24 Hours of Le Mans: Porsche breaks all records

The Circuit de la Sarthe is already abuzz with the sound of LMP1 cars storming around. And there appears to be a particularly raucous din coming from the pit garage of Porsche. Well, Mission 2014 might not have gone quite according to their plan, but Porsche seem to be attacking the 2015 edition of the greatest four-wheeler road race there is with tremendous gusto. And if their run during the first qualifying session is anything to go by, their race pace ought to be good as well.

Porsche dominated the first qualifying session at the Circuit de la Sarthe, with their driver Neel Jani clocking a timing of 3min 16.887sec around the 13.6km long track. He was followed home by the other two Porsches, with Timo Bernhard’s No 17 car setting a time of 3min 17.767sec. The third Porsche, with Nick Tandy at the wheel, set a time of 3min …