Nevertheless, it was an inauspicious begin for the #46 crew after Nico Muller – who joins Rossi and Frederic Vervisch as soon as extra as its third driver for Endurance occasions – suffered a crash that prompted a pink flag interval and restricted monitor time.
With free observe previous two qualifying periods later at present – pre-qualifying within the afternoon and group qualifying held at nightfall – Rossi, Vervisch and Muller have been only a second off the final word tempo previous to Muller’s off with a 2min 18.675s, regardless of being labeled on the decrease finish of the highest twenty.
There was higher information for his or her Group WRT stablemates, nevertheless, as Dries Vanthoor flew the Belgian flag with the quickest time of the session, the house hope stopping the clock at 2m 17.559s
Four different manufacturers filled the top four positions with the Herberth Porsche simply 0.017s off the highest in second place, with the Winward Mercedes and Rowe BMW slotting into third and fourth.
The centrepiece of the 2022 Fanatec GT World Problem Europe season, Rossi will make his round-the-clock race debut this weekend as he appears to construct on a stable begin to his full-time four-wheel racing profession within the GT World Problem Europe.
Not like different Endurance races on the schedule, the Spa 24 Hours awards factors for positions held on the six and twelve-hour mark, earlier than full factors are awarded once more on the chequered flag.
Rossi comes into the Spa 24 Hours on the again of a season’s best fifth place finish at Paul Ricard, lifting the VR46 trio as much as eighth within the total standings.