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Kamui Kobayashi claims Hyperpole for Toyota in São Paulo

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13 Jul. 2024 • 22:34
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Kamui Kobayashi in the No.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing takes pole position at this weekend's Rolex 6 Hours of Sao Paulo after setting a sensational 1m23.140s lap.

Kobayashi heads stablemate Sebastien Buemi in No.8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hypercar by 0.122s. Japanese driver claims the first pole position of the season for Toyota.

 

Matt Campbell aboard the No.5 Porsche Penske Motorsport is highest placed Porsche 963 on a best of 1m23.331. Australian has a brief off on his warm up lap but still qualifies on second row of the grid.

 

Cadillac Racing Hypercar driven by Alex Lynn places fourth on a 1m23.396s lap to get in among the Toyota and Porsches.

 

No.6 Porsche Penske Motorsport of Kevin Estre is fifth ahead of recent Le Mans winner Antonio Fuoco in the No.50 Ferrari AF Corse 499P Hypercar.

 

The rest of the top 10 Hyperpole positions is filled out by: 7th No.12 Hertz Team JOTA Porsche; 8th No.38 Hertz Team JOTA Porsche; 9th No.51 Ferrari AF Corse and 10th No.20 BMW M Team WRT.

LMGT3

 

Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan driven by Sarah Bovy takes pole position with a lap of 1m34.413s to secure second pole of the season for the all-female crew.

 

That time beats the No.92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche 911 RSR LMGT3 car with Aliaksandr Malykhin aboard by 0.391s.

 

No.95 United Autosports McLaren LMGT3 machine is third driven by Joshua Caygill who heads the second McLaren driven by James Cottingham.

 

Fifth is the No.91 Manthey EMA Porsche driven by Yasser Shahin.

 

Completing the top six is the No.31 Team WRT BMW M4 LMGT3 car driven by Darren Leung.

 

The rest of the Top 10 LMGT3 positions are filled out by: 7th No.55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari; 8th No.81 TF Sport Corvette; 9th No.27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin and 10th No.54 Vista AF Corse Ferrari.

 

Thomas Flohr in the No.54 Vista AF Corse Ferrari brings out early session red flag after spinning off at Turn 4.

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