Fuji WEC: Toyota back on top in final practice

With two minutes of the session to run there was less than one tenth of a second to choose between the two Audis, 1-2 in the timesheets, and the lone Toyota.

That changed dramatically however when Nakajima, back in the Toyota line-up for the first time since the Silverstone 6 Hours, suddenly shaved more than one second off his own best to set a 1m27.567s and seal top spot.

Both Audis were also out on track and improving, but were unable to deny Nakajima.

Benoit Treluyer eventually claimed second in the championship-leading R18 e-tron quattro, seven tenths of a second down from Toyota, with Tom Kristensen fractions further down the road in third.

David Brabham was best of the rest, finishing as fastest privateer LMP1 in the JRM HPD.

The Starworks HPD ARX-03b was again quickest in LMP2, although the top five entrants were covered by less than half a second.

In GTE Pro meanwhile the Felbermayr-Proton Porsche was fastest, this time from the two AF Corse Ferraris.

Pos  Cl     Drivers                         Team/Car                Time
 1.  P1     Wurz/Lapierre/Nakajima          Toyota                  1m27.567s
 2.  P1     Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer       Audi                    1m28.296s
 3.  P1     Kristensen/McNish               Audi                    1m28.482s
 4.  P1     Brabham/Chandhok/Dumbreck       JRM HPD                 1m30.432s
 5.  P1     Prost/Jani                      Rebellion Lola-Toyota   1m30.486s
 6.  P1     Leventis/Watts/Kane             Strakka HPD             1m30.740s
 7.  P1     Belicchi/Primat                 Rebellion Lola-Toyota   1m30.967s
 8.  P1     Baguette/Kraihamer/Sato         OAK Pescarolo-Honda     1m31.570s
 9.  P2     Potolicchio/Dalziel/Sarrazin    Starworks HPD           1m32.673s
10.  P2     Panciatici/Ragues/Rusinov       Signatech ORECA-Nissan  1m32.865s
11.  P2     Nicolet/Lahaye/Pla              OAK Morgan-Nissan       1m32.881s
12.  P2     Liuzzi/Rossiter/Weeda           Lotus Lola-Lotus        1m32.891s
13.  P2     Perez Companc/Minassian/Kaffer  Pecom ORECA-Nissan      1m33.108s
14.  P2     Martin/Graves/Nakano            Greaves ORECA-Nissan    1m33.912s
15.  P2     Mailleux/Lombard/Tresson        Signatech ORECA-Nissan  1m34.441s
16.  P2     Zugel/Gonzalez/Julian           Greaves Zytek-Nissan    1m34.927s
17.  P2     Holzer/Schultis                 Lotus Lola-Lotus        1m35.090s
18.  P2     Giroix/Ihara/Deletraz           Gulf Lola-Nissan        1m35.910s
19.  GTE P  Lieb/Lietz                      Felbermayr Porsche      1m40.684s
20.  GTE P  Fisichella/Bruni                AF Ferrari              1m41.284s
21.  GTE P  Bertolini/Beretta               AF Ferrari              1m41.349s
22.  GTE A  Bornhauser/Canal/Lamy           Larbre Corvette         1m41.604s
23.  GTE A  Belloc/Bourret/Gibon            Larbre Corvette         1m41.746s
24.  GTE A  Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo            Krohn Ferrari           1m41.945s
25.  GTE P  Mucke/Turner                    Aston Martin            1m41.987s
26.  GTE A  Ried/Roda/Ruberti               Felbermayr Porsche      1m42.027s
27.  GTE A  Camathias/Kobayashi/Daniels     JWA Porsche             1m43.301s