Kazuki Nakajima put the Toyota he shares with double Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso on provisional pole for the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race on Wednesday night.
Nakajima lapped the dry Sarthe circuit with a fastest time of 3 minutes, 17.270 seconds in the first two-hour night-time qualifying session.
Toyota, now the only major manufacturer entered in the top LMP1 category after champion Porsche quit, has only itself to beat but can take nothing for granted after losing out in 2017 due to unreliability.