Portimao WEC: Da Costa's Jota LMP2 fastest in FP1 ahead of Alpine
Jota LMP2 driver Antonio Felix da Costa jumped to the top of the times in the dying minutes of first practice for this weekend's World Endurance Championship round at Portimao.
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Da Costa posted a 1m33.752s aboard his ORECA-Gibson 07 to move ahead of three cars running in the Hypercar class with 10 minutes left on the clock of the hour-and-a-half free practice session.
His time around the Algarve circuit put him just 0.029s ahead of the Alpine-Gibson A480 LMP1 in which Nicolas Lapierre had earlier set a 1m33.781s.
The two Toyota Le Mans Hypercars were right behind the Alpine ORECA design as the top four cars were separated by just 0.055s.
Sebastien Buemi took third spot in the #8 GR010 HYBRID with a 1m33.800s, while Kamui Kobayashi was fractionally behind on a 1m33.807s
The new Glickenhaus-Pipo 007 LMH ended up 12th with a 1m34.789s set by Richard Westbrook, which left the new Le Mans Hypercar just over a second off the pace.
Fifth fastest and second in LMP2 was Alex Brundle in the Inter Europol ORECA with a 1m33.979s lap, while Ben Hanley took sixth for DragonSpeed on 1m34.268s.
Paul di Resta and Giedo van der Garde were seventh and eighth in their respective United Autosports and Racing Team Nederland ORECAs.
The second Jota ORECA with Tom Blomqvist driving and the RealTeam Racing entry with Norman Nato at the wheel rounded out the top 10 overall.
Kevin Estre leapfrogged Porsche team-mate Gianmaria Bruni at the end of the session to lead the way in GTE Pro.
#91 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR - 19: Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz, Frederic Makowiecki
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The Frenchman's 1m40.227s in the best of the factory Porsche 911 RSRs put him just over a tenth up on Bruni's 1m40.389s.
Daniel Serra was three tenths back in the fastest of the AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evos.
The Brazilian's 1m40.682s compared with 1m40.738s set by team-mate James Calado in the sister car.
Matt Campbell led the way in GTE Am for the Dempsey-Proton Porsche squad.
The Australian's 1m41.202s put him just over two tenths up on Iron Lynx team boss Andrea Piccini.
Two further sessions of free practice on Saturday are followed by qualifying for Sunday's second round of the 2021 WEC, the Portimao 8 Hours, at 6pm local time.
Results
Cla | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'33.752 | |
2 | Andre Negrao Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere |
Alpine A480 | HYPERCAR | 1'33.781 | 0.029 |
3 | Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley |
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 1'33.800 | 0.048 |
4 | Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez |
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 1'33.807 | 0.055 |
5 | Jakub Smiechowski Louis Deletraz Alex Brundle |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'33.979 | 0.227 |
6 | Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya Ben Hayley |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'34.268 | 0.516 |
7 | Philip Hanson Fabio Scherer Paul di Resta |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'34.294 | 0.542 |
8 | Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'34.299 | 0.547 |
9 | Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'34.627 | 0.875 |
10 | Esteban Garcia Mathias Beche Norman Nato |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'34.668 | 0.916 |
11 | Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'34.742 | 0.990 |
12 | Ryan Briscoe Romain Dumas Richard Westbrook |
Glickenhaus 007 LMH | HYPERCAR | 1'34.789 | 1.037 |
13 | Jan Magnussen Anders Fjordbach Dennis Andersen |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'35.019 | 1.267 |
14 | Tatiana Calderon Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'36.074 | 2.322 |
15 | Miro Konopka Oliver Webb Tom Jackson |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 1'36.453 | 2.701 |
16 | Kevin Estre Neel Jani Michael Christensen |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 1'40.227 | 6.475 |
17 | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 1'40.389 | 6.637 |
18 | Daniel Serra Miguel Molina |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 1'40.682 | 6.930 |
19 | Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 1'40.738 | 6.986 |
20 | Christian Ried Jaxon Evans Matt Campbell |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'41.202 | 7.450 |
21 | Claudio Schiavoni Andrea Piccini Matteo Cressoni |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'41.426 | 7.674 |
22 | Egidio Perfetti Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'41.484 | 7.732 |
23 | Paul Dalla Lana Augusto Farfus Marcos Gomes |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'41.495 | 7.743 |
24 | Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'41.575 | 7.823 |
25 | Ben Keating Dylan Pereira Felipe Fraga |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'41.667 | 7.915 |
26 | François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'41.728 | 7.976 |
27 | Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'41.768 | 8.016 |
28 | Dominique Bastien Marco Seefried Julien Andlauer |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'41.787 | 8.035 |
29 | Michael Wainwright Benjamin Barker Tom Gamble |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'41.791 | 8.039 |
30 | Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'41.815 | 8.063 |
31 | Takeshi Kimura Mikkel Jensen Scott Andrews |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'41.970 | 8.218 |
32 | Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Andrew Watson |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'41.977 | 8.225 |
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