Overnight and early morning claimed a number of frontrunners, including the pole sitters Kaspersky Motorsport and the GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini.
Mercedes-AMG GT3 drivers are spread across the Total 24 Hours of Spa field as the race goes on.
The #55 Ferrari heads up the chasing pack after four hours as the GRT Lamborghini gives chase.
Despite the heavy impact, Lathouras emerged from the wrecked Ferrari unaided.
Pole sitter Giancarlo Fisichella pulls out 14 second lead after one hour of the 2017 Total 24 Hours of Spa.
Mercedes-AMG customer racing chief Stefan Wendl was forced to admit they could not do much better than Franck Perera’s seventh place grid position for the 24 Hours of Spa.
Audi Sport are happy with their qualifying efforts at the 24 Hours of Spa despite failing to make the front row of the grid, with their best car lining up third thanks to Frédéric Vervisch.
BMW front runners confident of race pace ahead of 24 hour epic.
A timing issue with the release of the #97 car means that Jonny Adam was stripped of his fastest lap from super pole.
The #55 Ferrari 488 GT3 driver put in a stunning lap with room for error to take the fastest time of the super pole session.
Heavy accidents in qualifying force changes ahead of Saturday’s race.
Provisional pole sitter happy with how the #90 Mercedes-AMG GT3 is running ahead of the 2017 24 Hours of Spa.
The #2 Audi R8 LMS finished fastest of the night session, but couldn’t quite do enough to topple Akka ASP.
Five brands represented at the top of the time sheets as teams complete pre-qualifying for 2017 Total 24 Hours of Spa.
With free practice out of the way Giancarlo Fisichella, James Calado and Marco Cioci are looking forward to qualifying and the race.
Overnight rain and drizzle throughout the session gave competitors a green track for the first practice of the 2017 24 Hours of Spa race week.
The Brit will join Bruno Spengler and Nick Catsburg in the #98 BMW M6 GT3 for the 24 hour classic.
