Le Castellet Heat, Free Practice 1: Loire Valley Racing and VSF Sports set the pace.

The 26 Ligier European Series entrants took to Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet on Friday, May 2, 2025, for the first 40-minute free practice session of Heat 2 of the season.

In the JS P4 category, the winner of Race 2 in Barcelona, Romain Boeckler, in the #22 from Loire Valley Racing, led the way with a lap time of 2m09.220s, followed by the #6 ANS Motorsport JS P4, driven by Maxwell Dodds and Iko Segret. The latter completed a lap in 2m10.003s, just ahead of the #88 Team Virage JS P4, driven by the Al Qubaisi sisters, with Hamda stopping the stopwatch in 2m10.478s.

In the PRO-AM category, Kristian Brookes was the fastest with the #33 360 Competition JS P4 with a time of 2m11.525s. The #16 Pegasus Racing JS P4 was best in the AM class with a lap of 2m13.562s set by David Caussanel.

The JS2 R category was dominated by VSF Sports’ #18 with a lap of 2m16.266s by Lukas Papin. The double pole-sitter in Barcelona, Simone Riccitelli, driving the #7 LR Motorsport JS2 R, was net at 2m16.483s. The #83 Trajectus Motorsport JS2 R was third, with Martin Lacquemanne behind the wheel in 2m17.568s.

The #84 Trajectus Motorsport JS2 R led the PRO-AM class with a lap of 2m20.043s set by Nicolas Markiewicz. Tristan Clay in the #41 VSF Sports JS2 R was quickest among the AM competitors with a lap of 2m21.142s.

The second 40-minute free practice session is this afternoon at 1:30 pm, followed by two 15-minute qualifying sessions at 3:40 and 4:00 pm.

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