Le Mans practice and first qualifying
Live Text
Sort by
Oldest first
LMP1
Van der Zande is also out in the #10 DragonSpeed with five minutes of this first qualifying session left on the clock.
LMP1
Alonso has improved the #8 Toyota's position to fourth with a 3m19.837s.
Not long after this...
Twitter
.@alo_oficial was close from going off at Mulsanne corner! 🙉
#LeMans24 #WEC #Superfinale #Motorsport
GTE PRO
Some last-minute improvements in Pro mean it's now the #67 Ford of Harry Tincknell leading on a 3m49.530s, not quite as quick as Garcia's earlier time in the Corvette but (hopefully!) legal. Tandy has jumped to second now on a 3m49.558s, nearly half a second up on the #97 Aston in third.
LMP1
Alonso improves again - though not his position, this time - and now has a fastest time of 3m19.632s.
Checkered flag
Chequered flag is out for the end of the first qualifying session.
LMP2
A good lap right at the end of the session for Ho-Pin Tung in the #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA puts him sixth, and the best of the Dunlop runners. Still, he's 1.9 seconds off the pace of provisional LMP2 pole-sitter Maldonado in the #31 DragonSpeed ORECA, with Nicolas Lapierre one tenth shy for Signatech-Alpine.
Information
Here are you end of first qualifying class leaders: LMP1 - #7 Toyota; LMP2 - #DragonSpeed ORECA; GTE Pro - #67 Ford; GTE Am - #88 Dempsey Proton Porsche.
LMP2
We should point out that after completing an exploratory outlap, Maldonado did return to the track and lap in the low 3m30s in the repaired #31 DragonSpeed, although it's impossible to tell at this stage whether he was running new tyres, or how much fuel he was carrying.
Autosport
As quickly as that, the first day of Le Mans 2019 is done. Here's our report from a more dramatic than expected first qualifying session, which was topped by the #7 Toyota. Join us again tomorrow from 5:45pm UK time for coverage of Thursday's action. 
By: Matt Beer
Published:
Page:
