Monza WEC: Glickenhaus leads Alpine, Peugeot in first practice
Glickenhaus ended up fastest in opening practice for this weekend’s FIA Monza World Endurance Championship round as the debuting Peugeot Le Mans Hypercar got within a second of the pace.
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Romain Dumas led the way in the solo Glickenhaus 007 LMH with a 1m37.984s lap, which put him six tenths up on the solo Alpine A480-Gibson and eight tenths ahead of the fastest of the two Peugeot 9X8s in third.
Alpine driver Andre Negrao headed the times with a 1m38.602s midway through the session before Dumas leapfrogged that time and Paul di Resta’s 1m38.802s in the #93 Peugeot to propel the Glickenhaus to the head of the times.
The two Toyotas GR010 Hybrids took fourth and fifth positions in the Hypercar class.
Sebastien Buemi posted a 1m39.120s in the #8 car, a tenth up on the 1m39.287s to which Kamui Kobayashi improved right at the end of the session in #7.
The form of the Glickenhaus follows a Balance of Performance break for the American entrant ahead of the Monza 6 Hours: the car has been given another 18bhp over the previous power level of the car.
The second Peugeot ended up in 20th position behind the entire LMP2 field, Loic Duval setting a 1m41.522s on the 11th of only 12 laps completed by the car.
The quicker of the two Peugeots also encountered problems during the session: it stopped at the Ascari Chicane and was returned to its pit on the back of a truck on the completion of the session.
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#93 Peugeot Totalenergies Peugeot 9X8 of Paul Di Resta, Mikkel Jensen, Jean-Eric Vergne
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LMP2 was headed by AF Corse Oreca 07-Gibson courtesy of a 1m39.973s from Alessio Rovera.
That put him three tenths up on the Realteam by WRT Oreca in second place; Norman Nato’s 1m40.222s on the final lap was a small improvement on Ferdinand Habsburg’s previous best in the car.
Another later improvement came from Esteban Gutierrez in the Inter Europol Oreca, a 1m40.356s vaulting him up to third in class.
The Prema Oreca in which Robert Kubica set a 1m40.468s took fourth position, while the #22 United Autosports and Signatech-run Richard Mille Racing entries rounded out the top six in the hands of Filipe Albuquerque and Charles Milesi respectively.
Kevin Estre led the way in GTE Pro for Porsche, setting a 1m47.273s to end up three tenths clear at the top of the times aboard the fastest of the two Manthey-run 911 RSRs.
Antonio Fuoco took second in the best of the AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evos on a 1m47.597s, which gave him a margin of almost exactly a tenth over Nick Tandy’s 1m47.702s in the solo Chevrolet Corvette C8.R.
Gianmaria Bruni and Alessandro Pier Guidi took fourth and fifth positions in GTE Pro for Porsche and Ferrari respectively.
Ben Barnicoat was quickest in GTE Am in the Project 1/Inception Porsche 911 RSR, his 1m48.389s giving him a four-tenth margin over fellow Briton Ben Barker in the GR Racing Porsche.
Practice for the Monza 6 Hours, round four of the 2022 WEC, continues at 9:00 local time on Friday.
Monza WEC - First practice results:
Cla | # | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 708 |
Olivier Pla
Romain Dumas Pipo Derani |
Glickenhaus 007 LMH | HYPERCAR | 1'37.984 | |
2 | 36 |
Andre Negrao
Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere |
Alpine A480 | HYPERCAR | 1'38.602 | 0.618 |
3 | 93 |
Paul di Resta
Mikkel Jensen Jean-Eric Vergne |
Peugeot 9X8 | HYPERCAR | 1'38.802 | 0.818 |
4 | 8 |
Sébastien Buemi
Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa |
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 1'39.120 | 1.136 |
5 | 7 |
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez |
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 1'39.287 | 1.303 |
6 | 83 |
François Perrodo
Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'39.973 | 1.989 |
7 | 41 |
Rui Andrade
Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.222 | 2.238 |
8 | 34 |
Jakub Smiechowski
Alex Brundle Esteban Gutierrez |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.356 | 2.372 |
9 | 9 |
Robert Kubica
Louis Deletraz Lorenzo Colombo |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.468 | 2.484 |
10 | 22 |
Philip Hanson
Filipe Albuquerque Will Owen |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.477 | 2.493 |
11 | 1 |
Lilou Wadoux
Paul-Loup Chatin Charles Milesi |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.732 | 2.748 |
12 | 38 |
Roberto Gonzalez
Antonio Felix da Costa Will Stevens |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.863 | 2.879 |
13 | 45 |
Steven Thomas
James Allen Rene Binder |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.871 | 2.887 |
14 | 31 |
Sean Gelael
Robin Frijns René Rast |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.946 | 2.962 |
15 | 23 |
Alex Lynn
Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.972 | 2.988 |
16 | 28 |
Oliver Rasmussen
Edward Jones Jonathan Aberdein |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'41.205 | 3.221 |
17 | 10 |
Nico Müller
Ryan Cullen Sébastien Bourdais |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'41.248 | 3.264 |
18 | 44 |
Miro Konopka
Tijmen van der Helm Mathias Beche |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'41.443 | 3.459 |
19 | 35 |
Jean Baptiste Lahaye
Matthieu Lahaye François Heriau |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'41.522 | 3.538 |
20 | 94 |
Loic Duval
Gustavo Menezes James Rossiter |
Peugeot 9X8 | HYPERCAR | 1'41.522 | 3.538 |
21 | 92 |
Michael Christensen
Kevin Estre |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 1'47.273 | 9.289 |
22 | 52 |
Miguel Molina
Antonio Fuoco |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 1'47.597 | 9.613 |
23 | 64 |
Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | LMGTE PRO | 1'47.702 | 9.718 |
24 | 91 |
Gianmaria Bruni
Richard Lietz |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 1'47.745 | 9.761 |
25 | 51 |
Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 1'47.894 | 9.910 |
26 | 56 |
Brendan Iribe
Ollie Millroy Ben Barnicoat |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'48.389 | 10.405 |
27 | 86 |
Michael Wainwright
Riccardo Pera Benjamin Barker |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'48.782 | 10.798 |
28 | 46 |
Matteo Cairoli
Mikkel Pedersen Nicolas Leutwiler |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'48.860 | 10.876 |
29 | 71 |
Franck Dezoteux
Pierre Ragues Gabriel Aubry |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'48.956 | 10.972 |
30 | 21 |
Simon Mann
Christoph Ulrich Toni Vilander |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'49.114 | 11.130 |
31 | 54 |
Thomas Flohr
Francesco Castellacci Nick Cassidy |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'49.215 | 11.231 |
32 | 77 |
Christian Ried
Sebastian Priaulx Harry Tincknell |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'49.235 | 11.251 |
33 | 88 |
Fred Poordad
Patrick Lindsey Jan Heylen |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'49.393 | 11.409 |
34 | 85 |
Rahel Frey
Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'49.434 | 11.450 |
35 | 60 |
Claudio Schiavoni
Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'49.496 | 11.512 |
36 | 777 |
Satoshi Hoshino
Tomonobu Fujii Charlie Fagg |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'49.540 | 11.556 |
37 | 33 |
Ben Keating
Henrique Chaves Jr. Marco Sorensen |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'49.555 | 11.571 |
38 | 98 |
Paul Dalla Lana
David Pittard Nicki Thiim |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'49.593 | 11.609 |
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