Aston and Cadillac fastest at Interlagos FP1 and 2

WECHyperCarLMGT3

Jul 11

Thursday's fastest lap was still far from the fastest lap set in the Hypercar era last year by Alex Lynn in a Cadillac V-Series.R around the Interlagos track. The 1:24.271 set during a full qualifying sim was 1.699 second slower than the 1:22.570 set by Lynn last year. Both Valkyrie’s and Cadillac V-Series.R among top 5. Three Aston Martin Vantage drivers among the seven fastest drivers in LMGT3.

📷 © FIA WEC at Interlagos. #009 Valkyrie

Both Aston Martin Valkyrie second and third

Harry Tincknell topped the times in the first practice session aboard the #007 Valkyrie with a 1:25.457. Both Aston Martin’s Valkyries showed pace in FP2 also, with Marco Sorensen in the #009 taking second in the times with a 1:24.331 and Harry Tincknell aboard the #007 sitting third with a 1:24.487.

Both Cadillac V-Series.R fourth and fifth

The two Cadillac V-Series.Rs were next as Jack Aitken in #38 slotted in fourth with a 1:24.685 and Will Stevens in #12 fifth with a 1:24.713.

Three Aston Martin Vantage and Maxime Martin’s Mercedes in top 7 LMGT3

Heart of Racing’s #23 Aston Martin Vantage took third with Kobe Pauwels while #27 Vantage duo of Zacharie Robichon and Mattia Drudi were sixth and seventh.

Maxime Martin in #61 Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 from Iron Lynx drove the fifth fastest lap with a 1:34.883, 0.385 second from Thursday’s LMGT3 fastest lap.

Schedule

Saturday 11 July, a third free practice session will run from 10.10 a.m. to 11.10 a.m., followed by Qualifying (3.10 p.m.) and Hyperpole (3.30 p.m.), which will determine the starting grid for the 6 Hours of São Paulo.

Sunday 12 July, start of the 6 hours race at 11.30 a.m. local time.