Nurburgring WEC: Porsche fastest again in practice two

Brendon Hartley topped the times in the best of the Porsche 919 Hybrids early on in a 90-minute session interrupted by a short red-flag stoppage and light rain.

His 1m38.663s put him nearly a second ahead of team-mate Andre Lotterer, who ended up on a 1m39.629s.

Anthony Davidson was just behind in the best of the Toyota TS050 HYBRIDs on a 1m39.773s.

The second Toyota was nearly two seconds in arrears in Kamui Kobayashi's hands.

The G-Racing team led the way in LMP2 with a 1m47.188s from Ben Hanley, who is driving the team's ORECA-Gibson 07 in place of Alex Lynn this weekend.

Rebellion took second in class thanks to a 1m47.410s from Mathias Beche.

The four GTE Pro manufacturers shared out the top positions in class.

Porsche was quickest with a 1m56.244s from Frederic Makowiecki, which put him almost exactly a tenth up on Aston Martin driver Nicki Thiim.

Ferrari took third in the second session times with Alessandro Pier Guidi on a 1m56.766s, while Stefan Mucke was fourth for Ford.

Miguel Molina was quickest in GTE Am for the AF Corse-run Spirit of Race Ferrari team.

PRACTICE TWO TIMES:

Pos	Class	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	LMP1	T.Bernhard, E.Bamber, B.Hartley	Porsche LMP Team	Porsche	1m38.663s	-	39
2	LMP1	N.Jani, A.Lotterer, N.Tandy	Porsche LMP Team	Porsche	1m39.629s	0.966s	40
3	LMP1	S.Buemi, A.Davidson, K.Nakajima	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	1m39.773s	1.110s	38
4	LMP1	M.Conway, K.Kobayashi, J.M.Lopez	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	1m41.656s	2.993s	36
5	LMP2	R.Rusinov, P.Thiriet, B.Hanley	G-Drive Racing	ORECA/Gibson	1m47.188s	8.525s	36
6	LMP2	M.Beche, D.H.Hansson, P.Derani	Vaillante Rebellion	ORECA/Gibson	1m47.410s	8.747s	28
7	LMP2	N.Lapierre, G.Menezes, M.Rao	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Alpine/Gibson	1m47.604s	8.941s	34
8	LMP2	P.Ragues, A.Negrao, N.Panciatici	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Alpine/Gibson	1m47.755s	9.092s	36
9	LMP2	R.Gonzalez, S.Trummer, V.Petrov	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	ORECA/Gibson	1m47.889s	9.226s	29
10	LMP2	H-Pin Tung, O.Jarvis, T.Laurent	Jackie Chan DC Racing	ORECA/Gibson	1m48.326s	9.663s	35
11	LMP1	O.Webb, D.Kraihamer, M.Bonanomi	ByKOLLES Racing Team	ENSO CLM/NISMO	1m48.592s	9.929s	20
12	LMP2	D.Cheng, A.Brundle, T.Gommendy	Jackie Chan DC Racing	ORECA/Gibson	1m48.705s	10.042s	31
13	LMP2	F.Perrodo, M.Vaxiviere, E.Collard	TDS Racing	ORECA/Gibson	1m49.127s	10.464s	30
14	LMP2	T.Graves, J.Hirschi, R.Merhi	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	ORECA/Gibson	1m49.179s	10.516s	34
15	LMP2	N.Moore, P.Hanson	Tockwith Motorsports	Ligier/Gibson	1m50.165s	11.502s	40
16	GTE Pro	R.Lietz, F.Makowiecki	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	1m56.244s	17.581s	41
17	GTE Pro	N.Thiim, M.Sorensen	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m56.343s	17.680s	32
18	GTE Pro	J.Calado, A.P.Guidi	AF Corse	Ferrari	1m56.766s	18.103s	32
19	GTE Pro	S.Mucke, O.Pla	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Ford	1m56.812s	18.149s	29
20	GTE Pro	D.Rigon, T.Vilander	AF Corse	Ferrari	1m56.919s	18.256s	32
21	GTE Pro	D.Turner, J.Adam, D.Serra	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m56.965s	18.302s	35
22	GTE Am	T.Flohr, F.Castellacci, M.Molina	Spirit of Race	Ferrari	1m57.592s	18.929s	31
23	GTE Pro	A.Priaulx, H.Tincknell	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Ford	1m57.613s	18.950s	31
24	GTE Pro	M.Christensen, K.Estre	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	1m57.685s	19.022s	39
25	GTE Am	Mok W.S., K.Sawa, M.Griffin	Clearwater Racing	Ferrari	1m57.802s	19.139s	33
26	GTE Am	C.Ried, M.Cairoli, M.Dienst	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche	1m57.985s	19.322s	31
27	GTE Am	P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m58.330s	19.667s	37
28	GTE Am	M.Wainwright, B.Barker, N.Foster	Gulf Racing	Porsche	1m59.211s	20.548s	15
29	LMP2	J.Canal, B.Senna, F.Albuquerque	Vaillante Rebellion	ORECA/Gibson	-	-	0