End of second practice with the C8.Rs being first and last

Corvette Racing maintained its grip on the GTE Pro class thanks to a late lap from Alexander Sims.

The Briton posted a 3m54.001s to move ahead of Davide Rigon in the the best of the AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evos.

Rigon’s 3m53.037s was two tenths up on Frederic Makowiecki’s 3m54.263s in the #91 Porsche 911 RSR.

Kessel Racing led the way in GTE Am courtesy of a 3m54.827s from Mikkel Jensen, who will form part of Peugeot's Hypercar roster later this year in the WEC.

Track action resumes at Le Mans on Wednesday: practice for the 24 Hours begins at 14:00 local time, with the one-hour first qualifying session beginning at 19:00.

Corvette Racing held station at the top of the GTE-Pro timing screen, the No. 64 and No. 63 Corvette C8.Rs P1 and P2 early on.
Alexander Sims had opened his account with a 3m54.314s to improve the No. 64 car’s best by three tenths over the previous session, and in the last hour of the session and still in dry conditions, the two cars traded times at the top, shaving off a couple of tenths in the process before a 3m54.001s emerged as the best GTE-Pro time of the day for Sims in the No. 64 car. Both Corvette crews had almost uninterrupted running.

Shane van Gisbergen had a spin at the Ford Chicane in the Riley Competition Ferrari, but the No. 74 car had shown well, enjoying being ahead AF Corse program for some while.

AF Corse’s approach was typically uncluttered and stealthy, though.
The No. 52 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo hadn’t seen much daylight, but emerged from its pit in the third hour, when a 3m54.037s from Miguel Molina took the car to the top of the Pro times until Sims brought the No. 64 Corvette back in play.
The No. 51 Ferrari turned just seven laps in the first half of the session, Alessandro Pier Guidi’s best of 3m54.395s improving the car’s pace by more than a second over its morning session best to finish the test fourth in class.

Manthey’s Porsche GT Team was making up for lost time. Laurens Vanthoor stayed aboard the No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR-19, doing all the laps until the safety car period at the end of the second hour brought most of the GTE-Pro field back to the pits.
A 3m54.444 sfrom Kevin Estre would improve the car’s time, but not it’s prominence.
Fred Makowiecki posted a 3m54.263s to place the No. 91 Porsche third.
However, despite this apparent disparity, it should be noted that just half a second covers the whole of the GTE-Pro field’s performance.