Like the morning session Brendon Hartley claimed the best time with a 1m37.445s, which was the quickest overall time during the two days of running.

However, Toyota Gazoo Racing completed a fine public debut of its all-new TS050 HYBRID and again placed second ahead of the latest Audi model, the 2016 Audi R18. Kamui Kobayashi and Benoit Treluyer respectively set the times this afternoon.

In the other classes, Rebellion Racing was 1-2 again in the LMP1 privateers category. The No.13 car was this time ahead of the sister No12 Rebellion R-One-AER.  The no4 Bykolles CLM P1/01-AER of Oliver Webb completed the LMP1 privateer runners with a best lap of 1m43.626, 0.5 seconds behind the no13 Rebellion.

In LMP2 there was a late flurry of times to set the pace, and ultimately it was the No.26 G-Drive Racing ORECA 05-Nissan of Roman Rusinov/Rene Rast and Nathanael Berthon which led the way on a best of 1m47.024s. The 10 cars taking part in The Prologue were split by just 2.5 seconds in the final session of the two day test.

Ford Chip Ganassi ended the running in confidence boosting style by outpacing Ferrari with its No.67 Ford GT. In LMGTE Am Adam Carroll continued Gulf Racing’s promising day by outpacing the Ferrari, Porsche and Aston Martin entries.

Thousands of fans travelled to the Circuit Paul Ricard today to make it a carnival atmosphere for the now traditional ‘Fans Saturday’ ahead of the 2016 season, which starts next month in the UK with the 6 Hours of Silverstone taking place on Sunday 17 April.

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