Nakajima fastest in FP3 but just 0.005s ahead!

Kazuki Nakajima led a Toyota Gazoo Racing 1-2-3 at Spa this morning in the final Free Practice session before the qualifying sessions this afternoon.

The Japanese ace lapped just 0.005s faster than the sister #7 Toyota TS 050 HYBRID in a remarkably close session.

Nicolas Lapierre showed that the low-drag #9 Toyota was also in the hunt with third position just 0.2 in arrears to Nakajima’s best time.

G-Drive Racing was the benchmark performer in LMP2 while AF Corse Ferrari locked out the top two positions in LMGTE Pro with Alessandro Pier Guidi heading Davide Rigon.

All eyes will now be on the qualifying sessions which are scheduled to begin at 14.50 local this afternoon.

The Headlines from FP3 at Spa...

• Kazuki Nakajima set the best time of the weekend so far at Spa this morning with a 1m55.233s lap in the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 HYBRID
• Japanese driver outpaces #7 Toyota sister car by just 0.005s!
• Nicolas Lapierre makes it a Toyota 1-2-3 as he takes low-drag car to a 1m55.448s best
• Japanese manufacturer look to have qualifying specification advantage as Porsche are over a second behind with #1 919 Hybrid ahead of #2 sister car
• Alex Lynn sets fastest time in LMP2 with a 2m01.708s lap in G-Drive Racing ORECA-Gibson
• British driver is 0.2s quicker than Mathias Beche in #13 Vaillante Rebellion
• #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing car is third but has incident with Weng Sun Mok in Clearwater Ferrari 488 which causes brief Full Course Yellow to clear debris from track
• Nelson Panciatici boosts #35 Signatech Alpine hopes on their 2017 WEC debut by taking fourth place
• Alessandro Pier Guidi sets LMGTE Pro pace in #51 AF Corse 488 GTE with best lap of 2m14.904s
• Davide Rigon places #71 AF Corse Ferrari in second position in LMGTE Pro times with 2m15.100 lap
• #67 Ford GT is third despite seeming to suffer from brake locking issues early in session. Both Tincknell and Priaulx have trips up escape road at Les Combes
• Dempsey-Proton Porsche dominates LMGTE Am as Matteo Cairoli laps 0.8s clear of rivals. Young Italian driver sets a 2m15.893s lap in Porsche 911 RSR
• Pedro Lamy sets second best lap in category with a 2m16.603s lap in #98 Aston Martin Racing entry
• Qualifying scheduled to begin at 14.50 local time with LMGTE session