June 12, 2015 – The grid for the 83rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will be led by the three Porsche 919s with the no18 car at the head of the field. The three Audi R18s will start the race in 4th, 5th and 6th places, with the no8 Audi R18 e-tron quattro ahead of the no9 and no7 Audis. The two Toyotas will be in 7th and 8th ahead of the two Rebellion Racing R-Ones in 9th and 10th.
The LMP2 class will be headed by the KCMG Oreca 05-Nissan in 14th overall ahead of the no21 Nissan GT-R. Richard Bradley’s 3m38.032 was 0.9s, and two places, ahead of the no26 G-Drive Racing Ligier of Sam Bird, with the no41 Greaves Motorsport Gibson-Nissan just 0.019 behind the Ligier in 3rd.
The only major improvement in the LMGTE times came from the no51 Ferrari of Gianmaria Bruni, the Italian World Champion improving on Wednesday’s time by nearly three tenths, moving up one place on the grid. However the AF Corse Ferrari was still 0.1 seconds behind the no99 Aston Martin Vantage, with Richie Stanaway’s lap claiming the second LMGTE Pro pole position for the British team in the four races of the WEC era at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
It was all smiles at Aston Martin as the team also claimed the pole position for the LMGTE Am class with the no98 Vantage taking the top spot thanks to Pedro Lamy’s 3m55.102 lap, 1.6 seconds ahead of the no83 AF Corse Ferrari and 2.1 seconds ahead of the no72 SMP Racing Ferrari 458.