WEC Monza: Glickenhaus leads Alpine, Peugeot in first practice

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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