ELMS - 4 H. of Portimao - Racing Team Turkey tops FP1

Jack Aitken posted a 1m32.592 lap of the 4.653km Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, to put the LMP2 Pro-Am leaders 0.237s ahead of Pietro Fittipaldi in the no43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca-Gibson, with the no31 TDS Racing X Vaillante Oreca of Mathias Beche 0.047s behind the Polish flagged car.

Championship leaders Prema Racing were fifth quickest with a 1m33.050, while their only rivals for the 2022 ELMS LMP2 title Panis Racing were 11th fastest with a 1m33.424 lap.

In LMP3 the championship leading no13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier was the fastest of the 13 entries after Guilherme Oliveira posted a 1m37.704 on his home track, just 0.019s ahead of their rivals for the title, the no17 Cool Racing Ligier, with Malthe Jakobsen posting a 1m37.723.

The top 10 cars in the LMP3 class were covered by just 0.678s at the end of the 90-minute session.

In LMGTE the session was headed by the no95 Oman Racing with TF Sport, the Aston Martin Vantage driven by Jonny Adam set a 1m41.352, 0.086s ahead of the no18 Absolute Racing Porsche 911, with Estonian Martin Rump posting the best time.

The championship leading no77 Proton Competition Porsche was eighth fastest with Gianmaria Bruni setting a 1m42.031, with championship rivals Kessel Racing fifth fastest with a 1m41.720 and the no60 Iron Lynx Ferrari 9th quickest with a 1m42.107s lap.

The second and final Free Practice session will take place tomorrow morning at 11h40, ahead of qualifying for the 4 Hours of Portimao, which will start with the LMGTE category at 16h35.

Free Practice 1 :