Ferrari starts Le Mans on pole, beats Toyota

Ferrari will start the 24 Hours of Le Mans from pole. The Italian team had a perfect day in the hyperpole for the hypercars, as Ferrari also took second place. In LMP2 there was a surprise pole for IDEC Sport. Corvette got the pole in GT.

From the first moment in the hyperpole, the two Ferrari cars were at the top of the timessheet. The pole time: 3:22.982. With that, the team beat the by far favorite Toyota. Hartley managed to take third place, but the second Toyota had to tolerate a Porsche in front of them. Cadillac had a big issue at the end of the session. The car caught fire, and Sebastian Bourdais lost his time for causing a red flag.

In the LMP2 cars there was a surprise pole for IDEC Sport. JOTA, with Haas F1 reserve Fittipaldi, did not get better than second place this time after an excellent Wednesday. The Belgian Team WRT (including Robert Kubica) will start third.

The only Corvette was the best in the GT class. Favorite Ben Keating put the car on pole, and on Saturday he and his Dutch teammate Nick Catsburg, among others, will have an excellent chance to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans.