Porsche dominates Le Mans qualifying - autosport.com
Jani set a blistering 3m16. 887s early on to take provisional pole, a lap fast enough to be the quickest pole position for the race in terms of laptime since 1989 should it not be beaten. Jani's #18 Porsche and Timo Bernhard's #17 entry immediately laid down markers when the two-hour session began, quickly making it clear that none of the other manufacturers would be a factor in the fight for pole. Audi comfortably had the measure of Toyota in the battle for best of the rest, with Marco Bonanomi slotting the #9 car into fifth early in the session and Benoit Treluyer setting the best laps for the #7 car in the final 30 minutes. Rene Rast spun the #9 car at Mulsanne corner, while Treluyer lost the #7 car at the first Mulsanne chicane long before he settled in for his run of quick laps at the end. The TS040s ended the session more than six seconds off the pace of the Porsches, with a late effort from Stephane Sarrazin jumping the #2 car ahead of the #1 machine in their lonely battle for seventh place. The Toyotas finished the session only three seconds clear of the leading Rebellion entry, with Mathias Beche setting a 3m26. 8s to comfortably beat the team's fastest lap from 2014 qualifying. Source: www.autosport.com
