The no37 Cool Racing Oreca posted the fastest lap of the first Free Practice session ahead of Sunday’s 4 Hours of Barcelona. Malthe Jakobsen set a 1m29.811 lap, the young Dane the only driver to go below the 1 minute 30 second barrier.
The no37 Oreca was also the top LMP2 Pro/Am competitor, finishing 0.244s ahead of James Allen in the no25 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca, the top LMP2 entry.The second Cool Racing LMP2 entry finished third fastest with a 1m30.464, with the no43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca in fourth place with a 1m30.472.
The LMP3 category was headed by the no8 Team Virage Ligier with Manuel Espirito Santo posting a 1m35.509, 0.351s ahead of the no17 Cool Racing Ligier of Marcos Siebert and 0.615s ahead of the no31 Racing Spirit of Leman Ligier in third spot.
The no60 Iron Lynx Porsche 911 RSR-19 was the quickest of the 12 LMGTE entries, with Matteo Cairoli setting a 1m40.306 lap, just 0.089s ahead of the no57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE EVO and 0.265s ahead of the no55 Spirit of Race Ferrari.
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