Pechito dominates ELMS at Paul Ricard
Overall ranking
Pechito Lopez, who usually drives #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID in WEC, struck a blow today by setting the best time of the morning practice session in 1:43.030 with Cool Racing Oreca #47. He was 9 tenths faster than the runner-up Malthe Jakobsen in the sister Cool Racing #37.
📷 Luc Warnotte during FP1 at Paul Ricard: Cool Racing Oreca #47.
Jose Maria Lopez is the only one above the average of 200 km/h per lap: 201.6 km/h.
His teammate Malthe Jakobsen with Cool Racing Oreca #37 was the second fastest of the day. He is setting the fastest lap of the LMP2 Pro/Am class ahead of #83 AF Corse driven by Mathieu Vaxivière, who was fifth overall.
📷 Luc Warnotte during FP1 at Paul Ricard: Cool Racing Oreca #37.
Job Van Uitert, who set the fastest lap during the collective test day yesterday, was second best in LMP2 and third overall with #65 Panis Racing #65.
📷 Luc Warnotte during FP1 at Paul Ricard: Panis Racing Oreca #65.
LMP3 ranking
Kai Askey with #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 topped LMP3 class in 1:50.432, 0.103 second faster than Marcos Siebert in Cool Racing Ligier #17.
📷 Luc Warnotte during FP1 at Paul Ricard: #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320.
Two manufacturers are providing cars to the LMP3 teams. James Winslow in #4 DKR Engineering was the fastest Duqueine M30 - D08 setting the seventh best lap in class.
📷 Luc Warnotte during FP1 at Paul Ricard: #4 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08
LMGTE ranking
Nicki Thiim with #44 GMB Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR was the fastest in class, 0.008 second ahead of Matthew Griffin with #55 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.
📷 Luc Warnotte during FP1 at Paul Ricard: #44 GMB Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR.
The top 5 drivers in LMGTE class are within 0.300 second representing the 3 manufacturers in class (Aston Martin, Ferrari and Porsche). Two drivers of the #60 Iron Lynx (Matteo Cressoni and Matteo Cairoli) are also within those 5 with the second Porsche 911 RSR-19 in class behind Julien Andlauer (#77 Proton Competition).
As expected, those performances were not beaten during the Bronze Driver Collective Test in the afternoon as the fastest driver (Salih Yoluc with Racing Team Turkey #34) was almost 2 seconds (1.981 seconds) slower than Lopez fastest lap in FP1.
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