Successful end to Two Days of Testing at Le Castellet

The fastest car on Day 2 was the no46 Thiriet by TDS Racing ORECA in both the morning and afternoon sessions. Mathias Beche set a lap of 1m48.569, but this was 0.469 seconds adrift of the best time of the two day test set by Olivier Pla in the no40 Krohn Racing Ligier in first session on Tuesday morning.  The Krohn Ligier was third quickest on Day 2, with the no41 Greaves Motorsport Ligier of Memo Rojas second quickest and just 0.027s behind the Thiriet by TDS Racing ORECA.

In LMP3 the United Autosports Ligiers continued to lead the way.  With the no2 car setting the quickest times on Day One and the best of the two day test, it was the no3 Ligier that led the P3 class on Wednesday morning with Matt Bell setting the fastest lap before the time was bettered by the no16 Panis Barthez Competition JS 03 of Simon Gachet with a 1m53.908.   The final session of the day was led by the no19 Duquiene Engineering Ligier, with Dino Lunardi setting a 1m55.368.

In LMGTE it was the no51 AF Corse Ferrari that was quickest once again after setting the fastest time on Day One.  Marco Cioci set a 1m 57.252 lap which was 0.052s faster than his best time on Tuesday.  The no66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari of Rory Butcher was the quickest in the final session with a 1m57.897.

Next stop is Silverstone in three weeks time with a two day event on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 April.

CLICK HERE for the overall times from the 2016 ELMS Official Test.