Le Mans Qualifying: Lopez sets pace again for Toyota, Ferrari 1-2 in LMGTE Pro
The No.7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar driven by Jose Maria Lopez, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway topped the qualifying practice times in the one-hour session at Le Mans this evening.
It was again Lopez who clinched the quickest time and stopped the clocks at 3m26.279s, some three seconds quicker than his best free practice effort earlier today.
Ferrari fought back in the LMGTE Pro category with the No.52 488 Evo machine driven by Daniel Serra setting a best lap.
Antonio Felix da Costa fought back from an accident in free practice to head LMP2, while the No.88 Dempsey Proton Porsche 911 topped the LMGTE Am category.
1st Qualifying Results
| Pos | No. | Class | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time | Gap |
| 1 | 7 | HYPERCAR | Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez | Toyota GR010 – Hybrid | 15 | 3’26.279 | 0.000s |
| 2 | 36 | HYPERCAR | Andre Negrao Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere | Alpine A480 | 10 | 3’27.095 | 0.816 |
| 3 | 8 | HYPERCAR | Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley | Toyota GR010 – Hybrid | 15 | 3’27.671 | 1.392 |
| 4 | 708 | HYPERCAR | Pipo Derani Franck Mailleux Olivier Pla | Glickenhaus 007 LMH | 15 | 3’28.256 | 1.977 |
| 5 | 38 | LMP2 | Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson | Oreca 07 | 10 | 3’28.807 | 2.528 |
| 6 | 26 | LMP2 | Roman Rusinov Franco Colapinto Nyck de Vries | Aurus 01 | 12 | 3’29.246 | 2.967 |
| 7 | 709 | HYPERCAR | Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Romain Dumas | Glickenhaus 007 LMH | 13 | 3’29.381 | 3.102 |
| 8 | 41 | LMP2 | Robert Kubica Louis Deletraz Ye Yifei | Oreca 07 | 12 | 3’29.441 | 3.162 |
| 9 | 65 | LMP2 | Julien Canal Will Stevens James Allen | Oreca 07 | 11 | 3’29.508 | 3.229 |
| 10 | 32 | LMP2 | Nico Jamin Jonathan Aberdein Manuel Maldonado | Oreca 07 | 11 | 3’29.688 | 3.409 |
| 11 | 23 | LMP2 | Paul di Resta Alex Lynn Wayne Boyd | Oreca 07 | 11 | 3’29.830 | 3.551 |
| 12 | 28 | LMP2 | Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist | Oreca 07 | 10 | 3’29.835 | 3.556 |
| 13 | 70 | LMP2 | Esteban Garcia Loic Duval Norman Nato | Oreca 07 | 9 | 3’29.861 | 3.582 |
| 14 | 24 | LMP2 | Patrick Kelly Gabriel Aubry Simon Trummer | Oreca 07 | 10 | 3’30.123 | 3.844 |
| 15 | 48 | LMP2 | Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick Pilet | Oreca 07 | 2 | 3’30.166 | 3.887 |
| 16 | 31 | LMP2 | Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi | Oreca 07 | 11 | 3’30.182 | 3.903 |
| 17 | 22 | LMP2 | Philip Hanson Fabio Scherer Filipe Albuquerque | Oreca 07 | 11 | 3’30.234 | 3.955 |
| 18 | 21 | LMP2 | Henrik Hedman Ben Hanley Juan Pablo Montoya | Oreca 07 | 9 | 3’30.323 | 4.044 |
| 19 | 82 | LMP2 | Ryan Cullen Oliver Jarvis Felipe Nasr | Oreca 07 | 12 | 3’30.418 | 4.139 |
| 20 | 30 | LMP2 | Rene Binder Guillermo Rojas Tristan Gommendy | Oreca 07 | 11 | 3’30.691 | 4.412 |
| 21 | 17 | LMP2 | Dwight Merriman Thomas Laurent Ryan Dalziel | Oreca 07 | 14 | 3’30.709 | 4.430 |
| 22 | 29 | LMP2 | Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert | Oreca 07 | 9 | 3’30.843 | 4.564 |
| 23 | 34 | LMP2 | Jakub Smiechowski Renger van der Zande Alex Brundle | Oreca 07 | 10 | 3’30.908 | 4.629 |
| 24 | 25 | LMP2 | John Falb Roberto Merhi Rui Andrade | Aurus 01 | 12 | 3’31.203 | 4.924 |
| 25 | 49 | LMP2 | Anders Fjordbach Jan Magnussen Kevin Magnussen | Oreca 07 | 13 | 3’31.830 | 5.551 |
| 26 | 20 | LMP2 | Dennis Andersen Ricky Taylor Marco Sorensen | Oreca 07 | 13 | 3’32.252 | 5.973 |
| 27 | 44 | LMP2 | Miro Konopka Oliver Webb Matej Konopka | Oreca 07 | 12 | 3’32.446 | 6.167 |
| 28 | 1 | LMP2 | Tatiana Calderon Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser | Oreca 07 | 12 | 3’32.598 | 6.319 |
| 29 | 84 | INNOVATIVE CAR | Takuma Aoki Nigel Bailly Matthieu Lahaye | Oreca 07 | 12 | 3’33.538 | 7.259 |
| 30 | 39 | LMP2 | Vincent Capillaire Arnold Robin Maxime Robin | Oreca 07 | 12 | 3’34.005 | 7.726 |
| 31 | 74 | LMP2 | James Winslow John Corbett Tom Cloet | Ligier JSP 217 | 13 | 3’36.012 | 9.733 |
