Bernhard, Porsche Quickest Friday Afternoon at Paul Ricard
The German reeled off a best time of 1:41.788 in his No. 20 Porsche, edging out the morning pace-setting No. 2 Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Andre Lotterer by 0.285 seconds.
The No. 14 Porsche of Romain Dumas was third quickest with a 1:42.126, while both Toyota TS040 Hybrids were nearly two seconds off the pace in the four-hour session.
LMP2 was again paced by Millennium Racing, but this time Shinji Nakano in the No. 23 Oreca 03 Nissan, who set a 1:48.970. It was 0.114 seconds quicker than the No. 26 G-Drive Racing Morgan-Nissan of Olivier Pla in second.
Porsche Team Manthey and 8Star Motorsports continued to lead the way in GTE-Pro and GTE-Am, thanks to quick laps by Fred Makowiecki and Paolo Ruberti, respectively.
A two-hour night session is on tap for 7 p.m. local.