The 2021 winner lapped in 3’29 “896, obtained in the second of two four-hour sessions preceding the 24 Hours of the next weekend of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
The Argentine took the lead in the penultimate hour on Sunday afternoon, after Romain Dumas had been the fastest with the Glickenhaus in 3’30 “104 a few minutes earlier.
Lopez then prematurely terminated the session with three minutes to go when he went off the road in Mulsanne.
Toyota GR010 Hybrid # 8 was third fastest in the overall standings with Ryo Hirakawa’s 3’30 “490.
Fourth was Franck Mailleux with the second of the Glickenhaus-Pipo 007 LMH, followed by the LMP2 of United Autosports led by Filipe Albuquerque in 3’32 “099, three tenths better than the Alpine A480-Gibson of Matthieu Vaxiviere, who improved his morning record with a 3’32 “420.
# 22 United Autosports USA Oreca 07 – Gibson LMP2 of Philip Hanson, Filipe Albuquerque, WilliAm Owen
Photo by: Rainier Ehrhardt
La Jota took sixth place overall and second in LMP2 thanks to Antonio Felix da Costa, with the second Oreca of United third in class driven by Alex Lynn, arriving at Le Mans at lunchtime after traveling from the United States where on Saturday he participated in the Detroit test of the IMSA.
Norman Nato was fourth in LMP2 aboard the Oreca of Realteam by WRT with a time of 3’32 “958, a couple of tenths more than Rene Rast’s 3’33” 154 in the other WRT car.
First of the LMP2 Pro / Am the guys from TDS Racing with Mathias Beche at the wheel.
Corvette Racing maintained its leadership in LMGTE Pro thanks to a final lap by Alexander Sims in 3’54 “001, preceding Davide Rigon in the best of AF Corse’s Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.
Third Frederic Makowiecki in the Porsche 911 RSR # 91.
Kessel Racing soared in LMGTE Am thanks to Mikkel Jensen’s 3’54 “827.
Track activity resumes at Le Mans on Wednesday: practice for the 24 Hours begins at 2:00 pm, while the first one-hour qualifying session begins at 7:00 pm.
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