The 2023 times of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Test Day have already been improved in Hypercar.
If the comparison must necessarily be nuanced with the weather and track conditions, Kamui Kobayashi, associated with José Maria Lopez and Nyck de Vries, (Toyota GR010 n°7 – Toyota Gazoo Racing) established a first reference in 3’28″467 during these first three hours of driving.
The Japanese driver is part of a group of eight Hypercars under 3’30” per lap, with in second place the No. 6 Porsche 963 – Porsche Penske of Laurens Vanthoor, first leader of the session, Kévin Estre and André Lotterer, pointed at eight tenths.
Followed by the #20 BMW M Hybrid V8 – BMW M Team WRT of Robin Frijns – Sheldon van der Linde – Nick Yelloly – René Rast, the #63 Lamborghini SC63 – Lamborghini Iron Lynx of Mirko Bortolotti – Andrea Caldarelli – Daniil Kvyat – Edoardo Mortara, the Ferrari 499P n°83 – AF Corse of Robert Kubica – Robert Shwartzman – Yifei Ye, the Toyota n°8 of Sébastien Buemi – Brendon Hartley – Ryo Hirakawa and the Porsche n°4 – Porsche Penske of Jaminet – Nasr – Tandy -Cameron.
9th time for the best Peugeot 9X8, the n°93 of Mikkel Jensen – Jean-Eric Vergne – Nico Müller – Malthe Jakobsen ahead of the two official Ferrari 499Ps.
You have to look at the 16th row to find traces of the first Cadillac V-Series.R, the No. 2 – Cadillac Racing of Earl Bamber – Alex Lynn. The American manufacturer was the most “in difficulty” this morning, since the No. 3 of Bourdais – van der Zande – Dixon was slowed down in its first laps by a fuel supply problem, causing one of the two flags. red. 20th and 21st ranks for the two Alpine A424s. The #15 BMW returned to the paddock on the tow truck.
In LMP2, IDEC Sport set the best time with Job van Uitert in the No. 28 Oreca 07 in 3’37″044, ahead of the duo Jarvis – Garg (United Autosports) and Louis Delétraz (AO by TF). Note that the Oreca n⁰37 – Cool Racing returned to the tow truck in the paddock quite damaged after an outing.
Akkodis-ASP, thanks to Kelvin van der Linde (Lexus RC F n°78), dominated the LMGT3 category in 4’00″106 ahead of the sister car n°87 of Masson – Kimura – Hawksworth and the BMW n°31 – Team WRT of Leung – Farfus – Gelael.
The afternoon session will begin at 3:30 p.m. and will be followed live via our live text.
The times are HERE
