3:14

Kamui Kobayashi in Toyota #7 has literally annihilated the Le Mans lap record with a 3'14"791 on a flying lap just after the restart of qualifying session #2 after a red flag.

[@Siphodemos]

The #8 nearly broke the engine The #7 nearly broke the Internet

[@georgejakob9595]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@booster_740]

Fernando da Silva sir you just made my day 🤣

[@GaminGusTav]

Fernando da Silva and all cars broke down

[@supersimon126]

One was rammed and the other survived

[@cjflash99]

And now the #8 wins the Le Mans 24 hr the year after

[@aldofalla7562]

It's incredible how stable LMP1 cars are around the corners. It truely looks the they are on rails.

[@kallo182]

Indeet, thats what iam exactly think when i see them drive.

[@scissordoerrs]

The craziest part is that at Le Mans the teams run a low downforce aero package, so these cars are less stable than they could be!

[@ian1231100]

I guess that's what the tailfin is for.

[@Lunat1K_Fr]

It’s thx to the amazing track, and shark wing

[@ienjoyworkingonmuddycars.9793]

aldo falla Incredible indeed. Imagine being able to find the fine edge of control in THAT thing.

[@stu1002]

The thing they didn't mention in commentary is that it wasn't just the fastest lap on That circuit lay out but an ABSOLUTE fastest lap - even quicker than the previous record pre-1989 when the chicanes went in to the Mulsanne. This was a genuinely incredible sporting moment - the equivalent of watching a snooker player drop a 147, or a 9 darter in Darts, or hole in one in golf. About as close as you will see to "The Perfect Lap". I can't EVER recall seeing a car lop 2 full seconds off a lap record before like that in race conditions. The only thing that reminds me of this is the 919EVO shattering Bellof's record at the Ring - but that was not under race conditions. The teams were spending $100m plus on Le Mans at that time. There's something very very special about knowing that those enormous companies like Toyota, Audi, Porsche etc were, for that short period of time, throwing pretty much everything they could at this open rulebook format to create the very very quickest cars imaginable pretty much - That little period of sports car racing between 2014-2017 was absolute *peak* motorsport. It's genuinely hard to see how we will ever get back to that now, It's just impossible to see a time when big marques will be willing throw that level of risk, finance and creativity at a motor sport and push the envelope this hard, and regulations now are constantly really pegging the cars back artificially to a target laptime.

[@colddude]

He's been driving this circuit on PS2 since he was 4...#howitsdone

[@jasonlamgt180evo8]

Like GT4?

[@debendragurung3033]

I have been doing that too. But I'm still doing it.

[@MrFoodAndDrink]

He was 13 years old when ps2 came out

[@johnbeard7252]

Fuck yeah, GT4! What a game.

[@tilentgamer8758]

Ive been playing gt4 since 5yo But i just driving on sarthe recently

[@TotalMotorsports]

RIP LMP1. We'll probably never see anything like this at Le Mans again.

[@maxilos1987]

yeah its kinda sad, the hypercars are still stupidly fast cars but the P1 cars were otherworldly.

[@fidan2fast]

It's sad yes, but seeing Toyota race against themself in the past few years has been dull

[@pathmaker2337]

Trust me mate. The hypercar era will be the new golden generation.

[@LockheedMartinF22Raptor7]

Grant it, I enjoyed the LMP1s as well. Beautiful machines, indeed. But we can only hope that Hypercars will give us just as good, if not, better racing. We just have to be patient and see.

[@jansonb482]

@@fidan2fast being a Toyota Fan is boring now

[@jasonhui2000]

Kamui Kobayashi!! F1 lost. WEC gained!! 👍

[@tonydmty1234567]

WEC is much more entertained.";-)

[@SilentDrifterGT]

I just think the LMP1 cars look better than the F1 cars.

[@johnpap1837]

SilentDrifter I think they are nowhere close to looking as good as f1 cars but it's your opinion and I can't deny it.

