· No.8 Audi R18 again topped the times at Circuit of The Americas in Free Practice 3 this morning – the final session before qualifying.
· Audi’s Loic Duval was the only driver to break into the 1m45s bracket with a time of 1:45.719
· This was the biggest margin of the weekend so far – Duval’s time was 0.332 of a second quicker than Porsche’s Brendon Hartley.
· The time is also considerably quicker than last year’s pole qualifying time of 1'46.211 recorded by Porsche’s Neel Jani and Marc Lieb.
· Rebellion Racing’s Alexandre Imperatori recorded the fastest lap in LM P1 Privateer class at 1:52.538. The Rebellion was again the fastest car in a straight line this week so far with a fastest top speed of 303.4 recorded FP1.
· Manor Racing’s Roberto Merhi put their Oreca-Nissan on the top of the timesheet in LM P2 at 1:55.696 just ahead of Bruno Senna’s RGR Ligier.
· Aston Martin has continued its Mexico City winning form this morning. The fastest three cars in FP3 this morning LM GTE Pro were Astons led by Marco Sorensen with a time of 2:03.368.
· This was the first session of the week not led by the Ford GT.
· Kevin Estre has been fast on his return to the championship this weekend filling in for Patrick Long. Estre was fastest for Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing this morning in LM GTE Am with a time of 2:06.038
· Qualifying is up next at 5:45pm for LM GTE Pro and AM followed by LM P1 and LM P2 qualifying at 6:15pm
For the full times from FP3 click HERE
