The official pre-season test of 2022 was red-flagged after just two hours as a torrential rainstorm hit the historic Florida-based venue, bringing an early end to morning’s running.
Fortunately, the track dried out before the start of the afternoon session, allowing teams across all four classes to complete a full three hours of running on slick tyres.
One-time grand prix winner Kubica set the overall pace for single-seater powerhouse Prema, a newcomer in the WEC this year with a single Oreca 07-Gibson, lapping the 3.74-mile course in 1min49.084sec.
This was 0.126s faster than the top Hypercar, the Alpine A480 driven by Matthieu Vaxiviere, as Charles Milesi put the Richard Mille Oreca third in the overall order.
AF Corse made it three Oreca LMP2 cars in the top four despite completing only a single installation lap in the morning before returning on track later in the afternoon, as it edged the Glickenhaus 007 Hypercar driven by Romain Dumas by just 0.001s.
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