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.
...that HAS to be where all the time is made up...in the corners...the few corners the track actually has..and with their lift of and cost fuel economy trick as of the new fuel rules...and they have to be slower down the straights than the old Porsche 917 beasts as they had no chicanes to deal with back in the 70's...all negates the new LMP1 cars to break the track record now...so Kamui Kobayashi MUST be making all the time up in the corners!!!!
and the massive upsurge of basically instant power from the hybrid drivetrain on corner exits. i mean, it just engages hyperspace after clipping the apex
For real, this is absolutely insane, we just witnessed some shit right here...I mean, think of all the monsters that have been competing in Le Mans, and this thing goes 2 seconds quicker than the record like that...and it might even get quicker wow...
VdK f1 is still extremely popular.... both sports have different flavors and different aspects... why can't we enjoy both without bashing everything else
Blackeye 99 Yes, it's very true. There're so many savage comments & meaningless comparison.. But the most important thing is just enjoy the race with pure beating heart, I think. Anyway, I will do enjoy Le Mans 2017, Indy and F1♪ 😉💓
Being german and a Porsche lover, I still want Toyota to win. They deserve it, especially after last year's disaster. I mean, just look at how this beast is flying through corners and down the straight.
LB33 I am also German and in general a Porsche fan but I have to agree with you. Toyota really deserves the win this year. Hell, they should have won last year too. I am rooting for Toyota this year🇯🇵
Philipp Wilmer, gazoo racing team is japanese, though, so is their technology and most of their engineers. Most non-European Lemans racing teams are based in Europe, simply because the event itself is held in Europe, so it would be very inconvenient and time-consuming to test their cars somewhere abroad on an irrelevant race circuit. It just wouldn't make sense.
Yes many are Japanese. If you would see the German page from Toyota Motorsports you'd see that the engineers they are hiring are either Germans or English. In Germany based facility which is surrounded by the best universities in germany is most likely to get more german employees. Not to forget that main Languages there is german and english
You cannot deny, Kamui was one of the best F1 drivers but unfortunately top Formula One teams couldn't give him car because he wasn’t graduated from their junior teams as now Formula One teams are running. Kamui Kobayashi and Robert Kubica should have received driver seat in Formula One but both drivers have lacked of sponsors and back ground. They both have lost driver seats to slower drivers who have sponsors and background.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
"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.
Wow, this is almost frightening. Look at the braking points ! 50 Meters?! From 280 km/h to 130 km/h... That's not a simulation, that is a insane good driver in a insane good car. Huge respect to Kamui!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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!
It's crazy seeing these drivers I watched in Formula 1 as a kid still race and compete all these years later. Seeing their names on the screen is simply nostalgic... Amazing drive, Kobayashi
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.
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.
@@Sliced_Bread1 Yeah... I need to practice more with the Toyota... However: with the Tomahawk I did a 2:40.3 ( th-cam.com/video/_TNxAwMl6CA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jRb5oj6KpJxbchKZ )
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!
"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."
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?!
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 !!
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.
keep in mind, these cars are heavily restricted in terms of fuel flow and energy deployment. you can see him lifting off and coasting before each braking area because not only is he restricted on how much fuel per second the engine gets, he's also restricted by how much fuel the car uses for the whole lap. Simply removing those restrictions and the car can go sub 3 minutes.
ICEMAN™ Ryan Actually these cars are pretty restricted,they are being slowed down every year horsepower wise (not including the MGU) In the Group C days,they had 800-1000 hp consecutively,In 2011,they had 540 hp and now they have 500 hp (+500 by MGU system)
those cornering speeds are unreal...
...that HAS to be where all the time is made up...in the corners...the few corners the track actually has..and with their lift of and cost fuel economy trick as of the new fuel rules...and they have to be slower down the straights than the old Porsche 917 beasts as they had no chicanes to deal with back in the 70's...all negates the new LMP1 cars to break the track record now...so Kamui Kobayashi MUST be making all the time up in the corners!!!!
and the massive upsurge of basically instant power from the hybrid drivetrain on corner exits. i mean, it just engages hyperspace after clipping the apex
L Siu I think F1 can do better
Matteo Bonecchi F1 corners quicker yes, especially this year. F1 also has a little higher top speed. The LMP1s accelerate from slow corners faster.
