The second forty-minute free practice session of the Portimão Heat took place early on Thursday afternoon, 8 October, giving teams the opportunity to fine-tune their set-ups ahead of qualifying, which begins at 3:20 pm (local time).
The session was interrupted by a red flag following contact between the JS P4 championship-leading #14 Team Virage car, driven by Simon Schranz, and LR Motorsport’s #81 Ligier JS2 R, with Simone Bianco at the wheel.
At the chequered flag, M Racing’s #57, driven by August Therbo, topped the JS P4 category with a lap of 1:47.862. Team Virage’s #14, with Simon Schranz at the wheel, was second with a time of 1:47.930, set just before the contact with the #81. Tomas Pompidou finished third in Trajectus Motorsport’s #19 with a best lap of 1:48.026.
Marius Kristiansen was fastest in PRO-AM with a time of 1:48.961 aboard Bretton Racing’s #69. Emil Hellberg, driving Allay Racing’s #48, led the AM classification with a lap of 1:49.099.
In the Ligier JS2 R category, VSF Sports’ #41, driven by Daniel Dallakyan, finished at the top of the timesheets with a best lap of 1:53.121. He was followed by Charles Lambert in Trajectus Motorsport’s #83, who recorded a time of 1:53.390. Simone Bianco completed the top three with a lap of 1:54.002 aboard LR Motorsport’s #81 JS2 R, set before the red flag and his contact with Team Virage’s #14.
In the PRO-AM classification, Anthony Ghibaudo led the way in VSF Sports’ #18 with a lap of 1:54.072.
Attention now turns to the two fifteen-minute qualifying sessions, scheduled for 3:20 pm and 3:40 pm (local time), which will determine the starting grids for the two races of the 2026 season finale.
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