FP1: Doriane Pin Puts Duqueine Team ahead in First Practice at Le Mans

IDEC Sport finished the session third fastest with Valerio Rinicella setting a 3m36.189 lap around the 13.6km Circuit des 24 Heures, just 0.035s ahead of Dane Cameron in the no99 AO by TF, the second fastest in LMP2 Pro/Am.

The fastest ELMS car in the LMGT3 category was the no62 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG, with Julien Hanses posting a 3m55.904, 0.167s behind the fastest car in the class, the no78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus of Jack Hawksworth, who set a 3m55.737 lap time, one tenth of a second ahead of the two Team WRT BMW M4s.  

The no57 Kessel Racing Ferrari was the second quickest ELMS car, which finished the session 12th in class with Daniel Serra posting the cars best lap of 3m56.580.

The cars will be back on track for qualifying at 18h45 CEST for a 30-minute session for LMP2 and LMGT3, with the top 15 cars going through to Hyperpole tomorrow evening. 

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The 24 Hours of Le Mans takes place on Saturday 13 June at 16h00 CEST and concludes 24 hours later on Sunday 14 June.  You can follow all the action on the FIAWEC+ app by signing up HERE.