Silverstone WEC: Nick Heidfeld sets practice pace for Rebellion

The former grand prix driver was one of the last drivers lapping on a drying circuit and knocked Tom Kristensen's Audi off the top spot with a 1m47.993 lap in his Lola-Toyota.

Kristensen's best lap was 0.070 seconds slower than the German's. Andrea Belicchi completed an excellent session for Rebellion in third. His co-driver Mathias Beche had earlier had a spin at Club.

Stephane Sarrazin spun the #8 Toyota into the gravel at Club with less than 10 minutes of the session remaining, bringing his car's participation in the session to an end.

His car wound up fifth, a spot behind the sister machine.

LMP2 honours went to OAK Racing thanks to its Morgan line-up of Alex Brundle/Olivier Pla/David Heinemeier Hansson, the #24 machine 1.6s clear of the sister car of Bertrand Baguette/Martin Plowman/Ricardo Gonzalez.

Aston Martin was fastest in both GTE classes; the Stefan Mucke/Darren Turner/Bruno Senna car nearly three seconds up on the manufacturer's other entry in the Pro class and Christoffer Nygaard topping the tables in the Am division.

The session was red-flagged at close to half-distance after Christian Ried crashed his Proton Porsche at Copse.