Germany laid down a marker in this afternoon’s Free Practice 2 at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, taking top spot in the 80-minute session by the better part of a second.

Finn Wielbelhaus set the time – a 1m32.358s – at the wheel of the Mercedes-AMG he shares with Hubert Haupt. Both drivers showed impressive speed around the 4km circuit, suggesting that Team Germany is the early favourite to secure GT gold.

But the competition will not be conceding defeat just yet. The Great Britain Ferrari was second quickest thanks to Chris Froggatt’s 1m33.179s, narrowly ahead of Switzerland’s Yannick Mettler and France’s Paul Evrard. Ivan Pelkin (Ukraine), King Ling (China) and Jonas Karklys (Lithuania) were also in the mix, with seventh tenths separating P2 from P7.

As was the case in FP1, the Team Japan Ferrari caused the only red flag period of the session. It occurred at the same corner (Turn 12) and with the same driver at the wheel (Kei Nakanishi), and once again the car did not suffer any significant damage.

The GT contenders will be back on-track at 16:15 for Qualifying, which marks the start of live YouTube coverage from the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games. Two sessions will run back to back, with one driver per crew setting a time in each. The car’s average time across the two sessions sets the grid for the Qualifying Race, which runs tomorrow at 11:05.