8 drivers, 7 teams under 1:29 at Barcelona Test
Both days of the ELMS Official Test saw eight drivers with 7 teams lapping under 1m29’’.
Table 1: Drivers under the 1:29’ mark for ELMS Official test combined sessions
Car Racing Reporter compilation based on ELMS official results.
Arthur Leclerc sets Benchmark
📷 Luc Warnotte at Barcelona Official Test
Arthur Leclerc did set the Benchmark of the 4.657km Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in 1m28.254 with the #65 Panis Racing Oreca 07 - Gibson.
Two United Autosports Oreca 07 - Gibson in top 3 overall
United Autosports has two cars in P2 and P3 of fastest laps during Barcelona Offcial Test AND a third driver under the 1:29’’ mark.
📷 Luc Warnotte at Barcelona Official Test.
Benjamin Hanley was the second fastest of Tuesday sessions in 1:28.493 which was the fastest lap of the afternoon session (session 5).
His teammate Marino Sato in United Autosports Oreca #22 did set the fastest lap during the first session Monday morning in 1:28.979 which is the eighth performance of both days test.
📷 Luc Warnotte at Barcelona Official Test.
Paul Di Resta with United Autosports #23 Oreca was third best during both days in 1:29.590.
COOL Racing fourth
📷 Luc Warnotte at Barcelona Official Test.
Ritomo Miyazaki was fourth best with #37 COOL Racing Oreca 07 - Gibson in 1:28.876 which was second best during the Tuesday afternoon session (session 5).
IDEC Sport in top 5
📷 Luc Warnotte at Barcelona Official Test.
Reshard De Gerus with #28 IDEC Sport Oreca 07 - Gibson was fifth best of both days (third of session 4), 0,691 slower than Leclerc’s Benchamrk.
DKR engineering sixth
📷 Luc Warnotte at Barcelona Official Test.
Laurents Hörr was the fourth fastest during Tuesday morning session (session 4) with #3 DKR Engineering Oreca and tops LMP2-PRO AM class during both days test. His fastest lap is sixth overall of combined sessions.
Inter Europol Competition
Tom Dillmann with Oreca #43 was seventh overall of the five combined sessions thanks to the third best performance of the last session in 1:28.975, just 0,004’’ fastest than Marino Sato who is the last driver with a fastest lap below the 1:29’ mark.
Related News
📷 Luc Warnotte at Portimao. 4 Hours of Portimao LMP2 and LMP3 Races
📷 Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps test day. Algarve Pro Racing wins the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
📷 Luc Warnotte. Algarve Pro Racing wins the 4 Hours of Le Castellet