Racing Team Turkey dominates collective testing at Red Bull Ring

After a first meeting dominated by Team WRT, the competitors of theELMS took the direction of Austria and Red Bull Ring, scene of the second round of the season.

As is always the case, a day of collective testing is organized before the meeting, and this was dominated by the Oreca 07 from Racing Team Turkey. If this entity doesn't mean anything to you, hiding behind the British team TF Sport, winner of the last 24 Hours of Le Mans in GTE Am.

The Oreca 07 n°34 of Salih Yoluç-Charlie Eastwood and Logan sargeant finished the day's two sessions in the lead, the reference mark being to the credit of the last city who, although starting in LM P2, completed a lap of the Austrian track in 1'22"063.

Over the two sessions, the 20-year-old American – who is just starting out in the discipline – was ahead by 0”044 and 0”179 respectively. Nyck de Vries (G-Drive Racing n°26) and Nicolas lapierre (Cool Racing No. 42).

The leading fifth is completed by Louis Delétraz (Team WRT no. 41) and Tristan Gommendy (Duqueine Team no. 30).

Laurents Horr (Duqueine D08 n°4 from DKR Engineering) was the fastest in LM P3 this morning and this afternoon, while it was Paolo Ruberti who was most at ease in GTE.

The Italian, who officiates at the wheel of the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo n°60, takes an Iron Lynx double completed by the Dane Michelle Gatting, entered in the n°83.

The serious things begin tomorrow with the first free practice session, scheduled from 13 p.m. to 14:30 p.m.

Ranking of the morning session:

Ranking of the afternoon session: