Starting grid for the 6-hour race in Sao Paulo 2024

Porsche chases Toyota at the WEC race in Sao Paulo. Mick Schumacher narrowly misses the top 10. Women’s trio shakes up the LMGT3 class. Starting grid for the race.

Robert Seiwert

Robert Seiwert

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Robert was already writing for sports media before his time at MSM. He has been reporting on DTM, Daytona, Le Mans and other events directly from the racetrack since 2011.MORE

WEC, Sao Paulo, #7, Toyota, Conway, Kobayashi, De Vries
The starting grid for the WEC race in Sao Paulo, photo: DPPI/WEC

The starting grid for the 6-hour race of the WEC in Sao Paulo (Sunday, race start at 4:30 p.m. CET live on Sport1 on free TV) has been confirmed. At the fifth race of the 2024 season, Toyota ensured an all-new front row in the Hypercar class. Kamui Kobayashi gave the Japanese the first pole position of the year in the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid. Behind the former Formula 1 driver, four-time Le Mans winner Sebastien Buemi led the #8 sister Toyota to second place on the grid.

Four Porsche 963s made it into the top eight of the grid, led by the Penske factory team’s #5 (Campbell, Christensen, Makowiecki) in third place. World Championship leaders Andre Lotterer/Kevin Estre/Laurens Vanthoor will start the #6 Penske Porsche from fifth place behind the Cadillac V-Series.R. The best-placed of the three Ferrari 499 Ps, Le Mans winners Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen, started sixth.

Mick Schumacher narrowly misses top 10 on the starting grid

Mick Schumacher narrowly missed the top 10 in his second qualifying outing in the WEC, taking the #36 Alpine to eleventh place on the grid. Before that, the #20 BMW M Hybrid V8 was in tenth place, while the sister car took P14.

In the LMGT3 class, the all-female trio consisting of Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy took their second pole of the season. The Iron Dames’ Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 was followed by the #92 Porsche 911 GT3 R of the German team Manthey in second place. The sister 911, which leads the World Championship together with the #92, will start the race from P5.

The two McLaren 720 S GT3s from United Autosport squeezed in between the two Porsches. The #46 WRT-BMW M4 GT3 driven by megastar Valentino Rossi is in 12th place on the grid, its sister car in P6.

WEC Sao Paulo – Hypercars starting grid

Pos. automobile driver
1 #7 Toyota Conway, Kobayashi, De Vries
2 #8 Toyota Buemi, Hartley, Hirakawa
3 #5 Penske-Porsche Campbell, Christensen, Makowiecki
4 #2 Cadillac Bamber, Lynn
5 #6 Penske-Porsche Estre, Lotterer, Laurens Vanthoor
6 #50 Ferrari Fuoco, Molina, Nielsen
7 #12 Jota Porsche Stevens, Ilott, NATO
8th #38 Jota Porsche Rasmussen, Hanson, Button
9 #51 Ferrari Pier Guidi, Giovinazzi, Calado
10 #20 BMW Sheldon van der Linde, Rast, Frijns
11 #36 Alpine Mick Schumacher, Lapierre, Vaxiviere
12 #99 Proton Porsche Jani, Andlauer
13 #35 Alpine Habsburg, Milesi, Chatin
14 #15 BMW Dries Vanthoor, Marciello, Wittmann
15 #83 AF Corse-Ferrari Kubica, Shwartzman, Ye
16 #94 Peugeot Vandoorne, Di Resta, Duval
17 #93 Peugeot Vergne, Jensen, Nico Müller
18 #63 Lamborghini Bortolotti, Kvyat, Mortara
19 #11 Isotta Fraschini Serravalle, Wattana Bennet, Vernay

WEC Sao Paulo – Starting Grid LMGT3

Pos. automobile team driver
1 #85 Lamborghini Iron Dames Bovy, Frey, Gatting
2 #92 Porsche Manthey Malykhin, Sturm, Bachler
3 #95 McLaren United Autosports Caygill, Pino, Sato
4 #59 McLaren United Autosports Cottingham, Costa, Saucy
5 #91 Porsche Manthey Shahin, Schuring, Lietz
6 #31 BMW WRT Leung, Gelael, Farfus
7 #55 Ferrari AF Corse Heriau, Man, Rovera
8th #81 Corvette TF Sports Van Rompuy, Andrade, Eastwood
9 #27 Aston-Martin Heart of Racing James, Mancinelli, Riberas
10 #54 Ferrari AF Corse Flohr, Castellacci, Rigon
11 #77 Ford Mustang Proton Competition Hardwick, Robichon, Barker
12 #46 BMW WRT Al-Harthy, Rossi, Martin
13 #82 Corvette TF Sports Koizumi, Baud, Juncadella
14 #777 Aston-Martin D’Station Racing Mateu, Bastard, Sorensen
15 #87 Lexus Akkodis ASP Kimura, Masson, Lopez
16 #60 Lamborghini Iron Lynx Schiavoni, Cressoni, Perera
17 #88 Ford Mustang Proton Competition Ried, Pedersen, Olsen

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