United Autosports dominates the first day of the Prologue

As in the morning on the circuit Spa-Francorchamps, Those are the LM P2 who set the tempo for the afternoon session at Prologue of WEC 2021.

In times that were logically slower than during qualifying for the last round of the championship, the Oreca 07 n°22 – United Autosports of Filipe Albuquerque – Phil Hanson – Fabio Scherer signed the reference lap in 2'04″822, Albuquerque improving slightly his own mark established in the morning in 2'04″968.

The Portuguese driver precedes Job van Uitert, lined up in the No. 07 Oreca 29 – Racing Team Nederland, and just a thousandth behind the British LM P2.

The top three in the general and category is completed by the No. 07 Oreca 31 – Team WRT of Robin Frijns – Ferdinand Habsburg – Charles Milesi, the Belgian car however causing the last neutralization putting a premature end to the day.

As for the highly anticipated category Hypercar, theAlpine A480 n°36 of the Matthieu Vaxivière trio – Nicolas lapierre - Andre Negro signs the 4th fastest time of the afternoon, four tenths behind the Oreca – United and dominates the first Toyota GR10 n°8 of Brendon Hartley - Sébastien Buemi - Kazuki Nakajima, ranked 6th.

The No. 7 sister car of José Maria Lopez – Kamui Kobayashi - Mike conway will have spent most of the day in his box, with two laps this morning, and six small loops at the end of the day, with a non-representative 17th time. But, we are only at the Prologue.

Porsche retains control in GTE

No change in hierarchy in GTE Pro, since Porsche once again showed itself at the forefront with the 911 RSR n°92 of Kévin Estre and Neel Jani, dominator of the category in 2’14″304 (compared to 2'14″198 this morning).

Follows by more than three tenths the Ferrari 488 GTE n°52 – AF Corse of the only driver present Miguel Molina, while the Porsche 911 RSR n°56 – Team Project1 of Ricardo Pera – Egidio Perfetti – Matteo Cairoli takes 3rd place in GTE, while leading the Am peloton in 2’14″740, a lap slower than that of the Ferrari – Cetilar in the morning.

Sean Gelael (Oreca 07 n°28 – Jota) caused a red flag at the start of the session in the afternoon, by making a mistake at the Raidillon de l'Eau Rouge, after the two accidents of the Aston Martin Vantage n°33 – TF Sport and n°777 – D’station Racing this morning.

Two other driving sessions are planned tomorrow in the Ardennes.