The Porsche 911 GT3-R entered by 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Timo Bernhard topped the timesheets at the official test day for the 24 Hours of Spa.
Porsche factory driver Kevin Estre turned in the quickest time – a 2:19.451 – during the five hour afternoon session at a dry Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
The Team75 Bernhard outfit is an eponymous effort from the two-time Le Mans winner, who runs the single-car effort with former American Le Mans Series champion Klaus Graf
Under Bernhard's watch, Estre will share the No. 117 car with fellow Porsche assets Laurens Vanthoor and Michael Christensen.
Second quickest during Tuesday's rehearsal was the Kaspersky Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 driven by Giancarlo Fisichella, Marco Cioci and James Calado, which finished 0.086 seconds off the pace.
The No. 50 AF Corse Ferrari of Alessandro Pier Guidi, Michele Rugolo and Pasin Lathouras completed the top three, a further four tenths down.
Many of the quicker laps were set during the afternoon, with the best effort of the three hour morning run being a 2:20.358 from the Pro-Am category Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini with Miguel Ramos behind the wheel.
However, Ramos' initial benchmark was bettered later in the day by the Oliver Webb/Nick Leventis/Craig Fleming/Lewis Williamson Strakka Racing McLaren 650S by three tenths.
With the test day complete, the teams now have two weeks to prepare for the onset of race week track action, which gets underway on Tuesday, July 25th with the Bronze-rated driver's test.
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