Sorwis Because of the more power from ERS?
The #8 nearly broke the engine
The #7 nearly broke the Internet
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Fernando da Silva sir you just made my day 🤣
Fernando da Silva and all cars broke down
One was rammed and the other survived
And now the #8 wins the Le Mans 24 hr the year after
For real, this is absolutely insane, we just witnessed some shit right here...I mean, think of all the monsters that have been competing in Le Mans, and this thing goes 2 seconds quicker than the record like that...and it might even get quicker wow...
TH-cam Account #GatLePork amazing! and after the shit that happened with Toyota on last lap... I want Toyota to win this so badly:)
F1 could do probably 2 :50
Bartooc but who cares about F1 anymore ?
VdK f1 is still extremely popular.... both sports have different flavors and different aspects... why can't we enjoy both without bashing everything else
Blackeye 99
Yes, it's very true. There're so many savage comments & meaningless comparison.. But the most important thing is just enjoy the race with pure beating heart, I think. Anyway, I will do enjoy Le Mans 2017, Indy and F1♪ 😉💓
It's incredible how stable LMP1 cars are around the corners. It truely looks the they are on rails.
Indeet, thats what iam exactly think when i see them drive.
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!
I guess that's what the tailfin is for.
It’s thx to the amazing track, and shark wing
aldo falla Incredible indeed. Imagine being able to find the fine edge of control in THAT thing.
Being german and a Porsche lover, I still want Toyota to win. They deserve it, especially after last year's disaster. I mean, just look at how this beast is flying through corners and down the straight.
LB33 I am also German and in general a Porsche fan but I have to agree with you. Toyota really deserves the win this year. Hell, they should have won last year too. I am rooting for Toyota this year🇯🇵
Well, TMG is in Cologne, so they are kinda half-german I guess haha.
exactly technically this car is still made in germany by germans :D
Philipp Wilmer, gazoo racing team is japanese, though, so is their technology and most of their engineers. Most non-European Lemans racing teams are based in Europe, simply because the event itself is held in Europe, so it would be very inconvenient and time-consuming to test their cars somewhere abroad on an irrelevant race circuit. It just wouldn't make sense.
Yes many are Japanese. If you would see the German page from Toyota Motorsports you'd see that the engineers they are hiring are either Germans or English. In Germany based facility which is surrounded by the best universities in germany is most likely to get more german employees. Not to forget that main Languages there is german and english
What a lap. Superb driving... Go Kamui Kobayashi!!! Go Toyota!!!
Nuno Neves i 100% agree with you
He's been driving this circuit on PS2 since he was 4...#howitsdone
Like GT4?
I have been doing that too. But I'm still doing it.
He was 13 years old when ps2 came out
Fuck yeah, GT4!
What a game.
Ive been playing gt4 since 5yo
But i just driving on sarthe recently
You cannot deny, Kamui was one of the best F1 drivers but unfortunately top Formula One teams couldn't give him car because he wasn’t graduated from their junior teams as now Formula One teams are running. Kamui Kobayashi and Robert Kubica should have received driver seat in Formula One but both drivers have lacked of sponsors and back ground. They both have lost driver seats to slower drivers who have sponsors and background.
@@AnIdiotAboard_ yes, in term of sponsor, he brought Orlen
@@AnIdiotAboard_ no, orlen always following him, in ELMS, kubica drives with ORLEN sponsors.
and no, Lotus sponsor was not ORLEN, but TOTAL.
Kubica raced today XD
All in the name of politics.
Kobayashi the most underrated driver F1 has seen no doubt.
RIP LMP1. We'll probably never see anything like this at Le Mans again.
yeah its kinda sad, the hypercars are still stupidly fast cars but the P1 cars were otherworldly.
It's sad yes, but seeing Toyota race against themself in the past few years has been dull
Trust me mate. The hypercar era will be the new golden generation.
