The no37 Cool Racing Oreca 07-Gibson set the fastest lap during the final Free Practice session of the 4 Hours of Le Castellet weekend. Reigning champion Yifei Ye posted the best time of FP2, with a lap time of 1m43.634, only 0.017s ahead of the no34 Racing Team Turkey Oreca driven by Jack Aitken. The top four LMP2 cars were separated by less than a tenth of a second, with the no9 Prema Racing Oreca and the no19 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca completing the top four.
LMP3
The no17 Cool Racing Ligier was the fastest of the eight LMP3 competitors, with Denmark’s Malthe Jakobsen setting the pace with a lap time of 1m50.400. He was followed by the no15 RLR MSport Ligier of Valentino Catalano and the no6 360 Racing Ligier of Ross Kaiser. The top three LMP3 cars were separated by less than three-tenths of a second.
LMGTE
The no77 Porsche 911 was the fastest of the twelve LMGTE entries, with Gianmaria Bruni posting a lap time of 1m53.505 in the Proton Competition run 911 RSR-19, 0.146s ahead of the no57 Kessel Racing Ferrari after Mikkel Jensen set a 1m53.651 lap. The no18 Absolute Racing Porsche of Alessio Picariello was third quickest, just 0.078s ahead of the first of the two Aston Martins, the no95 Oman Racing with TF Sport Vantage of Henrique Chaves.
The stage is now set for this afternoon’s qualifying for the 4 Hours of Le Castellet, which begins with LMGTE at 13h50.
| POS | NUMBER | LAP | TIME | GAP_FIRST | GAP_PREVIOUS | KPH | LAPS | TEAM | CLASS | VEHICLE | TIRES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 37 | 2 | 1:43.634 | – | – | 200.5 | 34 | COOL Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 2 | 34 | 6 | 1:43.651 | +0.017 | +0.017 | 200.4 | 38 | Racing Team Turkey | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 3 | 9 | 4 | 1:43.656 | +0.022 | +0.005 | 200.4 | 37 | Prema Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 4 | 19 | 19 | 1:43.730 | +0.096 | +0.074 | 200.3 | 33 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 5 | 28 | 6 | 1:43.768 | +0.134 | +0.038 | 200.2 | 26 | IDEC Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 6 | 30 | 3 | 1:44.239 | +0.605 | +0.471 | 199.3 | 41 | Duqueine Team | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 7 | 65 | 11 | 1:44.344 | +0.710 | +0.105 | 199.1 | 32 | Panis Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 8 | 22 | 6 | 1:44.499 | +0.865 | +0.155 | 198.8 | 36 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 9 | 51 | 6 | 1:44.557 | +0.923 | +0.058 | 198.7 | 36 | Team Virage | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 10 | 47 | 10 | 1:44.645 | +1.011 | +0.088 | 198.5 | 40 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 11 | 40 | 9 | 1:44.932 | +1.298 | +0.287 | 198.0 | 35 | Graff Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 12 | 88 | 4 | 1:44.935 | +1.301 | +0.003 | 198.0 | 36 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 13 | 21 | 18 | 1:45.131 | +1.497 | +0.196 | 197.6 | 36 | Mühlner Motorsport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 14 | 43 | 5 | 1:45.134 | +1.500 | +0.003 | 197.6 | 38 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 15 | 35 | 14 | 1:45.511 | +1.877 | +0.377 | 196.9 | 29 | BHK Motorsport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 16 | 31 | 14 | 1:45.609 | +1.975 | +0.098 | 196.7 | 38 | TDS Racing x Vaillante | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 17 | 24 | 3 | 1:45.772 | +2.138 | +0.163 | 196.4 | 38 | Nielsen Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 – Gibson | G |
| 18 | 17 | 2 | 1:50.400 | +6.766 | +4.628 | 188.2 | 2 | COOL Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 19 | 15 | 3 | 1:50.921 | +7.287 | +0.521 | 187.3 | 6 | RLR MSport | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 20 | 6 | 10 | 1:51.143 | +7.509 | +0.222 | 186.9 | 37 | 360 Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 21 | 14 | 36 | 1:51.337 | +7.703 | +0.194 | 186.6 | 37 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 22 | 7 | 12 | 1:51.346 | +7.712 | +0.009 | 186.6 | 12 | Nielsen Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 23 | 5 | 16 | 1:51.378 | +7.744 | +0.032 | 186.5 | 17 | RLR MSport | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 24 | 10 | 7 | 1:51.489 | +7.855 | +0.111 | 186.3 | 31 | Eurointernational | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 25 | 2 | 16 | 1:51.760 | +8.126 | +0.271 | 185.9 | 32 | United Autosports | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 26 | 27 | 36 | 1:51.867 | +8.233 | +0.107 | 185.7 | 36 | COOL Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 27 | 13 | 35 | 1:52.133 | +8.499 | +0.266 | 185.3 | 35 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 28 | 3 | 18 | 1:52.323 | +8.689 | +0.190 | 185.0 | 31 | United Autosports | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 29 | 4 | 2 | 1:52.632 | +8.998 | +0.309 | 184.5 | 18 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | Duqueine M30 – D08 – Nissan | M |
| 30 | 11 | 33 | 1:53.284 | +9.650 | +0.652 | 183.4 | 35 | Eurointernational | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 – Nissan | M |
| 31 | 77 | 3 | 1:53.505 | +9.871 | +0.221 | 183.0 | 38 | Proton Competition | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | G |
| 32 | 57 | 3 | 1:53.651 | +10.017 | +0.146 | 182.8 | 35 | Kessel Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
| 33 | 18 | 25 | 1:54.016 | +10.382 | +0.365 | 182.2 | 38 | Absolute Racing | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | G |
| 34 | 95 | 23 | 1:54.094 | +10.460 | +0.078 | 182.1 | 37 | Oman Racing with TF Sport | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | G |
| 35 | 60 | 31 | 1:54.131 | +10.497 | +0.037 | 182.0 | 37 | Iron Lynx | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
| 36 | 33 | 17 | 1:54.301 | +10.667 | +0.170 | 181.8 | 30 | Rinaldi Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
| 37 | 93 | 5 | 1:54.338 | +10.704 | +0.037 | 181.7 | 37 | Proton Competition | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | G |
| 38 | 55 | 38 | 1:54.494 | +10.860 | +0.156 | 181.5 | 38 | Spirit of Race | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
| 39 | 69 | 11 | 1:54.499 | +10.865 | +0.005 | 181.4 | 34 | Oman Racing with TF Sport | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | G |
| 40 | 83 | 9 | 1:54.604 | +10.970 | +0.105 | 181.3 | 38 | Iron Lynx | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
| 41 | 32 | 34 | 1:54.986 | +11.352 | +0.382 | 180.7 | 35 | Rinaldi Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
| 42 | 66 | 24 | 1:55.326 | +11.692 | +0.340 | 180.1 | 31 | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G |
