The #97 Aston Martin will lead the GTE Pro field to the green flag for the 85th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
After finding the pain too much during practice, Scott Dixon will revert to right-foot braking for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2017.
Bruno Senna set the best lap of qualifying for Vaillante Rebellion to put the #31 fourth in class, just ahead of the sister #13.
Fernando Rees led his Labre Competition’s sole Chevrolet Corvette to GTE Am pole, setting the benchmark early in the session.
In the battle for GTE Pro pole position, it was the #97 Aston Martin driven by Darren Turner, Jonny Adam and Daniel Serra who will line up at the front.
The ORECA-07 chassis running LMP2 cars appear to have the advantage going into the 24-hour endurance race. Alex Lynn put the #26 G-Drive Racing on top in class ahead of the prestigious event
With a staggering lap time that beat all expectation of the new fastest lap around this configuration of the Circuit de la Sarthe, Kamui Kobayashi set a lap time no one could beat to take pole position for the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Toyota edged closer to a new lap record as Kamui Kobayashi set the fastest time to take provisional pole. Relive the action of the night with the Qualifying One gallery.
A selection of photographs capturing the action of the free practice session of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Ahead of the 85th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Don Panoz and Jack Perkowski have unveiled their radical GT-EV car that they plan to enter in the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans in Garage 56
After the first qualifying session for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Toyota has taken provisional pole with Kamui Kobayashi getting closer to the qualifying lap record
In the sole practice session before qualifying begins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche took the fastest lap ahead of favourites-to-win Toyota
Ferrari took a one-two in the LM GTE Am class for last year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans whilst Aston Martin had a difficult start to the season and a hard Le Mans.
It was three America-based teams on the podium last year, with the two Fords split by the Risi Competizione Ferrari. Ford has looked strong in the opening stages of this season but BoP could play a big role in advantage around Le Mans
Signatech Alpine won the 24 endurance race in the LMP2 class last year, but with the competition a lot closer for the 2017 season anyone could take the top step on Sunday
Toyota has looked strong in the first part of the season, but can they keep their advantage over Porsche as the most challenging race of the season gets underway.
Watch how racing driver Andy Priaulx prepares for the most demanding race on the planet.Castrol EDGE is a proud partner of Ford Performance.
