2021 24 Hours of Le Mans: Hypercar Hyper Pole Lap

One lap to rule them all. Kamui Kobayashi, king of qualifying at Le Mans, took his fourth career pole position at the Circuit de la Sarthe, and the first of the FIA WEC Hypercar era in the new TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR010 HYBRID. Sit back, strap in, enjoy.

[@ToyotaGr010]

Kobayashi is a monster at leman 🔥🔥🔥

[@chuala428]

and yet he never won yet lets hope 2021 will be his year

[@375GTB]

At Le Mans...

[@oscarcura5821]

@@hamdanali5203 guy misses 1 letter and suddenly he becomes the anti christ

[@oscarcura5821]

@@hamdanali5203 its like youre getting mad at im and i’m

[@Lol-kf4gd]

@@hamdanali5203 shut up , stop yappin about it ffs

[@haziq3636]

It’s weirdly calming, looking at the sunset

[@user-gd8ww7kb2e]

Is it sunset or sunrise,can't tell the difference

[@arkeusalexander9054]

Pole position "Toyota GR010 Hybrid" (Kamui Kobayashi) 3:23:900 meaning as fast as 2008 Audi R10 TDI, 2009 Audi R15 TDI, 2010 Audi R15 TDI Plus, 2012 & 2014 Audi R18 e-tron quattro and 2015 Toyota TS040 best qualifying laps at Lemans. And only 1 second behind 2013 Audi R18 e-tron quattro, 2014 Porsche 919 Hybrid and 2016 Audi R18. Kobayashi is just a monster, doing mid tier Low downforce LMP1 lap times with LMH... (Copie of my comment from another video, i mean spam lol)

[@AppleLauda_destroyer99942]

From now on it's LMPH

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

Damn, we went nearly a decade and a half backwards? In all seriousness, this comparison is useful info. Good work.

[@KRobertsonGaming]

6 years backwards, given the fact that this has less power and less downhole I wouldn't call it backwards though

[@arkeusalexander9054]

