Kevin Estre, from France, Andre Lotterer, from Germany, and Laurens Vanthoor, from Belgium, drove the #06 car of Porsche Penske Motorsport during the Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, which took place on May 9, 2024. This event was part of the FIA World Endurance Championship and was the third round of the championship.
During the Friday’s Free Practice 2 session, Kevin Estre showed an impressive performance by driving the #6 Porsche Penske 963 to the top of the timing sheets. His time of 2:04.162 in Spa was 0.121 seconds faster than Antonio Fuoco in the Ferrari #50 499P. The Ferrari team is aiming to maintain the same level of competitiveness they had in the previous race in Imola.
The Cadillac V-Series.R #2, with its two drivers, secured an impressive third place in the final order. Alex Lynn recorded a time of 2:04.341, ensuring that the top three positions were separated by less than two tenths of a second. Kamui Kobayashi finished in fourth place, with a lap time of 2:04.883 in the Toyota GR010 – Hrybid #7.
The Porsche 963 car had a good performance during the Friday afternoon session, which had cooler conditions compared to Free Practice 1. Callum Ilott in the #12 Jota team car (2:04.956) and Julien Andlauer in the Proton team’s Porsche #99 (2:05.098) also achieved good results, finishing in fifth and sixth place, respectively.
Brendon Hartley finished in seventh position, driving the Toyota #8 and completing a lap in Spa in 2:05.640. Robert Kubica, piloting the ‘privateer’ car #83 AF Corse 499P, secured eighth place with a time of 2:05.706.
Due to conflicts with the FIA Formula E Berlin E-Prix, the Peugeot 9X8 #93 team had only two drivers for this weekend’s race. Mikkel Jensen drove the car during Free Practice 2 and achieved a time of 2:05.981, placing the team in ninth position.
Las diez primeras posiciones fueron disputadas de cerca, con solo 1.908 segundos separando a los diez pilotos más rápidos. James Calado, ganador de las 24 Horas de Le Mans, registró el décimo tiempo más rápido de la tarde, con un tiempo de vuelta de 2:06.070 en el Ferrari #51.
En la categoría LMGT3, el coche Lexus RC F LMGT3, a pesar de ser un modelo más antiguo en comparación con sus competidores, demostró sus capacidades. Clemens Schmid condujo el coche #78 del equipo Akkodis y lideró la clasificación de la LMGT3 con un tiempo de 2:21.257.
Sarah Bovy aportó positividad al equipo Iron Dames al terminar en segundo lugar en el segundo entrenamiento libre. Ella condujo el Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 #85 y registró un tiempo de 2:21.372. La leyenda de MotoGP, Valentino Rossi, completó el podio en la categoría LMGT3, pilotando el BMW M4 #46 del equipo WRT. Obtuvo un tiempo de 2:21.745 y estaba motivado por su reciente logro de podio en Italia.