[@tyrael280]

F1 is now boring

[@alexandrosthomas8217]

tyrael280 not this year

[@closedcl8]

Let's forget the meaninglessness of pole position at a 24-hour race for a moment and look at how Kamui-san leans on those tires. Beans, man. He got dem beans!

[@MrHaggyy]

It's not too meaningless. You have to overtake one less car in your own class. And you know you have the fastest machine out there if you need to speed up. But yes not making any error and performing consistent longruns wins you 24h races.

[@theblackboyjoe]

I could not see a single mistake on that lap.

[@ajw1045]

Melchior Kerala that little wobbel? I think he actualy won time because of that. Huge entry speed but it didn't cost him the second turn in the chicane.

[@zavodszkiabel7919]

I could, in the camera work, not Kobayashi tho.

[@andrelima5124]

TOYOTA deserves to win this race they have been close so many times

[@samharris3508]

Nobody deserves to win. They have to earn it. More power means more reliability issues, if they can keep everything together this year, it would be a glorious sight.

[@raggandb]

Sam Harris oh come on... last year they had not power, but some electrical issue, and if they could be classified based on laps passed they would still be second... that was just unlucky, finishing race like that.

[@D0d0Dada]

André Lima to finish first you need to finish first ;)

[@samharris3508]

You don't win races because your competitors think you "deserve" to win. You earn victories by beating them to the line.

[@theant9821]

"if you're not winning you're not trying hard enough" Colin Chapman. team lotus (formerly the most successful team in history of f1). that principle applies to all motorsport wether its bikes, f1, le mans, rallying, etc. breaking down on the last lap was harsh, but at the end of the day their team/car wasn't good enough. it could have been with so little extra but everyone's a genius in hindsight. last year Toyota were the best over a 23:50 ish time period. not the 24 hours until the flag went out. porsche have been in that position too but when they broke down there was another porsche in second place to take the win. in 77 i think it was a porsche not even in the top class won because it was the best over the race distance despite being slower than the prototypes designed purely for the job. don't start thinking its your turn, in sport victory is never anyone's turn. it is earnt.

[@txisbest2010]

0:55 Imagine how fast it'll be without per lap energy limit.

[@remi2985]

Almost 1 second better

[@nbain66]

​@@remi2985 quite a lot more. a sizable lift and coast in each braking zone

[@TheGoaltender1]

not to mention he set that time on medium tires!

[@Jesko.]

@@remi2985 3-4 tf you on about

[@tyronnezx]

LOL They tried to slow LMP1 down. and Toyota builds this beast. Race will be a different matter. I hope they can keep this thing reliable to keep ahead of Porsche and win. They deserve it the most

[@jasonlamgt180evo8]

Eurobeat can boast up this car by 50HP.

[@dhupee]

i dont believe the boost is that low

[@aerophine_66]

@Jason Lam GT180 EVO... nah it’s 420 HP

[@installshieldwizard3017]

That'll burn the headu gasketo

[@pandoe]

There is a video with eurobeat now and it's an absolute banger! 🔥

[@DailyStreetRacing]

this is as close as you can get to a perfect lap !!! 👍

[@KepleroGT]

This is still one of the most insane lap in all of motorsports. Everything including the driver had to be perfect for this lap to be achieved

[@hudsonja]

These drivers are absolutely insane athletes. 30-50ish minutes of this on a sim is stressful enough without actually having to deal with real-world g-forces and fatigue, and these guys do hours at a time with no breaks, food, anything. Incredible, really.

[@sergiogiacomosammartano7623]

What a car have Toyota this year!

[@FPV-wi8fw]

they want a le mans win soooo bad after last year.

[@truvuetechyt8267]

it still went and done got F'd up my mechanical issues again. What did Toyota do wrong with these cars.

