Le Mans 24h: Cadillac beats BMW… in FP4

Cadillac edged out BMW in Free Observe 4 forward of the Le Mans 24 Hours, as groups targeted on race tempo following the Hyperpole classes.

Sebastien Bourdais’ 3m26.843s with the #38 Cadillac, albeit over 4 seconds slower than his personal automotive’s Hyperpole benchmark, sufficed to surpass Robin Frijns’ 3m27.037s marker with the #20 BMW on the finish of the session.

The #7 Toyota took third forward of the #12 Cadillac and the #35 Alpine, with these three automobiles inside half a second of Bourdais’ reference.

The #7 TR010 Hybrid shared by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries lapped in 3m27.146s, 0.189s quicker than the #35 Alpine (Felix da Costa-Habsburg-Milesi) and 0.269s faster than the #83 Ferrari entered by AF Corse (Hanson-Kubica-Ye).

The #15 BMW, which inherited pole place following the #38 Cadillac’s penalty, was down in fifteenth, 2.7s off the tempo.

Nevertheless, this uncooked pecking order is near-meaningless.

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Ben Barnicoat gave AF Corse the quickest LMP2 time with the #183 entry in 3m36.111s, practically seven tenths quicker than Duqueine Group’s #30 automotive with the Andlauer-Pin-Verschoor trio.

In the meantime, TF Sport’s #33 and #34 Corvettes locked out the highest two positions in LMGT3, after struggling setbacks in qualifying. Coronary heart of Racing’s #23 Aston Martin got here third, courtesy of Eduardo Barrichello.

1

Cadillac Hertz Group JOTA HYPERCAR

38

Cadillac V-Collection.R
14

 
237.153

2

BMW M Group WRT HYPERCAR

20

BMW M Hybrid V8
10

0.194
236.931

3

7

Toyota TR010 Hybrid
16

0.109
236.806

4

Cadillac Hertz Group JOTA HYPERCAR

12

Cadillac V-Collection.R
15

0.136
236.651

5

Alpine Endurance Group HYPERCAR

35

Alpine A424
15

0.053
236.591

6

83

Ferrari 499P
16

0.080
236.499

7

Cadillac WTR HYPERCAR

101

Cadillac V-Collection.R
16

0.172
236.303

8

FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR

51

Ferrari 499P
13

0.107
236.182

9

PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR

94

Peugeot 9X8
16

0.066
236.107

10

PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR

93

Peugeot 9X8
13

0.398
235.655

11

8

Toyota TR010 Hybrid
15

0.273
235.346

12

Alpine Endurance Group HYPERCAR

36

Alpine A424
15

0.031
235.311

13

Genesis Magma Racing HYPERCAR

17

M. Jaubert

Genesis GMR-001
15

0.412
234.847

14

Aston Martin THOR Group HYPERCAR

007

Aston Martin Valkyrie
12

0.051
234.790

15

BMW M Group WRT HYPERCAR

15

BMW M Hybrid V8
11

0.640
234.073

16

Genesis Magma Racing HYPERCAR

19

Genesis GMR-001
7

0.394
233.634

17

FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR

50

Ferrari 499P
9

0.068
233.558

18

Aston Martin THOR Group HYPERCAR

009

Aston Martin Valkyrie
11

0.256
233.274

19

183

Oreca 07 – Gibson
14

5.828
226.983

20

DUQUEINE TEAM LMP2

30

Oreca 07 – Gibson
13

0.690
226.260

21

CLX Motorsport LMP2

37

A. Closmenil

I. Aguilera

T. Jensen

Oreca 07 – Gibson
14

0.345
225.901

22

IDEC SPORT LMP2

28

V. Rinicella

Oreca 07 – Gibson
13

0.063
225.835

23

INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION LMP2

43

Oreca 07 – Gibson
10

0.078
225.754

24

14

Oreca 07 – Gibson
14

0.593
225.140

25

25

M. Jensen

Oreca 07 – Gibson
17

0.134
225.002

26

22

Oreca 07 – Gibson
12

0.858
224.120

27

Crowdstrike Racing by APR LMP2

4

A. Quinn

Oreca 07 – Gibson
11

0.057
224.061

28

DKR Engineering LMP2

3

Oreca 07 – Gibson
14

0.334
223.720

29

9

H. King

Oreca 07 – Gibson
12

0.061
223.658

30

VECTOR SPORT LMP2

26

Oreca 07 – Gibson
14

0.150
223.505

31

Forestier Racing by Panis LMP2

29

L. Rousset

E. Masson

O. Grey

Oreca 07 – Gibson
15

0.054
223.450

32

RD Restricted LMP2

48

Oreca 07 – Gibson
14

0.349
223.095

33

NIELSEN RACING LMP2

24

E. Pearson

Oreca 07 – Gibson
12

0.153
222.940

34

44

H. Felbermayr

L. Fluxá

Oreca 07 – Gibson
16

0.214
222.723

35

222

Oreca 07 – Gibson
13

0.028
222.695

36

INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION LMP2

343

Oreca 07 – Gibson
11

1.253
221.435

37

AO by TF LMP2

99

Oreca 07 – Gibson
14

1.925
219.528

38

33

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
16

11.812
208.506

39

Racing Group Turkey by TF LMGT3

34

P. Dempsey

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
15

0.314
208.228

40

Coronary heart of Racing Group LMGT3

23

G. Newell

Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
10

0.045
208.188

41

13 Autosport LMGT3

13

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
16

0.353
207.877

42

Storage 59 LMGT3

10

A. Au

T. Fleming

McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
14

0.049
207.833

43

IRON LYNX LMGT3

61

Mercedes AMG GT3
10

0.294
207.575

44

Vista AF Corse LMGT3

21

Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo
9

0.246
207.359

45

Vista AF Corse LMGT3

54

Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo
14

0.069
207.299

46

Kessel Racing LMGT3

74

D. Blattner

Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo
14

0.002
207.297

47

IRON LYNX LMGT3

79

J. Zelger

Mercedes AMG GT3
14

0.103
207.207

48

RICHARD MILLE AF CORSE LMGT3

150

R. Agostini

Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo
14

0.053
207.160

49

2

J. Ibrahim

L. Nicolas Hanafin

B. Inexperienced

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
16

0.107
207.067

50

AKKODIS ASP Group LMGT3

78

H. David

Lexus RC F GT3
11

0.018
207.051

51

Manthey DK Engineering LMGT3

91

J. Cottingham

Porsche 911 GT3 R
12

0.012
207.040

52

Kessel Racing LMGT3

57

C. Laursen

Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo
14

0.291
206.787

53

Racing Spirit of Leman LMGT3

59

M. Fossard

Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
15

0.013
206.775

54

The Bend Manthey LMGT3

92

Porsche 911 GT3 R
14

0.288
206.524

55

AKKODIS ASP Group LMGT3

87

R. Umbrarescu

Lexus RC F GT3
11

0.262
206.297

56

Storage 59 LMGT3

58

B. Goethe

McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
15

0.001
206.296

57

Group Qatar by Iron Lynx LMGT3

62

A. Ali Al-Khelaifi

Mercedes AMG GT3
13

0.084
206.223

58

TEAM WRT LMGT3

69

D. Harper

BMW M4 GT3 Evo
13

0.117
206.122

59

77

S. Priaulx

Ford Mustang GT3
9

1.601
204.744

60

88

Ford Mustang GT3
8

0.024
204.724

61

TEAM WRT LMGT3

32

BMW M4 GT3 Evo
13

0.636
204.182

62

Coronary heart of Racing Group LMGT3

27

Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
5

 
 

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