The Frenchman logged a 2m04.125s aboard his #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 LMDh within the early minutes and, as he had performed in Thursday’s second follow, was by no means headed for the rest of the hour-long session.
Estre usurped the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar that had briefly headed the occasions in James Calado’s arms, with the Briton’s time ending up 0.215s shy.
Mikkel Jensen break up the 2 works Ferraris aboard the main Peugeot 9X8 LMH, slotting into third place on the second outing for the much-changed 2024 spec machine forward of FP1 benchmark Antonio Fuoco within the #50 499P.
Dries Vanthoor punched within the fifth-fastest time in the very best of the WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh machines, lapping 0.008s faster than the quickest Toyota GR010 LMH pushed by defending Spa winner Kamui Kobayashi.
Brendon Hartley was seventh within the sister #8 Toyota to maneuver forward of Charles Milesi within the main Alpine A424 LMDh, whereas Robin Frijns (BMW) and Callum Ilott (Jota Porsche) accomplished the highest 10 forward of this afternoon’s qualifying session.
A number of Hypercar entrants had incident-afflicted runs, with Oliver Rasmussen damaging the ground and bodywork of his #38 Jota Porsche after working extensive at Blanchimont and bouncing over the grass and gravel.
Earl Bamber spun his Chip Ganassi-run Cadillac V-Sequence.R LMDh into the gravel at Les Combes within the closing minutes, with out doing any harm, whereas the shopper AF Corse-run #83 Ferrari accomplished the fewest laps of any entrant after spending over half an hour within the storage addressing a suspected electrical drawback.
Pure Rxcing Porsche tops LMGT3 class
Within the LMGT3 class, factors chief Alexander Malykhin moved to the pinnacle of the occasions late within the session aboard his Pure Rxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R.
The UK-based Belarusian posted a 2m20.947s lap that proved 0.261s faster than the Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan.
Rahel Frey set the automotive’s greatest lap on her return to the WEC, changing Doriane Pin who’s on System Regional European by Alpine obligation at Hockenheim.
Corvette manufacturing facility driver Daniel Juncadella moved into third within the closing levels aboard the #82 TF Sport-run Z06 GT3.R that had earlier prompted a full course yellow when Hiroshi Koizumi rotated into the Les Combes gravel.
Thomas Flohr was fourth within the #54 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3, forward of the second Manthey-run Porsche of Yasser Shahin.