FP2: Alpine fastest; Ferrari top in LMGTE Pro
The second Free Practice session for the TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps saw Alpine hold a slender advantage over Toyota at the top of the times this morning in continuing cool and overcast conditions.
After another 90 minutes of running here are the key moments:
Hypercar
• Alpine Elf Matmut again fastest in Hypercar category as Andre Negrao sets fastest time of the meeting so far on a 2m03.396s
• Brazilian ace out-paces second placed No.8 Toyota GR010-Hybrid driven by Brendon Hartley by just 0.035s!
• No.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing entered GR010 driven by Jose-Maria Lopez, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi places third in new for 2021 class
LMGTE Pro
• No.51 AF Corse Ferrari entry of James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi take over at the top with an early session 2m13.552s lap by Calado good enough
• No.91 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR – 19 of Richard Lietz and Gimmi Bruni places second just 0.2s off the Ferrari
• The second AF Corse Ferrari of Miguel Molina and Daniel Serra places third with No.91 Porsche of Jani and Estre fourth with all just covered by 0.6s.
• No.63 Corvette Racing entry of Oliver Gavin and Antonio Garcia sees disrupted session with reduced running and places fifth in class
LMP2
• Filipe Albuquerque continues to be the benchmark in LMP2 for United Autosports USA as he sets a 2m03.733s lap to go 0.35s faster than his Thursday best
• Second is the No.26 G-Drive Aurus 01-Gibson as Nyck de Vries is the only other driver to get below the 2m04s mark in LMP2
• Inter Europol Competition are third as Alex Brundle’s early best of 2m04.230s boosts WEC full-season rookie team
LMGTE Am
• No.77 Dempsey Proton Porsche heads the 12 car LMGTE Am class with Jaxon Evans peaking on a best lap of 2m14.170s. He shares with Matt Campbell and Christian Reid this weekend
• Second is the No.54 AF Corse Ferrari as Francesco Castellacci sets best lap of 2m14.222s
• Ferrari third as well with No.60 Iron Lynx car driven by Claudio Schiavoni is 0.2s in arrears
Live timing can be found HERE.
The third and final hour of free practice will begin at 14h00 CEST today, with qualifying following at 18h20 CEST.
