‘Pechito’ is not only being the fastest, but he also improves with each lap he is on the track. In fact, the Argentine has lowered his FP1 time by 1.5 seconds to lead the second free practice session with a # 7 Toyota that has also had a minor puncture mishap with Mike Conway at his controls. All in all, the progression of ‘Pechito’ has earned # 7 to leave Alpine # 36 and Glickenhaus # 708 behind seven tenths. For his part, Brendon Hartley has placed the # 8 Toyota in fourth position, while SCG 007 LMH with number # 709 has been fifth hand in hand with Richard Westbrook.
Behind the five hypercar prototypes -LMH and LMP1- the LMP2s have been placed, this time with no option of being sandwiched between the queen-class cars. With everything, Nyck de Vries’ performance in Racing Team Nederland’s Oreca # 29 has been brilliant, not so much because of the 1: 38.545 signed by the Dutchman as because of the adaptation of the team. In fact, De Vries competes at Monza as a replacement for Job van Uitert after the positive for COVID-19 of his compatriot. For this was not enough, Paul-Loup Chatin has also been recruited by the team urgently after the positive of Giedo van der Garde.
Despite all these setbacks, Oreca # 29 finished 75 thousandths ahead of United Autosports Oreca # 22, unit driven by Filipe Albuquerque on his best lap. For its part, Oreca # 38 of the leaders finished in third position, although three and a half tenths of the fastest time of Nyck de Vries. With seven prototypes in a second, the LMP2 category promises as much equality as the LMGTE-Pro class, where the alternation between Porsche and Ferrari is being evident, both globally and in the two free practice sessions of the 6 Hours of Monza.
If in FP1 it was Miguel Molina who led the Ferrari double in the LMGTE-Pro class, In FP2 the fastest car was Porsche # 92 thanks to the 1: 45.590 set by Kévin Estre. Behind the German GTE the two Ferraris have been placed, with # 51 ahead of # 52. For its part, AF Corse’s Ferrari # 54 has set the standard at LMGTE-Am thanks to the efforts of Francesco Castellacci. The 1: 46.737 of the Italian driver was 65 thousandths faster than the record set by Antonio Fuoco with the Ferrari # 47 of Cetilar Racing. Ferrari’s treble has been closed by # 83 of AF Corse.