Le Mans: Hartley Takes Sensational Pole for Toyota; Corvette Fastest in LMGTE Pro

Brendon Hartley is the king of Le Mans qualifying with a brilliant 3m24.408s lap in a thrilling finale to clinch the Hyperpole.

Toyota is 1-2 after the final shootout sees the New Zealander beat teammate Kamui Kobayashi in No.7 Toyota by just 0.177s

Alpine ELF Team ends up third after 3m24.850s lap by Nicolas Lapierre is lauded by a large fanbase for the “Les Bleues” squad. But the French ace loses his fastest tour for track limits.

Glickenhaus is fourth and fifth as all Hypercars are covered by just 1.9s. Four of the five Hypercars tops times during the 30-minute session.

LMGTE Pro category

Nick Tandy led a 1-2 result for Corvette Racing in the Hyperpole session Thursday night ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Tandy set a lap of 3:49.985 (132.538 mph) the No. 64 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R to give the team its first pole since 2010.

That also was the last time Corvette Racing started Le Mans with two cars on the front row. Antonio Garcia sealed the effort in the No. 63 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Corvette C8.R with a time of 3:50.177 (132.414 mph). It continued a solid pre-race program for the mid-engine Corvettes, which are at Le Mans for the second time.

Corvette Racing; 24 Hours of Le Mans in Le Mans, France; June 11-12, 2022; Corvette C8.R #63 driven by Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor, and Nicky Catsburg; Corvette C8.R #64 driven by Tommy Milner, Nick Tandy, and Alexander Sims (Richard Prince/Chevrolet Photo).

Tandy, driving with FIA WEC full-season teammate Tommy Milner and Alexander Sims, claimed his first pole position at Le Mans. He was only 0.192 seconds clear of Garcia, who is driving with IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teammate Jordan Taylor and Nicky Catsburg.

Corvette Racing; Corvette C8.R at 24 hours of Le Mans at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France; June 11-12th; C8.R #3 driven by Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor, and Nicky Catsburg; C8.R #4 driven by Tommy Milner, Nick Tandy, and Alexander Sims (©Eric Klauser/Chevrolet)

The two Corvettes have shown impressive form since Sunday’s Test Day with the full benefit of running the WEC with the N. 64 Corvette being realized. The next goal is add another 1-2 finish… this time Sunday afternoon for the team’s ninth class win and first since 2015.

Porsche GT Team start from the second row of the grid as No.91 leads No.92 Porsche 911 RSR-19 as Frederic Makowiecki and Laurens Vanthoor set times.

AF Corse Ferrari fifth and sixth with No.52 of Antonio Fuoco just beating No.51 Spa winning car driven by James Calado

LMP2

In LMP2 the No.31 Le Mans LMP2 title defending car driven by Robin Frijns holds off challengers after a scintillating 3m28.394s lap.

#31 WRT / Oreca 07 – Gibson – 24 hours of Le Mans – Test Day – Circuit de la Sarthe – Le Mans – France –

This beats the No.41 Realteam by WRT car driven by Norman Nato by a huge 1.3s, while the No.22 United Autosports Oreca-Gibson is third with Filipe Albuquerque at the wheel.

#41 REALTEAM BY WRT / Oreca 07 – Gibson – 24 hours of Le Mans – – Circuit de la Sarthe – Le Mans – France –

No.38 JOTA entry places fourth ahead of Prema Orlen Team of Louis Deletraz and No.23 United Autosports car of Alex Lynn.

LMGTE Am

In the LMGTE Am class, the No.61 AF Corse Ferrari driven by Vincent Abril shades the Kessel Racing car of Mikkel Jensen to make it a Prancing Horse front-row lock-out.

#61 AF CORSE / Ferrari 488 GTE EVO – 24 hours of Le Mans – Circuit de la Sarthe – Le Mans – France –

Harry Tincknell secures third for Dempsey Proton Porsche heading Nicki Thiim in No.98 Northwest AMR Vantage.

3rd quick – Porsche 911 RSR, Dempsey-Proton Racing (#77), Christian Ried (D), Harry Tincknell (GB), Sebastian Priaulx (GB)

No.54 AF Corse places fifth with Nick Cassidy at wheel, while Iron Dames take sixth thanks to Rahel Frey.

