2026 | FREC | Spa-Francorchamps | Free Practice | Olivieri continues his strong pace into Practice

Emanuele Olivieri carried over his strong pace from Thursday afternoon’s second collective test session to top Friday morning’s 2026 FREC Spa-Francorchamps Free Practice session, becoming the only driver to dip below the 2m13s mark.

The R-ace GP driver spent much of the session towards the sharp end of the timesheets before delivering a late improvement right at the chequered flag. His benchmark lap of 2:12.906 proved enough to keep him at the top of the order.

Zhenrui Chi moved up to second in the closing stages for MP Motorsport, finishing 0.287s behind Olivieri, while teammate Alexander Abkhazava completed the top three.

Joules Roussel secured fourth for CL Motorsport, with championship leader Sebastian Wheldon rounding out the top five in the third MP Motorsport entry.

Just seven-tenths of a second covered the top 10 drivers, with Dion Gowda finishing sixth for Van Amersfoort Racing. Home favourite Thomas Strauven ended the session seventh for CL Motorsport on his second appearance in the series.

The two ART Grand Prix drivers, Alexandre Munoz and Mattéo Giaccardi, were eighth and tenth respectively, while Saqer Almaosherji slotted into ninth for G4 Racing.

Attention now shifts to Qualifying 1, which gets underway at 14:15 CEST and will be split into Groups A and B. The combined classification will set the grid for Race 1, while the top 12 drivers will be reversed to form the starting order for Race 2.

2026 FREC Spa-Francorchamps Free Practice results

1. Emanuele Olivieri (R-ace GP) — 2:12.906
2. Zhenrui Chi (MP Motorsport) — 2:13.193
3. Alexander Abkhazava (MP Motorsport) — 2:13.277
4. Jules Roussel (CL Motorsport) — 2:13.372
5. Sebastian Wheldon (MP Motorsport) — 2:13.399
6. Dion Gowda (Van Amersfoort Racing) — 2:13.417
7. Thomas Strauven (CL Motorsport) — 2:13.457
8. Alexandre Munoz (ART Grand Prix) — 2:13.462
9. Saqer Al Maosherji (G4 Racing) — 2:13.605
10. Matteo Giaccardi (ART Grand Prix) — 2:13.621
11. Rashid Al Dhaheri (R-ace GP) — 2:13.703
12. Kai Daryanani (Trident Motorsport) — 2:13.726
13. Reno Francot (CL Motorsport) — 2:13.743
14. Maximilian Popov (Trident Motorsport) — 2:13.757
15. Reza Seewooruthun (Rodin Motorsport) — 2:13.811
16. Andrea Dupé (Van Amersfoort Racing) — 2:13.818
17. Salim Hanna (Prema Racing) — 2:13.832
18. Alex Ninovic (Rodin Motorsport) — 2:13.845
19. Kean Nakamura-Berta (Prema Racing) — 2:13.885
20. Marcus Sæter (G4 Racing) — 2:13.932
21. Gabriel Gomez (Rodin Motorsport) — 2:13.944
22. Andrija Kostić (Trident Motorsport) — 2:13.954
23. Francisco Macedo (Van Amersfoort Racing) — 2:14.101
24. Tomass Štolcermanis (Prema Racing) — 2:14.191
25. Yuki Sano (R-ace GP) — 2:14.243
26. Miguel Costa (RPM) — 2:14.535
27. Rahim Alibhai (G4 Racing) — 2:14.539
28. Kabir Anurag (ART Grand Prix) — 2:14.788
29. Giovanni Maschio (RPM) — 2:14.996
30. Jan Przyrowski (RPM) — 2:16.026