After last weeks weather drama the majority of time in the first session was spent on installation laps and setup of both cars. Alexei Vasiliev started in the #85 car before switching places with Ralf Kelleners after 40 minutes. The weather conditions in Le Mans are windy, dry and with 25 degrees at the begin of the session it was still warm. The crew closely monitored engine temperatures as well as the cockpit temperature which is set to a maximum of 32 degrees centigrade.
Ralf soon returned to the box and asked for a few setup changes to reduce the oversteer a bit and went out again. With 30 minutes to go Peter got in the car for his share of track time. Towards the end of the first two-hour session he went for two flying laps and set the 8th time in GT2 (4:06.268).
In the other car it was Andrea Chiesa who kicked off. He spent a little over an hour in the car and returned a number of times to the box to make changes to the car to improve the setup. At a quarter past eight he handed the car to Swiss Benjamin Leuenberger. Benjamin continued working on the setup for 30 minutes before Iradj Alexander drove the last 15 minutes to the checkered flag.
The next session is scheduled from 22:00 to 24:00.