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The Andretti Autosport driver had built up a margin of three-tenths over the opening two sectors in the final duel and posted a 1m37.986s. 

The Jaguar driver was already top of the times with a lap that would have been good enough to end the session fastest heading into the final five minutes.

For this year’s centenary edition of the endurance racing blue ribband, the previous system of splitting the field behind three safety cars spaced around the 8.467-mile circuit has been dropped and a single pace car will be used in the event of a serious incident.

Jake Dennis clocked his fourth podium in a row to move second in the championship race

Gunther had also started Saturday’s opening race in Indonesia from pole position, but showed far superior long-run pace in the second leg of the double header, converting pole into the lead then outduelling Andretti’s Jake Dennis to score his first FE win in three years.

Gunther had also started Saturday's opening race in Indonesia from pole position, but the German driver showed far superior long-run pace in the second leg of the double-header, outduelling Andretti's Jake Dennis to score his first FE win in three years.

Hughes had been fractionally faster than Fenestraz in the opening sector despite a slide through Sainte Devote, but the Briton initially threw away the chance of pole after cutting the Nouvelle Chicane.

The German posted the quickest time with his final run, a 1m29.269s putting him to the top of the times and just 0.007s clear of Jaguar’s Mitch Evans.

British representation in sportscar racing is in a healthy place at the moment. For evidence of that, look no further than last weekend’s Spa World Endurance Championship round. Seven Britons featured in the top Hypercar class, split across five different manufacturers. And there was no shortage of noteworthy performances to…