The #65 Panis Racing Oreca 07-Gibson set the fastest lap time during the first Free Practice session of the 4 Hours of Le Castellet weekend. The Circuit Paul Ricard witnessed 42 cars taking to the track, with Nicolas Jamin being the fastest of the three drivers. The Frenchman posted a lap time of 1:43.397, one tenth of a second ahead of the #9 Prema Racing Oreca of Louis Deletraz.
LMP2
Tom Gamble in the #22 United Autosports Oreca was third fastest, with Jack Aitken in the #34 Racing Team Turkey Oreca coming in fourth place. The #34 was the fastest of the seven cars entered in the LMP2 Pro-Am category. The top 10 LMP2 cars were separated by less than a second at the end of the 90-minute session, and most cars improved their times in the latter part of the practice period.
LMP3 and LMGTE
The #3 United Autosports Ligier was the fastest of the 13 LMP3 entrants, with Kay Van Berlo lapping the 5.7km circuit in 1:49.896. Alex Kapadia in the #5 RLR MSport Ligier came in second, with Antoine Doquin in the #27 Cool Racing Ligier in third place. The #57 Kessel Racing Ferrari was the quickest of the 12 LMGTE cars, with Mikkel Jensen setting a lap time of 1:53.845. The two Proton Competition Porsches finished in second and third place, with the #77 911 driven by Gianmaria Bruni finishing second with a 1:54.002 lap, and Richard Leitz in third place with a 1:54.105 lap. Reigning LMGTE Champions Iron Lynx finished the session with the fourth best time, with Davide Rigon setting a lap time of 1:54.117 in the #60 Ferrari F488 GTE EVO.
The second 90-minute Free Practice session will take place at 09h00 tomorrow morning ahead of qualifying at 13h50.
| POS | NUMBER | LAP | TIME | GAP_FIRST | GAP_PREVIOUS | KPH | LAPS | TEAM | CLASS | VEHICLE | TIRES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 65 | 5 | 1:43.397 | – | – | 200.9 | 42 | Panis Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 2 | 9 | 2 | 1:43.503 | +0.106 | +0.106 | 200.7 | 34 | Prema Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 3 | 22 | 2 | 1:43.668 | +0.271 | +0.165 | 200.4 | 37 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 4 | 34 | 3 | 1:43.760 | +0.363 | +0.092 | 200.2 | 39 | Racing Team Turkey | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 5 | 43 | 4 | 1:43.910 | +0.513 | +0.150 | 199.9 | 37 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 6 | 37 | 4 | 1:44.054 | +0.657 | +0.144 | 199.7 | 28 | COOL Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 7 | 31 | 3 | 1:44.199 | +0.802 | +0.145 | 199.4 | 33 | TDS Racing x Vaillante | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 8 | 28 | 5 | 1:44.207 | +0.810 | +0.008 | 199.4 | 39 | IDEC Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 9 | 47 | 3 | 1:44.255 | +0.858 | +0.048 | 199.3 | 39 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 10 | 88 | 4 | 1:44.328 | +0.931 | +0.073 | 199.1 | 36 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 11 | 24 | 3 | 1:44.569 | +1.172 | +0.241 | 198.7 | 34 | Nielsen Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 12 | 51 | 2 | 1:44.685 | +1.288 | +0.116 | 198.5 | 34 | Team Virage | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 13 | 19 | 4 | 1:44.727 | +1.330 | +0.042 | 198.4 | 36 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 14 | 40 | 4 | 1:44.861 | +1.464 | +0.134 | 198.1 | 34 | Graff Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 15 | 30 | 3 | 1:45.112 | +1.715 | +0.251 | 197.7 | 32 | Duqueine Team | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 16 | 21 | 13 | 1:45.130 | +1.733 | +0.018 | 197.6 | 32 | Mühlner Motorsport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 17 | 35 | 5 | 1:45.538 | +2.141 | +0.408 | 196.9 | 31 | BHK Motorsport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | 1:49.896 | +6.499 | +4.358 | 189.0 | 31 | United Autosports | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 19 | 5 | 3 | 1:50.165 | +6.768 | +0.269 | 188.6 | 36 | RLR MSport | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 20 | 27 | 4 | 1:50.478 | +7.081 | +0.313 | 188.1 | 39 | COOL Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | 1:50.642 | +7.245 | +0.164 | 187.8 | 22 | Eurointernational | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 22 | 2 | 4 | 1:50.802 | +7.405 | +0.160 | 187.5 | 31 | United Autosports | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 23 | 14 | 4 | 1:50.815 | +7.418 | +0.013 | 187.5 | 34 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 24 | 4 | 2 | 1:50.867 | +7.470 | +0.052 | 187.4 | 25 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | Duqueine M30 – D08 – Nissan | M |
| 25 | 13 | 17 | 1:51.722 | +8.325 | +0.855 | 186.0 | 26 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 26 | 7 | 30 | 1:51.802 | +8.405 | +0.080 | 185.8 | 31 | Nielsen Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 27 | 6 | 9 | 1:52.599 | +9.202 | +0.797 | 184.5 | 26 | 360 Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 28 | 57 | 4 | 1:53.845 | +10.448 | +1.246 | 182.5 | 36 | Kessel Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
| 29 | 15 | 7 | 1:53.927 | +10.530 | +0.082 | 182.4 | 8 | RLR MSport | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 30 | 77 | 5 | 1:54.002 | +10.605 | +0.075 | 182.2 | 37 | Proton Competition | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | G |
| 31 | 93 | 7 | 1:54.105 | +10.708 | +0.103 | 182.1 | 31 | Proton Competition | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | G |
| 32 | 60 | 6 | 1:54.117 | +10.720 | +0.012 | 182.1 | 29 | Iron Lynx | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
| 33 | 18 | 6 | 1:54.154 | +10.757 | +0.037 | 182.0 | 34 | Absolute Racing | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | G |
| 34 | 55 | 7 | 1:54.237 | +10.840 | +0.083 | 181.9 | 34 | Spirit of Race | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
| 35 | 11 | 17 | 1:54.294 | +10.897 | +0.057 | 181.8 | 18 | Eurointernational | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 36 | 69 | 11 | 1:54.331 | +10.934 | +0.037 | 181.7 | 36 | Oman Racing with TF Sport | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | G |
| 37 | 95 | 4 | 1:54.542 | +11.145 | +0.211 | 181.4 | 34 | Oman Racing with TF Sport | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | G |
| 38 | 66 | 29 | 1:54.573 | +11.176 | +0.031 | 181.3 | 34 | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
| 39 | 33 | 7 | 1:54.724 | +11.327 | +0.151 | 181.1 | 34 | Rinaldi Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
| 40 | 83 | 11 | 1:55.025 | +11.628 | +0.301 | 180.6 | 32 | Iron Lynx | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
| 41 | 17 | 2 | 1:56.337 | +12.940 | +1.312 | 178.6 | 5 | COOL Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 42 | 32 | 5 | 1:57.061 | +13.664 | +0.724 | 177.5 | 31 | Rinaldi Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