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.
@@fidan2fast being a Toyota Fan is boring now
2:52 this car is so insane
This car was able to throttle in these corners…
@@axelcalin8160 full throttle
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.
Kamui Kobayashi!! F1 lost. WEC gained!! 👍
WEC is much more entertained.";-)
I just think the LMP1 cars look better than the F1 cars.
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.
F1 is now boring
tyrael280 not this year
I could not see a single mistake on that lap.
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.
I could, in the camera work, not Kobayashi tho.
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!
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.
0:55 Imagine how fast it'll be without per lap energy limit.
Almost 1 second better
@@remi2985 quite a lot more. a sizable lift and coast in each braking zone
not to mention he set that time on medium tires!
@@remi2985 3-4 tf you on about
TOYOTA deserves to win this race they have been close so many times
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.
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.
André Lima to finish first you need to finish first ;)
You don't win races because your competitors think you "deserve" to win. You earn victories by beating them to the line.
"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.
this guy is underrated, honestly he’s unreal with that gap.
Eurobeat can boast up this car by 50HP.
i dont believe the boost is that low
@Jason Lam GT180 EVO... nah it’s 420 HP
That'll burn the headu gasketo
There is a video with eurobeat now and it's an absolute banger! 🔥
this is as close as you can get to a perfect lap !!! 👍
What a car have Toyota this year!
they want a le mans win soooo bad after last year.
it still went and done got F'd up my mechanical issues again. What did Toyota do wrong with these cars.
Wow, this is almost frightening. Look at the braking points ! 50 Meters?! From 280 km/h to 130 km/h... That's not a simulation, that is a insane good driver in a insane good car. Huge respect to Kamui!
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
What a lap guys, what a lap. Well done Kamui
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
Kamui should have never been dropped from f1
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.
Kobayashi got a hell of perfect maneuver here. Clean and sharp cut in every conner.
Kobayashi is so underrated
Perfect lap
GO KAMUI!
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.
Mark Webber said similar in his book about the acceleration being unbelievable compared to F1.
One of the greatest qualifying laps in motorsport history
Nissan may have Godzilla in the Skyline GT-R, but it looks like Toyota and Le Mans has their own version of Ultra Seven. ^_~
👍 from japan.😉
Me. Kobayashi, well done, sir! Well done!
toyota is life
toyota is love
Go Kamui! Loved his overtaking skills in F1.. best of luck with the race, mate!
It’s a perfect lap, every gear shift, every turn, every acceleration and braking zone.
How to send it at Le Mans:
Step 1: Toyota
Step 2: Former Japanese F1 Driver
Kamui Kobayashi- a legend 'the streets' won't forget. Also the true late breaker.
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.
Man I’m just now coming into the phenomenon that is Kobayashi. Absolute LEGEND.
Kobayashi deserves and F1 drive especially when you consider drivers like Palmer and Stroll
Why race F1 when you can race this? Haha F1 doesn't even compare right now
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@1010thechamp 919 Evo had far far worser conditions and worser tires. It's a far superior car.
Samurai Kamui!!
Absolutely amazing work from Kobayashi, never seen a lap as clean as this, perfect driving!!
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.
What a amazing lap.
But race is another thing.
Good Luck Kamui.
the bugs on the windshield last words were like "and he's on medium tires, absolute legend"
Aaaaaaaand STILLLLL is the fastest lap!
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.
LOL
HAHAHA
kobayashi was great in formula 1 i remember his debut in brazit great one
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!
one of the greatest lap in le mans history :D
MISS THESE FAST LMP1 NOW
PRIUS technology!!
It's crazy seeing these drivers I watched in Formula 1 as a kid still race and compete all these years later. Seeing their names on the screen is simply nostalgic...
Amazing drive, Kobayashi
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.
If you think this is amazing, wait until you see that Porsche 919 evo Nordschleife lap
Oh, oh I’ve seen it.
@@stephenhill1716 And what do you think? The Nordschleife is a much more challenging circuit than the Le Mans.
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.
