Jose Maria Lopez has topped the third consecutive practice session in a row for the Six Hours of Monza by going a full second clear of his Hypercar rivals.
The unleashed Toyota driver lapped the Monza circuit in a time of 01:36:137 the #7 GR010 Hybrid, 1.071s faster than team-mate Brendon Hartley in the sister Toyota.
Behind the two Toyotas, Pipo Derani went third quickest in the #708 Glickenhaus 007 LMH, roughly half a second behind Hartley but clear of both the #36 Alpine A480-Gibson and the #709 sister car in fourth and fifth respectively.
The session remained largely green throughout, except for a brief yellow flag when Matej Konopka spun and beached the #44 ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P217-Gibson at the Rettifilo chicane and needed to be recovered.
JOTA topped LMP2 for the first time this weekend, as Stoffel Vandoorne went fastest with a 01:38:910 aboard the #28 ORECA 07-Gibson. In the process, he outpaced Filipe Albuquerque’s #22 United Autosports ORECA by just over two tenths.
Felipe Nasr was third in the #82 Risi Competizione ORECA 07-Gibson, ahead of DragonSpeed’s Ben Hanley in fourth and the second JOTA car in fifth place.
Porsche’s Gianmaria Bruni topped the timing sheets in GTE Pro, as the home hero led the way with a 01:46:253 aboard the #91 Porsche RSR-19.
Bruni led both Ferraris of Daniel Serra and Miguel Molina who were second and third respectively, while the #92 Porsche rounded out the times.
Nicklas Nielsen, meanwhile posted the quickest time in GTE Am, lapping in a best time of 01:47:080 aboard the #83 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.
Track action at the Six Hours of Monza continues with qualifying at 18:00 local time.
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