Nicolas Lapierre leads the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in the #36 Alpine A480, with Jose Maria Lopez in #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid some 20 seconds back. The sister #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, with Brendon Hartley at the wheel, is third.
The Toyotas controlled the race early on, with each car having a turn in the lead, but the Alpine has managed to jump them, two hours into the race, which has so far seen no safety cars or full course yellows.
In LMP2, #22 United Autosports ORECA 07-Gibson’s Filipe Albuquerque leads after an incredible first stint from Phil Hanson, where he briefly took the lead on the first lap before the Toyotas useds their straight line speed advantage to reclaim first and second.
Around 2 seconds back is Frits van Eerd in the #29 Racing Team Nederland ORECA 07-Gibson, who has so far managed to stay on the back of Albuquerque.
Catching him, though, is Ferdinand Habsburg in Team WRT’s #31 ORECA 07-Gibson, currently in third but only 5 seconds back, catching at a few seconds a lap.
The #51 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, with Alessandro Pier Guidi at the wheel, leads GTE Pro. Second is Miguel Molina in the other Pro-class Ferrari, the #52 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.
The third-placed car, Neil Jani’s #92 Porsche 911 RSR-19, led for most of the first two hours, until rear punctures hit both factory Porsches and they had to pit off schedule.
Finally, GTE Am is lead by Alessio Rovera in #83 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo. Second is #77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR-19’s Christian Reid, who has receovered from his heavy qualifying shunt yesterday.
Third in class is Ben Keating, behind the wheel of #33 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR.
