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Hypercar qualifying results

Pos.No.TeamDriversLap Time
135Alpine Endurance TeamA. Da Costa, C. Milesi, F. Habsburg3:23.135
212Cadillac Hertz Team JotaA. Lynn, W. Stevens, N. Nato+0.013
3101Cadillac WTRR. Taylor, J. Taylor, F. Albuquerque+0.188
420BMW M Team WRTR. Frijns, R. Rast, S. Van der Linde+0.309
538Cadillac Hertz Team JotaS. Bourdais, E. Bamber, J. Aitken+0.350
615BMW M Team WRTK. Magnussen, R. Marciello, D. Vanthoor+0.490
7009Aston Martin Thor TeamA. Riberas, M. Sørensen, R. De Angelis+0.642
88Toyota RacingS. Buemi, B. Hartley, R. Hirakawa+0.656
9007Aston Martin Thor TeamH. Tincknell, T. Gamble, R. Gunn+0.771
1036Alpine Endurance TeamF. Makowiecki, G. Gounon, V. Martins+0.825
1119Genesis Magma RacingM. Jaminet, P. Chatin, D. Juncadella+0.949
127Toyota RacingM. Conway, K. Kobayashi, N. De Vries+1.179
1317Genesis Magma RacingA. Lotterer, L. Derani, M. Jaubert+1.289
1450Ferrari AF CorseA. Fuoco, N. Nielsen, M. Molina+1.379
1551Ferrari AF CorseA. Pier Guidi, J. Calado, A. Giovinazzi+1.488
1693Peugeot TotalEnergiesP. Di Resta, S. Vandoorne, N. Cassidy+1.843
1783AF CorseY. Ye, R. Kubica, P. Hanson+2.360
1894Peugeot TotalEnergiesL. Duval, M. Jakobsen, T. Pourchaire+2.525


Ferrari 14th and 15th. 🤔



Hyperpole 1 and 2 today.
 
TopspeedPT said:
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The cornering speeds are insane in this car and it hit close to 330kmh on the straights. Check the speed in the small digital readout on the steering wheel under the gear indicator.
 
Rolf said:
The cornering speeds are insane in this car and it hit close to 330kmh on the straights.
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I haven't watched a side-by-side yet, but I think that's still about 8 seconds off the fastest LMP1-H qualifying time even with a comparable top speed. These cars just don't have the power or downforce of the previous era.
 
I think BMW will get what they want this year. Of course, that's assuming no problems arise until the end of the race...
 
Kamui's amazing lap in 2017 was 3:14.791.

In comparison, Dries Vanthoor's lap in the BMW was 3:22.564.

Here's the pole times for the last 10 years:
  • 2026: 3:22.564 - Dries Vanthoor, BMW M Team WRT (#15 BMW M Hybrid V8)
  • 2025: 3:23.166 - Alex Lynn, Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA (#12 Cadillac V-Series.R)
  • 2024: 3:24.634 - Kévin Estre, Porsche Penske Motorsport (#6 Porsche 963)
  • 2023: 3:22.982 - Antonio Fuoco, Ferrari AF Corse (#50 Ferrari 499P)
  • 2022: 3:24.408 - Brendon Hartley, Toyota Gazoo Racing (#8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid)
  • 2021: 3:23.900 - Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota Gazoo Racing (#7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid)
  • 2020: 3:15.267 - Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota Gazoo Racing (#7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid)
  • 2019: 3:15.497 - Kazuki Nakajima, Toyota Gazoo Racing (#7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid)
  • 2018: 3:15.377 - Kazuki Nakajima, Toyota Gazoo Racing (#8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid)
  • 2017: 3:14.791 - Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota Gazoo Racing (#7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid)
 
Matski said:
I haven't watched a side-by-side yet, but I think that's still about 8 seconds off the fastest LMP1-H qualifying time even with a comparable top speed. These cars just don't have the power or downforce of the previous era.
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As far as I remember the older cars used to get up to 400kmh on the straights. They were blistering.
 
Man, Peugeot really struggling for pace... This super secret BoP is quite frustrating!
 
Esp5 said:
I'm watching it, interspersed with the Brazil-Morocco World Cup match.
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Booooo, football.

Just curious, Verstappen being in the N24 got that race more traction, but it's also free to watch. The FIA lock WEC and Le Mans behind a paywall, and this is a pet peeve of mine (just as with F1). Despite multiple members mentioning watching Le Mans, no action in the thread.

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You hoping for Brazil to win, or lose?
 
Matski said:
Booooo, football.

Just curious, Verstappen being in the N24 got that race more traction, but it's also free to watch. The FIA lock WEC and Le Mans behind a paywall, and this is a pet peeve of mine (just as with F1).
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I'm not much of a football fan, not really at all, but the World Cup is the World Cup, it's always memorable.
I don't know if you're referring to this, but it's free on YouTube via Fox here, but without English translation or subtitles

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Esp5 said:
I don't know if you're referring to this, but it's free on YouTube via Fox here.
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It's locked up tighter than Nun's Knickers in most of Europe. I think it's streamed free-to-view in Belgium, so if you create a Belgian log in for that site you can watch it legally. I hate pay to watch for top level motorsport, it actively excludes future generations from watching and therefore kills off the future fanbase (currently the #1 reason I don't watch F1). I can't help but wonder if the lack of action in this thread is because people can't just go on to YouTube and stream the race, like most people can for N24.
 
Matski said:
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It's locked up tighter than Nun's Knickers in most of Europe. I think it's streamed free-to-view in Belgium, so if you create a Belgian log in for that site you can watch it legally. I hate pay to watch for top level motorsport, it actively excludes future generations from watching and therefore kills off the future fanbase (currently the #1 reason I don't watch F1). I can't help but wonder if the lack of action in this thread is because people can't just go on to YouTube and stream the race, like most people can for N24.
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I completely agree regarding future generations; luckily, we don't have those problems here.
 

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