Aston Martin The Heart of Racing team took a sensational quickest lap time in the hour long final Free Practice session at Fuji. Aston's joy is enhanced by the #27 LMGT3 entry also topping the times in the ultra-close category...
The final Free Practice session in preparation for tomorrows 6 Hour of Fuji sees Aston Martin Heart of Racing top their first ever WEC session in their debut season with the Valkyrie Hypercar
Harry Tincknell’s best lap of 1m29.492s is a tiny 0.024 ahead of the #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA machine as Earl Bamber sets an early session best of 1m29.516s in the gold liveried Hypercar
Cadillac turn up the pace for FP3 as Alex Lynn, who sat on the pole 12 months ago, peaks on a 1m29.523s best in the #12 Cadillac. Just 0.031s covered the top three
Aston Martin also take fourth as the #009 Valkyrie, in the hands of Marco Sørensen, ensures that the air of positivity in the Heart of Racing pit continues through the final practice session
Fifth in Hypercar is the #94 Team Peugeot TotalEnergies 9X8 driven by Loïc Duval, Malthe Jakobsen and Stoffel Vandoorne, with the latter driver competing in his final race for ‘The Lions this weekend before Théo Pourchaire takes over for the Bahrain finale in November
BMW M Team WRT take sixth position with its #20 car that is aiming to fightback from a disappointing early retirement at COTA last time out.
Alpine end the session seventh with its #35 A424 Hypercar as ‘Les Bleues’ aim to reprise a strong 2024 result when the sister #36 car took a maiden podium
The second of the Peugeots ends the session in ninth position with Mikkel Jensen setting the time, while the #8 TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Hypercar and the #83 AF Corse Ferrari round out the top ten
The highest-placed Porsche finishes the FP3 session in a lowly 16th place with the #99 Proton 963 heading the two Porsche Penske Motorsport entries
LMGT3
Zacharie Robichon had set the pace in the #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin with a 1m40.800s lap set midway through the session
That lap by the Canadian ensures the #27 Aston beats an early session best lap set by the #59 United Autosports McLaren entry as James Cottingham peaks on a 1m40.838s best
The #81 TF Sport Corvette makes it three manufacturers in the top three in a typical close order as Rui Andrade punches in a 1m41.037
United Autosports positivity is enhanced by a fourth placed best time for the COTA winning #95 McLaren with Darren Leung, Sean Gelael and Marino Sato aiming for back-to-back wins this weekend
The top six in LMGT3 is completed by the #60 Iron Lynx Mercedes and 2024 category winners #54 VISTA AF Corse Ferrari
Problems strike for the #77 Proton Competition Ford Mustang as a mechanical issue strands Ben Tuck out on track at Turn 1 and triggers a Full Course Yellow
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