2016 Le Mans 24 hours: Porsche holds onto pole position as qualifying comes to an end

Wednesday at Le Mans saw Porsche claim provisional pole position with Neel Jani setting a fastest lap time of 3:19.733 in the #6 919 Hybrid.  Yesterday at Q2, the session commenced at 19:00 local time with weather conditions quickly deteriorating to the point where the session had to be halted at around 21:00.

The torrential downpour resulted in the session being resumed at 23:15, but the track was already so soaked that the times set on the previous day did not get bested. As a result, Porsche’s provisional pole got solidified by…