@@mitchell-wallisforce7859 This is not the first time a lap time downgrade like this happen. These are 1st Gen Le Mans Hypercar and they are as fast as 1st gen Le Mans Prototype Hybrid (2012). After the suppression of Group C category, from 1995 to 2005 FIA GT1, LMP900 and LMGTP pole postion's were locked somewhere between 3m30s and 3m46s, only 2002 Audi R8 LMP900 and 1999 Toyota TS020 GT-One LMGTP (the 1998 TS020 version was GT1 Class and was slower despite having the same chassis) did 3m29s during those 10 years (1995-2005) While back in 1992-1993 when Prototype group C were at there prime, Peugeot 908 Evo 1B ran faster than any car at Lemans 1992 (03:21:209 Pole position faster than any LMP1 before 2015 season except Peugeot 908). That record was broken 15 years later in 2008 season when Peugeot 908 HDi FAP of Stéphane Sarrazin did 03:18:513 (first car in history to break the 3m20s barrier), then Peugeot won Le Mans 2009 against it's rival Audi and went again under 3m20s at Le Mans 2010 (03:19:711 Pole postion by Stéphane Sarrazin), and Sarrazin did it again many times during the race at night, probably one of the most crazy season of Le Mans with the 2015 season. During that same 2010 season Audi and Peugeot went beyond limits, only one Peugeot finished the race and three Audi R15 TDI Plus went beyond 390 laps something that never happened at Le Mans with chinanes (397 laps which is the actual record, 396 laps and 394 laps). Cars running more than 390 laps at Lemans since the construction of chicanes only happened in 2010 and 2015 seasons. Even Toyota TS050 at its best season did 388 laps which is a very high performance at Le Mans. Anyway to go back to the lap times, let's say except Peugeot, the first time cars went under 3m20s at Le Mans since the construction of the chicanes in 1990 is during the 2015 season, when the Porsche 919 Hybrid MK I (Neel Jani) broke Peugeot qualifying lap record by doing a 03:16:887, also the same day two other Porsche 919 Hybrid and one Audi R18 e-tron quattro went under 3m20s during the qualifyings. Finally, during the race (meaning there was traffic because of LMP2 and GT cars) Andre Lotterer driving one of the Audi R18 e-tron established the fastest racing lap in Le Mans history both before and after chicanes by running 03:17:475. And at the end of the race 5 LMP1 went beyond 390 laps : Three Porsche 919 Hybrid completed respectively 395 laps, 394 laps, 391 laps and two Audi R18 e-tron quattro running 393 laps and 392 laps. After that season not a single car ran more than 388 laps until today. Here is some additional information to resume what happened after 2015. -Le mans 2016 (Audi last season) Pole Position 03:19:733 (Porsche 919 Hybrid MKII) Winner 384 laps (Porsche 919 Hybrid MKII) -Le mans 2017 (Porsche last season) Pole Position 03:14:791 (Toyota TS050 Hybrid MKII which is the actual record by Kamui Kobayashi) Also 2 other LMP1 did 3m17s (another Toyota TS050 MKII Hybrid and Porsche 919 Hybrid MKIII) Winner 367 laps (Porsche 919 Hybrid MKIII) -Le mans 2018 (Toyota is now the only LMP1 Hybrid left) Pole Position 03:15:377 (Toyota TS050 Hybrid MKIII driven by Kazuki Nakajima) The second Toyota did 3m17, two Rebellion R13 and one BR Engineering BR1-AER did 3m19 Winner 388 laps (Toyota TS050 Hybrid MKIII) -Le mans 2019 (non hybrid LMP1 are allowed to use new technogies to compete equally with LMP1 Hybrid) Pole Position 03:15:497 (Toyota TS050 Hybrid MK IV driven by Jose Maria Lopez) During the qualifyings 6 cars went under 3m17 (two Toyota TS050 Hybrid did 3m15, two BR Engineering BR1-AER and two Rebellion R13 did 3m16). Meaning 6 cars faster than Audi and Porsche in 2015 season and all 6 cars breaking Porsche old record (03:16:887). Also during the race Mike Conway driving one of the Toyota broke Andre Lotterer record by fractions of a second and established a new fastest racing lap (03:17:297) Winner 385 laps (Toyota TS050 Hybrid MK IV) -Le mans 2020 (SMP Racing/Dallara and it's non hybrid LMP1 BR-Engineering leaves Le Mans after ranking 3rd behind two Toyotas, Rebellion R13 being the only remaining car managing to inflict defeats to Toyota at other WEC races) Pole Position 03:15:267 (Toyota TS050 Hybrid MK V) During the hyperpole Rebellion R13 became the first and only non-hybrid LMP1 to achieve a qualifying lap time of 3m15 at Le Mans, the second Toyota TS050 Hybrid did 3m16. Winner 387 laps (Toyota TS050 Hybrid MK V) Rebellion ranked 2nd with 382 laps and managing to beat the second Toyota, something which never happened at Le Mans since Audi and Porsche left. I hope you enjoyed reading these informations lol.

[@matheusmoreiradossantos5133]

@@arkeusalexander9054 tks bro

[@KitKitChanIsaac]

Kobayashi definitely listening to eurobeat during that lap otherwise that lap would be slower

[@chrismurphy8383]

The change of direction at those speeds is breath taking - kept thinking the footage had been sped up - assume it hasn't

[@BansheeRiderNL]

Very fast Hypercars indeed! The last generation LMP1 cars were more extreme and expensive. 32% more power and 160kg less weight! But Hypercars are the future. We need more manufactors 👍🏻

[@alchemist2048]

@@BansheeRiderNL We just gotta see how can these different Manufacturers bypass the limits imposed by the stricter regulations using innovative tactics/technologies.

[@dell051lt]

Wow, I'm shocked, at how accurate, Gran Turismo (on the PlayStation 5) got this track in the game down to every last detail on the track. Nothing was missed, and the game nearly looks like the real thing. Scary realism. One of my favorite tracks in the video game.

[@BertVisser-es5ev]

I was thinking the same haha its great tot watch 😂😂🥳🥳

[@Los3rGam3s]

Shocked at how accurately good the GR010 is in the game.

[@elianioriofarrell]

0:16, the moment I was blinded by the lights of a le mans hypercar 😌😂 the Toyota looked fast af through that corner

[@ssund3966]

Amazing laptime, perfect judgement of all lines, apexes and braking points

[@spdwy777]

quiet is smooth, and smooth is fast.

[@GOCookie_]

Yeah, that hybrid v6 engine, you almost can hear the MG1.

[@millsshumps1968]

Amazed by the amount of lift and coast through the corners. Speed carried at 02:57 under Michelin banner was insane

[@kressy]

yeah this aint slow fam I like how we can tell when the ICE reduces power and the electric motors kick in by the sound

[@Mjr._Kong]

I've just gotta say it, that engine sounds out of this world -- proper race car!

