Le Mans Practice 3: Rebellion comes alive at night

With the four-hour session held in ideal conditions, the #3 Rebellion of Romain Dumas, Nathanaël Berton and Louis Delétraz managed to best the #7 Toyota of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López by nearly half a second in what will be the teams' only nighttime running ahead of the race on Saturday.

In LMP2, Duqueine's #30 ORECA of Jonathan Hirschi, Konsantin Tereschenko and Tristan Gommendy led the way ahead of United's #32 ORECA driven by William Owen, Alex Brundle and Job van Uitert.

Michael Kristensen, Kevin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor's #92 Porsche was fastest in the LMGTE Pro category, 0.265 seconds ahead of Maxime Martin, Alex Lynn and Harry Tincknell's Aston Martin in what promises to be an enthralling battle this weekend between the two marques.

The #70 Ferrari of Takeshi Kimura, Vincent Abril and Kei Cozzolino came out on top in the LMGTE Am, over half a second up on the #98 Aston Martin of Paul Dalla Lana, Ross Gunn and Augusto Farfus.

The teams' will next return to the track at 10:00am for a final, one-hour practice session, before the all-new Hyperpole shootout between the six fastest cars in each class starts at 11:30.

The top three for each category were as follows:

1. #3 Rebellion R13-Gibson of Rebellion Racing - Romain Dumas/Nathanaël Berton/Louis Delétraz (3:19.158)

2. #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid of TOYOTA GAZOO Racing - Mike Conway/Kamui Kobayashi/José María López (3:19.638)

3. #1 Rebellion R13-Gibson of Rebellion Racing - Bruno Senna/Norman Nato/Gustavo Menezes (3:19.775)

1. #30 ORECA 07-Gibson of Duqueine Team - Jonathan Hirschi/Konsantin Tereschenko/Tristan Gommendy: 3:28.013 (5th overall)

2. #32 ORECA 07-Gibson of United Autosports - William Owen/Alex Brundle/Job van Uitert: 3:28.924 (6th overall)

3. #26 ORECA 07-Gibson of G-Drive Racing - Roman Rusinov/Jean-Eric Vergne/Mikkel Jense: 3:29.082 (7th overall)

1. #92 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Porsche GT Team - Michael Kristensen/Kevin Estre/Laurens Vanthoor: 3:52.177 (28th overall)

2. #97 Aston Martin Vantage AMR of Aston Martin Racing - Maxime Martin/Alex Lynn/Harry Tincknell: 3:52.442 (29th overall)

3. #95 Aston Martin Vantage AMR of Aston Martin Racing - Nicki Thiim/Marco Sørensen/Richard Westbrook: 3:52.362 (30th overall)

1. #70 Ferrari 488 GTE EVO of MR Racing - Takeshi Kimura/Vincent Abril/Kei Cozzolino: 3:54.490 (36th overall)

2. #98 Aston Martin Vantage AMR of Aston Martin Racing - Paul Dalla Lana/Ross Gunn/Augusto Farfus: 3:55.092 (37th overall)

3. #60 Ferrari 488 GTE EVO of Iron Lynx - Claudio Schiavoni/Sergio Pianezzola/Paolo Ruberti: 3:55.119 (38th overall)