A large Italian crowd spent another enjoyable free day at Monza watching six hours of track action as the FIA World Endurance Championship pre season test concluded with the no8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 Hybrid of Nicolas Lapierre posted the fastest time of the two days at The Prologue.
The French driver, who is celebrating his 33rd birthday today, posted a 1m30.547 lap in the final 3-hour session of the day, two tenths faster than his teammate Anthony Davidson and 0.9 seconds faster than the rest of the field.
In LMP2 the no28 TDS Racing Oreca 07 Gibson set the quickest class time of the weekend, with Matthieu Vaxiviere posting a 1m36.078 lap, just 0.16 sceonds faster than the previous best set by Bruno Senna in the Vaillante Rebellion Oreca on day 1.
The no92 Porsche of Kevin Estre was quickest LMGTE Pro competitor in this morning’s session with a 1m47.507 and the no67 Ford GT of Harry Tincknell was fastest in the final session with a 1m47.530, but the fastest time of the weekend was set by Michael Christensen in the first session when the Dane set a 1m47.379.
In LMGTE Am Miguel Molina took the top spot with the only time below 1m 50 seconds when the Spaniard set a 1m49.843 lap in the no54 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE. Matt Griffin was quickest in the afternoon session in the no61 Clearwater Racing Ferrari, but 0.4 seconds behind Molina’s best lap time.
The scene is now set for the season opener, the 6 Hours of Silverstone on Sunday 16 April, where the LMP1 drivers will compete for the coveted Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy.
