WEC: WRT Fastest in first track action at Spa; Porsche tops times in LMGTE Pro

Porsche GT Team leads LMGTE Pro, while Glickenhaus Racing head the Hypercar class. 

No.46 Project 1 Porsche top in LMGTE Am with Matteo Cairoli fastest in dry and sunny conditions at Spa. 

The Headlines after FP1 at Spa: 

Hypercar  

• Glickenhaus leads the Hypercar class with Romain Dumas setting a best lap of 2m06.233 in distinctive 007LMH challenger 
• No.7 Toyota, which was completely built up with a new chassis after Sebring accident, is second as Mike Conway laps in 2m06.976s 
• Alpine ELF Team of Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Andre Negrao place fourth behind the No.8 Toyota  
• Ryo Hirakawa stops No.8 Toyota one final lap causing red flag after chequered flag is shown

LMGTE Pro  

• Porsche GT Team continues impressive 2022 momentum as Kevin Estre maintains his ‘king of Spa’ reputation with a 2m14.563s lap in No.92 Porsche 911 RSR-19  
• Sister No.91 Porsche driven by Richard Lietz and Gimmi Bruni place second 0.3 behind No.92 car 
• AF Corse Ferraris are third and fourth as No.51 entry of James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi head No.52 488 GTE Evo of Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina  
• Corvette Racing fifth as Tommy Milner drives majority of session on his first ever visit to Spa 

LMP2   

• WRT head LMP2 category with early flyer from Robin Frijns who sets a 2m05.475s lap in No.31 Oreca Gibson on the teams’ home circuit  
• Frijns’ time was fastest overall for majority of session as LMP2 cars place 1-2-3-4 overall 
• United Autosports USA second and third as No.22 entry leads No.23 entry as Filipe Albuquerque and Oliver Jarvis set times respectively  
• JOTA place fourth with Will Stevens fastest in No.38 car on a 2m05.976s 

LMGTE Am   

• Matteo Cairoli sets pace in ultra-competitive LMGTE Am category as Italian is only driver in class to break in to 2m15s bracket with a 2m15.982s in No.46 Team Project 1 Porsche 
• TF Sport second as Marco Sorensen sets fastest Aston Martin lap on 2m16.398s in No.33 car he shares with Ben Keating and Henrique Chaves 
• However, Ben Keating stops on track to deploy Full Course Yellow period in final 10-minutes of the 90-minute session 
• Third in class is D’Station Aston Martin sets very late best lap of 2m16.844s with Charlie Fagg at the wheel 

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