WATCH Kamui Kobayashi's incredible record Le Mans lap

Kamui Kobayashi has set a new lap record during qualifying for the Le Mans 24 Hours in the #7 Toyota Gazoo TS050 Hybrid of 3m 14.791s.
#7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050-Hybrid: Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Stephane Sarrazin
#7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050-Hybrid: Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Stephane Sarrazin
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Kamui Kobayashi has set a new lap record during qualifying for the Le Mans 24 Hours in the #7 Toyota Gazoo TS050 Hybrid of 3m 14.791s🍎 - averaging over 250kp🔯h.

The outstanding lap was set on the Japanese driver's opening flying lap in qualifying two after the ꧟session was suspended by 50 minutes for barrier repairs after the #33 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier dri꧙ven by Erik Maris who was taken to the medical centre as a precaution.

With the sun setting on the second qualifying session, Kobayashi took advantage of the open track slo𓃲t to destroy﷽ the previous lap record in an amazing feat capture by the onboard cameras on his #7 Toyota.

Qualifying for the 85th edition of the Le Man๊s 24 Hours race concludℱes with session three run between 22:00-00:00 local time ahead of the race on the 17-18 June.

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