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Jamie Klein

Le Mans 24 Hours: Toyota in control to lead final practice

The Japanese marque's pair of GR010 Hybrids, which swept the front row in Hyperpole qualifying earlier, were untouchable in Thursday evening's two-hour night session, which marked the final on-track running before Saturday morning warm-up.

Jose Maria Lopez set the pace aboard the #7 Toyota with a best lap of 3m28.322s, 0.362s faster than Sebastien Buemi in the sister #8 machine.

Best of the rest was the #708 Glickenhaus 007 LMH in which Pipo Derani set a late improvement of 3m30.141s to get within two seconds of the pace.

Richard Westbrook posted a 3m30.822s, exactly 2.5s off the pace, to go fourth in the sister #709 Glickenhaus, just ahead of the Alpine A480-Gibson grandfathered LMP1 car driven by Andre Negrao.

United Autosports set the pace in the LMP2 class courtesy of a 3m32.226s effort from Alex Lynn in the #23 ORECA 07-Gibson.

#23 United Autosports USA Oreca 07 -? Gibson LMP2 of Alex Lynn, Oliver Jarvis, Joshua Pierson (Photo by: JEP / Motorsport Images)

Second in class was Job van Uitert for Panis Racing, ahead of Jonathan Aberdein in the best of the JOTA entries, the #28 car.

The order in the GTE Pro class virtually mirrored that of Hyperpole, as the two Corvette C8.Rs locked out the top two spots in class, albeit with the #63 car of Nicky Catsburg besting the pole-winning #64 machine of Tommy Milner.

Porsche's pair of works 911 RSR-19s were next, Gianmaria Bruni delivering the German marque's best lap time in the #91 car to edge the sister #92 machine, followed by the two factory Ferrari 488 GTE Evos.

Harry Tincknell was the pacesetter in the GTE Am class with a best effort of 3m55.067s at the wheel of the #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche.

The two-hour night session ran largely without incident, although Graff driver David Droux did suffer an off on his out-lap at Mulsanne corner on the car's first lap since Eric Trouillet's incident in third practice.

TDS Racing's ORECA did not appear in the session following Philippe Cimadomo's crash at Corvette Curve in FP3.

The next on-track action at Le Mans is the warm-up session on Saturday morning at 10.30am local time, ahead of the race at 4pm.

