Ferrari had an up-and-down Hyperpole session at Le Mans as red flags caused them🎐 a shot at pole position.

Anto൲nio Fuoco, Ferrari’s most prolific qualifier, was set to go onto provisio𝐆nal pole with under ten minutes to go.

However, red flags were brought💧 out before he could finish his lap when the #15 BMW of Dries Vanthoor hit the barr🦋ier at Indianapolis.

With the best of his tyres gone, Fuoco tried one more push lap but abandoned that attempt a꧒t turn🗹 two and three when he went wide.

“It was a very tough Hyperp🀅ole,” said Fuoco who finished P5 in the #50 Ferrari. “We did our🅠 best as a team to exploit the potential of our 499Ps.

“It appears that some competitors are overall stronger than us, but we know that the 24 Hours💫 of Le Mans is a long race where various factors will play a crucial role, including the experience we drivers and the entire team have gained over the past few months.”

On the other side of the garage Alessandro Pier Guidi qualified fourth in the #51 Ferrarꦗi, but was also unable to match the likes of Cadillac and the #6 Po𒆙rsche which secured pole in the hands of Kevin Estre.

Guidi said: “We knew we might struggle in🐟 Hyperpole in terms of p𒐪erformance compared to some competitors.

“We weren’t very lucky with the red flag, whic⛎h affected our tyre preparation as we tried to improve in the fi♈nal phase. 

“However, I think our goal was to qualify i🎃n the first two rows, to lower the r🐽isks at the start, and we achieved that.

“The race? I’m confident and believe we can perform we𝕴ll, particularly as we can draw on the experience 🌃gained in 2023.

“I believe we have what ꦦit takes to perform well in th💦e 24 Hours of Le Mans.”