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Spa WEC: Alonso puts #8 Toyota on top in wet second practice

Fernando Alonso topped the times for Toyota in a rain-affected second free practice session ahead of this weekend's Spa round of the World Endurance Championship

The Spaniard posted a 2m19.483s just before the 90-minute session was interrupted by the third of four red flags, which coincided with the rain intensifying.

Alonso's time in the #8 Toyota TS050 HYBRID put him more than a second up on the sister car driven by Mike Conway, who ended up second on 2m20.865s.

The SMP Racing squad, which had been fastest in dry conditions during opening practice, ended up third in the times with a 2m21.429s from Vitaly Petrov aboard the #11 BRE-AER BR1.

SMP's second BR1, in which Sergey Sirotkin set the pace in the morning session, did not post a time after Stephane Sarrazin aquaplaned off the track approaching the fast Blanchimont lefthander early in the session.

The two Rebellion-Gibson R-13s ended up fourth and fifth in the hands of Neel Jani and Gustavo Menezes respectively.

Jani's 2m22.853s put him more than two seconds up on his team-mate.

The ByKolles team's revised ENSO CLM P1/01, now powered by a Gibson V8 engine, topped the times early on in Tom Dillmann's hands, but end up in sixth position.

Pastor Maldonado ended up fastest in LMP2 aboard DragonSpeed's ORECA-Gibson 07.

His 2m27.682s set on Michelin tyres was more than a second and a half up on the second-placed TDS ORECA of Matthieu Vaxiviere on Dunlops.

Marco Sorensen led the way in GTE Pro for Aston Martin. The Dane posted a 2m32.648s aboard the #95 Aston Martin Vantage GTE early in the session, which put him just over two tenths up on Gianmaria Bruni's factory Porsche 911 RSR.

The second Aston was less than a tenth back in third with Alex Lynn driving.

The AF Corse Ferrari squad took fourth and fifth positions in class with Sam Bird and Alessandro Pier Guidi driving. GTE Am was led by the Proton Dempsey Porsche driven by Matt Campbell.

FP2 times

Pos Class Driver Team Car Time Gap Laps
1 LMP1 S.Buemi, K.Nakajima, F.Alonso Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota 2m19.483s - 26
2 LMP1 M.Conway, K.Kobayashi, J.M.Lopez Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota 2m20.865s 1.382s 27
3 LMP1 M.Aleshin, V.Petrov, S.Vandoorne SMP Racing BR Engineering/AER 2m21.429s 1.946s 24
4 LMP1 N.Jani, A.Lotterer, B.Senna Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Gibson 2m22.853s 3.370s 21
5 LMP1 N.Berthon, T.Laurent, G.Menezes Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Gibson 2m25.199s 5.716s 20
6 LMP1 T.Dillmann, O.Webb, P.Ruberti ByKOLLES Racing Team ENSO CLM/Gibson 2m25.222s 5.739s 14
7 LMP2 R.Gonzalez, P.Maldonado, A.Davidson DragonSpeed ORECA/Gibson 2m27.682s 8.199s 18
8 LMP2 F.Perrodo, M.Vaxiviere, N.Nato TDS Racing ORECA/Gibson 2m29.295s 9.812s 22
9 LMP2 H-Pin Tung, G.Aubry, S.Richelmi Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA/Gibson 2m29.430s 9.947s 22
10 LMP2 R.Rusinov, J.van Uitert, J-E.Vergne G-Drive Racing Aurus/Gibson 2m29.541s 10.058s 22
11 LMP2 F.van Eerd, G.van der Garde, N.de Vries Racing Team Nederland Dallara/Gibson 2m29.584s 10.101s 23
12 LMP2 N.Lapierre, A.Negrao, P.Thiriet Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine/Gibson 2m30.570s 11.087s 19
13 LMP2 D.H.Hansson, J.King, W.Stevens Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA/Gibson 2m30.729s 11.246s 24
14 GTE Pro M.Sorensen, N.Thiim Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m32.648s 13.165s 24
15 GTE Pro R.Lietz, G.Bruni Porsche GT Team Porsche 2m32.898s 13.415s 22
16 GTE Pro A.Lynn, M.Martin Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m32.917s 13.434s 26
17 GTE Pro D.Rigon, S.Bird AF Corse Ferrari 2m33.058s 13.575s 17
18 LMP2 E.Creed, R.Ricci, N.Boulle Larbre Competition Ligier/Gibson 2m33.109s 13.626s 12
19 GTE Pro A.P.Guidi, J.Calado AF Corse Ferrari 2m33.306s 13.823s 22
20 GTE Pro M.Christensen, K.Estre Porsche GT Team Porsche 2m33.331s 13.848s 18
21 GTE Pro A.Priaulx, H.Tincknell Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford 2m33.887s 14.404s 23
22 GTE Am C.Ried, R.Pera, M.Campbell Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 2m34.093s 14.610s 22
23 GTE Pro S.Mucke, O.Pla Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford 2m34.395s 14.912s 22
24 GTE Am M.Ishikawa, O.Beretta, E.Cheever MR Racing Ferrari 2m34.851s 15.368s 20
25 GTE Pro A.Farfus, A.F.da Costa BMW Team MTEK BMW 2m35.223s 15.740s 25
26 GTE Pro M.Tomczyk, N.Catsburg BMW Team MTEK BMW 2m35.494s 16.011s 24
27 GTE Am M.Wainwright, B.Barker, T.Preining Gulf Racing Porsche 2m35.911s 16.428s 20
28 GTE Am T.Flohr, F.Castellacci, G.Fisichella Spirit of Race Ferrari 2m37.158s 17.675s 24
29 GTE Am J.Bergmeister, P.Lindsey, E.Perfetti Team Project 1 Porsche 2m37.834s 18.351s 22
30 GTE Am S.Yoluc, E.Hankey, C.Eastwood TF Sport Aston Martin 2m38.112s 18.629s 22
31 GTE Am L.P.-Companc, M.Cressoni, M.Griffin Clearwater Racing Ferrari 2m38.189s 18.706s 21
32 GTE Am P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m38.476s 18.993s 21
33 GTE Am G.Roda, G.Roda, M.Cairoli Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 2m39.746s 20.263s 17
34 LMP1 S.Sarrazin, E.Orudzhev, S.Sirotkin SMP Racing BR Engineering/AER - - 2


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