Monza 6H FP1: Pier Guidi fastest for Ferrari; WRT 1-2 in LMP2; AF Corse on top in LMGTE

Hypercar  

• No.51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P sets the pace in first track action at Monza with a best time of 137.533s  
• Le Mans winner Alessandro Pier Guidi sets time to delight Tifosi on home soil 
• Hertz Team JOTA make impressive early pacesetters at Monza as Yifei Ye laps in 1m37.536s to head the field for the majority of the 90-minute session. But Pier Guidi's late time just beats the gold Porsche by 0.003s 
• No.5 Porsche Penske 963 recovers from early stoppage just after the first chicane as Michael Christensen re-starts car and lays down a 1m37.824s best to place third.  
• No.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing is fourth with Mike Conway peaking on a 1m37.841s lap 
• Oliver Pla places Glickenhaus Racing a strong fifth as last year's pole setter slams in a 1m37.917s lap in 007LMH non-Hybrid challenger 
• No.8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar places sixth as Sebastien Buemi completes best lap for category points leaders 
• No.50 Ferrari AF Corse 499P is seventh ahead of the No.6 Porsche Penske 963 
• No.2 Cadillac Racing entry ends session ninth in first appearance at Monza for the new Cadillac V-Series.R 
• Peugeot complete the top ten with the No.94 9X8 as Nico Mueller turns in best lap  
• Sister Peugeot TotalEnergies finishes 10th ahead of the Floyd Vanwall non-Hybrid Hypercar 
• All-new Proton Competition Porsche 963 is 12 ^th  on its first appearance as car carries out systems checks for majority of session 

Cars head out on track #WEC #6HMonza @ROLEX pic.twitter.com/BUHOUqsWHs

— FIA World Endurance Championship (@FIAWEC) July 7, 2023

LMP2 

• No.41 WRT Oreca-Gibson of Louis Deletraz, Rui Andrade and Robert Kubica claim top spot after Kubica sets a 1m40.356 for points leaders 
• WRT place 1-2 as the No.31 Oreca-Gibson is just 0.2s adrift of sister car in hands of Ferdinand Habsburg 
• Le Mans winners Inter Europol Competition take third position with Albert Costa continuing strong momentum for Polish team 
• Alpine Elf Team is fourth with No.36 car. 2021 LMP2 champion Charles Milesi sets time 
• Vector Sport and No.22 United Autosports Oreca-Gibson round out top six 

We kick off the action in Monza with a Team WRT 1-2 in the first free practice session

Robert and Ferdi set the fastest times for #41 and #31 respectively #WRT #6HMonza pic.twitter.com/eaHjFowWOP

— WRT - W Racing Team (@followWRT) July 7, 2023

LMGTE Am 

• No.54 AF Corse Ferrari leads the way in LMGTE Am category to give Ferrari double cheer as Davide Rigon sets a best lap of 1m47.538s 
• No.60 Iron Lynx entry driven by Matteo Cressoni is second just 0.1s off Rigon's category best 
• GR Racing place third with Riccardo Pera making it three Italian drivers setting the top three times in LMGTE Am 

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Free Practice 2 will start at 4:40 pm local time.