Kazuki Nakajima osvojio je provizorni pole position u prvim kvalifikacijama za 24h Le Mansa u Toyoti TS050 Hybrid #8 koju dijeli s Fernandom Alonsom i Sebastienom Buemijem.
Vodeći vozači LMP1 kategorije, u kojoj je Toyota jedina tvornička momčad, svoja su vremena postavili vrlo rano zbog prijetnje kiše, a Nakajima je u prvom brzom krugu odvozio 3:17.270, više od dvije sekunde brže od najboljeg vremena na slobodnim treninzima koje je bio postavio Lopez u drugoj Toyoti.
Na kraju kvalifikacija druga Toyota #7 završila je samo 0.107 sekundi iza prve, a Nakajima kaže da nije bilo jednostavno odvoziti dobar krug u teškim uvjetima.
“Bio je veliki skok od 3:23 ili 3:24 na 3:17,” rekao je Nakajima.
“Bilo je teško sve spojiti u prometu. Ali ono što se računa je rezultat utrke – ne marimo za kvalifikacije i samo želimo biti u pravoj poziciji na startu.”
Najbliži Toyotini pratitelji bili su LMP1 privatnici SMP Racing čiji je #17 BR1 bio treći najbrži (3:19.483) s 2.213 sekundi iza vodeće Toyote #7, a dva automobila Rebellion Racinga bili su četvrti i peti među kojima je bio brži automobil kojega je vozio Bruno Senna za 0.283 sekunde.
Jenson Button vozio je #11 SMP Racing BR1 koji je u rukama Vitalyja Petrova osigurao sedmo startno mjesto.
Najbrži u LMP2 klasi bio je automobil #48 IDEC Sport ORECA u kojem je Paul-Loup Chatin odvozio 3:24.956, 7.7 sekundi iza najbrže Toyote, Jean Eric Vergne bio je treći najbrži u LMP2 kategoriji, a još jedan bivši vozač Pastor Maldonado bio je četvrti najbrži u LMP2 klasi u #31 Dragonspeedu.
Porsche je bio najbrži u svojim tvorničkim GTE Pro automobilima 911 RSR koji su nastupili u retro bojama (3:47.504), a u GTE Am kategoriji najbrži je bio ponovno Porsche s momčadi Dempsey-Proton Racing (3:50.728).
REZULTATI 1. KVALIFIKACIJA ZA 24h LE MANSA
| 1 | 8 | Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Fernando Alonso |
Toyota | 3:17.270 | 31 | |
| 2 | 7 | Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López |
Toyota | 3:17.377 | 0.107 | 33 |
| 3 | 17 | S.Sarrazin Egor Orudzhev Matevos Isaakyan |
BR Engineering/AER | 3:19.483 | 2.213 | 24 |
| 4 | 1 | André Lotterer Neel Jani Bruno Senna |
Rebellion/Gibson | 3:19.662 | 2.392 | 26 |
| 5 | 3 | Thomas Laurent Mathias Beche Gustavo Menezes |
Rebellion/Gibson | 3:19.945 | 2.675 | 27 |
| 6 | 10 | Henrik Hedman Ben Hanley R.van der Zande |
BR Engineering/Gibson | 3:21.110 | 3.840 | 13 |
| 7 | 11 | Vitaly Petrov Mikhail Aleshin Jenson Button |
BR Engineering/AER | 3:21.408 | 4.138 | 29 |
| 8 | 4 | Oliver Webb D.Kraihamer Tom Dillmann |
ENSO CLM/NISMO | 3:22.505 | 5.235 | 24 |
| 9 | 48 | Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Memo Rojas |
ORECA/Gibson | 3:24.956 | 7.686 | 19 |
| 10 | 28 | François Perrodo M.Vaxivière Loïc Duval |
ORECA/Gibson | 3:25.240 | 7.970 | 26 |
| 11 | 5 | C.Robertson Mike Simpson Leo Roussel |
Ginetta/Mecachrome | 3:26.246 | 8.976 | 20 |
| 12 | 26 | Roman Rusinov Andréa Pizzitola Jean-Éric Vergne |
ORECA/Gibson | 3:26.447 | 9.177 | 29 |
| 13 | 31 | Roberto González Pastor Maldonado N.Berthon |
ORECA/Gibson | 3:26.508 | 9.238 | 18 |
| 14 | 36 | Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet |
Alpine/Gibson | 3:26.681 | 9.411 | 28 |
| 15 | 22 | Phil Hanson F.Albuquerque Paul Di Resta |
Ligier/Gibson | 3:26.772 | 9.502 | 24 |
| 16 | 37 | Jazeman Jaafar Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan |
ORECA/Gibson | 3:27.468 | 10.198 | 26 |
| 17 | 47 | Roberto Lacorte G.Sernagiotto Felipe Nasr |
Dallara/Gibson | 3:27.993 | 10.723 | 28 |
| 18 | 38 | Ho-Pin Tung S.Richelmi Gabriel Aubry |
ORECA/Gibson | 3:27.999 | 10.729 | 27 |
| 19 | 29 | Frits van Eerd G.van der Garde Jan Lammers |
Dallara/Gibson | 3:28.556 | 11.286 | 30 |
| 20 | 35 | Victor Shaytar Harrison Newey Norman Nato |
Dallara/Gibson | 3:28.629 | 11.359 | 28 |
| 21 | 23 | Timothé Buret Julien Canal Will Stevens |
