Le Mans 2017: Thursday
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The chequered flag is out and qualifying for the 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours is over.
LMP1
Celebrations are already well under way down in the Toyota garage as the team marvels in that stunning lap from Kobayashi earlier today.
LMP2
So pole position in LMP2 goes to Alex Lynn in the #26 G-Drive/TDS ORECA
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Just a few more cars yet to take the chequered flag and it doesn't look like there will be any significant improvements.
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Here's Moore in the gravel before he managed to dig himself out.
LMP1
So that's it then, after almost six hours of qualifying, Toyota has claimed pole for Saturday's Le Mans 24 Hours. And it certainly did it in style.
LMP1
Kobayashi's pole time of 3m14.791s in the #7 Toyota is a new qualifying record for the current configuration of the circuit and is a massive 2.3s faster than the best team-mate Nakajima in the #8 car could manage. Next up are the two Porsches (Jani in #1 ahead of Bernhard in #2) before the third Toyota rounds out the top five thanks to Lapierre.
LMP2
LMP2 ORDER#26 G-Drive/TDS ORECA (Lynn)#25 Manor ORECA (Petrov)#38 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA (Tung)#31 Rebellion ORECA (Senna)#13 Rebellion ORECA (Beche)#24 Manor ORECA (Vergne)#28 TDS ORECA (Vaxiviere)#35 Signatech ORECA (Panciatici)#37 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA (Brundle)#27 SMP Dallara (Aleshin)#36 Signatech ORECA (Menezes)#39 Graff ORECA (Guibbert)
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Phew - qualifying done and dusted. A frantic six hours over the past day comes to a close and it's Toyota that will start Sunday's Le Mans 24 Hours from pole, thanks to a stellar lap from Kamui Kobayashi - a qualifying record.
The #8 Toyota improved late on to join its sister #7 car on the front row, but Porsche is lurking with its cars third and fourth. Alex Lynn's effort secured G-Drive pole in LMP2, while Aston headed a fierce battle in GTE Pro - one that'll be intriguing to follow this weekend.Here's our comprehensive qualifying recap report.
That's where we're going to leave things for this evening, but stay with Autosport.com from now until Sunday's end for the latest news and join us again in Race Centre Live on Saturday for full coverage of the Le Mans 24 Hours.
The #8 Toyota improved late on to join its sister #7 car on the front row, but Porsche is lurking with its cars third and fourth. Alex Lynn's effort secured G-Drive pole in LMP2, while Aston headed a fierce battle in GTE Pro - one that'll be intriguing to follow this weekend.Here's our comprehensive qualifying recap report.
That's where we're going to leave things for this evening, but stay with Autosport.com from now until Sunday's end for the latest news and join us again in Race Centre Live on Saturday for full coverage of the Le Mans 24 Hours.
By: Matt Beer
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