Spa FP3: Estre tops the times for Porsche; LMGT3 category sees Malykhin fastest for Manthey PureRxcing

Photo: WEC 10.05.2024 - 10h00 Spa FP3: Estre tops the times for Porsche; LMGT3 category sees Malykhin fastest for Manthey PureRxcing For the second consecutive session Porsche Penske leads the way as Kevin Estre proves fastest in final 60-minute session before qualifying this afternoon. Below are the main headlines from the session. Hypercar The No.6 Porsche Penske 963 Hypercar sets a best lap of 2m04.125 to stay top of the timing sheets on a warm and sunny morning at Spa Francorchamps Estre’s lap is 0.215s ahead of the James Calado driven No.51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P Hypercar as British driver posts early quick lap No.93 Peugeot TotalEnergies place third as Mikkel Jensen claims a 2m04.357s lap in Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar he shares this weekend with Nico Mueller only No.50 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P takes fourth place as Antonio Fuoco sets best time despite it having to take a 5-minute stop/go penalty after Fuoco crossed the pit exit line in first laps of FP3 Local ace Dries Vanthoor takes the No.15 BMW M Hypercar to fifth place with a lap of 2m04.465 to head the first of the Toyotas, the No.7 GR010 Hybrid Hypercar driven by Kamui Kobayashi No.8 Toyota Gazoo Racing entry is seventh ahead of the No.35 Alpine Endurance Team car. Brendon Hartley and Charles Milesi set the times In ninth position is the second BMW M Team WRT Hypercar, while the No.12 Hertz Team Jota Porsche completes the top ten Oliver Rasmussen in No.38 Hertz Team Jota has wild ride at Blanchimont and severely damages the underside of the Porsche 963 Hypercar Earl Bamber also has a gravelly incident at Les Combes in final minutes of the session but re-emerges to make it back to the pits No.83 AF Corse Ferrari suffers trouble in FP3 as the Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye and Robert Shwartzman crewed Ferrari 499P has braking issues and is confined to the pits for majority of the session. But car enters track for final 15 minutes of session and ends up in 18th position on timing screens LMGT3 Imola pole winner Aliaksandr Malykhin tops the times in the PureRxcing Porsche 911 GT R by setting a best lap of 2m20.947s Malykhin beats the No.85 Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan that headed the times in LMGT3 for most of the session with Michelle Gatting posting an early session time of 2m21.219s in the pink Lamborghini Huracan Gatting showed some strong promise for the Italian supercar design at Spa as she headed the No.82 TF Sport Corvette driven by Daniel Juncadella wh