Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen quickest in Ferrari AF Corse in Le Mans qualifying practice
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Updated 08/06/2023 at 08:02 GMT
Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen were the quickest trio of the two Ferrari AF Corse at the top of qualfiying practice at the 2023 Le Mans on Wednesday night. The results on Wednesday evening for the three classifications decided the eight cars for the Hyperpole event which will organise who starts in the front positions at the race proper.
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The 24 cars for tomorrow’s Hyperpole at the Le Mans 24 Hours were decided at qualifying practice on Wednesday evening.
The qualifying practice session allows the top eight cars from each classification to fight it out for the top spots at the race proper.
There was a one-two for the Ferrari AF Corse, with both of them topping the Hypercar standings.
The team of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, Nicklas Nielsen and were the quickest for the Italian outfit.
Toyota Gazoo Racing’s #7 was the third quickest, with their team-mates in #8 in fourth spot.
In the LMP2 classification, the quickest team was in the #28 JOTO, with #41 Team WRT second quickest, #63 Prema Racing third, and #48 Idec Sport in fourth.
The Ferraris made another appearance at the top of the LMGTE standings ahead of the Hyperpole session, with the #83 Richard Mille AF Corse trio of Luís Pérez Companc, Alessio Rovera, and Lilou Wadoux in top spot.
Second was another Ferrari, #54 AF Corse, then third was #33 Corvette Racing.
The 8 Hyperpole qualifiers in the Hypercar class
1. Ferrari 499P #50 Ferrari AF Corse – Antonio Fuoco / Miguel Molina / Nicklas Nielsen
2. Ferrari 499P #51 Ferrari AF Corse – Alessandro Pier Guidi / James Calado / Antonio Giovinazzi
3. Toyota GR010 Hybrid #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing – Mike Conway / Kamui Kobayashi / José María López
4. Toyota GR010 Hybrid #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing – Sébastien Buemi / Brendon Hartley / Ryō Hirakawa
5. Porsche 963 #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport – Dane Cameron / Michael Christensen / Frédéric Makowiecki
6. Porsche 963 #75 Porsche Penske Motorsport – Felipe Nasr / Mathieu Jaminet / Nick Tandy
7. Cadillac V-Series.R #3 Cadillac Racing – Sébastien Bourdais / Renger Van Der Zande / Scott Dixon
8. Cadillac V-Series.R #2 Cadillac Racing – Earl Bamber / Alex Lynn / Richard Westbrook
The 8 Hyperpole qualifiers in LMP2
1. Oreca 07-Gibson #28 JOTA – David Heinemeier-Hansson / Oliver Rasmussen / Pietro Fittipaldi
2. Oreca 07-Gibson #41 Team WRT – Rui Andrade / Robert Kubica / Louis Delétraz
3. Oreca 07-Gibson #63 Prema Racing – Doriane Pin / Daniil Kvyat / Mirko Bortolotti
4. Oreca 07-Gibson #48 Idec Sport – Paul Lafargue / Paul-Loup Chatin / Laurents Hörr
5. Oreca 07-Gibson #10 Vector Sport – Ryan Cullen / Gabriel Aubry / Matthias Kaiser
6. Oreca 07-Gibson #47 Cool Racing – Reshad de Gérus / Vladislav Lomko / Simon Pagenaud
7. Oreca 07-Gibson #923 Racing Team Turkey – Salih Yoluc / Tom Gamble / Dries Vanthoor
8. Oreca 07-Gibson #9 Prema Racing – Bent Viscaal / Juan Manuel Correa / Filip Ugran
The 8 Hyperpole qualifiers in LMGTE Am
1. Ferrari 488 GTE Evo #83 Richard Mille AF Corse – Luís Pérez Companc / Alessio Rovera / Lilou Wadoux
2. Ferrari 488 GTE Evo #54 AF Corse – Thomas Flohr / Francesco Castellacci / Davide Rigon
3. Chevrolet Corvette C8.R #33 Corvette Racing - Nicky Catsburg / Ben Keating / Nicolas Varrone
4. Aston Martin Vantage AMR #25 ORT by TF – Ahmad Al Harthy / Michael Dinan / Charlie Eastwood
5. Ferrari 488 GTE Evo #57 Kessel Racing – Takeshi Kimura / Scott Huffaker / Daniel Serra
6. Aston Martin Vantage AMR #55 GMB Motorsport – Gustav Dahlmann Birch / Marco Sørensen / Jens Reno Møller
7. Ferrari 488 GTE Evo #21 AF Corse – Simon Mann / Julien Piguet / Ulysse de Pauw
8. Ferrari 488 GTE Evo #74 Kessel Racing – Kei Cozzolino / Yorikatsu Tsujiko / Naoki Yokomizo
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