[@hmdwgf]

I was at this race. You know what else was astonishing about these cars? It was how ludicrously fast they accelerated out of corners and how quickly they got up to super high speeds. I was taking pictures and I was trying to get moving shots of the Toyota and Porsche LMP1 cars and they were already going so much faster mere seconds after going through a corner. That's hybrid power unit systems for you.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Mark Webber said similar in his book about the acceleration being unbelievable compared to F1.

[@sudijad]

Go Kamui! Loved his overtaking skills in F1.. best of luck with the race, mate!

[@flamixin]

Kobayashi got a hell of perfect maneuver here. Clean and sharp cut in every conner.

[@Artas1984]

I saw 3.9G in one of the corners! And LeMans is the circuit with the LEAST amount of down-force! Kobayashi always liked hard and medium tires, when everyone else was on softer strategies.

[@christophermattiuz4923]

Nissan may have Godzilla in the Skyline GT-R, but it looks like Toyota and Le Mans has their own version of Ultra Seven. ^_~

[@ChickenCurry66]

👍 from japan.😉

[@crippledcrusader1321]

It’s a perfect lap, every gear shift, every turn, every acceleration and braking zone.

[@prypiatshadow6371]

Kamui Kobayashi- a legend 'the streets' won't forget. Also the true late breaker.

[@Rezcuz]

One of the greatest qualifying laps in motorsport history

[@Trolden01]

Absolutely amazing work from Kobayashi, never seen a lap as clean as this, perfect driving!!

[@JonnathanCM]

GO KAMUI!

[@tan9640]

Kobayashi deserves and F1 drive especially when you consider drivers like Palmer and Stroll

[@jordanwelsh1536]

Why race F1 when you can race this? Haha F1 doesn't even compare right now

[@drazenbudis7881]

Jordan Welsh I mean really, compared to this, F1 looks incredibly tame and sterile. I mean I watched the WHOLE 24h last weekend, and F1 cant keep me glued for the screen for its mesely 2h.. That says it all.

[@1010thechamp]

@@jordanwelsh1536 I wouldn't say that, even the 919 Evo no rules car couldn't beat Shamilton's F1 Spa quali lap, imagine F1 cars with no rules but anyway it's more like Le Mans drivers don't cut it in F1, sterile my arse, drivers like Hartley, Ant Davidson, Mcnish all useless couldn't hack it in the pinnacle of motor racing, as good as this car was Le Mans will always be a step behind F1, even top drivers like Kobayashi couldnt dominate a merely decent driver like Perez in F1 and yet on their first tries Alonso, Hulkenberg and Webber wins Le Mans.

[@Jesko.]

@@1010thechamp Webber didn't win le mans in his first try. Alonso didn't win le mans in his first try. And when Alonso did both Audi and Porsche left. There was no competition.

[@Jesko.]

@@1010thechamp 919 Evo had far far worser conditions and worser tires. It's a far superior car.

[@ImpactChecker]

It is not only the fastest car ever in terms of lap times on Le Mans, it is also absolutely beautiful. The record is even more impressive if you consider that he was on medium tires. Wow, great great job Toyota!

[@alexbradley9222]

Kobayashi is so underrated

[@TheGotronk]

Still impresive in 2024, PP in 2024 3:24,634 it's 10 sec slower !!! If LMP2 were not artificially limited then their performance would be like hypercars now.

[@SergePupko]

As much as it pains me to at it but it might be RIP Porsche this year. Then again the Germans know how to win even when they don't have outright pace.

[@EarthIsFlat456]

LOL

[@Jesko.]

HAHAHA

[@stephenhill1716]

I’ve ALWAYS loved racing games and racing on TV but I’ve never actually seen these LMP1’s go around a track except for on a video game. This is absolutely, utterly mind blowing watching that beast shred through this corners faster than I can do it IN A DAMN GAME! This is immaculate. God this is amazing, the engineering and expertise that creates these monsters just...it blows my mind. This is purely, unequivocally breathtaking.

