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GTE Am:
GTE Pro:
LM P2:
LM P1:
This is the end of this warm-up. The rankings by category are to be followed.
Tom Dillmann (ByKolles n°4) gets a big scare when braking at the Dunlop chicane! The Frenchman cuts the track through the gravel and bounces back onto the asphalt. The Enso then drives at idle speed.
The drivers enter their last lap.
The first Aston Martin Vantage AMR in GTE Pro set the fifth fastest time with Darren Turner in the #95, 1″7 behind the leader, still the #92 Porsche.
The warm-up resumes its rights.
A piece of vibrator hindered the trajectory at the exit of the Porsche turns. A commissioner removed it.
Full Course Yellow is introduced on the Sarthe circuit. We don't yet know the reason.
Harry Tincknell (Ford #67) placed second in GTE Pro with a time of 3'51″133.
The Corvettes do not seem to be slowing down the time as they are only in 12th and 13th position, more than 3″5 from the lead of the GTE Pro.
José Maria Lopez (Toyota n°7) sets the absolute best time of the session in 3'20″682.
In GTE Pro, the two AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE EVOs are in second and third place, more than a second behind the leader, the No. 92 Porsche.
The No. 43 RLR M Sport Oreca completed only one lap and was in last place in LM P2. A mechanical problem cannot be ruled out.
The Mulsannes trap Thomas Laurent (Rebellion n°3) and Ben Keating (Ford n°85) who shoot straight at the second chicane and leave without problem.
In GTE Pro, four different brands occupy the first four places, with the #92 Porsche ahead of the #71 Ferrari, the #82 BMW and then the #68 Ford.
Jean-Éric Vergne (Oreca n°27) is pushed by three mechanics at the entrance to the pit lane!