Interlagos WEC: Audi e-tron leads final practice
Audi reasserted its authority in final practice for the Interlagos round of the World Endurance Championship on Friday
After Toyota set the Thursday pace, Audi's Le Mans-winning R18 e-tron quattro produced the fastest lap of the event so far on Friday morning as Marcel Fassler lapped in 1m22.768s.
The Audi Ultra was next up, while the Toyota was seven tenths off its arch-rival's pace.
Signatech's #26 ORECA-Nissan topped LMP2 with Nelson Panciatici, followed by the Starworks HPD and ADR-Delta ORECA-Nissan.
Marc Lieb's Felbermayr-Proton Porsche edged out the works Aston Martin by a scant 0.017s in GTE-Pro. Larbre's #50 Corvette set the GTE-Am pace.
Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time 1. P1 Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer Audi e-tron 1m22.765s 2. P1 Kristensen/McNish/di Grassi Audi Ultra 1m22.953s 3. P1 Wurz/Lapierre Toyota 1m23.473s 4. P1 Brabham/Chandhok/Dumbreck JRM HPD 1m24.138s 5. P1 Prost/Jani Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m24.413s 6. P1 Leventis/Watts/Kane Strakka HPD 1m24.623s 7. P1 Belicchi/Primat Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m24.855s 8. P2 Panciatici/Ragues/Rusinov Signatech ORECA-Nissan 1m26.815s 9. P2 Potolicchio/Dalziel/Sarrazin Starworks HPD 1m27.175s 10. P2 Martin/Charouz/Graves ADR-Delta ORECA-Nissan 1m27.297s 11. P2 Liuzzi/Rossiter/Weeda Lotus Lola-Lotus 1m27.399s 12. P2 Perez Companc/Minassian/Kaffer Pecom ORECA-Nissan 1m27.599s 13. P2 Baguette/Kraihamer/Brundle OAK Morgan-Nissan 1m27.681s 14. P2 Mailleux/Lombard/Tresson Signatech ORECA-Nissan 1m27.912s 15. P2 Zugel/Gonzalez/Julian Greaves Zytek-Nissan 1m27.973s 16. P2 Nicolet/Lahaye/Pla OAK Morgan-Nissan 1m28.248s 17. P2 Holzer/Schultis/Moro Lotus Lola-Lotus 1m28.757s 18. P2 Giroix/Ihara/Deletraz Gulf Lola-Nissan 1m29.947s 19. GTE P Lieb/Lietz Felbermayr Porsche 1m33.764s 20. GTE P Mucke/Turner Aston Martin 1m33.781s 21. GTE P Fisichella/Bruni AF Ferrari 1m34.330s 22. GTE P Bertolini/Beretta AF Ferrari 1m34.458s 23. GTE A Bornhauser/Canal/Rees Larbre Corvette 1m34.462s 24. GTE A Longo/Negrao/Bernoldi AF-Waltrip Ferrari 1m34.977s 25. GTE A Ried/Roda/Ruberti Felbermayr Porsche 1m35.005s 26. GTE A Belloc/Bourret/Gibon Larbre Corvette 1m35.254s 27. GTE A Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo Krohn Ferrari 1m35.570s 28. GTE A Camathias/Palttala/Daniels JWA Porsche 1m37.100s
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