Silverstone WEC: Toyota two seconds clear of Porsche in practice
Toyota ended second practice for this weekend's World Endurance Championship opener at Silverstone, more than two seconds clear of Porsche
Kazuki Nakajima topped the times in the Friday afternoon session in the #8 Toyota TS050 HYBRID on a 1m38.210s, which put him 2.290 seconds ahead of third-placed Porsche driver Earl Bamber.
Nakajima and Kamui Kobayashi in the #7 Toyota did the laps that put them one-two in the timesheets in the opening minutes of the hour-and-a-half session.
Kobayashi posted a 1m38.444s to end up 0.234s behind the sister car.
Bamber set a 1m40.500 in the #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid, while Andre Lotterer was 0.7s back on a 1m41.201s in the #1 car.
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The ByKolles ENSO CLM-NISMO P1.01 improved on its morning time by nearly three seconds to end up on a 1m45.512s set by James Rossiter.
Alex Lynn led the way in LMP2 aboard the G-Drive Racing ORECA-Gibson 07 on a 1m44.874s.
That put him just over a tenth clear of Nicolas Lapierre in the Signatech Alpine ORECA.
Third place was taken by early class pacesetter Mathias Beche in the best of the Anglo-Swiss Rebellion team's ORECAs.
Porsche held sway in GTE Pro courtesy of a 1m57.765s recorded by Kevin Estre in the #92 911 RSR.
The Frenchman was just under two tenths up on the best of factory Aston Martin Vantage GTEs in Jonny Adam's hands.
Ben Barker was quickest in GTE Am for the Gulf Racing Porsche squad.
PRACTICE TWO TIMES:
Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LMP1 | S.Buemi, A.Davidson, K.Nakajima | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota | 1m38.210s | - | 40 |
2 | LMP1 | M.Conway, K.Kobayashi, J.M.Lopez | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota | 1m38.444s | 0.234s | 37 |
3 | LMP1 | T.Bernhard, E.Bamber, B.Hartley | Porsche LMP Team | Porsche | 1m40.500s | 2.290s | 41 |
4 | LMP1 | N.Jani, A.Lotterer, N.Tandy | Porsche LMP Team | Porsche | 1m41.201s | 2.991s | 48 |
5 | LMP2 | R.Rusinov, P.Thiriet, A.Lynn | G-Drive Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m44.874s | 6.664s | 41 |
6 | LMP2 | N.Lapierre, G.Menezes, M.Rao | Signatech Alpine Matmut | Alpine/Gibson | 1m45.006s | 6.796s | 32 |
7 | LMP1 | O.Webb, J.Rossiter, D.Kraihamer | ByKOLLES Racing Team | ENSO CLM/NISMO | 1m45.512s | 7.302s | 33 |
8 | LMP2 | M.Beche, D.H.Hansson, N.Piquet Jr. | Vaillante Rebellion | ORECA/Gibson | 1m45.622s | 7.412s | 29 |
9 | LMP2 | D.Cheng, A.Brundle, T.Gommendy | Jackie Chan DC Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m45.907s | 7.697s | 39 |
10 | LMP2 | F.Perrodo, M.Vaxiviere, E.Collard | TDS Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m46.585s | 8.375s | 37 |
11 | LMP2 | J.Canal, N.Prost, B.Senna | Vaillante Rebellion | ORECA/Gibson | 1m47.256s | 9.046s | 38 |
12 | LMP2 | H-Pin Tung, O.Jarvis, T.Laurent | Jackie Chan DC Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m47.564s | 9.354s | 38 |
13 | LMP2 | T.Graves, J.Hirschi, J-E.Vergne | CEFC Manor TRS Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m47.954s | 9.744s | 30 |
14 | LMP2 | R.Gonzalez, S.Trummer, V.Petrov | CEFC Manor TRS Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m48.076s | 9.866s | 28 |
15 | GTE Pro | M.Christensen, K.Estre | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 1m57.765s | 19.555s | 39 |
16 | GTE Pro | D.Turner, J.Adam, D.Serra | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m57.957s | 19.747s | 39 |
17 | GTE Pro | N.Thiim, M.Sorensen, R.Stanaway | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m57.981s | 19.771s | 40 |
18 | GTE Pro | A.Priaulx, H.Tincknell, P.Derani | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford | 1m58.114s | 19.904s | 40 |
19 | GTE Pro | S.Mucke, O.Pla, B.Johnson | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford | 1m58.189s | 19.979s | 31 |
20 | GTE Pro | J.Calado, A.P.Guidi | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m58.535s | 20.325s | 31 |
21 | GTE Pro | R.Lietz, F.Makowiecki | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 1m58.955s | 20.745s | 37 |
22 | GTE Pro | D.Rigon, S.Bird | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m59.815s | 21.605s | 32 |
23 | GTE Am | M.Wainwright, B.Barker, N.Foster | Gulf Racing | Porsche | 1m59.991s | 21.781s | 32 |
24 | GTE Am | T.Flohr, F.Castellacci, M.Molina | Spirit of Race | Ferrari | 2m00.380s | 22.170s | 38 |
25 | GTE Am | C.Ried, M.Cairoli, M.Dienst | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Porsche | 2m00.421s | 22.211s | 31 |
26 | GTE Am | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m00.437s | 22.227s | 38 |
27 | GTE Am | Mok W.S., K.Sawa, M.Griffin | Clearwater Racing | Ferrari | 2m00.509s | 22.299s | 35 |
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