Peugeot’s Cassidy Tops Wet Monza FP3

Photo: Andrea Lorenzina/DPPI

Nick Cassidy made a late-session flyer to put the No. 93 Peugeot 9X8 on top in the third and final Free Practice session prior to qualifying and Hyperpole for Sunday’s FIA World Endurance Championship season-ending 6 Hours of Monza.

The Kiwi in the reeled off a chart-topping 1:42.706, as lap times tumbled in the late stages of the 60-minute session.

Cassidy’s lap was 0.040 seconds quicker than the No. 36 Alpine A424 of Victor Martins, with session-long pace-setter Robert Kubica, who drove the entire session, third in the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P.

Sheldon van der Linde and Antonio Fuoco completed the top-five in Hypercar in their No. 20 Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 and No. 50 Ferrari, respecticely.

While there were no red flags, the No. 51 Ferrari only completed seven laps after a brake-by-wire/ECU-related issue that kept it in the garage for the majority of the session, until returning for an installation lap with Alessandro Pier Guidi with less than one minute to go.

Ferrari led the way in LMGT3, thanks to Alessio Rovera’s 1:56.069 lap in the No. 21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo.

It was 0.282 seconds quicker than the No. 61 Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Maxime Martin, ahead of teammate Lin Hodenius in third.

Class championship leader Jonny Edgar was fourth quickest in the No. 33 TF Sport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R.

There was a spin late in the session by Peter Dempsey in the No. 34 Racing Team Turkey by TF Corvette.

Qualifying and the subsequent Hyperpole session begins at 2:20 p.m. CET (8:20 a.m. ET) with live coverage on FIAWEC+.

RESULTS: Free Practice 3

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