In the 100th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar event, Ferrari swept the front row in qualifying on Thursday, with the number 50 car capturing the Italian manufacturer’s first pole position at the Sarthe track in fifty years.
While driving the 499P vehicle he shares with Miguel Molina of Spain and Nicklas Nielsen of Denmark, Italian Antonio Fuoco interrupted champions Toyota’s streak of six consecutive Le Mans pole positions.James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi, and Alessandro Pier Guidi of Italy drove the sister number 51 vehicle, which qualified 0.773 seconds slower than the pole lap time.
Sebastien Buemi of Switzerland, Brendon Hartley of New Zealand, and Ryo Hirakawa of Japan qualified the eighth hybrid Toyota, which finished third.