Jr. H. Felbermayr L. Fluxá Oreca 07 - Gibson 28 +12.875 3'38.971 0.448 224.018 36 VECTOR SPORT LMP2 26 R. Cullen V. Lomko P. Fittipaldi Oreca 07 - Gibson 30 +13.270 3'39.366 0.395 223.615 37 United Autosports LMP2 22 R. Lindh G. Saucy M. Jensen Oreca 07 - Gibson 11 +16.325 3'42.421 3.055 220.543 38 TEAM WRT LMGT3 32 D. Leung S. Gelael A. Farfus BMW M4 GT3 Evo 27 +29.036 3'55.132 12.711 208.621 39 IRON LYNX LMGT3 61 M. Berry R. Andrade M. Martin Mercedes AMG GT3 25 +29.392 3'55.488 0.356 208.306 40 The Bend Manthey LMGT3 92 Y. Shahin R. Pera R. Lietz Porsche 911 GT3 R 26 +29.436 3'55.532 0.044 208.267 41 Garage 59 LMGT3 10 A. Au T. Fleming M. Kirchhofer McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 23 +29.475 3'55.571 0.039 208.232 42 Vista AF Corse LMGT3 21 F. Heriau S. Mann A. Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 27 +29.487 3'55.583 0.012 208.222 43 Heart of Racing Team LMGT3 23 G. Newell D. Barrichello J. Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 28 +29.633 3'55.729 0.146 208.093 44 Manthey DK Engineering LMGT3 91 J. Cottingham T. Boguslavskiy A. Güven Porsche 911 GT3 R 26 +29.681 3'55.777 0.048 208.050 45 Vista AF Corse LMGT3 54 T. Flohr F. Castellacci D. Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 28 +29.719 3'55.815 0.038 208.017 46 IRON LYNX LMGT3 79 J. Zelger M. Cressoni L. Hodenius Mercedes AMG GT3 25 +29.742 3'55.838 0.023 207.997 47 AKKODIS ASP Team LMGT3 78 T. Rompuy H. David J. Hawksworth Lexus RC F GT3 23 +29.877 3'55.973 0.135 207.878 48 TF Sport LMGT3 33 B. Keating J. Edgar N. Catsburg Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 27 +30.100 3'56.196 0.223 207.681 49 Kessel Racing LMGT3 57 T. Kimura C. Laursen D. Serra Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 26 +30.229 3'56.325 0.129 207.568 50 Racing Spirit of Leman LMGT3 59 C. Mateu M. Fossard V. Hasse-Clot Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 28 +30.285 3'56.381 0.056 207.519 51 Racing Team Turkey by TF LMGT3 34 P. Dempsey S. Yoluc C. Eastwood Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 25 +30.361 3'56.457 0.076 207.452 52 Heart of Racing Team LMGT3 27 I. James Z. Robichon M. Drudi Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 28 +30.391 3'56.487 0.030 207.426 53 TEAM WRT LMGT3 69 A. McIntosh P. Thompson D. Harper BMW M4 GT3 Evo 28 +30.496 3'56.592 0.105 207.334 54 RICHARD MILLE AF CORSE LMGT3 150 C. Toledo L. Wadoux R. Agostini Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 28 +30.512 3'56.608 0.016 207.320 55 Kessel Racing LMGT3 74 D. Blattner L. Patrese D. Marschall Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 28 +30.665 3'56.761 0.153 207.186 56 AKKODIS ASP Team LMGT3 87 R. Umbrarescu C. Schmid J. Lopez Lexus RC F GT3 25 +30.670 3'56.766 0.005 207.181 57 13 Autosport LMGT3 13 O. Fidani L. Kern M. Bell Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 26 +30.671 3'56.767 0.001 207.180 58 Proton Competition LMGT3 88 S. Gattuso G. Levorato L. Sargeant Ford Mustang GT3 26 +31.312 3'57.408 0.641 206.621 59 Proton Competition LMGT3 77 E. Powell B. Tuck S. Priaulx Ford Mustang GT3 28 +31.460 3'57.556 0.148 206.492 60 TF Sport LMGT3 2 J. Ibrahim L. Nicolas Hanafin B. Green Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 26 +31.758 3'57.854 0.298 206.234 61 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx LMGT3 62 A. Ali Al-Khelaifi J. Hanses G. Alesi Mercedes AMG GT3 23 +31.821 3'57.917 0.063 206.179 62 Garage 59 LMGT3 58 A. West F. Gehrsitz B. Goethe McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 27 +32.244 3'58.340 0.423 205.813
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