Spa Heat, Free Practice 1: Loire Valley Racing and LR Motorsport on Top

The second half of the 2025 Ligier European Series season is underway. On Friday morning, 22 August, the 24 competitors entered for the Spa Heat took to the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit for a 40-minute free practice session.

Winner at Le Mans in June, Romain Boeckler, behind the wheel of the #22 Loire Valley Racing Ligier JS P4, led the way with a lap time of 2m22.865s. #1 Team Virage JS P4 finished second in this opening session with Dario Cabanelas completing a lap of 2m24.719s. Matteo Pianezzola, in the #60 Iron Lynx by M Racing Ligier JS P4, was third in 2m24.950s.

Kristian Brookes was the fastest in the PRO-AM class with the #33 Ligier JS P4 of 360 Competition and a best lap of 2m27.477s. The #16 Ligier JS P4 of Pegasus Racing was quickest in the AM class with a lap of 2m27.608s set by David Caussanel.

In the Ligier JS2 R category, championship leader LR Motorsport with Simone Riccitelli set the pace with a lap of 2m31.226s in the #7 Ligier JS2 R. Lukas Papin in the #18 from VSF Sport was second in 2m32.001s, followed by August Therbo in the #57 23Events Racing Ligier JS2 R in 2m32.264s.

The #94 Pegasus Racing led the PRO-AM class with a lap of 2m40.352s set by Jordan Meyer. In his home race, Belgium’s Martin Tabery topped the AM class with a time of 2m36.021s in Trajectus Motorsport’s #84.

The second 40-minute free practice session takes place this afternoon at 1:20 pm.

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