Jota Cadillac driver Alex Lynn says he “waited 12꧋ months” to take pole at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans following his cruel de💖feat in the 2024 Hyperpole.

Alex Lynn came just o♈ver a t🌠enth away from taking a first pole at Le Mans for Cadillac in last year’s Le Mans, but for a late flying effort from Porsche’s Kevin Estre to deny him.

But on Thursday ahead of the 2025 edition of the French enduro, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lynnജ got his revenge as he snatched pole away from the No.5 Porsche to u🅷ltimately lead a Jota 🌺Cadillac 1-2 ahead of the No.38 driven by Earl Bamber.

It marks Cadillac’s first pole at Le Mans and the first for an Ame𝔍rican manufactur🍌er in the top class since 1967.

“It feels speci✅al, but I have to say for me personally I’ve waited 12 mon🌸ths to do this again,” he told the media, including wuqian0821.com, on Thursday.

✱“The P2 last💫 year was one tenth off of pole and it felt like 100 miles away.

“There’s a big difference between P1 and P2, just in that feeling, and I ♏was d﷽etermined to have that feeling tonight.”

On the wait for all cars to finis Hyperpole, 🍸Lynn added: “It’s tough, because also again I was remembering 12 months ago when I thought I had it, and then 30 seconds later Kevin Estre comes over the line.

“So, it’s a hard wait. It’s t🌱he longest 30 seconds.”

Cadillac topped every session on the way to the final Hyperpole session, while pre-race favourites Fer💙rari ended up with just one car - the No.50 - in the top 10 down in seventh.

Asked by Crash if he was surprised by the Ferrari’s posing📖 no threat to Cadillac in Hyperpole, Lynn replied: “Well, I think they will be very fast [in the race].

“B𝕴ut I have to say th🌞e Cadillac over one lap has something a bit special.

“We’ve found that over the last three years, but obviously to put it altogether𒁃 over one lap is never easy.”

He added: “I think itℱ’s just got the downforce and the way i🌳t can fire up its tyres.

“To be good in qualifying you need a lot of front end and I think w♔e’ve got a lo😼t of front downforce on our car to hook it up.

“I think sometimes th🌊e window can be a bit too sm✅all. But when it’s on song, it’s a brilliant car.”

Lynn’s final lap didn’t loo✤k like it would challenge for pole after the second sector, but a mighty final split allowed him to produce the 3m23.166s time that would claim top spot.

ꦏ“Yeah, I did,” he said when asked if he left it all out there in sector three.

“I think the third sector is always my best, I think the second is my weakest. 🔴So, you kind of get a feeling of your level of risk.”

Now in his third season as a Cadillac driver in the ♔World Endurance Championship, Lynn’s only podium in the car in the series r🍬emains a third-place finish at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans.

However, he did tꦇake the Cadillac to victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring IMSA SportsCar Championship round in 2022.

Last year he was seventh at Le Mans, wh𝐆ile the No.12 car’s best result in 2025 has been a fifth last time out🎶 at Spa.