- Monday was the first day of the European Le Mans Series Prologue at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya ahead of this weekend's season opener, the 4 Hours of Barcelona. Teams will test for two full days.
The morning session saw AO by TF's Louis Deletraz go fastest in his LMP2 Pro-Am ORECA
07-Gibson with a lap at 116.863 mph. He was .229 seconds faster than Vector Sport's Pietro Fittipaldi. Forestier Racing by Panis' Esteban Masson was third, then Algarve Pro Racing's Malthe Jakobsen and Nielsen Racing's Alex Quinn.
LMP3 was topped by DKR Engineering's Wyatt Brichacek at 105.760 mph. He was .033 seconds faster than Racing Spirit of Leman's Lenny Ried. Team
Virage's Matteo Quintarelli was third, then Rinaldi Racing's Mikkel Pedersen. M Racing' Quentin Antonel was fifth.
In LMGT3, High Class Racing's Laurin Heinrich was fastest with a lap at 102.710 mph. He was .710 seconds faster than TF Sport's Charlie Eastwood. United Autosports' McLaren of Wayne Boyd was third, then Riccardo Agostini and Lorcan Hanafin.
The afternoon session saw TDS Racing's Scott Huffaker go fastest at 115.856 mph. The lap was .157 seconds faster than Quinn. Inter Europol Competition's Tom Dillmann was third, then Forestier Racing by Panis' Oliver Gray. CLX Motorsport's Charles Milesi was fifth.
In LMP3, R-Ace
GP's Pierre-Alexandre Provost was fastest at 106.029 mph. He was .260 seconds faster than Brichacek. Rinaldi Racing's Alvise Rodella was third, then Eurointernational's Douwe Dedecker. Quintarelli was fifth.
Finally, Kessel Racing's Daniel Serra was fastest in LMGT3 in his Ferrari with a lap at 101.789 mph. The lap was .173 seconds faster than teammate Fran Rueda. Racing
Spirit of Leman's Valentin Hasse-Clot was third, then Hanafin and David Perel.
