Sebring WEC: Alonso record lap gives #8 Toyota pole

Alonso lapped the Florida airfield venue in 1m40.124s in the quicker of the two Toyota TS050 Hybrids, lowering Mike Conway's unofficial record from pre-event testing last weekend by nearly a second.

Kazuki Nakajima took over the #8 Toyota to establish a qualifying average of 1m40.318s, a little under half a second up on the sister #7 car shared by Conway and Jose Maria Lopez.

Egor Orudzhev and Stephane Sarrazin ensured the #17 BR Engineering BR1 was quickest of the non-hybrid LMP1s in third.

Jackie Chan DC Racing secured LMP2 pole thanks to the combined efforts of Stephane Richelmi and Gabriel Aubry in the #38 Oreca 07.

GTE Pro class pole went to the #92 Porsche 911 RSR of points leaders Michael Christensen and Kevin Estre, while top spot in GTE Am was taken by the #77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche shared by Matt Campbell and Christian Ried.

There was a red flag during the GTE session due to a major crash for Luis Perez Companc in the #61 Clearwater Racing Ferrari at Turn 7. The Argentine driver escaped unharmed.

Full report to follow