Paul Ricard ELMS: Harry Tincknell gives Jota Sport another pole

The Briton topped the times in the Jota Gibson-Nissan 015S LMP2 with a 1m46.917s to end up a tenth and a half clear of Nicolas Minassian in the best of the BR Engineering BRE-Nissan BR01s run under the AF Racing banner.

Tincknell, who has now claimed five ELMS poles with Jota since the start of 2014, said: "I'm happy to be on pole at what is probably the worst track of the season for the Gibson, so it's good to get that extra point."

Minassian's 1m47.065s put him four tenths up on team-mate Mikhail Aleshin, who recorded a best time of 1m47.498s.

The best qualifying position of the season so far for the BRE coupe follows a switch from Michelin to Dunlop tyres ahead of this weekend.

Tristan Gommendy ended up on a 1m47.641s to take fourth place aboard the TDS Racing ORECA-Nissan 05.

The two works Team LNT Ginetta-Nissans headed the LMP3 class, Charlies Robertson's 1m55.431s edging out Michael Simpson best by two tenths.

GTE honours were taken by Alessandro Pier Guidi in the AF Corse-run AT Racing Ferrari 458 Italia after a battle with Andrea Bertolini.

His time of 1m55.782s put him half a tenth up on Bertolini's AF Ferrari

Honours in the GTC class for GT3 cars went to the Franck Perera in the TDS BMW Z4.