Toyota tops FP1 at Spa + photos!

It was business as usual for the No.8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid Hypercar driven by Sebastien Buemi as he sets fastest lap of first free practice session at Spa. Second was the Ferrari of Antonio Fuoco with a 2m04.632s lap. Third and fourth were replicating the Toyota – Ferrari battle as Jose-Maria Lopez takes the third best time, leading Alessandro Pier Guidi laps just 0.074s off the No.7 Toyota.

A 2m07.471s lap by WEC returnee Filipe Albuquerque sees the No.22 United Autosports Oreca-Gibson at the top of the LMP2 times with the Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 Evo tops times in LMGTE Am. Daniel Serra continues his trend of being fastest driver in sessions this season with a best of 2m16.177s.

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#7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria Lopez TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#34 Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 – Gibson: Jakub Smiechowski, Fabio Scherer, Albert Costa TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#31 Team WRT Oreca 07 – Gibson: Sean Gelael, Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen, Robin Frijns TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Hybrid: Dane Cameron, Michael Christensen, Frédéric Makowiecki TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#51 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P – Hybrid: Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Vanwall Vandervell 680: Tom Dillmann, Esteban Guerrieri, Jacques Villeneuve TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#50 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P – Hybrid: Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, Nicklas Nielsen TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#98 Northwest AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR: Ian James, Daniel Mancinelli, Alex Riberas TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Takeshi Kimura, Scott Huffaker, Daniel Serra TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#777 D’Station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR: Satoshi Hoshino, Casper Stevenson, Tomonobu Fujii TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#54 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Thomas Flohr, Francesco Castellacci, Davide Rigon TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#33 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R: Ben Keating, Nicolas Varrone, Nicky Catsburg TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#60 Iron Lynx Porsche 911 RSR 19: Claudio Schiavoni, Matteo Cressoni, Alessio Picariello TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#88 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 19: Ryan Hardwick, Zacharie Robichon, Harry Tincknell TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#93 Peugeot Total Energies Peugeot 9X8 – Hybrid: Paul Di Resta, Mikkel Jensen, Jean-Éric Vergne TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#38 Hertz Team JOTA Porsche 963 – Hybrid: António Félix da Costa, William Stevens, Yifei Ye TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R – Hybrid: Sébastien Bourdais, Renger Van der Zande, Jack Aitken TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R – Hybrid: Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, Richard Westbrook TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#94 Peugeot Total Energies Peugeot 9X8 – Hybrid: Loic Duval, Gustavo Menezes, Nico Müller TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#25 ORT By TF Aston Martin Vantage AMR: Ahmad Al Harthy, Michael Dinan, Charlie Eastwood TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 – Hybrid: Kévin Estre, André Lotterer, Laurens Vanthoor TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#41 Team WRT Oreca 07 – Gibson: Rui Andrade, Robert Kubica, Louis Delétraz TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#35 Alpine Elf Team Oreca 07 – Gibson: André Negrão, Memo Rojas, Oliver Caldwell TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#28 JOTA Oreca 07 – Gibson: David Heinemeier Hansson, Pietro Fittipaldi, Oliver Rasmussen TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#63 Prema Racing Oreca 07 – Gibson: Doriane Pin, Mirko Bortolotti, Daniil Kvyat TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#21 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Diego Alessi, Simon Mann, Ulysse de Pauw TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

#83 Richard Mille AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Luis Perez Companc, Lilou Wadoux, Alessio Rovera TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, Free Practice 1, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

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