Brendon Hartley in the No 8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid to start the race in France
The No 8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid will start the 90th 24 Hours of Le Mans on pole position. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/JAMES MOY PHOTOGRAPHY
Toyota Gazoo Racing driver Kamui Kobayashi was hot favourite to win the 2022 Hyperpole. The 24 Hours of Le Mans lap record holder was fired up to become the first driver to be fastest qualifier four years on the bounce and equal Jacky Ickx’s record of five pole positions. He leapt out of the pit lane at the front and had a free track in front of him.
With seven minutes to go, a raft of new bests by Briscoe, Hartley and Lapierre shook up the rankings with the Frenchman shooting to the top with the first sub-3:25 lap. However, on the final laps Kobayashi appeared to have settled the debate, but was outdone at the death by his Kiwi rival. In LMP2, António Félix da Costa made the first mark in the No 38 JOTA, leading the pack from Norman Nato in the No 41 Realteam by WRT Oreca. However, 2021 Le Mans class winner Robin Frijns of WRT in the No 31 Oreca 07-Gibson moved to the top of the tree with three minutes to go.
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