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WEC: Ferrari and Toyota share Monza’s free practice top spots

07.07.23

24 Hours of Le Mans-winning #51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P set the pace in the first track action of this year’s 6 Hours of Monza, with the #7 Toyota Gazoo GR010 responding to top in the second session of the first day of the fifth round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship season

Free Practice 1

  • #51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P set the pace in first track action at Monza with a best time of 137.533s  
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Alessandro Pier Guidi was behind the wheel, setting the best time of the session to delight Tifosi on home soil 
  • Hertz Team JOTA was an impressive early pacesetter at Monza as Yifei Ye lapped the circuit in 1m37.536s to head the field for the majority of the 90-minute session. But Pier Guidi's late time just beats the striking golden Porsche by 0.003s 
  • #5 Porsche Penske 963 recovered from an early stoppage just after the first chicane as Michael Christensen re-started the car and managed lay down a 1m37.824s best lap to place third overall.  
  • #41 WRT Oreca-Gibson of Louis Deletraz, Rui Andrade and Robert Kubica claimed the top spot in LMP2 after Kubica managed a 1m40.356 lap. 
  • WRT placed 1-2 as the #31 Oreca-Gibson was just 0.2s adrift of its sister car in the hands of Ferdinand Habsburg.
  • Le Mans class winner Inter Europol Competition took third position with Albert Costa continuing strong momentum for the Polish outfit. 
  • #54 AF Corse Ferrari led the way in the LMGTE Am class to give Ferrari a double cheer as Davide Rigon set the best lap of 1m47.538s 
  • #60 Iron Lynx entry driven by Matteo Cressoni was second just 0.1s off Rigon's best effort.

Free Practice 2

  • A 1m36.363s lap by Kamui Kobayashi in the #7 Toyota Gazoo GR010 Hybrid Hypercar saw Toyota head Ferrari in Free Practice 2 at Monza.
  • Kobayashi's time was just 0.170s ahead of the #50 AF Corse Ferrari 499P as Antonio Fuoco claimed the second-best time.
  • #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar placed third as Brendon Hartley completes the best lap and ensures that 0.323s covers the leading trio 
  • Robert Kubica again took the best time in the #41 Team WRT Oreca-Gibson by setting a 1m39.955s best. 
  • A 1m40.136s by Alberto Costa in the Inter Europol Competition car saw the Le Mans winning car going second, improving by one place from the first session of the event. 
  • Team WRT again looked strong across its squad as Ferdinand Habsburg managed the best time in the car he shares with Robin Frijns and Sean Gelael.
  • Alessio Picariello topped the times in LMGTE Am class in #60 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo with a peak of 1m46.973s. 
  • The Belgian/Italian driver headed the GR Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 with Riccardo Pera again setting the time for the British team that took its best-ever result of third at Le Mans last month.