LE MANS, France (AP) After losing to Porsche on the final lap last year, Toyota is back in force at the 24 Hours Le Mans with superfast cars.
Chasing a first victory at the endurance race, Toyota dominated qualifying at the Circuit de la Sarthe, with Kamui Kobayashi breaking the lap record with a time of 3 minutes, 14.791 seconds. That impressive performance was more than two seconds faster than the previous record set by Neel Jani in 2015.
Kobayashi and co-drivers Mike Conway and Stephane Sarrazin will start on the front row on Saturday alongside the Toyota No.