The 20 competitors entered for this Spa Heat, the fourth of the 2024 Ligier European Series season, took to the famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit this morning for the first time this weekend for a 40-minute free practice session.
This opening session was interrupted by a brief Full Course Yellow after the #44 ASM Motorsport JS P4 driven by André Vieira went off track.
Behind the wheel of the #77 RLR MSport JS P4, Ian Aguilera set the pace in free practice 1, clocking a lap of 2m23.235s. Just behind, the championship-leading Team Virage #1 was second with a lap of 2m24.263s set by Theo Micouris, followed by Romain Favre in the #7 Inter Europol Competition JS P4.
Jacques Nicolet topped the AM class with the #58 Les Deux Arbres JS P4. Jeremy Ferguson was second in the #27 P4 Racing JS P4, followed by Yuki Tanaka and Ryuichirou Ohtsuka in his Ligier European Series debut with the #16 Pegasus Racing JS P4.
Competition in the JS2 R category is shaping up to be fierce. Tomas Granzella in M Racing’s #53 was quickest with a lap of 2m33.516s. Clément Moreno, in the #31 from ANS Motorsport, finished second and first in the AM classification. The #29 Pegasus Racing JS2 R (Julien Schell / David Caussanel) was third and first in the PRO-AM class.
Due to a transponder problem, none of the times set by Marta Garcia, who is making her debut in the series with the Iron Dames, could be recorded.
Free practice 2 will take place this afternoon from 1:15 to 1:55 pm. The two 15-minute qualifying sessions will follow at 3:35 and 3:55 pm and will be streamed live on the series’ social networks.
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