Toyota Gazoo Racing #8 of Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima will start from top spot on the grid for Saturday's Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, despite ending the qualifying session in second place behind the sister car.
The #7 Toyota of Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway set a combined average lap of 1:54.488s to grab pole position.
However, all of the times were subsequently cancelled after the Fuel Flow Meter was incorrectly declared and the #7 TS050 will start the race from the pitlane.
The car was deemed by the stewards to have run with an incorrect declaration of Fuel Flow Meter which was a breach of Article 6.1.4 of the Sporting Regulations.
The #8 Toyota TS050 of Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima will now start the race from pole position, with the two Rebellion R13s in second and third, with Neel Jani and Bruno Senna finishishing as the best non-Hybrid entry in the #1 R13-Gibson.
The session was interrupted by two red flags. The first for the #17 SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1-AER causes red flag after stopping with a technical problem.
The second red flag caused by a heavy accident involving Pietro Fittipaldi, the 21-year old grandson of two times Formula 1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, at Eau Rouge at the wheel of the DragonSpeed BR Engineering BR1.
The session was delayed by 40-minutes as Fittipaldi received medical attention for suspected fractures to both legs and is transported to Liege hospital.
The FIA confirmed: "At 15:52 today, Friday 4 May 2018, the #10 DragonSpeed BR Engineering BR1 left the track at high speed at Raidillon, Circuit de Spa Francorchamps."
"The incident occurred during the LMP qualifying session for the 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps. The car was being driven by Pietro Fittipaldi of Brazil."
"The driver, who was conscious at all times, was attended immediately by the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Medical Services and FIA Medical Delegate Jacques Tropenat, extracted from the car and taken by helicopter to the Centre Hospitalier de la Citadelle de Liège with suspected fractures to both legs."
"He is accompanied by the DragonSpeed Team Manager and his condition is not life-threatening."
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