6 Hours of Spa – FP2: Porsche in the lead, Ferrari and Aston Martin at fault

Initially scheduled to last an hour and a half, the session was extended by thirty minutes. The reason was three track exits, forcing race control to wave the red flag three times. Antonio Giovinazzi, driver of the Ferrari No. 51, was the first to make a mistake on the Raidillon, after only 5 minutes of the session.

After the Italian, Stephen Whole grained, on board the Mercedes-AMG GT3 No. 60 also hit the wall in this same Raidillon, after 40 minutes of driving. In the last third of the tests, theAston Martin Tom Gamble's 007 went into the barriers at Pouhon, in turn 10.

Before this Free Practice 2 session was completely chopped up, the Porsche No. 6 by Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor and Pascal Wehrlein set the fastest time of the afternoon in 2.01.475:1, improving the FP91 mark by more than a second. By 50 thousandths of a second, the No. XNUMX Ferrari of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, and Nicklas Nielsen, who led this Friday morning, moved into second place.

As for the French crews, things went less well than during the morning session in terms of classification. Ninth, theAlpine No. 36 by Frédéric Makowiecki, Jules Gounon and Mick Schumacher ahead of them Peugeot 9X8 n°94 and 93, respectively tenth and eleventh. Alpine was also the subject of an investigation by the race management for contact which apparently occurred between the two Hypercars n°35 (Charles Milesi), and 36 (Mick Schumacher).

As for the LMGT3s, the duel was once again close. The #27 Aston Martin driven by Ian James, Mattia Drudi and Zacharie Robichon beat the competitors thanks to a time of 2.18.326. Behind her, the #87 Lexus (Clemens Schmid, Jose Maria Lopez, Petru Umbrărescu) and the #54 Vista AF Corse Ferrari (Davide Rigon, Francesco Castellacci, Thomas Flohr) complete the top 3.

On Friday, the program will begin at 11:00 a.m. (French time), with the third and final free practice session of the weekend.