Ligier/Gibson | 3:29.421 | 12.151 | 27 |
| 22 | 39 | V.Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi Tristan Gommendy |
ORECA/Gibson | 3:29.860 | 12.590 | 29 |
| 23 | 6 | Oliver Rowland Alex Brundle Oliver Turvey |
Ginetta/Mecachrome | 3:30.339 | 13.069 | 17 |
| 24 | 32 | Hugo de Sadeleer Will Owen J.P.Montoya |
Ligier/Gibson | 3:30.347 | 13.077 | 26 |
| 25 | 40 | James Allen Jose Gutierrez Enzo Guibbert |
ORECA/Gibson | 3:31.291 | 14.021 | 21 |
| 26 | 44 | Andrea Bertolini Nic Jönsson Tracy Krohn |
Ligier/Gibson | 3:33.532 | 16.262 | 30 |
| 27 | 34 | Ricky Taylor Côme Ledogar David H.Hansson |
Ligier/Gibson | 3:33.755 | 16.485 | 20 |
| 28 | 33 | David Cheng Nick Boulle Pierre Nicolet |
Ligier/Gibson | 3:35.237 | 17.967 | 23 |
| 29 | 50 | Erwin Creed Romano Ricci Thomas Dagoneau |
Ligier/Gibson | 3:38.206 | 20.936 | 20 |
| 30 | 25 | Mark Patterson Ate Dirk De Jong Tacksung Kim |
Ligier/Gibson | 3:44.177 | 26.907 | 28 |
| 31 | 91 | Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni F.Makowiecki |
Porsche | 3:47.504 | 30.234 | 2 |
| 32 | 92 | M.Christensen Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor |
Porsche | 3:49.097 | 31.827 | 23 |
| 33 | 66 | Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson |
Ford | 3:49.181 | 31.911 | 26 |
| 34 | 68 | Joey Hand Dirk Müller S.Bourdais |
Ford | 3:49.582 | 32.312 | 22 |
| 35 | 51 | A.P.Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra |
Ferrari | 3:49.854 | 32.584 | 26 |
| 36 | 94 | Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard Sven Müller |
Porsche | 3:50.089 | 32.819 | 21 |
| 37 | 93 | Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Earl Bamber |
Porsche | 3:50.261 | 32.991 | 18 |
| 38 | 67 | Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Tony Kanaan |
Ford | 3:50.429 | 33.159 | 24 |
| 39 | 82 | Augusto Farfus A.F.da Costa Alexander Sims |
BMW | 3:50.579 | 33.309 | 24 |
| 40 | 69 | Ryan Briscoe R.Westbrook Scott Dixon |
Ford | 3:50.593 | 33.323 | 21 |
| 41 | 81 | Martin Tomczyk Nicky Catsburg Philipp Eng |
BMW | 3:50.596 | 33.326 | 26 |
| 42 | 71 | Davide Rigon Sam Bird Miguel Molina |
Ferrari | 3:50.669 | 33.399 | 27 |
| 43 | 88 | Matteo Cairoli K.Al Qubaisi Giorgio Roda |
Porsche | 3:50.728 | 33.458 | 25 |
| 44 | 63 | Jan Magnussen Antonio García M.Rockenfeller |
Chevrolet | 3:50.789 | 33.519 | 23 |
| 45 | 64 | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fässler |
Chevrolet | 3:50.952 | 33.682 | 27 |
| 46 | 77 | Matt Campbell Christian Ried Julien Andlauer |
Porsche | 3:51.930 | 34.660 | 23 |
| 47 | 52 | Toni Vilander A.Giovinazzi Pipo Derani |
Ferrari | 3:52.112 | 34.842 | 27 |
| 48 | 97 | Alex Lynn Maxime Martin Jonny Adam |
Aston Martin | 3:52.486 | 35.216 | 26 |
| 49 | 86 | Mike Wainwright Ben Barker Alex Davison |
Porsche | 3:52.517 | 35.247 | 24 |
| 50 | 54 | Thomas Flohr F.Castellacci G.Fisichella |
Ferrari | 3:52.756 | 35.486 | 27 |
| 51 | 56 | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti |
Porsche | 3:52.985 | 35.715 | 19 |
| 52 | 85 | Ben Keating J.Bleekemolen Luca Stolz |
Ferrari | 3:54.000 | 36.730 | 18 |
| 53 | 98 | Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda |
Aston Martin | 3:54.307 | 37.037 | 26 |
| 54 | 84 | Liam Griffin Cooper MacNeil Jeff Segal |
Ferrari | 3:54.384 | 37.114 | 24 |
| 55 | 95 | Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Darren Turner |
Aston Martin | 3:54.780 | 37.510 | 26 |
| 56 | 70 | Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever |
Ferrari | 3:54.951 | 37.681 | 26 |
| 57 | 61 | Mok Weng Sun Matt Griffin Keita Sawa |
Ferrari | 3:55.076 | 37.806 | 28 |
| 58 | 80 | Fabio Babini C.Nielsen Erik Maris |
Porsche | 3:55.569 | 38.299 | 21 |
| 59 | 90 | Salih Yoluc Euan Hankey Charlie Eastwood |
Aston Martin | 3:55.661 | 38.391 | 21 |
| 60 | 99 | Patrick Long Tim Pappas Spencer Pumpelly |
Porsche | 4:03.107 | 45.837 | 12 |
