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Fuji WEC: Audi one-two in both Friday practice sessions

Audi blocked out the top two positions in the opening sessions of free practice for Sunday's Fuji round of the World Endurance Championship

Lucas di Grassi set the best time of the day early in the 90-minute afternoon period aboard the #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro, which put him just over half a second up on the 1m28.403s set by team-mate Marcel Fassler.

Loic Duval in the #1 Audi and Andre Lotterer in the #2 car had earlier set the fastest times in the opening practice session.

Third fastest was Neel Jani in the best of the Porsche 919 Hybrids. He was only four hundredths down on Fassler with a 1m28.441s set late in the afternoon.

Toyota, winner both times at Fuji since the creation of the WEC, ended up fourth with a 1m28.587s set by Sebastian Buemi in the #8 TS040 HYBRID in the dying minutes of the second session.

LMP2 was headed by the Ligier-Nissan JSP2 in the hands of Roman Rusinov with a best lap of 1m34.207s.

That put him two tenths ahead of the best of the AF-run SMP ORECA-Nissan 03Rs driven by Kirill Ladygin.

Stefan Mucke led the way in GTE Pro for Aston Martin with the only lap under the 1m40s barrier.

His best time of 1m39.884s, set in the afternoon, was two tenths up on fellow Aston driver Pedro Lamy's best in the top GTE Am Vantage GTE.

Gianmaria Maria was second in Pro, but only sixth overall in GTE, with a time eight tenths back from Turner.

PRACTICE ONE:

Pos Class Driver Team Car Time
1 LMP1 L.di Grassi, L.Duval, T.Kristensen Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m28.628s
2 LMP1 M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m28.924s
3 LMP1 A.Davidson, S.Buemi Toyota Racing Toyota 1m28.981s
4 LMP1 R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb Porsche Team Porsche 1m29.021s
5 LMP1 A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin, K.Nakajima Toyota Racing Toyota 1m29.076s
6 LMP1 T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley Porsche Team Porsche 1m29.829s
7 LMP1 N.Prost, N.Heidfeld, M.Beche Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m32.034s
8 LMP1 D.Kraihamer, A.Belicchi, F.Leimer Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m33.020s
9 LMP1 C.Bouchut, J.Rossiter, P.Kaffer Lotus/AER 1m34.284s
10 LMP2 R.Rusinov, O.Pla, J.Canal G-Drive Racing Ligier/Nissan 1m34.356s
11 LMP2 M.Howson, R.Bradley, A.Imperatori KCMG ORECA/Nissan 1m34.716s
12 LMP2 K.Ihara, G.Yacaman, A.Brundle Oak Racing Morgan/Judd 1m34.902s
13 LMP2 K.Ladygin, V.Shaytar, A.Ladygin SMP Racing ORECA/Nissan 1m35.028s
14 LMP2 S.Zlobin, N.Minassian, M.Mediani SMP Racing ORECA/Nissan 1m35.112s
15 GTE Pro F.Makowiecki, P.Pilet Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 1m40.853s
16 GTE Pro D.Turner, S.Mucke Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m40.871s
17 GTE Pro G.Bruni, T.Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 1m41.141s
18 GTE Am P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, C.Nygaard Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m41.164s
19 GTE Am K.Poulsen, D.H.Hansson, N.Thiim Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m41.189s
20 GTE Am C.Ried, K.Bachler, K.Al Qubaisi Proton Competition Porsche 1m41.234s
21 GTE Pro J.Bergmeister, R.Lietz Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 1m41.402s
22 GTE Pro A.MacDowall, D.O'Young, F.Rees Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m41.512s
23 GTE Am F.Perrodo, E.Collard, M.Vaxiviere Prospeed Competition Porsche 1m41.876s
24 GTE Pro D.Rigon, J.Calado AF Corse Ferrari 1m41.999s
25 GTE Am S.Wyatt, M.Rugolo, A.Bertolini AF Corse Ferrari 1m42.034s
26 GTE Am G.Roda, P.Ruberti, J.Segal 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 1m42.412s
27 GTE Am B.Curtis, J.Bleekemolen, M.Skeen AF Corse Ferrari 1m42.418s

PRACTICE TWO:

Pos Class Driver Team Car Time
1 LMP1 L.di Grassi, L.Duval, T.Kristensen Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m27.852s
2 LMP1 M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m28.403s
3 LMP1 R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb Porsche Team Porsche 1m28.441s
4 LMP1 A.Davidson, S.Buemi Toyota Racing Toyota 1m28.587s
5 LMP1 A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin, K.Nakajima Toyota Racing Toyota 1m29.083s
6 LMP1 T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley Porsche Team Porsche 1m29.672s
7 LMP1 D.Kraihamer, A.Belicchi, F.Leimer Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m31.971s
8 LMP1 N.Prost, N.Heidfeld, M.Beche Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m32.441s
9 LMP2 R.Rusinov, O.Pla, J.Canal G-Drive Racing Ligier/Nissan 1m34.027s
10 LMP2 K.Ladygin, V.Shaytar, A.Ladygin SMP Racing ORECA/Nissan 1m34.203s
11 LMP2 M.Howson, R.Bradley, A.Imperatori KCMG ORECA/Nissan 1m34.387s
12 LMP2 S.Zlobin, N.Minassian, M.Mediani SMP Racing ORECA/Nissan 1m34.690s
13 LMP1 C.Bouchut, J.Rossiter, P.Kaffer Lotus/AER 1m34.798s
14 LMP2 K.Ihara, G.Yacaman, A.Brundle Oak Racing Morgan/Judd 1m34.800s
15 GTE Pro D.Turner, S.Mucke Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m39.884s
16 GTE Am P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, C.Nygaard Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m40.006s
17 GTE Am K.Poulsen, D.H.Hansson, N.Thiim Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m40.401s
18 GTE Am C.Ried, K.Bachler, K.Al Qubaisi Proton Competition Porsche 1m40.483s
19 GTE Am F.Perrodo, E.Collard, M.Vaxiviere Prospeed Competition Porsche 1m40.494s
20 GTE Pro G.Bruni, T.Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 1m40.643s
21 GTE Pro F.Makowiecki, P.Pilet Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 1m40.855s
22 GTE Pro J.Bergmeister, R.Lietz Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 1m41.078s
23 GTE Pro A.MacDowall, D.O'Young, F.Rees Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m41.191s
24 GTE Pro D.Rigon, J.Calado AF Corse Ferrari 1m41.579s
25 GTE Am G.Roda, P.Ruberti, J.Segal 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 1m41.683s
26 GTE Am B.Curtis, J.Bleekemolen, M.Skeen AF Corse Ferrari 1m41.767s
27 GTE Am S.Wyatt, M.Rugolo, A.Bertolini AF Corse Ferrari 1m42.095s

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