[@EarthIsFlat456]

If you think this is amazing, wait until you see that Porsche 919 evo Nordschleife lap

[@stephenhill1716]

Oh, oh I’ve seen it.

[@EarthIsFlat456]

@@stephenhill1716 And what do you think? The Nordschleife is a much more challenging circuit than the Le Mans.

[@stephenhill1716]

I'm older than my parents - No doubt, what I’m saying is primarily amazing in the engineering part. Porsche was basically given a blank slate and were told to just...build the fastest damn thing they physically could and they did it! It’s unreal the amount of thought and time it takes to design these.

[@JoseSilva-fm2cz]

Perfect lap

[@matthewkuiash208]

Love it! Always loved watching Kamui race. Such commitment, raw speed, excellent overtaker and now, it turns out, one of the best qualifiers we'll ever see. Incredible racing. Poor F1. Why? What were you thinking?!

[@jprallyfan4192]

That is absolutely incredible. Congrats to Toyota, performing excellently in both WEC and WRC. And this driver is awesome as well! What a proud moment for him, that's great!

[@anekox2]

What a amazing lap. But race is another thing. Good Luck Kamui.

[@GIRLSCollection]

Samurai Kamui!!

[@dominuscircensis3645]

He even even annihilated the speed average of the track record before the Hunaudieres had chicanes. Just wow.

[@Groggers96]

"If you’re going to push a piece of machinery to the limit, and expect it to hold together, you have to have some sense of where that limit is. Look out there. Out there is the perfect lap. No mistakes. Every gear change. Every corner. Perfect."

[@haristyson]

kobayashi was great in formula 1 i remember his debut in brazit great one

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

Go King Kamui!!! The car looks amazing! Like the TS010

[@jasonlamgt180evo8]

IKR

[@General-Gauder]

In 10 years we will talk about thees LMP1 Rockets like we are talking about the old Group C Monsters

[@Ivvvnnn]

"There was a time above... a time before. There were perfect things... diamond absolutes. How things fall, things on Earth."

[@Kekemw]

i think toyota will win

[@LeJimster]

I hope so, last year was so sad, leading right up until the last lap.

[@Geert2682]

They were the fastest last year as well...

[@DoubleODonut]

Don't jinx it

[@raggandb]

Geert van der Wal are they still burning less fuel than porsches?

[@bjarnemachiels3897]

I was laughing at it too in the qualifying haha. You can never be too sure I guess.

[@eamonahern7495]

Just look at the speed through the final double chicane. I still get goosebumps from watching that lap

[@DemonDracoFox]

I have tried to match this time in the PS5 game GT7. With the same car and perfect track conditions: I only managed a 3:37,4.

[@Sliced_Bread1]

Ummm...... That's not very good. With the 919 hybrid I managed a 3:12.6

[@DemonDracoFox]

@@Sliced_Bread1 Yeah... I need to practice more with the Toyota... However: with the Tomahawk I did a 2:40.3 ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYWxqXStgtFpeaMsi=jRb5oj6KpJxbchKZ )

[@Sliced_Bread1]

​@@DemonDracoFox I did a lap in the Tomohawk a while back and got a 1:59 there

[@DemonDracoFox]

@@Sliced_Bread1 That's very impressive. Because I had to really work to get 2:40. I need to have more trust in the downforce.

[@Sliced_Bread1]

@@DemonDracoFox I watched your lap and I would recommend removing most of the assists other than abs. Most of those just slow you down

[@gr5217]

MISS THESE FAST LMP1 NOW

[@STEFAN27777]

one of the greatest lap in le mans history :D

[@berg7417]

That's a phenomenal lap. Mr Kobayashi you have some skills sir. Hooked it up perfectly

[@flo13boe]

When a japanese goes full nuts: breaks lap record in LeMans.

[@hillclimbracingfan5821]

This was pure insanity.Sheer speed is unbeliveable and some driving by Kobayashi.

[@DaToAaBe]

Aaaaaaaand STILLLLL is the fastest lap!

