Marcus Clutton of the #67 Orange Racing by JMH McLaren 720S GT3 Evo topped the timesheets in the second British GT free practice session at Spa-Francorchamps.
FP2 ran smoothly for the most part except for a red flag deployed to clear up gravel at the exit of Les Combes, as running resumed with 15 minutes left of the 60-minute session.
Clutton put together a 2:19.414 on his final flying lap before taking the checkered flag, positioning his #67 McLaren ahead of Paddock Motorsport’s Martin Plowman.
The 2013 FIA WEC LMP2 champion and Le Mans winner was second from a 2:19.618 in the #9 McLaren.
Barwell Motorsport’s Hugo Cook claimed third in his #63 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 and a lap time of 2:19.664.
Callum Macleod, competing in his first British GT race of the season alongside his teammate Mark Price since the end of 2025, achieved the fourth-fastest time in the green #3 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo with a lap time of 2:19.835.
Ben Barnicoat, who was quickest in FP1, took fifth in the #77 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo with a 2:19.839.
Barwell’s other #78 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 took sixth when South African driver Jarrod Waberski drove a 2:20.025, going fastest in the GT3 Silver-Am classification.
Last year’s GT4 champion, Jack Brown, put the yellow #90 Optimum McLaren seventh, second in GT3 Silver-Am, after a 2:20.523.
Kevin Tse’s #18 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo was eighth after a 2:20.550 lap time ahead of Aston Martin factory driver Ross Gunn, who took ninth towards the end of the session.
Gunn’s time of 2:20.644 put the #7 Beechdean Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo ahead of the #44 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo of Charles Clark, who set a 2:20.694.
In the GT4 category, Jack Mitchell was the quickest driver at the wheel of the #42 Toro Verde Ginetta G56 GT4 Evo, with a 2:30.542 benchmark.
Paddock Motorsport claimed second in both the GT3 and GT4 categories, as Revie Lake carried out a 2:31.588 in his #84 McLaren Artura GT4.
Aston Martin Formula 1 team ambassador Jessica Hawkins put the #21 MK Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo in third (2:31.894).
Former BTCC racer Ronan Pearson was fourth in the #97 GBR Stratton Aston Martin (2:31.911) as Mikey Porter closed out the top five for the #59 Optimum McLaren (2:32.194).
Qualifying later today at 17:35 BST or 18:35 CEST will set the grid for tomorrow’s 2-hour race.
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