Rebellion Racing continues to lead the way in practice ahead of the Total Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, with Gustavo Menezes leading the way with a best time of 2:00.878.
Menezes’ best time was half a second quicker than Brendon Hartley in the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid, with Kamui Kobayashi third in the #7 Toyota ahead of ByKolles in fourth.
The #8 Toyota was given a five minute stop-and-go penalty during the session for repeated track limit offences, while the session was also briefly red flagged when the #29 Racing Team Nederland ORECA 07-Gibson found the barriers.
The quickest time in LMP2 was set by Thomas Laurent in the #36 Signatech Alpine A470-Gibson. The Frenchman’s 02:03.371 was enough to outpace Job van Uitert in the all-Dutch #29 car, which crashed at Fagnes later in the session with Frits van Eerd behind the wheel.
Championship leader Paul di Resta was third for United Autosports ahead of Cool Racing’s Nicolas Lapierre.
Aston Martin sweeps GTE Pro
Aston Martin locked out the leaderboard in GTE Pro. Maxime Martin went around his home track in a time of 2:17.410 in the #97 Aston Martin Vantage AMR, which won the six-hour race at Spa in 2019. The Belgian’s best efforts was 0.667s quicker than the #95 sister car in the hands of Nicki Thiim.
Miguel Molina took third place in the #71 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, while Kevin Estre in the #92 Porsche 911 RSR-19.
GTE Am saw Porsche junior Matteo Cairoli quickest in the #56 Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR, ahead of ex-F1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella in the #54 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, while Felipe Fraga was third fastest in the #57 Team Project 1 Porsche.
