4 Hours of Le Castellet – FP1: IDEC Sport sets the fastest time

After a lively opening round in Barcelona, ​​dominated by the #29 Forestier Racing by Panis car, the European Le Mans The Series makes a stop in France for its second round, held at the Circuit Paul Ricard. For the first official test session at the Paul Ricard circuit, the fastest time went to the #28 IDEC Sport LMP2 car. Paul-Loup Chatin, Paul Lafargue, and Job van Uitert set the benchmark time of 1:50.086, just under two tenths of a second ahead of the #24 Nielsen Racing car, driven by Jack Doohan, Roy Nissany, and Edward Pearson.

While the podium was completed by the #43 Inter Europol Competition entry (Jakub Smiechowski, Tom Dillmann, Luca Ghiotto), the Barcelona winners were somewhat less prominent. The trio in the #29 Forestier Racing by Panis entry, composed of Esteban Masson, Oliver Gray, and Louis Rousset, had to settle for the 8th fastest time, nearly half a second off the pace.

In LMP2 Pro-Am, the benchmark time went to the trio of the AF Corse #83, driven by Frenchmen Mathieu Vaxivière and François Perrodo, accompanied by the official driver. Classic Ferrari for sale Antonio Fuoco. The Italian crew even achieved the third fastest time overall in the session. A slight disappointment for Team Duqueine, who finished last with their No. 30 car driven by... Dorian Pin, Richard Verschoor and Giorgio Roda.

In LMP3, the session was dominated by the #11 Eurointernational, ahead of the #9 Team Virage and the #31 Racing Spirit of Léman. Then in LMGT3, a Ferrari 1-2-3 clearly dominated the standings, with the #57 Kessel Racing in first place. This car is notably driven by Genesis Hypercar driver Mathys Jaubert, the reigning champion. ELMS in the LMP2 category. With his teammates Daniel Serra and Takeshi Kimura, he finished ahead of the #51 AF Corse of Davide Rigon, while the #50 of the Frenchwoman Lilou Wadoux completed the podium.

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ELMS – 4 Hours of Le Castellet
The ranking of Free Practice 1

– LMP2

– LMP2 Pro-AM

– LMP3

– LMGT3