FIA WEC Imola – Fuoco fastest in FP2 and Ferrari among Hypercars and fastest TF Sport-Corvette LMGT3

His second round FIA WEC – from 6 Hours of Imola – will take place this weekend (April 19-21) as the series kicks off is a model of the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo and Dino Ferrari in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. Today was a day of free practice sessions, FP1 and FP2 for short. At the end of the day, Fuoco was the fastest with Ferrari in the Hypercars and in LMGT3 you saw the TF Sport-Corvette again in the lead. Below you will find the most important facts of the second free practice during the FIA ​​​​WEC 6 Hours of Imola.

Hypercars

Ferrari AF Corse takes the lead in the second free practice session at Imola, with the #50 Ferrari 499 Hypercar leading the 19-car Hypercar field.

Antonio Fuoco sets the fastest lap of 1.30.957 seconds, ahead of the No. 6 Porsche Penske driven by Kevin Estre. The Frenchman set a time that was 0.342 seconds slower than Fuoco’s best lap.

A late start from Robert Shwartzman leaves the Ferrari 499P, driven by AF Corse, in third place and just 0.032 seconds behind the second-placed Porsche.

The #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hypercar makes it four OEMs in the top four, with Brendon Hartley pushing the Japanese manufacturer up one place after a mediocre FP1. The Kiwi tops out at 1m31.729s before passing the baton to teammate Sebastien Buemi.

#12 Hertz Team Jota finishes the session in fifth place, with Callum IIott continuing his impressive rookie form in the customer Porsche 963, setting a record time of 1.32.300 minutes.

Peugeot TotalEnergies takes sixth place with the updated No. 94 9X8. Stoffel Vandoorne sets the sixth fastest time, just ahead of the No. 36 Alpine Endurance Team A424 Hypercar driven by Mick Schumacher.

Peugeot has two cars in the top eight, with the No. 93 9X8 in the lead, ahead of the No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P. Jean-Eric Vergne and James Calado drove the fastest laps.

Raffaele Marciello in the #15 BMW M Team Hypercar ensures that the Bavarian brand enters the top ten, with the Italian setting his best time of 1.32.684 in the final minute.

LMGT3

TF Sport again finished first and second in the final minutes of the session, as the #81 car led the #82 Corvette ZO6 by 0.2 seconds. Charlie Eastwood and Daniel Juncadella set the times again as the American Corvette started to look strong in Italy.

A lap jump from Alessio Rovera makes the #55 VISTA AF Corse the fastest Prancing Horse in LMGT3, separating the two Corvettes.

Heart of Racing takes fourth place, with Alex Riberas reaching the top with a best lap of 1.42.530 in the American entered Vantage LMGT3.

The Spaniard’s time is just 0.14 seconds ahead of Davide Rigon in the #54 VISTA AF Corse Ferrari 296 LMGT3, which he shares with Thomas Flohr and Francesco Castellacci, who finish fifth.

The top six is ​​completed by D’Station Aston Martin, with Marco Sorensen setting the time in the Vantage LMGT3 he is co-driving with Clement Mateu and Erwan Bastard.

The practice session included a brief red flag situation for the recovery of Hiroshi Koizumi’s stalled #82 TF Sport Corvette.

The final and decisive free practice begins Saturday morning at 11:00 am local time.

Photo: FIA WEC

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