2023-06-08 21:11:00
The 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours Hyper Pole will be held on Thursday, June 8th, and the #50 Ferrari 499P driven by Antonio Fuoco won the pole position. Ferrari, who returned to the top class of Le Mans for the first time in 50 years, defeated Toyota and decided a one-two. Fuoco, back in the upper class of the Hyperclass World Endurance Championship, set a time of 3:22.982 at the Sarthe circuit in a session red-flagged when Sébastien Bourdais in the #3 Cadillac caught fire.
Former F2 driver Antonio Fuoco beat sister Ferrari’s #51 driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi by 0.773 seconds to mark the 100th anniversary of Le Le He secured a one-two for Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Mann. Third on the grid was the No. 8 Toyota, with former F1 racer Brendon Hartley narrowly holding off the No. 75 Porsche Penske, with the defending winner starting just behind the two Ferraris. Kamui Kobayashi, who is scheduled to make his NASCAR Cup debut in Chicago in July, was provisionally in 3rd place in the No. 7 Toyota, but dropped to 5th following his best lap was canceled due to a track limit violation. The session was red flagged with 5 minutes and 15 seconds remaining when Sébastien Bourdais’ #3 Cadillac caught fire, but he was not injured as the car was carried out by the marshals. The 8 fastest cars from each class from the first day of qualifying resumed the Hyper Pole, and the drivers had a chance to improve their time with a single lap attack, but Hartley and Kobayashi were unable to improve their times. However, the two Ferraris never returned to the track. Pole position for LMP2 was taken by the #48 IDEC Sport ORECA driven by Paul Lou Shatin, while LMGTE AM honors went to the #33 led by Ben Keating. The race will start on Saturday followingnoon at 16:00 local time.
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