Imola – EL1: AF Corse n°83 in the lead, the three Ferraris in the Top 4

• At home, Ferrari is off to a good start. On the circuit named after its founder, the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, the Italian manufacturer got its weekend off to a good start ahead of the 6 Hours of Imola. During Free Practice 1, the #83 AF Corse car set the fastest time of the session in 1:32, a time creditable to Robert Kubica. Just under two months after the incredible hat-trick in Qatar, the Maranello still seems as fast, since the other two 499Ps finished in the Top 4, with the #50 Ferrari in 2nd place (+0″236) and the #51 Ferrari in 4th position (+0″542).
• Cadillac was the only manufacturer to slot in between the Ferraris during Free Practice 1. The #12 Cadillac-JOTA of the Norman Nato – Will Stevens – Alex Lynn trio set the third fastest time of the session, less than three tenths of a second behind the leading Ferrari. The Anglo-American team seems to be off to a good start this Italian weekend since the second V-Series.R, the #3 of the "Three Bs" (Bourdais-Button-Bamber) set the 5th fastest time, seven tenths off the benchmark time. As in Qatar, could we be heading towards a Ferrari-Cadillac duel for pole position?
• Behind the two leading manufacturers, it is Alpine which is just around the corner. The No. 36 set the 6th fastest time in the session, just under eight tenths behind the No. 83 AF Corse. The sister car, the No. 35, failed to reach the Top 10, in 11th place (+1″171). For the other French manufacturer, Peugeot , the session was a little more laborious: if Jean-Éric Vergne managed to place the 9X8 n°93 in the Top 10 (+1″170), the n°94 was only able to complete 19 laps and only set the 16th time (+1″854).
• In the LMGT3 category, it was BMW that opened the hostilities. Augusto Farfus set the best time in Free Practice 1 with a time of 1:43 in the BMW M330 GT4 of The Bend – Team WRT, ahead of the Lexus Akkodis ASP n°3 (+78:0) and the second BMW, the n°093 of Valentino Rossi (+0″123).

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