6H of Spa – FP1: Ferrari double, Alpine and Peugeot in the top 5

Ferrari dominated Free Practice 1 of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps with the No. 50 car ahead of the No. 83. A strong performance by the French manufacturers, with three cars in the top five.

Published 08/05/2025 à 13:07

Valentin GLO

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6H of Spa – FP1: Ferrari double, Alpine and Peugeot in the top 5

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  • It was under a beautiful sun and mild temperatures that Free Practice 1 of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps took place, the third round of the 2025 season of the World Championship.Endurance, this Thursday at noon.
  • Leading the championship, Ferrari dominated this first one-and-a-half-hour test session with the No. 50 car of Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina in 2:02.835. The No. 83 car of the AF Corse team (Robert Kubica, Phil Hanson, Yifei Ye) took second place, 0.222 seconds behind.
  • The French manufacturers showed a good overall performance with a combined shot from third to fifth place.Alpine n ° 36 of Mick Schumacher, Jules Gounon and Frédéric Makowiecki completed the podium 0.259 seconds ahead of the Peugeot 9X8 No. 93 of Jean-Éric Vergne, Mikkel Jensen and Paul di Resta at 0.459 seconds. The second Peugeot, the No. 94 of Stoffel Vandoorne, Loïc duval and Malthe Jakobsen set the fifth time, 0.743 seconds off the best time.
  • The session was marked by Paul-Loup Chatin going off the track (Alpine n°35) and Sébastien Bourdais (Cadillac No. 38).
  • In LMGT3, the No. 78 Lexus RC F of Akkodis ASP Team co-driven by Arnold Robin, Finn Gehrsitz and Yuichi Nakayama set the reference time in 2:18.432, ahead of the No. 296 Ferrari 21 of Vista AF Corse (François Hériau, Simon Mann, Alessio Rovera) just 0.096 seconds behind, and the other Lexus, the No. 87 of Petru Umbrarescu, Jose Maria Lopez and Clemens Schmid at 0.187 seconds.
  • Meet at 16:30 a.m. for Free Practice 2.

6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 2025 – Free Practice 1:

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Valentin GLO

Journalist. Endurance reporter (WEC, IMSA, ELMS, ALMS) and sometimes F1 or IndyCar.

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