Kamui Kobayashi has moved into a healthy lead at the front of the pack three hours into the 24 Hours of Le Mans, leading from Toyota teammate Fernando Alonso.
Mike Conway wasted little time in opening up an early lead at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, setting a run of rapid lap times to sit over 10 seconds clear of Sebastien Buemi at the end of the opening hour.
Paul di Resta says his late crash at last year's 24 Hours of Le Mans still "haunts" him as he looks for redemption with United Autosports this weekend in the LMP2 class.
Fernando Alonso only started driving a Toyota Gazoo Racing LMP1 car 19 months ago at the World Endurance Championship Rookie Test in Bahrain but since then he has enjoyed a rapid rise passing milestones along the way.
Kamui Kobayashi closed out the final warm-up session ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans fastest for Toyota, heading up a one-two finish for the Japanese manufacturer.
Fernando Alonso will draw the curtain on his time in the FIA World Endurance Championship this weekend when he makes his second appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with his sights set on a drivers’ title victory.
Kamui Kobayashi says he was “quite disappointed” not to break his own track record during qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Thursday night despite securing pole position for Toyota.
Toyota has confirmed it will continue to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship upon the introduction of the new Hypercar-based top class in the 2020-21 season.
Aston Martin president and group CEO Andy Palmer says the future direction of the Hypercar class at Le Mans looked “50-50” as recently as two weeks ago before agreements were struck ahead of their announcement.
Toyota Gazoo Racing swept to a front-row lock-out for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as Kamui Kobayashi claimed his second pole position at the Circuit de la Sarthe in qualifying on Thursday night.
Toyota took control of qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as it locked out the top two positions in the second session on Thursday evening, led once again by Kamui Kobayashi.
Dempsey-Proton Racing will build up a spare chassis ahead of Qualifying 2 for the 24 Hours of Le Mans later today after a crash during practice on Wednesday put its #99 Porsche 911 RSR at risk of missing the race.
Jean-Eric Vergne has vented his frustration over the ongoing struggles facing the top class of sports car racing, saying he would “prefer 100 times” to be racing in LMP2 than the premier LMP1 category.
Fernando Alonso has the chance to break an 80-year-old record at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend – but the Spaniard’s focus chiefly lays with clinching a maiden FIA World Endurance Championship crown.