Hartley heads a Porsche 1-2 in WEC first practice at Spa
Brendon Hartley led a Porsche one-two at the top of the timesheets in first free practice for the Spa round of the World Endurance Championship
Hartley's #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid was on top for much of the 90-minute session, with team-mate Timo Bernhard fastest early on before handing over to the New Zealander.
Hartley then shaved 0.194s off Bernhard's time to set a 1m58.012s and secure top spot, just over half-a-second faster than team-mate Neel Jani in the #2 Porsche, before handing over to Mark Webber.
Mike Conway was third fastest in the #6 Toyota TS050 HYBRID, 1.417s off the pace, completing his running in the first part of the session before handing the car over to team-mate Kamui Kobayashi.
Marcel Fassler also set his time early and ended up best of the Audi R18 e-tron quattros in fourth place in the #7 car, with the sister #8 machine down in sixth thanks to Oliver Jarvis's lap at a similar time.
The two Rebellions were seventh and eighth, with the #12 machine of Nick Heidfeld only completing one lap in the first half-hour before climbing the order in the hands of the ex-Formula 1 driver and setting a time almost three seconds off team-mate Dominik Kraihamer's pace.
In LMP2, Ryan Dalziel went fastest early on in the #31 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier, just over half a second quicker than Rene Rast in the G-Drive-backed Jota Sport ORECA-Nissan 05.
Aston Martin Racing was on top in GTE, with Jonny Adam fastest in the Pro class in the #97 car and Pedro Lamy setting the pace in the Am category.
FP1 TIMES
Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LMP1 | T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley | Porsche Team | Porsche | 1m58.012s | 30 |
2 | LMP1 | R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb | Porsche Team | Porsche | 1m58.577s | 23 |
3 | LMP1 | S.Sarrazin, M.Conway, K.Kobayashi | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota | 1m59.429s | 27 |
4 | LMP1 | M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi | 1m59.983s | 33 |
5 | LMP1 | A.Davidson, S.Buemi, K.Nakajima | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota | 2m00.053s | 30 |
6 | LMP1 | L.di Grassi, L.Duval, O.Jarvis | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi | 2m00.440s | 11 |
7 | LMP1 | M.Tuscher, D.Kraihamer, A.Imperatori | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/AER | 2m04.157s | 21 |
8 | LMP1 | N.Prost, N.Piquet Jr., N.Heidfeld | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/AER | 2m06.914s | 10 |
9 | LMP2 | R.Dalziel, P.Derani, C.Cumming | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ligier/Nissan | 2m08.974s | 36 |
10 | LMP2 | R.Rusinov, N.Berthon, R.Rast | G-Drive Racing | ORECA/Nissan | 2m09.029s | 31 |
11 | LMP2 | G.Menezes, N.Lapierre, S.Richelmi | Signatech Alpine | Alpine/Nissan | 2m09.109s | 32 |
12 | LMP1 | S.Trummer, O.Webb, J.Rossiter | ByKOLLES Racing Team | CLM/AER | 2m09.442s | 5 |
13 | LMP2 | D.Cheng, H-Pin Tung, N.Panciatici | Baxi DC Racing Alpine | Alpine/Nissan | 2m09.445s | 34 |
14 | LMP2 | N.Leventis, D.Watts, J.Kane | Strakka Racing | Gibson/Nissan | 2m09.483s | 28 |
15 | LMP2 | V.Petrov, K.Ladygin, V.Shaytar | SMP Racing | BR Engineering/Nissan | 2m09.529s | 29 |
16 | LMP2 | T.Graves, W.Stevens, J.Jakes | Manor | ORECA/Nissan | 2m09.573s | 26 |
17 | LMP2 | M.Rao, R.Bradley, R.Merhi | Manor | ORECA/Nissan | 2m10.205s | 25 |
18 | LMP2 | R.Gonzalez, F.Albuquerque, B.Senna | RGR Sport by Morand | Ligier/Nissan | 2m10.280s | 32 |
19 | LMP2 | N.Minassian, M.Mediani, D.Markozov | SMP Racing | BR Engineering/Nissan | 2m10.936s | 31 |
20 | LMP2 | S.Dolan, G.van der Garde, J.Dennis | G-Drive Racing | Gibson/Nissan | 2m11.002s | 30 |
21 | LMP2 | S.Sharp, E.Brown, J.van Overbeek | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ligier/Nissan | 2m11.168s | 33 |
22 | GTE Pro | R.Stanaway, F.Rees, J.Adam | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m19.296s | 32 |
23 | GTE Am | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m19.748s | 28 |
24 | GTE Pro | G.Bruni, J.Calado | AF Corse | Ferrari | 2m19.810s | 29 |
25 | GTE Pro | D.Rigon, S.Bird | AF Corse | Ferrari | 2m20.075s | 34 |
26 | GTE Pro | B.Johnson, S.Mucke, O.Pla | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford | 2m20.115s | 32 |
27 | GTE Pro | M.Franchitti, A.Priaulx, H.Tincknell | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford | 2m20.155s | 30 |
28 | GTE Am | Y.Yamagishi, P.Ragues, P.Ruberti | Larbre Competition | Chevrolet | 2m20.156s | 27 |
29 | GTE Pro | R.Lietz, M.Christensen | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Porsche | 2m20.484s | 29 |
30 | GTE Am | K.Al Qubaisi, D.H.Hansson, P.Long | Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing | Porsche | 2m20.603s | 32 |
31 | GTE Am | F.Perrodo, E.Collard, R.Aguas | AF Corse | Ferrari | 2m20.810s | 30 |
32 | GTE Pro | N.Thiim, M.Sorensen, D.Turner | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m20.900s | 24 |
33 | GTE Am | M.Wainwright, A.Carroll, B.Barker | Gulf Racing | Porsche | 2m21.087s | 29 |
34 | GTE Am | C.Ried, W.Henzler, J.Camathias | KCMG | Porsche | 2m21.115s | 31 |
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