[@racing4451]

je suis fier d'avoir pu assister à ce record historique, j'étais dans la tribune du recordement lors de cet événement ! Merci Toyota et K.Kobayashi pour ce moment intense !!

[@Anonnymouse53]

Absolute worldy. What a fuggin lap. I was there at karting when he posted it and to a man, everyone was absolutely glued to their radios. Never seen so many jaws drop at the same time. When he crossed the line and bagged that lap it was like the temperature dropped, the whole place was electric.

[@cwisted5308]

It literally looks like this car is connected to train rails when going around corners. Absolutely insane

[@rosh6ixx]

His secret to get fastest time:Eurobeat

[@tjavideo]

If you watch the on-board, he lifts before the finish line, which is both inexplicable and amazing.

[@maxb148]

Fuel limit and energy limits per lap cause them to have to lift and the teams setup the car to lift off the throttle at certain points and out of the final corner was one of the best places to. The drivers don't do the lifting they would still have their foot to the floor which was said to be a confusing sensation as a driver

[@skynet091287]

Give it another couple of years, and we might see the first lap below 3:10! And with all the talk about comparing these LMP1 cars to F1 cars, i think it's amazing we haven't seen an F1 team make an appearence to see how fast a modern F1 car can go around the track. It would be an awesome spectacle to behold...

[@gronk1964]

The visual impression of speed at @3:04 , a lot of other motorsports (looking at you F1) would do well to crrate those kind of camera angles!

[@Petidani0330]

Funny thing is, there used to be such camera shots in F1! They zoomed in all the way to the car, the background was just flowing behind it. I guess sponsorship got the priority (even before Liberty)... What a shame.

[@gronk1964]

@@Petidani0330 I'm sure it was part of the negotiations with the drivers a few years ago as part of the new concorde agreement that they wanted those kind of angles back. Like the shot of the swimming pool chicane at Monaco, the shot of the cars just getting over the crest of radillion at Spa, or the entrance to Maggots/Becketts at Silverstone

[@simracing454]

Those cornering speeds aren't that far from Formula 1, especially when you consider how much heavier the LMP cars are. Incredible time by Kobayashi.

[@tonydmty1234567]

LMP1s are roughly 175 kg heavier than F1 cars and also LMP1s generate nearly 1000 hp ";-)

[@Jesko.]

@@tonydmty1234567 But not constantly like F1 their hybrid power runs out until recovery when they brake at speed above 300 kmh

[@lth1072]

I'd have liked to have seen this guy still be in f1 . He is talented

[@ofaoilleachain]

I remember watching this live, and absolutely wetting myself, could not believe the time set, how them corners were attacked was textbook

[@Celtic-Acid]

PRIUS technology!!

[@rishiramkissoon6976]

thats unreal corner speeds..and car looked clean stable on entries..no scrubbing.

[@mjbln89]

it looks like a timelapse through these corners, amazing

[@TheGamerTim]

Kamikaze Kamui, legend.

[@modulo3664]

Unreal slipstream off the Porsche after Mulsanne chicane 1. Watch the speed jump from 190 mph to over 200, pipping over 206 even.

[@pandymoose]

Kobayashi is one of the best drivers in the world

[@cjpert5286]

What a driver Give him a good car in F1 he is world champion

[@schlitzy-1031]

Epic!!

[@jimgray3346]

"Look out there. Out there is the perfect lap. No mistakes. Every gear change, every corner. Perfect. You see it?"

[@ctfxcplane]

Why are the cameras on the "public road " part of the circuit not active?

[@therealjeagles]

They won't be active until the race due to the threat of people nicking them

[@fahdoo4562]

Je ne me lasse pas de le regarder encore et encore "le tour parfait"

[@PMS1767]

Starting point and movement of every cornering is just like F1 style. Great !

[@axel_x8954]

Off course he is the fastest, he has a dragon maid waiting for him at home. :P

[@ThomasKrKr]

wait.

