Toyota Gazoo Racing will start the 85th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans from pole position after Kamui Kobayashi’s lap record from Qualifying 2 went unbeaten in the final session on Thursday night.
Kobayashi’s time of 3:14.791 in the No. 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid obliterated the existing lap record at the Circuit de la Sarthe by over two seconds, as well as beating the previous best average speed set back in 1985 by Hans-Joachim Stuck.
The Japanese driver headed up a front-row lock-out for Toyota as the No. 8 car followed in second, bouncing back from an oil supply issue that resulted in an engine change in Q2.