[@raycordero01]

Kamuy Koboyashi THE QUALIFYING MASTER!!!

[@abardet-arc5009]

open 2 browsers, adjust the windows to be side by side and watch this at the same time you watch the 3.14 lap record from 2017, it's interesting the difference starts to be most noticeable at the second chicane of the Mulsanne straight

[@raymondjunger4742]

Power or Aero? Weight?

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

@@raymondjunger4742 All three. The TS050 runs rings around this thing.

[@devandrasimanjuntak1646]

@@raymondjunger4742 more so aero and weight. LMP1 cars have more downforce, less weight, more power on the electric motors, but have less power on their engine (500 hp). If you look at when the LMP1s attacked the Porsche curves, they were going at it near full throttle, and that’s where most of the 9 second difference comes from.

[@chrisd6736]

@@devandrasimanjuntak1646 wish someone would put these videos side by side.

[@fissionchips8840]

Kobayashi @ le mans is a site to behold!! The simple KobayEquation: Kobayashi + Le Mans X Toyota = pure speed 💨💨Hyper car Hyperpole. Luv the sound in that video 😍🎶🎶 Genuinely all the luck in the world this weekend Toyota Gazoo 🍀 😁👍 Ps please do a farewell tour for the TS050, like Porsche did with the 919 Evo??!!

[@KitKitChanIsaac]

only thing missing in this video is eurobeat then the pole lap could have been faster

[@375GTB]

339 kmph clocked on the 1st Mulsanne section, race day.... J.C.

[@375GTB]

211.9 mph...

[@svenmartin840]

Thanks for the ride. That was fast and fun!!!

[@warrakrys]

Amazing lap, great work👍👍

[@Maenfy]

xqcL

[@MemphiStig]

The meeting of two monsters!

[@JoeJacksonGT3]

I want this powertrain in the new Tundra!

[@JREVY22DECEPTICON416]

I could live in this video omg

[@375GTB]

Would be nice to have the Time & Speed readouts??? Thank you... J.C.

[@375GTB]

FAHRT!

[@txelu3pa]

Como suena el Toyota y que bien pasa por curva, menuda máquina.

[@actualperson1971]

We gotta get montoya a seat at Toyota to get him the triple crown c'mon

[@MerwynAlex97]

Kamui Kobayashi is a real samurai

[@smashdemm]

The full moon in the sky is epic

[@hkoxia]

le dernier secteur est juste enorme... last sector was crazy...

[@HacheHaine]

The King Of Pole… WD Kamui 👍

[@petergazarek9466]

🤔 PERFECT KOBAYASHI 😎👍 PERFECT TOYOTA 😎👍

[@anthonyeveraert9976]

Kobayashi il est trop fort 😍

[@admin4munich]

Toyota has the smartest engineers

[@carlosfer2201]

I was there!! The ambience is so cool. The noise is the best!

[@lankadt]

What a lap! 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻🔥🔥🔥🏁

[@Mrdredz0071]

Amazing had to hit the like button on this the top gear hums music too my ear 🥰

[@brenda-leehay9219]

Nice clean lap hitting all his marks. He has plenty of practice now.

[@MudhaffarAdhwa]

Toyota basically got a season of testing before the first of the big manufacturer's join, they'll be hard to beat

[@SOIBand]

fastest Tofu delivery ever ;)

[@derekstratford8214]

Bloody hell that thing s quick through the chicanes on the molsaun straight

[@viral.vr2]

Después de ver esto siento que GT7 han hecho un excelente trabajo con e ps vr2 🙌

[@375GTB]

24 oro de Lemons Won by 1974 Pinto Hemi Tranny..

[@TenthAvenue94]

They're still great machineries carrying amazing speeds, but not quite as impressive as they used to be.

[@pigeonsflys]

again kobayahsi, noice

[@KitKitChanIsaac]

Kobayashi deserved F1 seat more than Mazespin

[@nagasako7]

Kamui Kobayashi flying #007

[@optimusprime9361]

It'd be really cool with telemetry.

[@thomasacamel5309]

dang thats fast

[@GandharKulkarni2000]

This is something a le man could not do

[@mslunaticgenericword5015]

Well done! ♥️

[@jdockii]

Would have liked to see Glickenhaus on top but monster lap to get pole.