| 32 | 52 | LMGTE PRO | Daniel Serra Miguel Molina Sam Bird | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 8 | 3’46.011 | 19.732 |
| 33 | 51 | LMGTE PRO | Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Côme Ledogar | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 9 | 3’46.581 | 20.302 |
| 34 | 92 | LMGTE PRO | Kevin Estre Neel Jani Michael Christensen | Porsche 911 RSR | 3 | 3’46.779 | 20.500 |
| 35 | 64 | LMGTE PRO | Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 13 | 3’47.074 | 20.795 |
| 36 | 72 | LMGTE PRO | Dries Vanthoor Alvaro Parente Maxime Martin | Porsche 911 RSR | 12 | 3’47.599 | 21.320 |
| 37 | 91 | LMGTE PRO | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki | Porsche 911 RSR | 6 | 3’47.624 | 21.345 |
| 38 | 79 | LMGTE PRO | Cooper MacNeil Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor | Porsche 911 RSR | 12 | 3’47.682 | 21.403 |
| 39 | 88 | LMGTE AM | Julien Andlauer Dominique Bastien Lance Arnold | Porsche 911 RSR | 10 | 3’48.620 | 22.341 |
| 40 | 86 | LMGTE AM | Michael Wainwright Benjamin Barker Tom Gamble | Porsche 911 RSR | 9 | 3’49.100 | 22.821 |
| 41 | 47 | LMGTE AM | Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 11 | 3’49.102 | 22.823 |
| 42 | 71 | LMGTE AM | Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Ben Barnicoat | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 7 | 3’49.462 | 23.183 |
| 43 | 56 | LMGTE AM | Egidio Perfetti Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera | Porsche 911 RSR | 11 | 3’49.608 | 23.329 |
| 44 | 63 | LMGTE PRO | Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 12 | 3’49.643 | 23.364 |
| 45 | 33 | LMGTE AM | Ben Keating Dylan Pereira Felipe Fraga | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | 8 | 3’49.663 | 23.384 |
| 46 | 80 | LMGTE AM | Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Callum Ilott | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 13 | 3’49.693 | 23.414 |
| 47 | 57 | LMGTE AM | Takeshi Kimura Scott Andrews Mikkel Jensen | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 13 | 3’49.715 | 23.436 |
| 48 | 99 | LMGTE AM | Harry Tincknell Vuttikhorn Inthraphuvasak Florian Latorre | Porsche 911 RSR | 11 | 3’49.788 | 23.509 |
| 49 | 54 | LMGTE AM | Thomas Flohr Giancarlo Fisichella Francesco Castellacci | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 12 | 3’49.829 | 23.550 |
| 50 | 83 | LMGTE AM | François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 8 | 3’49.881 | 23.602 |
| 51 | 77 | LMGTE AM | Christian Ried Jaxon Evans Matt Campbell | Porsche 911 RSR | 11 | 3’49.913 | 23.634 |
| 52 | 18 | LMGTE AM | Andrew Haryanto Alessio Picariello Marco Seefried | Porsche 911 RSR | 12 | 3’50.016 | 23.737 |
| 53 | 388 | LMGTE AM | Pierre Ehret Christian Hook Jeroen Bleekemolen | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 12 | 3’50.018 | 23.739 |
| 54 | 95 | LMGTE AM | John Hartshorne Ollie Hancock Ross Gunn | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | 12 | 3’50.059 | 23.780 |
| 55 | 98 | LMGTE AM | Paul Dalla Lana Nicki Thiim Marcos Gomes | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | 11 | 3’50.156 | 23.877 |
| 56 | 85 | LMGTE AM | Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 11 | 3’50.314 | 24.035 |
| 57 | 60 | LMGTE AM | Claudio Schiavoni Paolo Ruberti Raffaele Giammaria | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 12 | 3’50.768 | 24.489 |
| 58 | 777 | LMGTE AM | Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Andrew Watson | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | 11 | 3’51.107 | 24.828 |
| 59 | 46 | LMGTE AM | Dennis Olsen Anders Buchardt Robert Foley | Porsche 911 RSR | 10 | 3’51.411 | 25.132 |
| 60 | 55 | LMGTE AM | Duncan Cameron David Perel Matthew Griffin | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 12 | 3’52.088 | 25.809 |
| 61 | 66 | LMGTE AM | Thomas Neubauer Rodrigo Sales Jody Fannin | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | 12 | 3’52.304 | 26.025 |
| 62 | 69 | LMGTE AM | Robert Renauer Ralf Bohn Rolf Ineichen | Porsche 911 RSR | 10 | 3’52.960 | 26.681 |