There is no time to dither in fifteen minutes. Drivers go through a checklist of details, and settings are adjusted accordingly. Today though, the session was over sooner than planned. First, Romain Dumas (#708 Glickenhaus 007 LMH) went off at Mulsanne Corner. Better in the warm-up than in the race! Meanwhile, the #63 Corvette limped back to the pit lane, nursing a mechanical issue.

Philippe Cimadomo’s substitute Nyck de Vries took the wheel of the TDS Racing x Vaillante #13 Oreca 07-Gibson. The Dutchman did not get very far before a full-course yellow, called to deal with several incidents, stopped him in his tracks. Nico Müller had missed the turn at Indianapolis, taking the #10 Oreca 07-Gibson into the gravel. Then Laurents Hörr made a mistake at the Dunlop Chicane in the #3 while Alex Brundle had to take the #34 home with its left-hand door hanging open.

The Green flag was waved seconds before the session end. All cars had completed at least one lap, four at most.