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Interlagos WEC: Mark Webber tops Friday practice for Porsche

Porsche led the way on the opening day of this weekend's World Endurance Championship finale at Interlagos

The two factory Porsche 919 Hybrids ended up one-two in each of the two Friday free practice sessions ahead the rival Audis and Toyotas.

Mark Webber recorded the best time of the day with a 1m18.349s set in the second of the two 90-minutes sessions.

That put him just under one hundredth of a second ahead of Romain Dumas in the sister car, who also recorded his time of 1m18.440s in the second period.

Best of the rest was the #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro in the hands of Lucas di Grassi. It finished just one tenth down on the fastest Porsche with a 1m18.455s.

The second Audi was fourth in the hands of Andre Lotterer, while the top Toyota TS040 HYBRID was fifth in the day's times on a 1m19.239s set by Sebastien Buemi.

The G-Drive Racing Ligier-Nissan JSP2 topped the times in LMP2 with a 1m24.306s recorded by Olivier Pla, which put him over a second clear of the second-placed SMP ORECA-Nissan 03R driven by Nicolas Minassian.

GTE Pro was headed by the two Aston Martin Vantage GTEs, Fernando Rees's 1m30.112s just shading Darren Turner's 1m30.177s.

Aston Martin Racing was also quickest in GTE AM with Pedro Lamy on a 1m30.367s.

PRACTICE ONE:

Pos Class Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 LMP1 T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley Porsche Team Porsche 1m19.172s -
2 LMP1 R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb Porsche Team Porsche 1m19.511s 0.339s
3 LMP1 L.di Grassi, L.Duval, T.Kristensen Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m19.770s 0.598s
4 LMP1 A.Davidson, S.Buemi Toyota Racing Toyota 1m20.303s 1.131s
5 LMP1 M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m20.320s 1.148s
6 LMP1 A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin, M.Conway Toyota Racing Toyota 1m20.825s 1.653s
7 LMP1 N.Prost, N.Heidfeld, M.Beche Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m23.182s 4.010s
8 LMP1 D.Kraihamer, A.Belicchi, F.Leimer Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m23.520s 4.348s
9 LMP1 P.Kaffer, L.Auer Lotus Lotus/AER 1m25.655s 6.483s
10 LMP2 R.Rusinov, O.Pla, J.Canal G-Drive Racing Ligier/Nissan 1m25.670s -
11 LMP2 S.Zlobin, N.Minassian, M.Mediani SMP Racing ORECA/Nissan 1m26.587s -
12 LMP2 M.Howson, R.Bradley, A.Imperatori KCMG ORECA/Nissan 1m26.838s -
13 LMP2 K.Ladygin, V.Shaytar, A.Ladygin SMP Racing ORECA/Nissan 1m27.239s -
14 GTE Pro D.Rigon, J.Calado AF Corse Ferrari 1m31.592s -
15 GTE Pro G.Bruni, T.Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 1m31.734s -
16 GTE Pro F.Makowiecki, P.Pilet Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 1m32.004s -
17 GTE Am K.Poulsen, D.H.Hansson, N.Thiim Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m32.011s -
18 GTE Pro D.Turner, S.Mucke Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m32.129s -
19 GTE Pro A.MacDowall, D.O'Young, F.Rees Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m32.137s -
20 GTE Am E.Fittipaldi, A.P.Guidi, J.Segal AF Corse Ferrari 1m32.183s -
21 GTE Pro J.Bergmeister, R.Lietz Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 1m32.296s -
22 GTE Am S.Wyatt, M.Rugolo, A.Bertolini AF Corse Ferrari 1m32.702s -
23 GTE Am P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, C.Nygaard Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m32.708s -
24 GTE Am G.Roda, P.Ruberti, M.Cressoni 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 1m32.959s -
25 GTE Am F.Perrodo, E.Collard, M.Vaxiviere Prospeed Competition Porsche 1m33.291s -
26 GTE Am C.Ried, K.Bachler, K.Al Qubaisi Proton Competition Porsche 1m33.414s -

PRACTICE TWO:

Pos Class Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 LMP1 T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley Porsche Team Porsche 1m18.349s -
2 LMP1 R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb Porsche Team Porsche 1m18.440s 0.091s
3 LMP1 L.di Grassi, L.Duval, T.Kristensen Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m18.455s 0.106s
4 LMP1 M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m18.615s 0.266s
5 LMP1 A.Davidson, S.Buemi Toyota Racing Toyota 1m19.239s 0.890s
6 LMP1 A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin, M.Conway Toyota Racing Toyota 1m19.390s 1.041s
7 LMP1 D.Kraihamer, A.Belicchi, F.Leimer Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m21.709s 3.360s
8 LMP1 N.Prost, N.Heidfeld, M.Beche Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m21.819s 3.470s
9 LMP1 P.Kaffer, L.Auer Lotus Lotus/AER 1m22.599s 4.250s
10 LMP2 R.Rusinov, O.Pla, J.Canal G-Drive Racing Ligier/Nissan 1m24.306s -
11 LMP2 S.Zlobin, N.Minassian, M.Mediani SMP Racing ORECA/Nissan 1m25.608s -
12 LMP2 M.Howson, R.Bradley, A.Imperatori KCMG ORECA/Nissan 1m26.049s -
13 LMP2 K.Ladygin, V.Shaytar, A.Ladygin SMP Racing ORECA/Nissan 1m26.063s -
14 GTE Pro A.MacDowall, D.O'Young, F.Rees Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m30.112s -
15 GTE Pro D.Turner, S.Mucke Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m30.177s -
16 GTE Am P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, C.Nygaard Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m30.367s -
17 GTE Pro J.Bergmeister, R.Lietz Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 1m30.757s -
18 GTE Pro G.Bruni, T.Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 1m30.763s -
19 GTE Pro F.Makowiecki, P.Pilet Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 1m30.810s -
20 GTE Am K.Poulsen, D.H.Hansson, N.Thiim Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m30.887s -
21 GTE Pro D.Rigon, J.Calado AF Corse Ferrari 1m30.945s -
22 GTE Am S.Wyatt, M.Rugolo, A.Bertolini AF Corse Ferrari 1m31.151s -
23 GTE Am C.Ried, K.Bachler, K.Al Qubaisi Proton Competition Porsche 1m31.302s -
24 GTE Am G.Roda, P.Ruberti, M.Cressoni 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 1m31.369s -
25 GTE Am E.Fittipaldi, A.P.Guidi, J.Segal AF Corse Ferrari 1m31.666s -
26 GTE Am F.Perrodo, E.Collard, M.Vaxiviere Prospeed Competition Porsche 1m31.728s -

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