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The first three hours of Sunday were anything but uneventful with three safety car interventions for as many incidents.

LMP1 Jose-Maria Lopez (#7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid, Toyota Gazoo Racing) was leading the race but tripped up while braking at Mulsanne and ended up in the gravel. Just behind in the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid, Kazuki Nakajima seized his chance and moved out front. In third and fourth place, the #11 and #17 SMP Racing BR Engineering cars are both one lap behind the Japanese cars.

The 87th Edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans started under grey skies but on a dry track. After six hours of racing it was the two Toyotas that held the top two spots. Rain did arrive later in the race, with a light shower providing the competitors with some tricky conditions.

This year again, the mythical race was the occasion for the FIA to raise awareness on road safety and promote the #3500LIVES Global Road Safety Campaign with the support of famous ambassadors, public authorities and the motor sport community.

New FIA World Endurance Championship season, which starts on Sunday 1st September at Silverstone (GBR), offers strength and diversity in all categories with 33 full season entries for 8-round, multi-continental season 8 of the WEC.

The third and final qualifying session ahead of the 87th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans saw the no7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid capitalise on the pace it had shown in previous sessions to claim pole position for the eighth and final round of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship Super Season.

The second qualifying session of the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans saw the two Toyota TS050 hybrids set the fastest times of the weekend so, with the no7 Toyota leading the way. Kamui Kobayashi posted the best time of the two hour session with a 3m15.497, 0.411 seconds ahead of the sister car with Kazuki Nakajima setting a 3m15.908.

In the first of the three qualifying sessions ahead of the 87 th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the no7 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 Hybrid was on provisional pole position at the end of the 2 hour session in the dark. This was despite a collision at the final corner with the no31 Dragonspeed Oreca, which was rejoining the track right in front of the no7 Toyota. The resulting contact damaged both cars with both heading back to the pits for repairs.

Toyota Gazoo Racing topped the timesheets during this afternoon’s free practice session as 62 cars took to the Le Mans track in preparation for the 2018-2019 FIA World Endurance Championship Super Finale.

FIA WEC Championship leader and 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans race winner Kazuki Nakajima talks about the Super Season finale at Le Mans and the battle with his Toyota teammates in the no7 Toyota for the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Drivers’ Championship.