Cadillac makes a strong start at Laguna Seca, Corvette and Ferrari in the GT category

Despite the prior attention paid to historical decorations, particularly those inspired by Apple, Porsche Penske Motorsport, the hierarchy on track was clear: the Cadillacs monopolized the top three places during this first 90-minute session.

Louis Delétraz set the fastest time at the wheel of the No. 40 Cadillac V-Series.R, ahead of the two other prototypes from the American manufacturer. The Swiss driver finished ahead of Filipe Albuquerque (No. 10) and Jack Aitken (No. 31), the latter having led the timesheets for much of the race.

Aitken had set an initial benchmark of 1:15.026, before being beaten in the final minutes by Albuquerque (1:14.893), then by Delétraz, who set a lap time of 1:14.333. A time which relegates the best non-Cadillac, the No. 6 Porsche 963 of Kévin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor, to nearly seven tenths behind.

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« It's an excellent start to the weekend, the car is performing well and we'll continue to work to be even faster tomorrow (Saturday). " Delétraz confided.

Corvette and Ferrari set the pace in GT

In GTD PRO, Alexander Sims quickly took the lead with the No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R, setting a lap time of 1:22.113 right at the start of the session. This time was enough to narrowly beat the Ferrari 296 GT3 from the Inception Racing team, best time in the GTD with a time of 1:22.156 by Frederik Schandorff.

Free Practice 2 will take place at 18:55 PM this Saturday (Paris time). Qualifying will be held at 00:15 AM (Paris time) on Saturday night/Sunday morning.

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