Porsche Penske Motorsport laid down a robust marker because the fifth spherical of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship – the Rolex 6 Hours of São Paulo – received underway with two Free Observe classes at Interlagos
With the Hypercar title battle coming into curtail, title-deciding stage, the manufacturing unit Porsche squad topped each classes courtesy of Laurens Vanthoor and Kévin Estre.
The opening 90-minute session noticed Vanthoor publish a 1:25.175s greatest within the #6 Porsche 963, edging out the #50 Ferrari AF Corse Hypercar of Antonio Fuoco by simply 0.084s. René Rast made it three totally different producers within the high three, because the BMW M Workforce WRT driver lapped solely 0.070s slower than Fuoco.
Mike Conway was the very best of the Toyota runners in FP1, placing the #7 GR010 Hybrid fourth forward of Raffaele Marciello within the returning Marco Wittmann-driven #20 BMW. Cadillac Hertz Workforce JOTA accomplished the highest six, Sébastien Bourdais setting a 1:25.352s within the #38 V-Sequence.R.
Notably, the #8 Toyota struggled to sixteenth within the palms of Brendon Hartley and Ryō Hirakawa, operating with out Sébastien Buemi for the primary time since 2012.
Porsche’s dominance continued into the afternoon’s FP2, as Estre posted the quickest lap of the day – a 1:23.508s – in a dry and overcast session. The #5 sister automobile was second, with Julien Andlauer solely 0.104s adrift. Dries Vanthoor ensured BMW stayed within the combine, putting the #15 WRT Hypercar third, simply 0.006s behind Andlauer.
Cadillac’s #12 machine was fourth within the palms of Alex Lynn, whereas a shock got here from Aston Martin THOR Workforce as Harry Tincknell delivered a 1:24.005s for fifth. The highest six was rounded out by Sheldon van der Linde’s #20 BMW, with all six vehicles coated by simply 0.511s. The highest 15 lapped inside a single second.
In LMGT3, Akkodis ASP Workforce dominated FP1 with a Lexus one-two. José María López led the way in which within the #87 with a 1:35.010s, narrowly forward of Finn Gehrsitz within the #78. Daniel Juncadella put the TF Sport Corvette third.
FP2 introduced Interlagos to its ft as Eduardo Barrichello – son of native Method 1 legend Rubens – went quickest at school. The #777 Racing Spirit of Leman Aston Martin set a 1:34.493s to high the occasions, forward of the 2 Lexus entries.
