Spa WEC: Penske LMP2 leads Glickenhaus in second practice

Ex-Formula 1 racer Nasr posted a best time of 2m04.443s at the wheel of the #5 Penske ORECA 07-Gibson on Friday morning to make it a second session in a row topped outright by an LMP2 car.

The Brazilian's benchmark was more than a second faster than the time with which WRT's Robin Frijns paced first practice on Thursday.

Making it a 1-2 on the overall leaderboard for US entrants was Glickenhaus driver Olivier Pla, who topped the four-car Hypercar division with a 2m04.464s in the boutique marque's solo 007 LMH.

Third-fastest was the best of the two Toyota GR010 Hybrids, the #8 car, which topped the times early on with a 2m04.692s in the hands of Brendon Hartley - 0.249s off the pace set by Nasr.

The sister #7 Toyota was sixth-fastest with Jose Maria Lopez setting a 2m05.128s.

Splitting the two Japanese cars were the second- and third-fastest LMP2 runners, with the #23 United Autosports ORECA of Oliver Jarvis leading the Prema machine of Louis Deletraz.

United's second car, driven by Filipe Albuquerque, was fourth in the LMP2 standings and seventh overall, followed by the two JOTA ORECAs, led by the #38 machine with Will Stevens driving.

The fourth and final hypercar entry, the Alpine A480 grandfathered LMP1 car, was 10th overall and a little more than a second off the pace in the hands of Andre Negrao.

Leading the way in the LMP2 Pro/Am subclass was the AF Corse ORECA of Alessio Rovera.

#92 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR 19

Photo by: Paul Foster

Porsche once again topped the times in the GTE Pro division, as Michael Christensen narrowly improved on the best time set in FP1 with a 2m14.366s in the #92 911 RSR-19.

Ferrari this time ended up second and third in class with its AF Corse-run 488 GTE Evos, James Calado putting the #51 machine just a tenth of a second ahead of Antonio Fuoco in the #52 car.

Corvette Racing's solo C8.R was fifth in class with Spa debutant Tommy Milner at the wheel.

An early lap of 2m15.604s from Matteo Cairoli was enough to top the GTE Am class for the Project 1 Porsche squad ahead of Seb Priaulx in the Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche.

The session was halted with around seven minutes remaining owing to debris on track.

One more WEC practice session takes place at Spa on Friday afternoon ahead of qualifying in the early evening.

Spa FP2 result

Cla	Drivers	Car	Class	Gap
1	Dane Cameron Emmanuel Collard Felipe Nasr	Oreca 07	LMP2
2	Olivier Pla Romain Dumas Pipo Derani	Glickenhaus 007 LMH	HYPERCAR	0.021
3	Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa	Toyota GR010 - Hybrid	HYPERCAR	0.249
4	Alex Lynn Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson	Oreca 07	LMP2	0.378
5	Robert Kubica Louis Deletraz Lorenzo Colombo	Oreca 07	LMP2	0.577
6	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez	Toyota GR010 - Hybrid	HYPERCAR	0.685
7	Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Will Owen	Oreca 07	LMP2	0.851
8	Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Will Stevens	Oreca 07	LMP2	0.946
9	Oliver Rasmussen Ed Jones Jonathan Aberdein	Oreca 07	LMP2	1.007
10	Andre Negrao Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere	Alpine A480	HYPERCAR	1.034
11	François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	LMP2	1.064
12	Jakub Smiechowski Alex Brundle Esteban Gutierrez	Oreca 07	LMP2	1.267
13	Thomas Steven James Allen Rene Binder	Oreca 07	LMP2	1.672
14	Rui Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato	Oreca 07	LMP2	1.695
15	Nico Müller Ryan Cullen Sébastien Bourdais	Oreca 07	LMP2	1.869
16	Sean Gelael Robin Frijns René Rast	Oreca 07	LMP2	2.219
17	Lilou Wadoux Sébastien Ogier Charles Milesi	Oreca 07	LMP2	4.122
18	Jean Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye François Heriau	Oreca 07	LMP2	4.643
19	Michael Christensen Kevin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	9.923
20	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	10.524
21	Miguel Molina Antonio Fuoco	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	10.617
22	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	10.779
23	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	LMGTE PRO	11.133
24	Matteo Cairoli Mikkel Pedersen Nicolas Leutwiler	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE AM	11.161
25	Christian Ried Sebastian Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE AM	11.797
26	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	11.817
27	Franck Dezoteux Pierre Ragues Gabriel Aubry	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	12.043
28	Michael Wainwright Riccardo Pera Benjamin Barker	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE AM	12.208
29	Ben Keating Henrique Chaves Jr. Marco Sorensen	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	12.361
30	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Nick Cassidy	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	12.396
31	Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	12.442
32	Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Charlie Fagg	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	12.573
33	Fred Poordad Patrick Lindsey Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE AM	12.918
34	Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	12.934
35	Simon Mann Christoph Ulrich Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	13.231
36	Miro Konopka Tijmen van der Helm Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07	LMP2	13.301
37	Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Ben Barnicoat	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE AM	13.555
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