[@michaelpearson2724]

Wish the wec comes back to Silverstone great lap now the wait being's for the best week in motorsport again

[@user-mu5co4wp4i]

Ich fühle aus dem Händy Das _kobayash¡_ am fluchen ist! ” Dieses Gekreische “ die werden gleich was hören meine Kumpels wenn ich diese Runde verfliege! So schnell wird keiner mehr sein um eine eine _General Inspektion_ bei _TOYOTA_ zu verlangen 🎼🦅🌏

[@crl0352]

I don’t know too much about this car ( I don’t know anything lol) But the engine sound, I LOVE IT!!

[@JREVY22DECEPTICON416]

Watching from canada

[@juliangriffiths9583]

def rooting for kamui and porsche

[@ericswet3478]

I guess HONDA is too scared to come to LEMANS they know who's the best TOYOTA 🙂👍

[@aurelienb3984]

One lap that is way beyond the exceptionnal sub 3'15 lap of the same Kobayashi in 2017 with the TS050 ... LMH/LMDH is such a disappointment in terms of performance compared to LMP1

[@shiroamada1650]

Can we have the telemetry also?

[@stevemcrichards8768]

A beautiful lap. Sixth gear is really long not sure if it should be that tall but there it is.

[@aaaaa1634aaaaa]

知らないあいだに観覧車が無くなりましたね。

[@KRobertsonGaming]

Good job Toyota!

[@_ilsegugio_]

anyone could tell what sort of bop will lmgte have tomorrow?. thx for the help, couldn't figure out yet.

[@HG504X]

Hope they bring back a win.

[@filipk5744]

Does anybody know steering wheel angle?

[@ianbudgetrc2574]

I was thinking that the fastest cars this year would be much slower than the LMP1-H. Not really that bad! Only 10 seconds slower on such a long track. And I bet they're more reliable

[@cloudmangalm03]

They aren't. Toyota was struggling with dirty fuel pumps and No.8 won by literally disengaging and engaging the pumps each time the car braked. But considering this is the first hypercar, it was bound to be expected

[@ianbudgetrc2574]

@@cloudmangalm03 I was thinking the new hypercars will be slower on the straights coz of the sudden drop of horsepower from 1000 down to 600+. I hope I'll be able to see the qualifying onboard telemetry.

[@cloudmangalm03]

@@ianbudgetrc2574 I mean, even with 600 hp, the elctric motor bumps things up quite a bit, and they still were quite faster than the LMP2 class, overall

[@cooperwrks]

That pitot is for measuring airspeed?

[@andreyam7545]

Koba san sugoku hayai desu!

[@xdeelertm6481]

Ma Kobayashi si fermerà per il pit stop oppure farà come il gp d'Europa del 2010? #GianfrancoMazzoni

[@vonzo7878]

Super BANZAI LAP

[@kurtwylde7]

Vamos, la tercera es la vencida. Éste año el auto 7 la gana.

[@TheNecromancer6666]

One lap to rule them all🤣🤣🤣

[@davidwheel8324]

i miss the roaring sound of the good old TS050 with its 2.4 l V6 twin-turbo. This one ? Meh.....3.6l....

[@incontinentiabuttocks6416]

Whats with the gearing?

[@Dexter-nw2fe]

Whats puts in faster laps these hypercars or the old lmp1

[@MrNipsi]

The old car is about 9-10 seconds faster per lap at lemans

[@Nicks62999]

These Toyotas are similar in pace to 2011-13 LMP1

[@fuzzy-daddy83]

Kamuis pole last year was a 3:15.267 in hyperpole. The TS050 holds the lap record with Kamui with a 3:14.791. So yeah, the old LMP1's were a hell of a lot faster. Last years LMP2 would only be half a second off this years pole. In 2020, Untied Autosports LMP2 did a 3:24.528 compared to Kamui's lap this year in the Hypercar of 3:23.900.

[@bohdanmalezhyk4567]

JustWeenTOYOTA>>>>

[@xbeng94]

What's the lap time pls ?

[@azzazz4549]

This new hyper car look like an lmp1 car . .

[@giovinazzo3gsmotorsport]

Ciao from us antonio and dominico hello to all morning

[@KRobertsonGaming]

Hello other jardier fan 👋 enjoy the kylami 12h and le mans! 😁

[@SnoDawg]

Sounds like it has top speed Governor on it. WTF ?

[@AppleLauda_destroyer99942]

No wonder why it's called Hypercar

[@glenmccarthy8482]

LMP2 lap time .

