6H Monza FP3: Peugeot Leads in FP3 at Monza; JOTA top times in LMP2; Porsche 1-2 in LMGTE
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6H Monza FP3: Peugeot Leads in FP3 at Monza; JOTA top times in LMP2; Porsche 1-2 in LMGTE

Below are the main headlines from the final practice session at WEC 6 Hours of Monza, round five of FIA WEC

Hypercar  

  • Jean-Eric Vergne puts Peugeot TotalEnergies on top in FP3 at Monza after setting a best time of 1m35.878s in the No.93 Peugeot 9X8 Hybrid Hypercar 
  • Vergne sets his best lap early to outpace the No.50 AF Corse Ferrari 499P by a slender 0.045s 
  • Peugeot also place third as Gustavo Menezes paces the No.94 9X8 as the Lion starts to roar at Monza 
  • No.51 Ferrari AF Corse places fourth as Antonio Giovinazzi sets best time in Le Mans winning car. Top four are covered by just 0.3s 
  • Cadillac Racing continues strong Monza practice form as Alex Lynn puts the blue V-Series.R Hypercar in fifth position 
  • Hertz Team JOTA takes sixth as Yifei Ye claims best time in gold Porsche 963 Hypercar 
  • The other customer Porsche 963, the new Proton Competition entered car, is seventh as Harry Tincknell 
  • No.7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar finishes 60-minute session in eighth place ahead of the No.5 Porsche Penske 963 in ninth 
  • Glickenhaus Racing takes 10th ahead of the No.8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid  
  • Floyd Vanwall and No.6 Porsche Penske car complete Hypercar runners 

LMP2 

  • Pietro Fittipaldi scorches to the fastest time in LMP2 for Jota setting a best lap of 1m39.621s 
  • The Brazilian laps 0.2s faster than Vector Sports Gabriel Aubry who in turn is just 0.015s ahead of the No.36 Alpine ELF Team Oreca-Gibson driven by Charles Milesi 
  • Robert Kubica again sets the fastest lap for the No.41 Team WRT entry as they place fourth 
  • No.35 Alpine ELF Team entry take fifth place as Oli Caldwell completes best lap  
  • No.22 United Autosports entry completes top six as Phil Hanson sets best lap to ensure that the top six is ​​covered by just 0.5s 

LMGTE Am 

  • Matteo Cairoli controls the pace in LMGTE Am by setting a 1m46.762s in No.56 Project 1 AO Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19  
  • Cairoli's time is 0.2s quicker than the similar Porsche driven by Mikkel Pedersen in the No.77 Dempsey Proton car 
  • Highest placed Ferrari is the No.60 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo as Alessio Picariello sets time for third fastest 
  • GR Racing places fourth ahead of the AF Corse Ferrari driven by Davide Rigon 
  • Champions elect Corvette Racing place a lowly 11th in session, which sees Nicolas Varrone have a gravelly excursion at the Parabolica midway through the session 

Find full results  HERE 

Qualifying will get underway this afternoon at 2:40pm local time.