Cadillac claims Le Mans 24 Hours qualifying pole with razor-thin margin

Alex Lynn achieved a remarkable feat with his Cadillac in Le Mans 24 Hours qualifying — setting a time of 3m22.847s that narrowly beat Dries Vanthoor’s BMW by 0.04 seconds.

In sweltering 31°C heat, Ferrari initially dominated with Yifei Ye leading at 3m23.994s, followed by two other Ferrari cars driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi and Nicklas Nielsen.

Competition intensified when Jack Aitken in Cadillac #311 briefly led, before Kevin Estre of Porsche took the top spot — moments before an Alpine driver incident at the Porsche curves.

• Toyota #7 failed to qualify for Hyperpole, finishing 17th
• Aston Martin and Peugeot will not participate in Hyperpole session
• Top 15 cars advance to Thursday’s Hyperpole session

In LMP2 class, Louis Deletraz led with 3m35.472s for AO by TF team, while in LMGT3 category, BMW Team WRT with Ahmad Al Harthy recorded the fastest time of 3m56.875s.

“I was pushing, but you know, in the back of my head I know there is a session tonight and tomorrow,” Deletraz told Radio Le Mans. “It’s always nice for the ego to put it P1, but we’re going to try and do better tomorrow.”