[@pawelpokorniecki9547]

why f1 cars not racing on this track???

[@wambogojonah316]

It's too long, that's the biggest reason. Imagine getting a puncture or losing a wing on the straights at le mans, the distance you have to drive to the pits is insane!

[@julienvbz9361]

600 hp looks enought finally :)

[@arnaudfauchere1769]

🏁👏👍🏁

[@sandrokeine4365]

🏁🏁🏁🏁

[@piterlorimer946]

Toyotaaa...wo ist Porsche and Peugeot, Audy...na jaaa...durfen nicht

[@notmenotme614]

Not bad for a 1 litre Toyota Yaris

[@grendelum]

so no telemetry from y’all either... lost opportunity to do better than the wec on delivering content.

[@mig-1761]

If u edit the speed to 1.25 it is as fast as alonso le mans lap (alpine f1)

[@SamFBM]

not even trying

[@julienvbz9361]

Imagine a Road Legal Valkyrie...

[@h24anderant64]

Imagine aston martin quitting the new hypercar class after having the regulations changed two times to help them being competitive, and going to F1 just to copy and paste last year mercedes. Oh wait you don't have to, it already happened

[@deggis4]

@@h24anderant64 And didn't even copy Mercedes, they just became Lawrence Stroll F1 Team's main sponsor.

[@patrickmurphy6602]

toyota

[@gary650uk]

For me Le Mans is not the same without Audi

[@santiagoacosta3324]

Audi will be back with porsche in 2023

[@michaelfotta5781]

Remember when racing cars sounded like screaming banshees? Meh - pretty fast though

[@deggis4]

Yeah for example Porsche 956/962 and Audi R8 were absolute screamers

[@essayibcs8528]

The glick sounds the best out of the 3

[@griptopia]

pointless you don't have a road car that is mid engined and hybrid so let the others have a race..

[@donaldlee8249]

There will be one

[@griptopia]

@@donaldlee8249 connor mcloud is that the highlander

[@nodad8763]

@@griptopia GR Super Sport, it's coming out next year (if covid doesn't delay it) and has the same v6TT hybrid tech as this LMH. Will be very small production and expensive af though, it would be nice if they could build a more mass production version of it to go up against mclaren atura or Ferrari 296 gtb.

[@deggis4]

@@nodad8763 GR Super Sport tech is from TS050 and the car has little to nothing to do with this race car when not even the basic dimensions match. Also it might have been canned, Japanese media reported that recently.

[@griptopia]

@@nodad8763 I was making a back handed remark at their marketing people i am aware.. by not saying any of that or giving people an idea they are missing a massive opp... what i wrote is a reflection of public opinion as always they'll ignore it just like Nissan and the other big makes. To big to react to the market place. which makes this whole thing a Vanity project that doesn't really have any reflection in the market place. Where as if they or Nissan bought out a cool mid engined car with a scaled down version LIKE HONDA HAS.. Look at how legendary and collectable the NSX is now. These guys are missing a trick here.

[@Ivanoskyao]

These cars sound horrible. 😫

[@marcelgombault3657]

Le Mans LMP1 is a joke. its just two exact cars racing against each other. LMP2 is not much better, you have the same identical Oreca 07 cars racing each other. Just imagine F1 race 20 exactly same cars. Only interesting racing in Le Mans is the GT cars, its just a pity that the manufacturers entering is getting less by the year. Unless Le Mans is changing the LMP1/2 series its going to kill itself.

[@nadimasfari9694]

If you think racing the same car is boring then I highly recommend you to watch some spec-series like Indycar, F2 or F3. You´ll be surprised of how entertaining they are

[@Nicks62999]

Ironically the GTE classes are the ones that will be replaced with GT3 in a few years

[@Madrat-tw2in]

This is hypercar not lmp1, also lmp1 cars have always been different just look at 2016 there was a fwd lmp1 car, the gtrlm, unlike current f1 lmp1 and hypercars allow for different and more unique designs, I kinda agree with you on lmp2 because they need to change as there is so much bop on the at the moment it's abit ridiculous.

[@nextlaunch1]

Where have you been the last 2 years? You’re complaining about something that they’ve gotten rid of ages ago

[@ErwinLiszkowicz]

The series is going to kill itself? Wtf? From 2023 there will be in hypercar - Ferrari, Porsche, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Peugeot, Acura/Honda, Toyota, Glickenhaus, Bykolles and maybe Alpine. But sure... the series is doomed.