Kamui Kobayashi has set the fastest time for Toyota in the third and final free practice session ahead of this weekend's TOTAL Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
The Japanese driver set a time of 01:54:105 in the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid, well over two seconds clear of team-mate Kazuki Nakajima in the #8 Toyota. The pair of Egor Orudzhev and Stoffel Vandoorne took third and fourth. Bruno Senna and Nathanaël Berthon rounded out the top six in the #1 and #3 Rebellion respectively.
In LMP2, G-Drive set the pace as Jean-Eric Vergne went quickest in the Aurus 01-Gibson with a time of 02:01:143. That put the Frenchman well clear of the Jackie Chan DC Racing pair of Will Stevens and Gabriel Aubry, who took second and third. Dragonspeed's Pastor Maldonado took fourth, while Matthieu Vaxiviere rounded out the top five for TDS Racing.
GTE Pro remains a close affair, with the top seven all setting top times within a second of each other. Porsche went quickest, with Gianmaria Bruni setting a 02:13:722 in the #91 Porsche 911 RSR. Just over two-tenths behind was the #67 Ford GT of Harry Tincknell, with the second Porsche of Kevin Estre taking third. Olivier Pla was fourth in the #66 Ford, with the Ferrari pair of Sam Bird and James Calado fifth ans sixth. Aston Martin and BMW rounded out the grid, with the pair of Vantage AMRs seventh and ninth, while the two M8 GTEs came eight and tenth respectively.
Porsche was once again in fine form in GTE Am, with the top three filled with 911 RSRs. Matteo Cairoli proved quickest, setting a 02:15:190 that put him two-tenths clear of team-mate Matt Campbell, meaning a one-two for Dempsey-Proton Racing. Championship leaders Team Project 1 took third at the hands of Jörg Bergmeister.
Qualifying is next at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, with the GTE Pro and GTE Am session set for 15:00. The prototypes follow suit at 15:35.
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