11/06/2025 20:15
There was a major shock on Day 1 of qualifying for the 2025 Le Mans
24 Hours as the #7 Toyota of Nyck de Vries, Mike Conway, and Kamui
Kobayashi failed to make Hyperpole. Driven by de Vries on
Wednesday's first stage of qualifying, the car managed a best time
of 0.385s slower than the 15th place it needed to make it through
to Hyperpole, placing 17th overall. It means the car featuring 2021
winners Conway and Kobayashi will start 17th, notwithstanding any
penalties for other cars. The sister #8 car, driven by Brendon
Hartley on the day, was safely through in eighth place, as was the
#38 Cadillac and #36 Alpine, with Jenson Button and Mick
Schumacher, respectively as part of their crews. Button did not
drive, instead handing over to Sebastien Bourdais, whereas
Schumacher did for Alpine. The times of those cars which made it
through to Hyperpole in all three classes are now wiped heading to
Hyperpole 1 tomorrow, akin to F1's qualifying procedure where times
in Q1 are wiped once Q2 starts, which Hyperpole 1 effectively is.
The 15 remaining Hypercars, and 12 each from LMP2 and LMGT3 will
now advance through to Hyperpole 1 on Thursday. Akin to F1's Q2
session, Hyperpole 1 will trim the field further to 10, 8, and 8
cars, respectively, who go for class pole in Hyperpole 2. The 10
remaining Hypercars will go for outright pole as well as class
pole. Check out the full results from Day 1 of 2025 Le Mans 24
Hours qualifying, by class, below! 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours -
Qualifying - Hypercar - Day 1 results 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours -
Qualifying - LMP2 - Day 1 results 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours -
Qualifying - LMGT3 - Day 1
