VDS Panis wins the 4 Hours of Imola; Corvette made history with first ever class win in ELMS; TF Sport clinch two wins; Third win and pole in a row for #17 CLX Motorsport.

Theo Pourchaire, Martin Berry, Giorgio Roda and Theodor Jensen were the fastest in their respective class qualifying their team in category pole for tomorrow’s Four Hours of Imola.

Daniel Juncadella set a new benchmark time under the 1:32” mark as did 5 other drivers during ELMS FP2 at Imola in addition to Ben Hanley who was alone under that mark during FP1.

This morning FP1 at Imola for the third round of the European Le Mans Series saw Ben Hanley under the 1:32” mark in LMP2, Mathias Beche under the 1:32.500 in LMP2 Pro-Am and Charlie Eastwood under the 1:43” in LMGT3.

The 44 cars present at Imola for this weekend 4 Hours race had two test sessions today. Matteo Cairoli did set the fastest lap of the day.

After the two first ELMS races, the 5 ladies in the entry list are dominating their respective class.

For the second time in a row in ELMS, women scored two wins with Jamie Chadwick winning overall and Lilou Wadoux winning LMGT3. 

Cracking batte for pole position between three drivers in LMP2 where Nick Yelloly and Charles Milesi outpaced Matteo Cairoli during the very last lap.

Adrien Closmenil clinched his second pole this season. Only two other drivers were within 1 second of Closmenil fastest lap.

Clement Mateu (Racing Spirit of Leman’s #59 Aston Martin Vantage) outpaced all Bronze LMGT3 drivers during the LMGT3 qualifying session.

Cairoli still on top of combined practices

Matteo Cairoli in Iron Lynx – Proton’s #9 ORECA 07 Gibson topped the times in the first practice session at Le Castellet with only Pietro Fittipaldi able to lap within one second from Cairoli’s benchmark.

At ELMS Barcelona round the Iron Dames led 117 laps of the 121 covered. Michelle Gatting, Sarah Bovy and Célia Martin stamped their authority on the four-hour contest with a commanding performance.

Four women at the start of the 4 hours of Barcelona, ​​2 class victories with IDEC and Jamie Chadwick in LMP2 and the Iron Dames in LMGT3.

The #63 Mercedes-AMG dominated LMGT3 qualifying and the Ligier’s JS P325s continued their dominance as with testing and practice.

Reshad De Gérus (Duqueine Team) and Giogio Roda (Proton Competition) on pole for tomorrow’s race in LMP2 and LMP2 Pro/Am

ELMS Barcelona round FP1 was a confirmation of the prologue with the same actors on top of the timesheets except for both Iron Lynx cars with a P2 for #9 Oreca in LMP2 and a P4 for #63 Mercedes-AMG in LMGT3.

There were 9 LMP3 drivers under the 1:38" mark in the combined timesheets by driver fastest lap of the European Le Mans Series prologue at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

11 LMGT3 drivers under the 1:42" mark in the combined timesheets by driver fastest lap of the European Le Mans Series prologue at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 7 Ferrari 296 LMGT3 drivers are trusting the second to the 8th fastest lap of LMGT3 class.

Luca Ghiotto and Tom Dillmann dominated two of the three day 1 sessions and were the only ones under the 1:29” mark. With them, 12 other drivers drove their fastest lap under the 1:30” mark.