WEC Monza: Glickenhaus leads Alpine, Peugeot in first practice
Glickenhaus ended up fastest in opening practice for this weekend’s Monza World Endurance Championship round as the debuting Peugeot Le Mans Hypercar got within a second of the pace.
Romain Dumas led the way in the solo Glickenhaus-Pipo 007 LMH with a 1m37.984s lap, which put him six tenths up on the solo Alpine-Gibson A480 and eight tenths ahead of the fastest of the two Peugeot 9X8s in third.
Alpine driver Andre Negrao headed the times with a 1m38.602s midway through the session before Dumas leapfrogged that time and Paul di Resta’s 1m38.802s in the #93 Peugeot to propel the Glickenhaus to the head of the times.
The two Toyotas GR010 HYBRIDs took fourth and fifth positions in the Hypercar class.
Sebastien Buemi posted a 1m39.120s in the #8 car, a tenth up on the 1m39.287s to which Kamui Kobayashi improved right at the end of the session in the #7.
The form of the Glickenhaus follows a Balance of Performance break for the American entrant ahead of the Monza 6 Hours: the car has been given another 18bhp over the previous power level of the car.
The second Peugeot ended up in 20th position behind the entire LMP2 field, Loic Duval setting a 1m41.522s on the 11th of only 12 laps completed by the car.
The quicker of the two Peugeots stopped on track at the end of the session to simulate a problem with its hybrid system and was returned to the pits on the back of a flat-bed truck.
#93 Peugeot Totalenergies Peugeot 9X8 of Paul Di Resta, Mikkel Jensen, Jean-Eric Vergne
Photo by: JEP / Motorsport Images
LMP2 was headed by AF Corse ORECA-Gibson 07 courtesy of a 1m39.973s from Alessio Rovera.
That put him three tenths up on the Realteam by WRT ORECA in second place; Norman Nato’s 1m40.222s on the final lap was a small improvement on Ferdinand Habsburg’s previous best in the car.
Another later improvement came from Esteban Gutierrez in the Inter Europol ORECA, a 1m40.356s vaulting him up to third in class.
The Prema ORECA in which Robert Kubica set a 1m40.468s took fourth position, while the #22 United Autosports and Signatech-run Richard Mille Racing entries rounded out the top six in the hands of Filipe Albuquerque and Charles Milesi respectively.
Kevin Estre led the way in GTE Pro for Porsche, setting a 1m47.273s to end up three tenths clear at the top of the times aboard the fastest of the two Manthey-run 911 RSRs.
Antonio Fuoco took second in the best of the AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evos on a 1m47.597s, which gave him a margin of almost exactly a tenth over Nick Tandy’s 1m47.702s in the solo Chevrolet Corvette C8.R.
Gianmaria Bruni and Alessandro Pier Guidi took fourth and fifth positions in GTE Pro for Porsche and Ferrari respectively.
Ben Barnicoat was quickest in GTE Am in the Project 1/Inception Porsche 911 RSR, his 1m48.389s giving him a four-tenth margin over fellow Briton Ben Barker in the GR Racing Porsche.
Practice for the Monza 6 Hours, round four of the 2022 WEC, continues at 9:00 local time on Friday.
WEC Monza - First practice results:
| Cla | # | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 708 |  Olivier Pla Romain Dumas  Pipo Derani |
Glickenhaus 007 LMH | HYPERCAR | 1'37.984 | |
| 2 | 36 | Andre Negrao Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere |
Alpine A480 | HYPERCAR | 1'38.602 | 0.618 |
| 3 | 93 |  Paul di Resta  Mikkel Jensen Jean-Eric Vergne |
Peugeot 9X8 | HYPERCAR | 1'38.802 | 0.818 |
| 4 | 8 |  Sébastien Buemi  Brendon Hartley  Ryo Hirakawa |
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 1'39.120 | 1.136 |
| 5 | 7 | Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi  Jose Maria Lopez |
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 1'39.287 | 1.303 |
| 6 | 83 | François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen  Alessio Rovera |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'39.973 | 1.989 |
| 7 | 41 |  Rui Andrade  Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.222 | 2.238 |
| 8 | 34 |  Jakub Smiechowski Alex Brundle  Esteban Gutierrez |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.356 | 2.372 |
| 9 | 9 | Robert Kubica Louis Deletraz Lorenzo Colombo |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.468 | 2.484 |
| 10 | 22 | Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque  Will Owen |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.477 | 2.493 |
| 11 | 1 | Lilou Wadoux Paul-Loup Chatin Charles Milesi |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.732 | 2.748 |
| 12 | 38 | Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Will Stevens |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.863 | 2.879 |
| 13 | 45 | Thomas Steven  James Allen Rene Binder |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.871 | 2.887 |
| 14 | 31 |  Sean Gelael  Robin Frijns  René Rast |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.946 | 2.962 |
| 15 | 23 | Alex Lynn Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'40.972 | 2.988 |
| 16 | 28 | Oliver Rasmussen Edward Jones  Jonathan Aberdein |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'41.205 | 3.221 |
| 17 | 10 | Nico Müller  Ryan Cullen Sébastien Bourdais |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'41.248 | 3.264 |
| 18 | 44 |  Miro Konopka Tijmen van der Helm Mathias Beche |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'41.443 | 3.459 |
| 19 | 35 | Jean Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye François Heriau |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'41.522 | 3.538 |
| 20 | 94 | Loic Duval Gustavo Menezes James Rossiter |
Peugeot 9X8 | HYPERCAR | 1'41.522 | 3.538 |
| 21 | 92 | Michael Christensen Kevin Estre |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 1'47.273 | 9.289 |
| 22 | 52 |  Miguel Molina Antonio Fuoco |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 1'47.597 | 9.613 |
| 23 | 64 | Tommy Milner Nick Tandy |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | LMGTE PRO | 1'47.702 | 9.718 |
| 24 | 91 | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 1'47.745 | 9.761 |
| 25 | 51 | Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 1'47.894 | 9.910 |
| 26 | 56 | Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Ben Barnicoat |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'48.389 | 10.405 |
| 27 | 86 | Michael Wainwright Riccardo Pera Benjamin Barker |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'48.782 | 10.798 |
| 28 | 46 | Matteo Cairoli Mikkel Pedersen Nicolas Leutwiler |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'48.860 | 10.876 |
| 29 | 71 | Franck Dezoteux Pierre Ragues Gabriel Aubry |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'48.956 | 10.972 |
| 30 | 21 | Simon Mann Christoph Ulrich  Toni Vilander |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'49.114 | 11.130 |
| 31 | 54 | Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Nick Cassidy |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'49.215 | 11.231 |
| 32 | 77 | Christian Ried Sebastian Priaulx Harry Tincknell |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'49.235 | 11.251 |
| 33 | 88 | Fred Poordad Patrick Lindsey  Jan Heylen |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'49.393 | 11.409 |
| 34 | 85 | Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'49.434 | 11.450 |
| 35 | 60 | Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'49.496 | 11.512 |
| 36 | 777 | Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Charlie Fagg |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'49.540 | 11.556 |
| 37 | 33 | Ben Keating Henrique Chaves Jr. Marco Sorensen |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'49.555 | 11.571 |
| 38 | 98 |  Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard Nicki Thiim |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'49.593 | 11.609 |
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