P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Cadillac Earl Bamber topped the session times in the rookie test following the FIA World Endurance Championship season finale, but Arthur Leclerc was the fastest rookie in the #50 Ferrari 499P. Leclerc set a 1:50.460 to go quickest, with his time coming in the afternoon session. Ahead of him were four full-time Hypercar drivers: Bamber, […]
Leclerc set the fastest time of 1:50.460 during the afternoon session, trailing four full-time Hypercar drivers: Bamber, BMW’s Dries Vanthoor, Nicklas Nielsen, and Jules Gounon. Despite setting his time in the morning, Leclerc was close to Nielsen’s lap time, who is a Le Mans winner. The fastest Hypercar rookie after Leclerc was Valentino Rossi in the BMW M Hybrid V8, just over a tenth off Leclerc’s time. Following Rossi were Victor Martins, Max Hesse, Thomas Neubauer, and Dan Harper in the fastest lap order. In GT3, Ben Barnicoat in the #78 Akkodis ASP Lexus RC F GT3 topped the times. The fastest non-WEC / non-full time GT3 driver was Mahaveer Raghunathan in the #55 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3, followed by Aurelien Panis in a Lexus. You can see the full session results from both sessions here.
