WEC: Kobayashi claims Toyota’s first pole of the season at Interlagos

Sport news The 37-year-old set a sensational lap of 1:23.140s lap to head stablemate Sébastien Buemi in #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing entry by 0.122s. Japanese driver claims the first pole position of the season for Toyota. Matt Campbell aboard the #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport was the highest placed Porsche 963 owing to a best of 1:23.331. The Australian had a brief off on his warm-up lap but still qualified on the second row of the grid. Cadillac V-Series.R driven by Alex Lynn placed fourth on a 1:23.396s lap to get in among the Toyota and Porsches. The #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport of Kévin Estre is fifth ahead of recent Le Mans winner Antonio Fuoco in the #50 Ferrari AF Corse 499P Hypercar. BOVY BEATS OPPOSITION TO SECURE SECOND POLE THIS SEASON Iron Dames-entered Lamborghini Huracan driven by Sarah Bovy took the LMGT3 pole position with a lap of 1:34.413s to secure the second qualifying triumph of the season for the all-female crew. The time bettered the effort of the #92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche 911 RSR LMGT3 driven by Aliaksandr Malykhin by a healthy margin of 0.391s. #95 United Autosports McLaren LMGT3 machine was third driven by Joshua Caygill who finished ahead of the second of the McLarens driven by James Cottingham. Fifth was the championship-leading #91 Manthey EMA Porsche with Yasser Shahin behind the wheel.   World Endurance Championship undefined WEC SEASON 2024 Sport Circuit 1SportWorld Endurance ChampionshipCircuitWECSEASON 2024undefined00 Saturday, July 13, 2024 - 11:11pm Saturday, July 13, 2024 - 11:11pm

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