Q2: Hyperpole Qualifying Results

Pos	No.	Drivers	Car	Class	Time	Behind	Gap
1	8	Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa	Toyota GR010 – Hybrid	HYPERCAR	3’24.408	0.000s	0.000s
2	7	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez	Toyota GR010 – Hybrid	HYPERCAR	3’24.828	0.420	0.420
3	36	Andre Negrao Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere	Alpine A480	HYPERCAR	3’24.850	0.442	0.022
4	709	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Franck Mailleux	Glickenhaus 007 LMH	HYPERCAR	3’25.841	1.433	0.991
5	708	Olivier Pla Romain Dumas Pipo Derani	Glickenhaus 007 LMH	HYPERCAR	3’26.359	1.951	0.518
6	31	Sean Gelael Robin Frijns René Rast	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’28.394	3.986	2.035
7	41	Rui Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’29.697	5.289	1.303
8	22	Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Will Owen	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’30.070	5.662	0.373
9	38	Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Will Stevens	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’30.373	5.965	0.303
10	9	Robert Kubica Louis Deletraz Lorenzo Colombo	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’31.115	6.707	0.742
11	23	Alex Lynn Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’31.596	7.188	0.481
12	64	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	LMGTE PRO	3’49.985	25.577	18.389
13	63	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	LMGTE PRO	3’50.177	25.769	0.192
14	91	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE PRO	3’50.377	25.969	0.200
15	92	Michael Christensen Kevin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE PRO	3’50.522	26.114	0.145
16	52	Miguel Molina Antonio Fuoco Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	3’51.779	27.371	1.257
17	51	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	3’51.816	27.408	0.037
18	61	Louis Prette Conrad Grunewald Vincent Abril	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’52.594	28.186	0.778
19	57	Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff Mikkel Jensen	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’52.751	28.343	0.157
20	77	Christian Ried Sebastian Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3’53.006	28.598	0.255
21	98	Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	3’53.578	29.170	0.572
22	54	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Nick Cassidy	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’53.757	29.349	0.179
23	85	Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’53.869	29.461	0.112

