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Spa WEC: Audi's Lotterer pips Hulkenberg's Porsche in practice

Andre Lotterer led the way for Audi in final free practice ahead of Friday evening's qualifying session for round two of the World Endurance Championship at Spa

The #7 Audi R18 e-tron quattro headed the trio of Porsches with a time of 1m57.368s in the first dry running of the weekend.

That lap put him just 0.011 seconds ahead of LMP1 debutant Nico Hulkenberg in the #19 Porsche 919 Hybrid.

The #18 Porsche was a further half second in arrears in the hands of Neel Jani, who was just under four hundredths ahead of team-mate Brendon Hartley in the #17 car.

Best Toyota was the #2 car on a 1m59.630s with Mike Conway at the wheel, which put him two tenths up on Sebastien Buemi in the #1 TS040 HYBRID repaired after Kazuki Nakajima's Thursday crash.

The G-Drive Racing Ligier-Nissan JSP2 went fastest in LMP2, Sam Bird's time of 2m03.416s putting him four tenths up on the KCMG ORECA-Nissan 05 in the hands of Matt Howson.

Ferrari was quickest in GTE Pro: Toni Vilander set a 2m18.390s in the lead AF Corse 458 Italia to end up just over two tenths ahead of Fernando Rees in the best of the Aston Martin Vantage GTEs.

Pedro Lamy was quickest in GTE Pro for Aston Martin.

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PRACTICE THREE TIMES:

Pos Class Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 LMP1 M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m57.368s -
2 LMP1 N.Hulkenberg, E.Bamber, N.Tandy Porsche Team Porsche 1m57.379s 0.011s
3 LMP1 R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb Porsche Team Porsche 1m57.861s 0.493s
4 LMP1 T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley Porsche Team Porsche 1m57.899s 0.531s
5 LMP1 L.di Grassi, L.Duval, O.Jarvis Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m58.228s 0.860s
6 LMP1 A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin, M.Conway Toyota Racing Toyota 1m59.630s 2.262s
7 LMP1 A.Davidson, S.Buemi, K.Nakajima Toyota Racing Toyota 1m59.850s 2.482s
8 LMP1 F.Albuquerque, M.Bonanomi, R.Rast Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 2m02.232s 4.864s
9 LMP2 R.Rusinov, J.Canal, S.Bird G-Drive Racing Ligier/Nissan 2m08.415s 11.047s
10 LMP2 M.Howson, R.Bradley, N.Lapierre KCMG ORECA/Nissan 2m08.854s 11.486s
11 LMP2 S.Dolan, M.Evans, H.Tincknell JOTA Sport Gibson/Nissan 2m08.965s 11.597s
12 LMP2 G.Yacaman, P.Derani, R.Gonzalez G-Drive Racing Ligier/Nissan 2m09.311s 11.943s
13 LMP2 N.Panciatici, P-L.Chatin, V.Capillaire Signatech Alpine Alpine/Nissan 2m09.816s 12.448s
14 LMP1 S.Trummer, V.Liuzzi, C.Klien Team ByKolles CLM/AER 2m09.962s 12.594s
15 LMP2 P.Ragues, O.Webb, Z.Amberg Team SARD Morand Morgan/SARD 2m10.115s 12.747s
16 LMP2 N.Leventis, D.Watts, J.Kane Strakka Racing Dome/Nissan 2m11.516s 14.148s
17 LMP2 S.Sharp, R.Dalziel, D.H.Hansson Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier/HPD 2m13.307s 15.939s
18 LMP2 J.Nicolet, J-M.Merlin, E.Maris Oak Racing Ligier/Nissan 2m13.364s 15.996s
19 LMP2 E.Brown, J.van Overbeek, J.Fogarty Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier/HPD 2m14.631s 17.263s
20 GTE Pro G.Bruni, T.Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 2m18.390s 21.022s
21 GTE Pro A.MacDowall, F.Rees, R.Stanaway Aston Martin Racing V8 Aston Martin 2m18.511s 21.143s
22 GTE Pro D.Rigon, J.Calado AF Corse Ferrari 2m18.610s 21.242s
23 GTE Pro D.Turner, S.Mucke, R.Bell Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m18.616s 21.248s
24 GTE Pro C.Nygaard, M.Sorensen, J.Adam Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m19.131s 21.763s
25 GTE Pro F.Makowiecki, R.Lietz Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 2m19.175s 21.807s
26 GTE Am P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m19.485s 22.117s
27 GTE Pro S.Muller, K.Estre Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 2m19.642s 22.274s
28 GTE Am G.Roda, P.Ruberti, K.Poulsen Larbre Competition Chevrolet 2m21.118s 23.750s
29 GTE Am C.Ried, K.Al Qubaisi, K.Bachler Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Porsche 2m21.446s 24.078s
30 GTE Am V.Shaytar, A.Bertolini, A.Basov SMP Racing Ferrari 2m21.504s 24.136s
31 GTE Am F.Perrodo, E.Collard, R.Aguas AF Corse Ferrari 2m21.509s 24.141s
32 GTE Am P.Dempsey, P.Long, M.Seefried Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 2m21.819s 24.451s
33 GTE Am D.Cameron, M.Griffin, A.Mortimer AF Corse Ferrari 2m24.181s 26.813s
34 GTE Am F.Castellacci, R.Goethe, S.Hall Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m24.620s 27.252s


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