Alpine Tops Imola FP2 as Ferrari’s Early Lead Fades

Overview

• Charles Milesi put Alpine fastest in FP2 on Friday with a 1:30.898, with Toyota’s Nyck de Vries 0.114 seconds back and the best Ferrari third.
• Earlier in FP1, Robert Kubica led a Ferrari 1-2-3 with a 1:31.739 after running soft tires in what teams described as qualifying-style runs.
• Ferrari drivers said they are not clear favorites for the race, noting their single-lap pace came from quali simulations to learn this year’s Michelin tires.
• The ACO did not publish the Balance of Performance for Imola, and officials outlined a rolling method that uses selected representative races for each brand.
• Genesis Magma’s new LMDh cars trailed the leaders by roughly 1.4 to 1.5 seconds, LMGT3 was topped by Charlie Eastwood in FP1 and Kobe Pauwels in FP2, and FP3 and qualifying run Saturday in Imola.