Le Mans 24 Hours - FP4 results

Cla # Drivers Car Class Laps Time Gap Interval
1 7 United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina Jose Maria Lopez
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid HYPERCAR 30 3'28.322    
2 8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryo Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid HYPERCAR 31 3'28.684 0.362 0.362
3 708 France Olivier Pla
France Romain Dumas
Brazil Pipo Derani
Glickenhaus 007 LMH HYPERCAR 20 3'30.141 1.819 1.457
4 709 Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
France Franck Mailleux
Glickenhaus 007 LMH HYPERCAR 17 3'30.822 2.500 0.681
5 36 Brazil Andre Negrao
France Nicolas Lapierre
France Matthieu Vaxiviere
Alpine A480 HYPERCAR 28 3'31.039 2.717 0.217
6 23 United Kingdom Alex Lynn
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Josh Pierson
Oreca 07 LMP2 28 3'32.226 3.904 1.187
7 65 France Julien Canal
France Nico Jamin
Netherlands Job Van Uitert
Oreca 07 LMP2 31 3'32.422 4.100 0.196
8 28 Denmark Oliver Rasmussen
Edward Jones
South Africa Jonathan Aberdein
Oreca 07 LMP2 30 3'32.588 4.266 0.166
9 9 Poland Robert Kubica
Switzerland Louis Deletraz
Italy Lorenzo Colombo
Oreca 07 LMP2 24 3'33.269 4.947 0.681
10 38 Mexico Roberto Gonzalez
Portugal Antonio Felix da Costa
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Oreca 07 LMP2 30 3'33.481 5.159 0.212
11 22 United Kingdom Philip Hanson
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United States Will Owen
Oreca 07 LMP2 18 3'33.546 5.224 0.065
12 10 Switzerland Nico Müller
Ireland Ryan Cullen
France Sébastien Bourdais
Oreca 07 LMP2 29 3'33.559 5.237 0.013
13 37 China Ye Yifei
United States Ricky Taylor
Germany Niklas Krütten
Oreca 07 LMP2 25 3'33.674 5.352 0.115
14 32 Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Oreca 07 LMP2 26 3'33.681 5.359 0.007
15 47 Germany Sophia Flörsch
United States John Falb
United Kingdom Jack Aitken
Oreca 07 LMP2 31 3'33.689 5.367 0.008
16 43 Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Switzerland Fabio Scherer
Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
Oreca 07 LMP2 27 3'33.701 5.379 0.012
17 41 Portugal Rui Andrade
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
France Norman Nato
Oreca 07 LMP2 30 3'33.804 5.482 0.103
18 45 United States Thomas Steven
Australia James Allen
Austria Rene Binder
Oreca 07 LMP2 28 3'33.986 5.664 0.182
19 83 France François Perrodo
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Italy Alessio Rovera
Oreca 07 LMP2 28 3'34.080 5.758 0.094
20 31 Indonesia Sean Gelael
Netherlands Robin Frijns
Germany René Rast
Oreca 07 LMP2 26 3'34.187 5.865 0.107
21 44 Slovakia Miro Konopka
Netherlands Bent Viscaal
France Tristan Vautier
Oreca 07 LMP2 29 3'34.393 6.071 0.206
22 35 France Jean Baptiste Lahaye
France Matthieu Lahaye
France François Heriau
Oreca 07 LMP2 30 3'34.588 6.266 0.195
23 5 United States Dane Cameron
France Emmanuel Collard
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Oreca 07 LMP2 29 3'34.603 6.281 0.015
24 30 United Kingdom Richard Bradley
Mexico Guillermo Rojas
France Reshad de Gerus
Oreca 07 LMP2 18 3'35.208 6.886 0.605
25 48 France Paul Lafargue
France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Patrick Pilet
Oreca 07 LMP2 19 3'35.566 7.244 0.358
26 34 Poland Jakub Smiechowski
United Kingdom Alex Brundle
Mexico Esteban Gutierrez
Oreca 07 LMP2 23 3'35.927 7.605 0.361
27 1 France Lilou Wadoux
France Sébastien Ogier
France Charles Milesi
Oreca 07 LMP2 26 3'36.128 7.806 0.201
28 24 United States Rodrigo Sales
United Kingdom Matthew Bell
United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Oreca 07 LMP2 19 3'37.822 9.500 1.694
29 3 Germany Laurents Hörr
Belgium Jean Glorieux
France Alexandre Cougnaud
Oreca 07 LMP2 22 3'38.232 9.910 0.410
30 39 France Eric Trouillet
Switzerland Sébastien Page
Switzerland David Droux
Oreca 07 LMP2 7 3'40.740 12.418 2.508
31 27 Cresp Christophe
Michael Jensen
Steven Palette
Ligier JSP 217 LMP2 11 3'51.009 22.687 10.269
32 63 Spain Antonio Garcia
United States Jordan Taylor
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R LMGTE PRO 24 3'52.710 24.388 1.701
33 64 United States Tommy Milner
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R LMGTE PRO 20 3'52.731 24.409 0.021
34 91 Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Austria Richard Lietz
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE PRO 27 3'53.123 24.801 0.392
35 92 Denmark Michael Christensen
France Kevin Estre
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE PRO 26 3'53.277 24.955 0.154
36 52 Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Antonio Fuoco
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE PRO 16 3'53.682 25.360 0.405
37 51 Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
United Kingdom James Calado
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE PRO 19 3'53.888 25.566 0.206
38 77 Germany Christian Ried
United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 13 3'55.067 26.745 1.179
39 88 United States Fred Poordad
United States Maxwell Root
Belgium Jan Heylen
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 27 3'55.265 26.943 0.198
40 61 Monaco Louis Prette
Conrad Grunewald
Monaco Vincent Abril
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 23 3'55.323 27.001 0.058
41 54 Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Italy Francesco Castellacci
New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 27 3'55.345 27.023 0.022
42 57 Japan Takeshi Kimura
Switzerland Frederik Schandorff
Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 26 3'55.446 27.124 0.101
43 99 Indonesia Andrew Haryanto
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Estonia Martin Rump
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 23 3'55.510 27.188 0.064
44 86 United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Italy Riccardo Pera
United Kingdom Benjamin Barker
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 11 3'55.626 27.304 0.116
45 60 Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Italy Alessandro Balzan
Italy Raffaele Giammaria
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 23 3'55.728 27.406 0.102
46 80 Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
United States Richard Heistand
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 17 3'55.899 27.577 0.171
47 79 United States Cooper MacNeil
France Julien Andlauer
United States Thomas Merrill
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 25 3'56.039 27.717 0.140
48 56 United States Brendan Iribe
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 9 3'56.182 27.860 0.143
49 93 Germany Michael Fassbender
Australia Matt Campbell
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 24 3'56.219 27.897 0.037
50 59 Sweden Alexander West
France Côme Ledogar
France Marvin Klein
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 23 3'56.237 27.915 0.018
51 85 Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
Belgium Sarah Bovy
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 25 3'56.303 27.981 0.066
52 71 France Franck Dezoteux
France Pierre Ragues
France Gabriel Aubry
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 26 3'56.696 28.374 0.393
53 55 United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
Ireland Matthew Griffin
South Africa David Perel
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 27 3'56.855 28.533 0.159
54 21 France Simon Mann
Switzerland Christoph Ulrich
Finland Toni Vilander
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 27 3'56.936 28.614 0.081
55 75 Germany Pierre Ehret
Germany Christian Hook
Nicolas Varrone
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 27 3'57.095 28.773 0.159
56 66 Netherlands Renger van der Zande
United States Mark Kvamme
United States Jason Hart
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 17 3'57.169 28.847 0.074
57 98 Canada Paul Dalla Lana
United Kingdom David Pittard
Denmark Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 7 3'58.959 30.637 1.790
58 13 Philippe Cimadomo
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm
Oreca 07 LMP2 0      
59 33 United States Ben Keating
Portugal Henrique Chaves Jr.
Denmark Marco Sorensen
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 0      
60 46 Italy Matteo Cairoli
Denmark Mikkel Pedersen
Switzerland Nicolas Leutwiler
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 0      
61 74 Brazil Felipe Fraga
United Kingdom Sam Bird
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE PRO 0      
62 777 Japan Satoshi Hoshino
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
United Kingdom Charlie Fagg
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 0      
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