[@925agaterizky6]

Lololol

[@christianbeutel249]

f1 needs to race here

[@OGNoah25]

If the Formula 1 cars raced here, it would become The Le Mans Grand Prix

[@sonicdarkknight]

at one corner he actually dropped to 1st gear at 5-6k rpm@92km/h and accelerate out from that corner hitting 118km/h on 1st gear....that's insane. Imagine going that on normal car, the gearbox would explode....

[@masterwhopper414]

1:15 gains like 25 km/h for top speed simply from slipstreaming, that's an insane gain

[@Spyker8921]

No he didn't, it was just the speedometer freezing

[@hyts0404]

It just doooesn t get boring never ever ever!

[@rituljoshi7458]

The perfect lap!

[@purwantiallan5089]

Rewatching the WEC Onboard waiting for Superseason...

[@jedwards2260]

Mind bending 😍

[@ryan1mcq]

Looks like it was in fast forward goin round those corners lol, incredible machines and incredible driving. Love that circuit.

[@rodrigomarquez2470]

My opinion is the second kamikaze is kamui kobayashi and the first one without doubt some that accelerates with the feet is takuma sato

[@Leon-Hardt]

A Banzai Lap! Long Live to Endurance Race!

[@oneshot8913]

What a beast

[@DizzyMan24]

Would LOVE to see what a top level NASCAR Stock Car would do here. Today at Michigan Speedway, they were topping 210MPH without the draft, and 215+ w/Draft. They corner insanely good considering their 3500lbs weight.

[@alaingonzalez1181]

Vamos TOYOTA este es el año,por favor revisar los conectores. Suerte

[@EmbraceMaking]

That is insane... the cockpit view is mind bending

[@YakAlien]

I will never tire of watching that ! awesome !

[@ajrf92]

I'm afraid that porsche fans we'll have to pray for a Carlos Sainz moment (on the English rally at 1998) to have the 19th victory. What a lap

[@christophermichael8010]

KAMUI! KAMUI!

[@Creeperboy099]

I was hoping for Toyota to score another win this year

[@TheTripol]

Has an F1 car ever done a lap around Le Mans track? Would be nice to see

[@Kudaka96]

TheTripol the tyres wouldn't last very long

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

axolol networks disagree the 2017 tires that f1 currently has means they can go though nearly entirety of the f1 races without doing a pitstop for changing tires and that's on soft tires! So surely they should do le mans perfectly fine laps around it.

[@andreamoroni97]

axolol networks As Gerogy already said the new tyres can last an entire GP and even more, even if they were used in qualifying, but for regulation they have to do at least 1 pit stop and put a different compound on.

[@Kudaka96]

thank you guys for the correction.

[@andreamoroni97]

axolol networks You're welcome, oh, and for making an example last Sunday in Montréal Grosjean has done a stint of 69 laps on 70 on Supersofts (the softest compound after the Ultrasofts), that equals to 300 Km (186 mi) on an average speed of 200 Km/h (124 mph), after colliding with Sainz on lap 1.

[@crystellemabalot4232]

This is a "Like A Boss" moment of motorsports.

[@sdewey4152]

The downforce of these cars looks insane! the acceleration looks awesome, but that top speed......suppose it's all about compromise. Let's just hope that it's finally Toyota's year!

[@iiishinryuiii]

330 - 340km/h isn't fast enough ?

[@sdewey4152]

Well for one of these machines 400km/h should be achievable, that said compared to nearly every other form of motorsport they are above and beyond.

[@オレはイケメン]

ルマンのコースレコードとかかっこよすぎやろ…

[@koczanmarton3035]

It is amazing that this year, they were only around 0.8s slower, and weather was worst, and they could use less fuel.

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

Wish my Toyota Hybrid was this fast :( (still love my Yaris Bi-Tone though)

[@Hardstylers4Life661]

2021 Justice, the #7 car finally took its Le Mans win its deserved