Hartley Fastest in FP3; Porsche Head LMGTE Pro

Brendon Hartley sets fastest time of the meeting so far as Toyota Gazoo Racing top times on home soil at Fuji Speedway in the final Free Practice session. 

LMGTE Pro sees Porsche GT Team top the first session so far this week, and in LMP2 the points leading No.38 JOTA entry tops its second consecutive session.
 
LMGTE Am sees Team Project 1 Porsche take 1-2 with No.56 leading the No.46 Porsche 911 RSR-19. 

Hypercar 
•    Hartley sets his best lap early in session with a 1m29.865s in the No.8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar 
•    Kiwi heads the No.93 Peugeot TotalEnergies 9X8 Hypercar as it sets a 1m30.510 lap with Jean-Eric Vergne at the wheel 
•    Peugeot also take third quickest lap time with No.94 car driven by Gustavo Menezes, Loic Duval and James Rossiter. Duval peaks with a 1m30.828s lap 
•    Alpine ELF Team take fourth best lap as Matthieu Vaxiviere laps in 1m30.964s 
•    The No.7 Toyota that set the fastest FP2 session lap yesterday places fifth with fastest lap set by local hero Kamui Kobayashi 

LMGTE Pro 
•    No.91 Porsche 911 RSR-19 leads LMGTE Pro as Gimmi Bruni laps in a 1m36.883s lap as he conducts entire session in cockpit 
•    AF Corse second third as pair of Ferraris stalk Porsche rival with No.51 lapping within 0.2s of Bruni’s best 
•    James Calado and Miguel Molina respectively set the Prancing Horse’s quickest laps 
•    Corvette Racing take fourth best time as Nick Tandy laps Chevrolet Corvette C8.R in 1m37.372s 
•    No.92 Porsche completes class with Michael Christensen setting time to ensure just 0.8s covers the whole class 

LMP2 
•    JOTA again at the front in LMP2 as Antonio Felix da Costa continues his strong form by setting a 1m31.822s best in the title leading No.38 Oreca-Gibson 
•    Vector Sport place second to further excellent momentum after strong third place at Monza in July. 
•    A 1m32.157s effort by Sebastien Bourdais gets to within 0.3s of Da Costa’s benchmark 
•    WRT go third with No.31 entry as Fuji debutant Robin Frijns sets a 1m32.194s best in Belgian entered LMP2 challenger 
•    Richard Mille place fourth as Charles Milesi laps in a 1m32.226s 
•    Ultimate top the Pro/Am LMP2 division as Matthieu Lahaye stops clocks on 1m33.000 

LMGTE Am 
•    Team Project 1 ensure it is a Porsche 1-2 lock-out in LMGTE Am as Ben Barnicoat sets class pace with a 1m38.801s 
•    British ace laps just 0.060s faster than sister Porsche which sees Matteo Cairoli again set fastest lap for the No.46 
•    Third in LMGTE Am and the fastest Ferrari is the Spirit of Race entered car with Gabriel Aubry peaking with a 1m38.886 
•    Ferraris also place fourth and fifth with the No.54 AF Corse 488 GTE Evo heading the No.21 car 
•    No.98 Northwest AMR Aston Martin ends session ninth after getting a 5-minute stop/go penalty for crossing white line at pit entry 

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