6H Spa: Rebellion fastest in all three FP sessions; Porsche tops GTE Pro times

The session only ran for 30 minutes before being red flagged due to repair work needed at T14 

LMP1

• Rebellion Racing posted the first sub 2 minute lap time of the event so far as Gustavo Menezes clocked 1:59.605 in the Rebellion R13 Gibson
• The Swiss team complete all three FP sessions fastest
• No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 HYBRID second fastest with a time of 2:00.043 set by Mike Conway
• Sister No. 8 car driven by Kazuki Nakajima 0.046s adrift of the leading Toyota’s time

#6hSpa FP3 result

🟥 P1: #1 @RebellionRacing
🟦 P1: #29 @RacingTeamNL
🟩 P1: #92 @PorscheRaces
🟧 P1: #83 @AFCorse

Session only ran for 30mins before being red flagged due to repair work at T14. #WEC #WECRacesForYou @total @TotalRacingENG @TotalRacingFR pic.twitter.com/DEbtCMJmfE

— WEC (@FIAWEC) August 14, 2020

LMGTE Pro

• In LMGTE Pro, Porsche GT Team proved quickest as Michael Christensen clocks a time of 2:14.558 in the Porsche 911 RSR – 19  he shares with Kevin Estre
• Christensen’s time is the fastest GTE Pro of the three practice sessions beating Maxime Martin’s previous best of 2:14.678
• AF Corse Ferrari second and third fastest with No. 51 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 1.615s ahead of the sister No. 71 car  
• Aston Martin Racing’s No. 95 and 97 entries fifth and sixth – the cars unable to get enough laps in before the session was red flagged 

LMP2

• Racing Team Nederland top highly-competitive LMP2 category with a time of 2:03.170 in the ORECA 07 Gibson 
• Category leaders United Autosports second fastest with a time of 2:03.631 with Paul Di Resta at the wheel
• Cool Racing third fastest overall as Nico Lapierre sets a time of 2:05.290s 
• WEC newcomers Eurasia Motorsport were fifth with Roberto Merhi setting a time of 2:05.754 in the Ligier JSP217 but later suffering from a spin

LMGTE Am

• No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari set the pace-setting time of 2:16.833 early in the session 
• AF Corse’s pace-setting time was 0.518s ahead of second-placed No. 90 TF Sport entry with Charlie Eastwood at the wheel
• Third quickest was the No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR entry 

Qualifying is up next and will begin at 18h00 CEST for GTE classes, before LMP qualifying will follow at 18h30.