Le Mans.- With overcast skies, part of the track wet and temperatures still low, the warm up prior to the race 24 Hours of Le Mans, a 15-minute session to take the last touch of the track before the main event. The activity started five minutes late, and was declared wet.
Shortly after hitting the track, drama arose, when the #7 Toyota collided with a GT3 in the esses, causing a spin, damage to the front and having to return to the pit, with Nyck de Vries at the rear. controls. The Japanese team began the repair work against the clock, less than four hours before the start of the test.
Peugeot will also have extra work with the #93, which stopped before the checkered flag.
The #83 AF Corse Ferrari, in the hands of Robert Kubica, took the lead with a 3:30.390, ahead of Giovinazzi’s #51 official Ferrari and the reborn (and rebuilt) Jota #12. Kubica lowered his mark even further to 3:29.260, and Giovinazzi, after threatening the previous lap with the first sector record, improved the first two and was on track to lead, before losing time in the third sector and leaving first place in hands of #83.
The table had a curious appearance, since only eight Hypercars were among the fastest, while others fell behind some LMP2 and the rest did not set representative times. The #2 Cadillac, driven by Lynn, was not among the cars with a competitive brand, while the #50 Ferrari of Molina, with the Spaniard, was not among the cars with a competitive brand and occupied the last places.
In LMP2, Ben Barnicoat was the fastest with the #183 of AF Corse, the main protagonist of the session, while the #37 of Lorenzo Fluxá (carried by his teammate Jakobsen) was penultimate in the category.
In LGMT3, Daniel Serra led for GR Racing, ahead of the #88 of Proton Competition, while Dani Juncadella, who will have to captain the #82 Corvette of TF Sport, watched from the box as his teammate Baud also occupied the last places.
With the end of the session came a downpour that fell on the La Sarthe circuit, and which threatens to be repeated at various times during the race.
