Brendon Hartley in the #8 Toyota clocked 3:27.742, the fastest time, to layꩲ down a marker.

Kamui Kobayashi had breached 3:28 first, then Felipe Nasr in the #75 Porsche 9♓63 went second-fastest, until Hartleyꦇ bettered their efforts.

Earlier, José María López in the #7 Toyota GR010-Hybrid clock🐼ed 3:28.290, very shortly after the 3:28.386 posted by Loïc Duval in the Peu🔯geot TotalEnergies #94 Peugeot 9X8.

Five Hypercars improved upon the best time from the test day (se🥃t by Ferrari) within the first five laps of FP1.

Louis Prette’s JMW Motorsport’s #66 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo went off track at the Ford chic🥂ane, then both Peugeots pitted at the same time after separate issues.

Olli Caldwell in the Alpine Elf Team #35 Oreca 07-Gibson then suffered the same fate as the Ferr𒐪ari at the Ford chicane.

A red flag was unfurled when Steven Thomas in Tower Motorsports’ #13 Oreca 07 made contact with the Aston M🎐artin Vantage AMR of D’Station Racing (#777).

Casper Stevenson’s car had hit a barrier and was vul✨nerable ཧto traffic when it was hit.

A second red flag ended the session when the #33 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R went off tr꧂ack.

The JOTA #28 Oreca 07 and COOL Racing'🌜s #3🥂7 went fastest in the LMP2 class.

GMB Motorsport’s Marco Sørensen in the #42 𓃲Aston Martin Vantage was quickest in the LMGTE Am class.

Jenson Button impressed for✅ the Hendrick Motorsports’ NASCAR Garage 56 entry, beating his own previous time by two seconds after the red flag period ended. They did, however, run outside of official classification❀.