Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps - FP1 headlines
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Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps - FP1 headlines

The key points from Free Practice 1 at the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps…

•    Alonso sets 1m58.392s lap in No.8 Toyota TS050 HYBRID to lead the way
•    Sister No.7 Toyota is 0.2s behind in second position as Mike Conway sets lap of 1m58.629s
•    Thomas Laurent in No.3 Rebellion Racing R13 entry gets within 0.4s of the Toyotas as he stops the clocks at 1m58.849s
•    DragonSpeed BR1-Gibson places fourth with Ben Hanley lapping in 1m59.321s
•    Second Rebellion Racing of Bruno Senna, Neel Jani and André Lotterer ends session in fifth place
•    Ford and Porsche quick in LMGTE Pro as Andy Priaulx sets 2m15.014s best in No.67 Ford Chip Ganassi Ford GT car to lead the way


•    No.66 Ford GT places second in LMGTE Pro class as Olivier Pla laps just 0.2s off stablemates 
•    Porsche place third and fourth as No.91 911 RSR heads No.92. Bruni sets late best lap for German manufacturer
•    BMW sixth and eighth in FP1 as No.82 leads No.81 BMW Team MTEK M8 on competitive FIA WEC debut
•    In LMP2 Pastor Maldonado tops his first WEC session with a 2m03.494s lap in No.31 DragonSpeed Oreca, as Venezuelan opens 0.6s advantage over        rest of LMP2 field.
•    2016 champions Signatech Alpine sit second and G-Drive Racing is third in LMP2 class
•    Matteo Cairoli fastest for No.88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche
•    Young Italian claims an early session 2m16.601s best to outpace Porsche from Gulf Racing 911 RSR driven by Ben Barker 
•    Dempsey-Proton driven by Christian Ried, Julien Andlauer and Matt Campbell make it a Porsche 1-2-3 in LMGTE Am

The second Free Practice session is scheduled to begin at 16.25 local time