
Toyota have finally begin to show their potential when they topped the third and final free practice session in Spa this afternoon. Kamui KOBAYASHI set a 2:02.518 in the troubled #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID to take session honours, 0.35s ahead of teammate Kazuki NAKAJIMA in the #8 car.
However, it was not a Hypercar lockout of the top three places as once again the #22 United Autosports Oreca set the fastest time of 2:03.761 in LMP2 to take third overall. The #36 RebAlpine, which lead FP2 ended this afternoon’s session in 6th place overall.

In LMGTE Pro it was again the Porsche GT Team that lead the way; the #91 Porsche 911 RSR – 19 in the hands of Kevin ESTRE locking in a 2:11.936 whilst the sister car, under the control of Richard LIETZ was a mere 0.7s adrift. Third spot went to the AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo of Miguel MOLINA with a significantly slower-than-the-Porsches 2:13.202.

In the Am LMGTE class, Porsche again took the ‘virtual front row’ with Matteo CAIROLI taking the #56 Project 1 911 to a 2:13.515 on lap 11. Matt CAMPBELL in the #77 Dempsey – Proton Racing Porsche was under half a second behind setting a 2:13.936 whilst Alessio ROVERA in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo closed out the top three with a best lap of 2:14.099. The first of the Aston Martin entries was the #33 TF Sport car in 7th place setting a 2:14.670.