WEC: Ferrari sets early pace at Spa, Porsche hits back in FP2

WEC: Ferrari sets early pace at Spa, Porsche hits back in FP2

  • F1
  • May 12, 2025

The action was carried out before this weekend TotaAalegies 6 hours of spa-Francorchamps, the third round of the World Endurance Championship campaign of 2025, with two free practice sessions of 90 minutes today today

Qatar winners start the weekend at the top of FP1 in Spa
In warm and sunny conditions, the entry #50 Ferrari AF Cors driven by Miguel Molina, Antonio Fuoco and Nicklas Nielsen emerged at the head of the synchronization screens, reaching its maximum wind with a better turn of 2: 02.835s established by Antonio Fuoco.

The Praising horse continues its excellent beginning for the 2025 season, since it tries to hunt a hat-trick of victories in Belgium after the successes in Qatar and Italy.

He made him one and two years in FP2 was the #83 of Cors Ferrari, since Robert Kubica licked only 0.222s before first place.

Hypercar Alpine #36, which claimed a memorable podium in Icola last time, continued its impressive form since Mick Schumacher established a 2: 03.094 at the end of the session to claim the third fastest round.

The Peugeot TotaAlegies team showed a promising early rhythm when the 9×8 prototype couple was placed fourth and fifth, headed by the effort 2: 03.294 of Paul Di subtraction at entry #93.

The second of the Peugeot piloted by the AS of the Stoffel Vandoorne, Loïc Duval and Malthe Jakobsen was fifth, since the Danish recorded the best round for car #94 in 2: 03.573s.

A half second covered the four higher cars in the ultra adjusted LMGT3 category, with the Akkodis Asp Lexus squad again with prominently in the final order.

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Sister #87 Lexus took third place, with Clemens Schmid, José María López and Petru Umbrarescu similar to a champagne celebration on Saturday night. The Argentino published the fastest return for car #87.

In the fourth position was the main competition of Ford Mustang, car #88 campaigning for Stefano Gattuso, Dennis Olsen and Giammarco Levorate. Olsen claimed the best time for that car with a 2: 18,969 turn.


Porsche head FP2 full of incidents
The reigning champion Kévin Esto placed Porsche at the top of the time sheets in the second practice of the day.

The Porsche #6, which will see the current world champion of Formula E Pascal Wehrlein to make his FIA Wec debut this weekend next to Estre and Laurens Vanthoor, reached its maximum point with a turn of 2: 01.475s.

That time was only 0.091 faster than FP1 reference time of Ferrari. Qatar winners continued to be quick in the second free practice session with the second time established by Antonio Fuoco, who stopped the watches in a 2: 01.566s.

However, an incident in the back of the session saw the scarlet machine suffer front damage, with the equipment to work in the car after Miguel Molina crashed her.

Placed third in the 90 -minute FP2 was the entrance #20 BMW M Team WRT, with Robin Beans stopping the clocks with a best effort or 2: 01.785s.

The session was marked in red three times. The #51 Ferrari AF Cors by Antonio Giovinazzi crashed in the return in Raidillon, Stephen Grove had a similar incident in #60 Iron Lynx Mercedes and then Tom Gamble left the road in Pouhon in #007 Aston Valkyrie. The three drivers emerged unharmed from accidents.

The #51 Ferrari could be repaired and briefly returned to the track just when the session ended.

The Heart of Racing Team, Aston Martin, exceeded the LMGT3 category, since Zacarie Robichon established the fastest turn of the session with a reference point of 2: 18,326 in the British machine.

The Canadian surpassed the ASP #87 Lexus team for a thin 0.052s, with Clemens Schmid publishing the best time in the most improved LMGT3 Challenger of the Japanese brand this season.

He made him three manufacturers within the first three, as in Hypercar, was the #54 view AF Cors Ferrari piloted by Davide Rigon.