The Headlines from FP3
- The third and final free practice session at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya saw the 17-car Hypercar contingent get the track to themselves for a 60-minute session held in warm and sunny conditions
- Topping the times was the #50 Ferrari AF Corse 499P, as Antonio Fuoco posted a peak lap of 1m31.206s to outpace the #19 Genesis Magma Racing GMR-001 by a slender 0.015s, with Daniel Juncadella setting the quickest time for the Korean manufacturer
- Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA maintained its strong form both over a single lap and longer stints, as the #38 Cadillac V-Series.R piloted by Earl Bamber, Sébastien Bourdais and Jack Aitken concluded the session third, just 0.2 off Fuoco’s pace-setting benchmark
- Aston Martin THOR Team took fourth, as the #009 Valkyrie lapped in 1m31.361s, with Marco Sørensen and local ace Alex Riberas continuing to show good speed
- The second of the Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA entries, the #12, placed fifth as the returning Alex Lynn increasingly re-familiarises himself with a car he has not raced since the 2025 season finale in Bahrain
- Rounding out the top six was the #35 Alpine Endurance Team A424 of Ferdinand Habsburg and Charles Milesi, with the Austro/French pairing showing much improved pace after a tricky opening two sessions
- The final spots inside the top ten were occupied by the #83 AF Corse Ferrari in seventh, the #36 Alpine in eighth, the #15 BMW in ninth and the #007 Aston Martin in tenth
- The session ran without major incident, with only a brief gravely excursion by Paul Di Resta in the #93 Team Peugeot TotalEnergies 9X8 bringing out brief yellow flags
Check out the full Hypercar FP3 results. Saturday’s Spanish action continues with Hypercar qualifying and Hyperpole at 15:40 local time (CEST).
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