The second Free Practice session has concluded, and everything is now ready for qualifying for the 4 Hours of Le Castellet later this afternoon. The no28 IDEC Sport Oreca was the fastest of the 42 entries for Round 2 of the 2023 European Le Mans Series, with a lap of 1m44.279, just 0.031s ahead of the no22 United Autosports USA Oreca but 1.249s slower than the fastest time set in FP1 yesterday.
The no65 Panis Racing Oreca was third fastest in FP2, 0.092s behind IDEC Sport and two tenths ahead of the fastest car in FP1, the no47 COOL Racing Oreca.
The no19 Team Virage Oreca was the fastest of the 11 LMP2 Pro/Am cars, with a lap of 1m45.004 in 7thoverall and 0.5 seconds ahead of the no34 Racing Team Turkey Oreca in 8thoverall.
The no10 Eurointernational Ligier was the fastest of the 12 LMP3 contenders in FP2, with a 1m51.310 lap time, eight tenths quicker than the second fastest car, the no15 RLR MSport Ligier. The no8 Team Virage and no7 Nielsen Racing Ligiers were 3rdand 4thfastest in FP2 respectively.
It was another good performance by the Porsche teams in FP2, with 911s filling the top three positions at the end of the 90-minute session.
The no16 Proton Competition Porsche was the fastest of the 12-car entry, with a 1m54.650 lap, 0.043s ahead of the no60 Iron Lynx 911 RSR-19. The no77 Proton Competition Porsche was third fastest with a lap of 1m54.714, 0.006s ahead of the no50 Formula Racing Ferrari.
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Qualifying for the 4 Hours of Le Castellet will start at 14h30 with the LMGTE category.
