Porsche’s Estre Fastest on Thursday

Kevin Estre clocked the fastest time on Thursday to lead the second Free Practice session at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

The Frenchman reeled off a 2:04.162 to go quickest aboard the No. 6 Porsche 963, beating the No. 50 Ferrari 499P of Antonio Fuoco by 0.123 seconds.

Additionally, Estre’s effort was over a second and a half faster than the time Fuoco posted to lead the opening Free Practice session earlier on Thursday.

Alex Lynn put the No. 2 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-Series.R into third place, ahead of the No. 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid driven by Kamui Kobayashi.

Callum Ilott rounded out the top five for Hertz Team JOTA, with Neel Jani posting a 2:05.098 behind the wheel of the No. 99 Proton Competition Porsche to go sixth.

Brendon Hartley took seventh aboard the No. 8 Toyota, with the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari, the No. 93 Peugeot 9X8 and No. 51 Ferrari completing the overall top ten.

Akkodis ASP Team led the way in the LMGT3 category, with late stand-in Clemens Schmid steering the No. 78 Lexus RC F GT3 to a 2:21.257.

In the process, the Austrian driver outpaced the No. 85 Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 of Sarah Bovy by 0.115 seconds.

Valentino Rossi slotted into third behind the wheel of the No. 46 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3, ahead of TF Sport’s Sebastien Baud and the second Akkodis ASP Lexus of Esteban Masson.

The 90-minute session was completed without any red flags, although a notable Full Course Yellow was triggered when Darren Leung spun the No. 31 Team WRT BMW into the gravel at La Source.

Track running at Spa continues with Free Practice 3, Friday at 11 a.m. CEST (5 a.m. EDT).

RESULTS: Free Practice 2