24 Hours of Le Mans – EL3: Ferrari continues, JOTA ahead of the official Porsches

Ranking 24 Hours of Le Mans 2023 – Free Practice 3, Hypercar:

• To begin this second day of testing at the 24 2023 Hours of Le Mans, Thursday June 8, the red armada stood out. Both Ferrari 499P official cars achieved the two best times in Free Practice 3, contested between 15 p.m. and 18 p.m. in summer heat.
• Already author of the best time during qualifying on Wednesday evening, the Italian Antonio Fuoco did it again with a lap in 3'26″579. His teammate Alessandro Pier Guidi is 2nd, 434 thousandths behind.
• Both Toyota officielles suivent avec la n°7 devant la n°8.

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• L’une des surprises de cette séance concerne la forme de la Porsche 963 du Hertz Team JOTA. L’écurie privée anglaise a été la meilleure Porsche, 5e avec Will Stevens (+1″348).

LM P2 classification:

• It was in LM P2 that the incidents were particularly numerous. Some drivers like Manuel Maldonado (Panis Racing) visited the gravel at Le Mans, without suffering too much damage. Rodrigo Sales (Nielsen Racing) spun at high speed at Mulsanne but hit nothing except some traffic cones.
• The best time was set by the Oreca 07 of the JOTA team, driven by Brazilian Pietro Fittipaldi.

GTE Am classification:

• The best time in GTE Am was the work of the Ferrari 488 GTE from the AF Corse clan driven by Thomas Flohr. The gaps are slim with six cars in less than a second.
• The next test session at Le Mans will be the Hyperpole, lasting 30 minutes and scheduled for 20 p.m.

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