On simply his third lap of the session Estre produced a 2m04.162s in his #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh, placing him simply 0.121s away from the works #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar during which Fuoco had topped Thursday’s earlier FP1.
Fuoco additionally set his time within the early minutes of the 90-minute session, and neither could be bettered – though Alex Lynn got here shut aboard the only real Chip Ganassi Racing-run Cadillac V-Collection.R LMDh.
The Briton’s 2m04.341s lap was the one different time inside two tenths of Estre’s benchmark and put him third within the leaderboard.
Kamui Kobayashi made it 4 totally different producers within the prime 4 positions with the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID LMH. The Imola winner slotted in forward of Callum Ilott’s #12 Jota Porsche, 0.721s off the tempo.
Julien Andlauer was among the many few drivers who did not set their greatest time within the early levels of the session and vaulted as much as sixth within the #99 Proton Competition 963 forward of Brendon Hartley within the second Toyota and Robert Kubica’s buyer 499P operated by AF Corse.
Mikkel Jensen put the main Peugeot 9X8 LMH in ninth spot, because the second works Ferrari pushed by James Calado rounded out the highest 10.
Following its spectacular displaying to finish up third in opening observe, the only real Iron Lynx-run Lamborghini SC63 LMDh clocked the eleventh quickest time in Daniil Kvyat‘s fingers, forward of Phil Hanson’s Jota Porsche and the second Peugeot pushed by Loic Duval.
#63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx Lamborghini SC63: Mirko Bortolotti, Andrea Caldarelli, Daniil Kvyat
Photograph by: Paul Foster
The very best of the WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDhs ended up fifteenth, simply forward of the main Signatech Alpine A424 LMDh with stand-in Jules Gounon setting the quickest time within the #35 entry on his second outing instead of the injured Ferdinand Habsburg.
The ASP-run Lexus RC F claimed prime spot within the LMGT3 class courtesy of WEC debutant Clemens Schmid.
Silver-rated Schmid, a DTM common in Lamborghini and McLaren equipment in latest seasons, is a last-minute alternative for an unwell Timur Boguslavskiy.
He set a benchmark time of 2m21.257s that proved 0.115s sooner than Michelle Gatting‘s Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan.
Valentino Rossi accomplished the highest three aboard WRT’s BMW M4, forward of Sebastian Baud within the TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3.R.
Three full course yellows interrupted the session, though two have been to check race management procedures. The opposite was triggered when Darren Leung‘s BMW was briefly caught within the gravel at La Supply.