"There was a time above... a time before. There were perfect things... diamond absolutes. How things fall, things on Earth."
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.
Ummm...... That's not very good. With the 919 hybrid I managed a 3:12.6
@@Sliced_Bread1 Yeah... I need to practice more with the Toyota... However: with the Tomahawk I did a 2:40.3 ( th-cam.com/video/_TNxAwMl6CA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jRb5oj6KpJxbchKZ )
@@DemonDracoFox I did a lap in the Tomohawk a while back and got a 1:59 there
@@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.
@@DemonDracoFox I watched your lap and I would recommend removing most of the assists other than abs. Most of those just slow you down
He even even annihilated the speed average of the track record before the Hunaudieres had chicanes. Just wow.
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!
One of the greatest lap in le mans history 😎
i think toyota will win
I hope so, last year was so sad, leading right up until the last lap.
They were the fastest last year as well...
Don't jinx it
Geert van der Wal are they still burning less fuel than porsches?
I was laughing at it too in the qualifying haha. You can never be too sure I guess.
Go King Kamui!!!
The car looks amazing! Like the TS010
IKR
In 10 years we will talk about thees LMP1 Rockets like we are talking about the old Group C Monsters
Was he lifting and coasting on a qually lap, and STILL running a 3'14?? Whoa :)
"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."
Just look at the speed through the final double chicane. I still get goosebumps from watching that lap
Kamikaze Kamui, legend.
This was pure insanity.Sheer speed is unbeliveable and some driving by Kobayashi.
As an Audi fan I want Toyota win.
His secret to get fastest time:Eurobeat
Kamui Kobayashi is so underrated...
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?!
If you watch the on-board, he lifts before the finish line, which is both inexplicable and amazing.
Kamui we miss you from F1!
Toyota might win this year. They've been good in Silverstone and Spa so far.
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 !!
It literally looks like this car is connected to train rails when going around corners. Absolutely insane
That's a phenomenal lap. Mr Kobayashi you have some skills sir. Hooked it up perfectly
When a japanese goes full nuts: breaks lap record in LeMans.
it looks like a timelapse through these corners, amazing
Epic!!
I haven't heard kamuis name in awhile. Great to see him still on the grind. That lap was a near joke. Hell of a run. Wow.
Kobayashi is one of the best drivers in the world
Je ne me lasse pas de le regarder encore et encore "le tour parfait"
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.
LMP1s are roughly 175 kg heavier than F1 cars and also LMP1s generate nearly 1000 hp
";-)
@@tonydmty1234567 But not constantly like F1 their hybrid power runs out until recovery when they brake at speed above 300 kmh
f1 needs to race here
If the Formula 1 cars raced here, it would become The Le Mans Grand Prix
What a driver
Give him a good car in F1 he is world champion
thats unreal corner speeds..and car looked clean stable on entries..no scrubbing.
It just doooesn t get boring never ever ever!
The perfect lap!
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.
1:15 gains like 25 km/h for top speed simply from slipstreaming, that's an insane gain
No he didn't, it was just the speedometer freezing
I'd have liked to have seen this guy still be in f1 . He is talented
What a beast
Off course he is the fastest, he has a dragon maid waiting for him at home.
:P
wait.
Lololol
keep in mind, these cars are heavily restricted in terms of fuel flow and energy deployment. you can see him lifting off and coasting before each braking area because not only is he restricted on how much fuel per second the engine gets, he's also restricted by how much fuel the car uses for the whole lap. Simply removing those restrictions and the car can go sub 3 minutes.
This is better than F1 no restrictions in technology and bans etc etc! This is pure racing Formula one is all politics etc
ICEMAN™ Ryan Actually these cars are pretty restricted,they are being slowed down every year horsepower wise (not including the MGU)
In the Group C days,they had 800-1000 hp consecutively,In 2011,they had 540 hp and now they have 500 hp (+500 by MGU system)
Unreal slipstream off the Porsche after Mulsanne chicane 1. Watch the speed jump from 190 mph to over 200, pipping over 206 even.
A Banzai Lap! Long Live to Endurance Race!