Q1 Qualifying

Pos	No.	Drivers	Car	Class	Time	Behind	Gap
1	7	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez	Toyota GR010 – Hybrid	HYPERCAR	3’27.247	0.000	0.000
2	708	Olivier Pla Romain Dumas Pipo Derani	Glickenhaus 007 LMH	HYPERCAR	3’27.355	0.108	0.108
3	709	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Franck Mailleux	Glickenhaus 007 LMH	HYPERCAR	3’27.978	0.731	0.623
4	36	Andre Negrao Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere	Alpine A480	HYPERCAR	3’29.656	2.409	1.678
5	31	Sean Gelael Robin Frijns René Rast	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’29.898	2.651	0.242
6	38	Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Will Stevens	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’30.124	2.877	0.226
7	41	Rui Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’30.440	3.193	0.316
8	23	Alex Lynn Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’30.568	3.321	0.128
9	22	Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Will Owen	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’30.639	3.392	0.071
10	9	Robert Kubica Louis Deletraz Lorenzo Colombo	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’30.651	3.404	0.012
11	1	Lilou Wadoux Sébastien Ogier Charles Milesi	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’31.368	4.121	0.717
12	65	Julien Canal Nico Jamin Job Van Uitert	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’31.382	4.135	0.014
13	5	Dane Cameron Emmanuel Collard Felipe Nasr	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’31.462	4.215	0.080
14	32	Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Dries Vanthoor	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’31.808	4.561	0.346
15	30	Richard Bradley Guillermo Rojas Reshad de Gerus	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’32.000	4.753	0.192
16	37	Ye Yifei Ricky Taylor Niklas Krütten	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’32.008	4.761	0.008
17	28	Oliver Rasmussen Edward Jones Jonathan Aberdein	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’32.138	4.891	0.130
18	48	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick Pilet	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’32.285	5.038	0.147
19	34	Jakub Smiechowski Alex Brundle Esteban Gutierrez	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’32.549	5.302	0.264
20	24	Rodrigo Sales Matthew Bell Ben Hanley	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’32.956	5.709	0.407
21	35	Jean Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye François Heriau	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’33.463	6.216	0.507
22	44	Miro Konopka Bent Viscaal Tristan Vautier	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’33.480	6.233	0.017
23	39	Eric Trouillet Sébastien Page David Droux	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’33.483	6.236	0.003
24	3	Laurents Hörr Jean Glorieux Alexandre Cougnaud	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’34.524	7.277	1.041
25	47	Sophia Flörsch John Falb Jack Aitken	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’36.371	9.124	1.847
26	83	François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’36.548	9.301	0.177
27	27	Cresp Christophe Michael Jensen Steven Palette	Ligier JSP 217	LMP2	3’38.136	10.889	1.588
28	43	David Heinemeier Hansson Fabio Scherer Pietro Fittipaldi	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’38.491	11.244	0.355
29	8	Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa	Toyota GR010 – Hybrid	HYPERCAR	3’40.842	13.595	2.351
30	92	Michael Christensen Kevin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE PRO	3’50.999	23.752	10.157
31	63	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	LMGTE PRO	3’51.132	23.885	0.133
32	91	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE PRO	3’51.382	24.135	0.250
33	64	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	LMGTE PRO	3’51.491	24.244	0.109
34	51	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	3’51.502	24.255	0.011
35	52	Miguel Molina Antonio Fuoco Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	3’51.614	24.367	0.112
36	98	Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	3’52.559	25.312	0.945
37	57	Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff Mikkel Jensen	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’53.489	26.242	0.930
38	54	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Nick Cassidy	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’53.690	26.443	0.201
39	85	Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’54.081	26.834	0.391
40	74	Felipe Fraga Sam Bird Shane van Gisbergen	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	3’54.116	26.869	0.035
41	77	Christian Ried Sebastian Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3’54.224	26.977	0.108
42	61	Louis Prette Conrad Grunewald Vincent Abril	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’54.316	27.069	0.092
43	86	Michael Wainwright Riccardo Pera Benjamin Barker	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3’54.323	27.076	0.007
44	56	Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Ben Barnicoat	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3’54.510	27.263	0.187
45	46	Matteo Cairoli Mikkel Pedersen Nicolas Leutwiler	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3’54.533	27.286	0.023
46	79	Cooper MacNeil Julien Andlauer Thomas Merrill	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3’54.912	27.665	0.379
47	99	Andrew Haryanto Alessio Picariello Martin Rump	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3’55.076	27.829	0.164
48	59	Alexander West Côme Ledogar Marvin Klein	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’55.162	27.915	0.086
49	21	Simon Mann Christoph Ulrich Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’55.308	28.061	0.146
50	55	Duncan Cameron Matthew Griffin David Perel	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’55.617	28.370	0.309
51	75	Pierre Ehret Christian Hook Nicolas Varrone	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’55.672	28.425	0.055
52	66	Renger van der Zande Mark Kvamme Jason Hart	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’56.008	28.761	0.336
53	777	Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Charlie Fagg	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	3’56.437	29.190	0.429
54	88	Fred Poordad Maxwell Root Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	3’56.516	29.269	0.079
55	33	Ben Keating Henrique Chaves Jr. Marco Sorensen	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	3’57.044	29.797	0.528
56	60	Claudio Schiavoni Alessandro Balzan Raffaele Giammaria	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	4’05.633	38.386	8.589
57	93	Michael Fassbender Matt Campbell Zacharie Robichon	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	4’07.907	40.660	2.274
58	80	Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Richard Heistand	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	4’23.223	55.976	15.316
59	10	Nico Müller Ryan Cullen Sébastien Bourdais	Oreca 07	LMP2
60	13	Philippe Cimadomo Mathias Beche Tijmen van der Helm	Oreca 07	LMP2	3’30.905	3.658
61	45	Thomas Steven James Allen Rene Binder	Oreca 07	LMP2
62	71	Franck Dezoteux Pierre Ragues Gabriel Aubry	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	3’54.139	26.892	23.234