Beaten to top spot by two Penske Porsche’s, the #8 Toyota of Sebastien Buemi, Brendeon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa finished third fastest during Sunday’s second day of testing at Le Mans.

Buemi 𝓀started the six-hour test in the car before ending the day out on track and was happy with how the day went.

Buemi said: “Obviously i🐠ts’s always a great pleasure to be back at Le Mans. We had good weather,﷽ which may not be the case all through race week, and I was able to do quite a few laps.

“I started the day and finish꧋ed it, so I saw a big track improvement but the car feels quite good and I am quite happy with how the day𝕴 went.

“We have time to look𝔉 at the data⭕ and see what we can improve for Wednesday.”

A four-time winner of the race, Buemi is the most experienced and success꧟ful driver in the #8 car.

However, Hartley is also very experienced around the Circuit de la Sarthe, winning the event in 2𝓡017 with Porsche, and again in 2020 and 2022 with Toyota.

“It’s really nice🧸 to be back at Le Mans,” said Hartley. “Every year when I come back here💖 it is a real pleasure; it feels like we are back at home.

“It was a smooth day💃 with no real drama and we got through the majority of the run plan. There were a few red flags and safety cars but that’s the same 💟for everyone.

“It looks promising for us at this stage. We never༒ know what everyone▨ is doing. but it’s been a positive start.”

Hiraꦑkawa also got some seat time on Sunday as he tested several different compone♔nts.

Hirakawa added: “We tested a lot of different options and it has be🍌en a useful day. We ran through our programme and now we will focus over the next few days on investigating the da🔥ta and improving the set-up for race week.

“So far everything looks reasonable but we still need to improve a bit 🌞to catch up to our competitors. I am sure we can improve further for race week.”