Four manufacturers in the top 7 during qualifying session within one second looks promising for Hyperpole sessions.

After consecutive victories in 2024 with #50 499P, and in 2023 with #51 car, achieving a third consecutive victory would be a dream for Ferrari-AF Corse.

Le Mans test day ended with Toyota fastest and 6 manufacturers represented in the top 10 with Alpine, Porsche counting 2 cars each and Ferrari three.

With the double at Spa-Francorchamps, Ferrari widens the gap with competition, while Toyota keeps in the fight as well as Alpine and Cadillac.

Ferrari dominates Hyperpole with four other manufacturers to score a new 1-2-3 this season.

This morning free practice saw five drivers improving Kevin Estre’s FP2 fastest lap in Hypercar and two drivers improving LMGT3 FP2 Thursday benchmark.

Estre was fastest of Thursday practices. 4 manufacturers are represented in the top 4 with the second Porsche in P5.

After two races, the FIA WEC Manufacturers Championship ranking splits the 8 title contenders in two “leagues” where Ferrari, BMW and Toyota count more than 50 points and the others less than 16 points.

Second consecutive win in the 2025 FIA WEC for Ferrari with the #51 499P, driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi.

The Hypercar hyperpole delivered the Six Hours of Imola grid with twoFerrari 499Pin front row.

Both Ferrari 499P finished FP3 with more than a second clear of the field. Among the top 6 of yesterday’s combined practices, they are the only ones to improve their fastest lap during FP3.

Giovinazzi and Vanthoor top the combined practices today at Imola with the same fastest lap. Six drivers are within the 0.5” mark with 2 Ferrari 499P, two BMW M Hybrid V8, one Alpine A424 and one Cadillac V_Series.R

Perfect race for Ferrari this weekend at Lusail (Qatar) with the triple for the second season with the Ferrari 499P.

Ferrari #51 will start from pole tomorrow’s race at 2pm with #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 also in front row while both Cadillac V-Series.R are in the top 5.

Both free practices today were dominated by Cadillac and Ferrari with Ferrari #51 posting the fastest lap during FP1 and Cadillac #12 being the fastest of FP2 which turned out to be the fastest session of the day for many drivers.

BMW M Team WRT got both BMW M Hybrid V8 in top 4 of prologue with Robin Frijns (#20) setting the benchmark for the two days prologue. Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA got both cars in the top 5 and #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P was third fastest.

Kevin Estre with the #6 Porsche 963 was the fastest driver of the third session after it was suspended for over an hour just 15 minutes into the session. The three Ferrari follow.

Almost all drivers did improve their fastest lap during the second session with Lynn and Bourdais setting both Cadillac V-Series.R on top of day 1.

Ferrari 499P #51 initially finished second the 8 Hours of Bahrain but was handed a 4:55 minutes for exceeding its allocation of 26 tires across qualifying and the race. Ferrari’s official statement acknowledge the mistake and implies the #51 car didn’t gain any advantage.

Both Peugeot 9X8 on top of FP1 timesheet with Paul di Resta quickest in #94 and Jean-Eric Vergne in fourth with sister #93.