Mathias Beche led the way in the opening Free Practice session for the 4 Hours of Portimao, the final round of the European Le Mans Series season.
Beche's best lap of 1:31.648, set aboard the No. 29 TDS Racing Oreca 07 Gibson, was 0.077 seconds quicker than the No. 43 Inter Europol Competition machine driven by Nick Yelloly.
Esteban Masson slotted into sixth aboard the No. 48 VDS Panis Racing Oreca, ahead of the No. 27 Nielsen Racing car of James Allen and newly crowned IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship LMP2 champion Dane Cameron behind the wheel of the No.
Mathias Beche puts TDS Racing Oreca atop the timesheets for Portimao season finale
Author's summary: Beche leads Portimao practice session.