Practice

The practice session was brought to a premature end due to a crash for Corvette Racing’s Nico Varrone, which resulted in a red flag.

Varrone lost control of the No. 33 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R at Tertre Rouge and spun into the tire barriers with three minutes remaining, after which the session was not resumed.
It marked the second time running was halted, although the second red flag was considerably shorter than the first stoppage.

Qualify

Alessio Rovera left it late to set the quickest time in GTE-Am for Ferrari squad Richard Mille AF Corse.

The Italian steered the No. 83 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo edged ahead of fellow AF Corse driver Davide Rigon, and Nicky Catsburg in the No. 33 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R.

The Corvette was repaired in time for qualifying after an accident during Wednesday afternoon’s Free Practice session, with Catsburg only taking to the track after around 35 minutes of running.

Corvette was aided by two 10-minute red flag periods during the early stages of qualifying, during which the session clock was stopped.