Lapierre’s time in FP3 was 1.4 seconds faster than the two Toyotas.  The #7 GR010-Hybrid was the faster of the two cars, with Mike Conway posting a 3m28.064, two tenths ahead of the #8 Toyota at the end of the 3-hour session.  Sebastien Buemi has small lock-up and trip down escape road at Arnage midway through session in the #8 Toyota and then there was more drama for the same car late in session as Kazuki Nakajima backed into wall at Indianapolis triggering a Full Course Yellow period. 

The #92 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR-19 lead a Porsche 1-2-3 in FP3, with Kevin Estre setting a 3m48.126 lap, 0.309s ahead of the #79WeatherTech Racing 911 of former Le Mans winner Earl Bamber and 0.663s ahead of the #91 Porsche GT Team Porsche.

The #38 JOTA Oreca 07-Gibson once again led the way in another session with Antonio Felix Da Costa posting a session best time of 3m30.213 in the LMP2 category just before the chequered flag.  The #22 United Autosports USA Oreca was second quickest, with Fabio Scherer setting a 3m30.660, half a second ahead of his teammate Alex Lynn in the #23 United Autosports Oreca.

It was a dramatic session for the Racing Team Nederland squad as first Giedo van der Garde has contact with #48 IDEC car driven by Patrick Pilet and then Frits van Eerd has two trips into the gravel traps.  

The #17 IDEC Sport driven by Dwight Merriman also suffered an accident at Dunlop Chicane to trigger first red flag in first hour of session and then a second red flag later in the session was caused by the #21 Dragonspeed Oreca as Juan-Pablo Montoya crashed at the same place as Merriman.

The LMGTE Am class was dominated by Porsche in 3-hour session with the top four spots taken by a 911 RSR-19.  The #88 Dempsey Proton Racing Porsche led the way with a session best of 3m51.167s set by Julien Andlauer.  The #56 Team Project 1 Porsche driven by Egidio Perfetti, Riccardo Pera and Matteo Cairoli were second fastest in bumper LMGTE Am category, with the #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 911 third and the #99 Proton Competition Porsche fourth.

The next session will be Hyperpole at 21h00 which will feature the top six from qualifying in each class to determine who will start from pole position.  Then, at 22h00, there is a final Free Practice session for 62 entrants.