Kobayashi gives Toyota a turn at the front in Le Mans night practice

Toyota's No. 7 TR010 topped the second practice session of Le Mans week under the cover of darkness with a 3m26.096s set right at the end by Kamui Kobayashi.

After a hugely disappointing run in qualifying, the No. 83 AF Corse 499P was fast and looked set to top the timesheets but ended up second. Yifei Ye set a 3m26.316s in the 2025 overall-winning Hypercar, which will start this year's race 17th after failing to make it into Hyperpole earlier today.

It was a productive night session for the team, which spent the majority of the 120-minute run gathering data on an old set of medium Michelin tires, before switching to a used set of Hards for the closing laps.

It was tight up top in Hypercar, with the top five separated by under four tenths. Completing the top three in the overall rankings was the No. 101 WTR Cadillac. The No. 36 Alpine was fourth. The No. 12 JOTA Cadillac ended up P5 with a lap time set before Louis Deletraz suffered a puncture in the final half hour, forcing the Swiss to limp back to the pits to avoid damaging the car's bodywork.

Genesis' No. 19 GMR-001 ran well in its first competitive night session in the WEC, finishing the day sixth.

The No. 12 Cadillac was one of several cars that ran into trouble during the session. Elsewhere in Hypercar, the No. 15 WRT BMW ended up beached in the gravel at the Esses, and the No. 7 briefly faced the wrong way at the top of the hill with the Goodyear bridge.

Setback for the Proton Proton Competition LMP2 Pro/Am ORECA. JJ Media photo

In the LMP2 classes, the No. 44 Proton Competition LMP2 Pro/Am ORECA hit the barriers at Arnage, the No. 30 Duqueine ORECA lost time stranded in a gravel bed, and the No. 222 Racing Against Diabetes United Autosports 07 Gibson suffered an off after just seven laps with Mikkel Jensen aboard. The car was wheeled back into the pit lane under covers but, encouragingly, it got out for a shakedown right at the end of the session.

At the top of the leaderboard in the class, the No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis ORECA led the way with a 3m33.645s from Esteban Masson, who toured the circuit over a second quicker than the LMP2 Pro/Am-topping Crowdstrike Racing by APR ORECA, which slotted in second in the combined P2 rankings. Matthieu Vaxiviere rose to third with a late flyer in AF Corse's No. 183 machine.

LMGT3 saw six marques feature in the top six places. Team WRT rose to the top with a 3m55.132s from Augusto Farfus in the No. 32 M4 LMGT3 Evo. The No. 61 Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG was three tenths off in second. The Bend Manthey Porsche nabbed P3.

Track action continues tomorrow with Free Practice 3 at 2:45pm local time.

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