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Shanghai WEC: Toyota heads both practice sessions

Toyota headed both sessions of free practice on the opening day of the Shanghai World Endurance Championship meeting

Sebastien Buemi ended up quickest in the morning session with a 1m49.833s lap in the #8 Toyota TS040 HYBRID before team-mate Anthony Davidson improved on the time in the afternoon.

Davidson ended up on a 1m49.134s set before rain started to fall 20 minutes into the session, which was eventually stopped with 17 minutes after the rainfall intensified.

The #7 Toyota was second fastest in the two 90-minute sessions, Stephane Sarrazin ending up on 1m50.981s in the morning and Alex Wurz putting in a 1m49.806s in the afternoon.

The Toyota drivers maintained their dominance once the rain started, setting times quicker than their rivals from Audi and Porsche.

The two Audis R18 e-tron quattros were third and fourth in each of the sessions.

Tom Kristensen set the best Audi time of the day in the afternoon, his 1m50.195s lap putting him half a second up on Marcel Fassler.

Fastest Porsche time of the day was Timo Bernhard's 1m51.801s aboard the #20 919 Hybrid set in the afternoon.

The OAK-run G-Drive Ligier-Nissan JSP2 was quickest in LMP2 in both sessions in the hands of Roman Rusinov.

The Russian's best of the day of 1m57.053s put him four tenths up on Ryan Dalziel in the best of the Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD-Honda ARX-03bs.

The GTE class was headed by an Am car in both sessions: Pedro Lamy went fastest for Aston Martin Racing in the opening period before Paolo Ruberti ended up quickest in the AF Corse-run Ferrari in the second.

Gianmaria Bruni recorded the best GTE Pro time of the day in the morning session.

PRACTICE ONE

Pos Class Driver Team Car Time
1 LMP1 A.Davidson, S.Buemi Toyota Racing Toyota 1m49.833s
2 LMP1 A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin, K.Nakajima Toyota Racing Toyota 1m50.981s
3 LMP1 M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m52.249s
4 LMP1 L.di Grassi, L.Duval, T.Kristensen Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m52.615s
5 LMP1 T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley Porsche Team Porsche 1m53.084s
6 LMP1 R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb Porsche Team Porsche 1m54.631s
7 LMP1 N.Prost, N.Heidfeld, M.Beche Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m54.786s
8 LMP1 D.Kraihamer, A.Belicchi, F.Leimer Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m56.891s
9 LMP2 R.Rusinov, O.Pla, J.Canal G-Drive Racing Ligier/Nissan 1m57.147s
10 LMP2 S.Sharp, R.Dalziel, R.Gonzalez Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD 1m57.917s
11 LMP2 M.Howson, R.Bradley, A.Imperatori KCMG ORECA/Nissan 1m58.119s
12 LMP2 S.Zlobin, N.Minassian, M.Mediani SMP Racing ORECA/Nissan 1m58.781s
13 LMP2 D.Cheng, H-Pin Tung, M.Patterson Oak Racing Morgan/Judd 1m58.822s
14 LMP2 K.Ladygin, V.Shaytar, A.Ladygin SMP Racing ORECA/Nissan 1m59.504s
15 LMP2 E.Brown, J.van Overbeek, D.Brabham Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD 2m01.487s
16 LMP1 P.Kaffer, L.Auer Lotus/AER 2m02.627s
17 GTE Am P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, C.Nygaard Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m06.056s
18 GTE Pro G.Bruni, T.Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 2m06.153s
19 GTE Pro F.Makowiecki, P.Pilet Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 2m06.463s
20 GTE Pro J.Bergmeister, R.Lietz Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 2m06.473s
21 GTE Pro D.Turner, S.Mucke Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m06.791s
22 GTE Am K.Poulsen, D.H.Hansson, R.Stanaway Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m06.981s
23 GTE Pro D.Rigon, J.Calado AF Corse Ferrari 2m07.069s
24 GTE Am G.Roda, P.Ruberti, M.Cressoni 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 2m07.189s
25 GTE Pro A.MacDowall, D.O'Young, F.Rees Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m07.357s
26 GTE Am C.Ried, W.Henzler, K.Al Qubaisi Proton Competition Porsche 2m07.449s
27 GTE Am F.Perrodo, E.Collard, M.Vaxiviere Prospeed Competition Porsche 2m07.889s

PRACTICE TWO

Pos Class Driver Team Car Time
1 LMP1 A.Davidson, S.Buemi Toyota Racing Toyota 1m49.134s
2 LMP1 A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin, K.Nakajima Toyota Racing Toyota 1m49.806s
3 LMP1 L.di Grassi, L.Duval, T.Kristensen Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m50.195s
4 LMP1 M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m50.706s
5 LMP1 T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley Porsche Team Porsche 1m51.801s
6 LMP1 R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb Porsche Team Porsche 1m52.293s
7 LMP1 N.Prost, N.Heidfeld, M.Beche Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m55.367s
8 LMP2 R.Rusinov, O.Pla, J.Canal G-Drive Racing Ligier/Nissan 1m57.053s
9 LMP2 S.Sharp, R.Dalziel, R.Gonzalez Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD 1m57.495s
10 LMP2 E.Brown, J.van Overbeek, D.Brabham Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD 1m58.145s
11 LMP2 S.Zlobin, N.Minassian, M.Mediani SMP Racing ORECA/Nissan 1m58.468s
12 LMP2 M.Howson, R.Bradley, A.Imperatori KCMG ORECA/Nissan 1m58.725s
13 LMP1 P.Kaffer, L.Auer Lotus/AER 1m59.142s
14 LMP2 K.Ladygin, V.Shaytar, A.Ladygin SMP Racing ORECA/Nissan 2m00.690s
15 LMP2 D.Cheng, H-Pin Tung, M.Patterson Oak Racing Morgan/Judd 2m01.696s
16 GTE Am G.Roda, P.Ruberti, M.Cressoni 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 2m04.528s
17 GTE Am F.Perrodo, E.Collard, M.Vaxiviere Prospeed Competition Porsche 2m05.223s
18 GTE Pro D.Turner, S.Mucke Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m06.193s
19 GTE Pro F.Makowiecki, P.Pilet Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 2m06.537s
20 GTE Am C.Ried, W.Henzler, K.Al Qubaisi Proton Competition Porsche 2m06.847s
21 GTE Pro A.MacDowall, D.O'Young, F.Rees Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m06.925s
22 GTE Pro G.Bruni, T.Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 2m07.153s
23 GTE Pro D.Rigon, J.Calado AF Corse Ferrari 2m07.209s
24 GTE Am K.Poulsen, D.H.Hansson, R.Stanaway Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m07.467s
25 GTE Am P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, C.Nygaard Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m07.590s
26 GTE Pro J.Bergmeister, R.Lietz Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 2m08.015s
27 LMP1 D.Kraihamer, A.Belicchi, F.Leimer Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 2m09.299s


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