Overview

• Alex Lynn secured pole position in the #12 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh with a 3 m 23.166 s lap, becoming the first American marque to take outright pole since 1967
• Earl Bamber followed 0.167 seconds adrift in the sister #38 Cadillac to complete a front-row sweep in qualifying
• Bourdais warned that competitors may be concealing pace and that Cadillac’s lower top speed versus Porsche and Ferrari could limit race prospects
• Ferrari’s fastest Hyperpole lap placed seventh and Toyota’s best time was tenth, raising questions about their qualifying setups
• Cadillac’s strong long-run pace in practice suggests race consistency, but qualifying relied heavily on slipstream opportunities