WEC Spa: Rebellion stays top in FP2, Aston Martin tops GTE

Gustavo Menezes ended up quickest aboard the team's Rebellion-Gibson R-13 with a 2m00.878s lap that put the car half a second up on the best of the Toyotas.

The pair of Japanese cars led the way initially before Norman Nato went fastest in the Rebellion with a 2m00.987s, which Menezes then improved upon by a tenth.

A qualifying simulation lap from Brendon Hartley produced a 2m01.438s right at the start of the session, which put the #8 car second in the final times.

Kamui Kobayashi was only four hundredths slower on a 2m01.480s without going for a qualifying run to end up third.

The ByKolles ENSO CLM-Gibson P1/01 brought up the rear of the LMP1 pack in fifth position overall behind the fastest LMP2 car.

Tom Dillmann posted a 2m03.503s, which represented a small improvement on the time which Oliver Webb put the car second in opening free practice.

Thomas Laurent's 2m03.371s in the Signatech Alpine ORECA-Gibson 07 put him sixth tenths up on Job van Uitert's 2m03.978s aboard the TDS-run Racing Team Nederland ORECA.

Third fastest in class was the United Autosports ORECA on a 2m04.533s set by Paul di Resta.

Jackie Chan DC Racing driver Gabriel Aubry and the Algarve Pro team will not take part in this weekend's Spa round after failing COVID-19 tests, with both the driver and the team members now in quarantine in a hotel close to the circuit.

Aston Martin blocked out the top two positions in GTE Pro as local hero Maxime Martin outpaced team-mate Nicki Thiim by nearly seven tenths of a second.

Martin posted a 2m14.678s on his home track with just over 20 minutes of the session to go aboard his Vantage GTE, which compared with Thiim's 2m15.345s.

The improvement by the Astons pushed the AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo in which Miguel Molina had led the class order with a 2m16.044s down to third.

Kevin Estre set the best time by a Porsche 911 RSR, a 2m16.065s, to take fourth position.

Matteo Cairoli jumped to the top of the GTE Am times in the fastest of the Project 1 Porsches with a 2m16.991s, which put him nearly half a second up on AF Corse Ferrari driver Giancarlo Fisichella.

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