Brendon Hartley’s pole aboard the #8 GR010 HYBRID he shares with Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa means the trio now only have to finish third to seal the title even if the sister Le Mans Hypercar driven by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez wins the eight-hour race on Saturday.
Had the extra point gone to Kobayashi, who went up against Hartley in qualifying, or if another manufacturer took pole, the Japanese driver and his team-mates would have taken the WEC Hypercar title on count-back with the Toyotas finishing first and third.
