Le Mans 24h: Hartley beats Kobayashi in dramatic pole duel
Toyota’s pair of GR010 Hybrids locked out the front row of the grid for the 90th running of the FIA World Endurance Championship centrepiece, with Hartley taking top spot in the #8 machine he shares with Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa with a time of 3m24.408s.
That compares to a 3m23.900s with which Kamui Kobayashi took pole for last year’s race.
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