Le Mans 24 Hours: Glickenhaus quickest in night-time second practice
Glickenhaus Racing led the way in second practice for the Le Mans 24 Hours as Romain Dumas outpaced the two Toyotas on Wednesday night.
Dumas posted a 3m28.900s at the wheel of the #708 Glickenhaus 007 LMH to beat the best of the Toyota GR010 HYBRIDs, the #8 machine of Brendon Hartley, by 0.348 seconds.
The best time in the two-hour night session was around 1.7s slower than the time Kamui Kobayashi set in the #7 Toyota in first qualifying.
Mike Conway put the #7 car third in the order with a best effort of 3m29.748s, exactly half a second down on the sister Toyota.
Glickenhaus' #709 entry was fourth-fastest in the hands of Ryan Briscoe, albeit 2.5s down on Dumas' benchmark, followed by the solo Alpine A480-Gibson LMP1 driven by Matthieu Vaxiviere.
LMP2 was topped by Rene Rast at the wheel of the best of the three WRT-run ORECA-Gibson 07s.
Rast posted a 3m33.119s to eclipse the early benchmark set by United Autosports man Filipe Albuquerque to the tune of a little over two tenths.
IMSA SportsCar Championship star Ricky Taylor was third-fastest in the Cool Racing ORECA, ahead of Robert Kubica in the Prema car and Richard Mille Racing's Charles Milesi.
Williams Formula 1 reserve Jack Aitken was sixth-fastest for Algarve Pro Racing and best of the Pro/Am runners.
#51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE Pro of Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Daniel Serra
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Corvette Racing led the way in the GTE Pro ranks as Nicky Catsburg set a best effort of 3m53.492s early on in the quicker of the American marque's pair of C8.Rs, the #63 car.
Next up was the best of the factory Porsche 911 RSR-19s, the #91 example of Frederic Makowiecki, with the #64 Corvette of Tommy Milner a mere three hundredths further back in third.
The quickest Ferrari 488 GTE Evo was the privateer Riley Motorsports entry in fourth with Felipe Fraga at the wheel, ahead of the #92 Porsche of Kevin Estre and the two works AF Corse-entered Ferraris.
Danish racer Mikkel Pedersen set the time to beat in the GTE Am ranks at the wheel of the Team Project 1 Porsche.
Two cars involved in earlier accidents did not set a time during the session, the #45 Algarve Pro Racing that had earlier been crashed by Steven Thomas and the #93 Proton Competition Porsche in which Michael Fassbender suffered a shunt.
In a relatively incident-free session, Inter Europol Competition's #43 entry stopped along the start/finish straight with a suspension problem, while the #21 AF Corse Ferrari of Christoph Ulrich needed rescuing from the gravel following an off at Arnage.
Le Mans 24 Hours - FP2 results
| Cla | # | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 708 | |
Glickenhaus 007 LMH | HYPERCAR | 3'28.900 | |
| 2 | 7 | |
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 3'29.164 | 0.264 |
| 3 | 8 | |
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 3'29.248 | 0.348 |
| 4 | 709 | |
Glickenhaus 007 LMH | HYPERCAR | 3'31.440 | 2.540 |
| 5 | 36 | |
Alpine A480 | HYPERCAR | 3'32.592 | 3.692 |
| 6 | 31 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'33.119 | 4.219 |
| 7 | 22 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'33.382 | 4.482 |
| 8 | 32 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'33.399 | 4.499 |
| 9 | 37 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'33.473 | 4.573 |
| 10 | 9 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'33.559 | 4.659 |
| 11 | 41 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'33.641 | 4.741 |
| 12 | 1 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'33.692 | 4.792 |
| 13 | 47 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'33.785 | 4.885 |
| 14 | 48 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'34.115 | 5.215 |
| 15 | 13 | Philippe Cimadomo |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'34.270 | 5.370 |
| 16 | 24 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'34.589 | 5.689 |
| 17 | 5 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'34.645 | 5.745 |
| 18 | 38 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'34.773 | 5.873 |
| 19 | 43 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'34.793 | 5.893 |
| 20 | 44 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'34.804 | 5.904 |
| 21 | 34 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'34.957 | 6.057 |
| 22 | 65 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'34.971 | 6.071 |
| 23 | 3 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'35.133 | 6.233 |
| 24 | 83 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'35.313 | 6.413 |
| 25 | 28 | Edward Jones |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'35.314 | 6.414 |
| 26 | 23 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'35.362 | 6.462 |
| 27 | 30 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'35.383 | 6.483 |
| 28 | 10 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'35.711 | 6.811 |
| 29 | 35 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'37.960 | 9.060 |
| 30 | 39 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 3'39.269 | 10.369 |
| 31 | 27 | Cresp Christophe Michael Jensen Steven Palette |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 3'40.964 | 12.064 |
| 32 | 63 | |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | LMGTE PRO | 3'53.492 | 24.592 |
| 33 | 91 | |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3'53.669 | 24.769 |
| 34 | 64 | |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | LMGTE PRO | 3'53.699 | 24.799 |
| 35 | 74 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3'54.019 | 25.119 |
| 36 | 92 | |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE PRO | 3'54.158 | 25.258 |
| 37 | 52 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3'54.925 | 26.025 |
| 38 | 51 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 3'55.143 | 26.243 |
| 39 | 46 | |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'55.629 | 26.729 |
| 40 | 88 | |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'55.729 | 26.829 |
| 41 | 98 | |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 3'55.941 | 27.041 |
| 42 | 85 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3'55.999 | 27.099 |
| 43 | 777 | |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 3'56.035 | 27.135 |
| 44 | 54 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3'56.108 | 27.208 |
| 45 | 56 | |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'56.151 | 27.251 |
| 46 | 77 | |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'56.257 | 27.357 |
| 47 | 60 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3'56.470 | 27.570 |
| 48 | 57 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3'56.505 | 27.605 |
| 49 | 99 | |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'56.536 | 27.636 |
| 50 | 80 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3'56.560 | 27.660 |
| 51 | 33 | |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 3'56.637 | 27.737 |
| 52 | 21 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3'56.679 | 27.779 |
| 53 | 79 | |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'56.780 | 27.880 |
| 54 | 75 | Nicolas Varrone |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3'56.935 | 28.035 |
| 55 | 55 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3'57.165 | 28.265 |
| 56 | 71 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3'57.456 | 28.556 |
| 57 | 86 | |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 3'57.640 | 28.740 |
| 58 | 61 | Conrad Grunewald |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3'57.652 | 28.752 |
| 59 | 59 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 3'57.961 | 29.061 |
| 60 | 66 | |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 4'00.566 | 31.666 |
| 61 | 45 | |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | ||
| 62 | 93 | |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | ||
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