Fuji WEC: Toyota leads first practice with Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota started its home round of the World Endurance Championship on top as it beat Audi in opening practice at Fuji
Kazuki Nakajima, back in the Toyota line-up for the first time since the Silverstone 6 Hours, set the pace with a lap of 1m28.809s.
Benoit Treluyer made a late improvement in the championship-leading #1 Audi to take second from Allan McNish in the #2, but was still 0.419 seconds down on the Toyota.
Strakka's HPD was the best of the non-factory LMP1s, ahead of Rebellion's #12 Lola-Toyota.
Signatech's #26 ORECA-Nissan set the LMP2 pace.
Richard Leitz's Felbermayr-Proton Porsche beat the Ferraris to the GTE-Pro top spot, while the #50 Larbre Corvette was fastest in GTE-Am.
Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time 1. P1 Wurz/Lapierre/Nakajima Toyota 1m28.809s 2. P1 Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer Audi 1m29.228s 3. P1 Kristensen/McNish Audi 1m29.457s 4. P1 Leventis/Watts/Kane Strakka HPD 1m31.038s 5. P1 Prost/Jani Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m31.654s 6. P1 Brabham/Chandhok/Dumbreck JRM HPD 1m31.700s 7. P1 Baguette/Kraihamer/Sato OAK Pescarolo-Honda 1m31.732s 8. P1 Belicchi/Primat Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m33.466s 9. P2 Panciatici/Ragues/Rusinov Signatech ORECA-Nissan 1m33.525s 10. P2 Martin/Graves/Nakano ADR-Delta ORECA-Nissan 1m33.655s 11. P2 Nicolet/Lahaye/Pla OAK Morgan-Nissan 1m34.046s 12. P2 Perez Companc/Minassian/Kaffer Pecom ORECA-Nissan 1m34.424s 13. P2 Potolicchio/Dalziel/Sarrazin Starworks HPD 1m34.510s 14. P2 Mailleux/Lombard/Tresson Signatech ORECA-Nissan 1m34.888s 15. P2 Giroix/Ihara/Deletraz Gulf Lola-Nissan 1m35.864s 16. P2 Zugel/Gonzalez/Julian Greaves Zytek-Nissan 1m36.639s 17. P2 Holzer/Schultis Lotus Lola-Lotus 1m37.780s 18. GTE P Lieb/Lietz Felbermayr Porsche 1m41.378s 19. GTE P Fisichella/Bruni AF Ferrari 1m41.708s 20. GTE P Bertolini/Beretta AF Ferrari 1m42.000s 21. GTE P Mucke/Turner Aston Martin 1m42.021s 22. GTE A Bornhauser/Canal/Lamy Larbre Corvette 1m42.175s 23. GTE A Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo Krohn Ferrari 1m42.233s 24. GTE A Ried/Roda/Ruberti Felbermayr Porsche 1m43.932s 25. GTE A Belloc/Bourret/Gibon Larbre Corvette 1m44.104s 26. GTE A Camathias/Kobayashi/Daniels JWA Porsche 1m44.310s 27. P2 Liuzzi/Rossiter/Weeda Lotus Lola-Lotus
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