Silverstone WEC: Toyota two seconds clear of Porsche in practice

Kazuki Nakajima topped the times in the Friday afternoon session in the #8 Toyota TS050 HYBRID on a 1m38.210s, which put him 2.290 seconds ahead of third-placed Porsche driver Earl Bamber.

Nakajima and Kamui Kobayashi in the #7 Toyota did the laps that put them one-two in the timesheets in the opening minutes of the hour-and-a-half session.

Kobayashi posted a 1m38.444s to end up 0.234s behind the sister car.

Bamber set a 1m40.500 in the #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid, while Andre Lotterer was 0.7s back on a 1m41.201s in the #1 car.

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The ByKolles ENSO CLM-NISMO P1.01 improved on its morning time by nearly three seconds to end up on a 1m45.512s set by James Rossiter.

Alex Lynn led the way in LMP2 aboard the G-Drive Racing ORECA-Gibson 07 on a 1m44.874s.

That put him just over a tenth clear of Nicolas Lapierre in the Signatech Alpine ORECA.

Third place was taken by early class pacesetter Mathias Beche in the best of the Anglo-Swiss Rebellion team's ORECAs.

Porsche held sway in GTE Pro courtesy of a 1m57.765s recorded by Kevin Estre in the #92 911 RSR.

The Frenchman was just under two tenths up on the best of factory Aston Martin Vantage GTEs in Jonny Adam's hands.

Ben Barker was quickest in GTE Am for the Gulf Racing Porsche squad.

PRACTICE TWO TIMES:

Pos	Class	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	LMP1	S.Buemi, A.Davidson, K.Nakajima	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	1m38.210s	-	40
2	LMP1	M.Conway, K.Kobayashi, J.M.Lopez	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	1m38.444s	0.234s	37
3	LMP1	T.Bernhard, E.Bamber, B.Hartley	Porsche LMP Team	Porsche	1m40.500s	2.290s	41
4	LMP1	N.Jani, A.Lotterer, N.Tandy	Porsche LMP Team	Porsche	1m41.201s	2.991s	48
5	LMP2	R.Rusinov, P.Thiriet, A.Lynn	G-Drive Racing	ORECA/Gibson	1m44.874s	6.664s	41
6	LMP2	N.Lapierre, G.Menezes, M.Rao	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Alpine/Gibson	1m45.006s	6.796s	32
7	LMP1	O.Webb, J.Rossiter, D.Kraihamer	ByKOLLES Racing Team	ENSO CLM/NISMO	1m45.512s	7.302s	33
8	LMP2	M.Beche, D.H.Hansson, N.Piquet Jr.	Vaillante Rebellion	ORECA/Gibson	1m45.622s	7.412s	29
9	LMP2	D.Cheng, A.Brundle, T.Gommendy	Jackie Chan DC Racing	ORECA/Gibson	1m45.907s	7.697s	39
10	LMP2	F.Perrodo, M.Vaxiviere, E.Collard	TDS Racing	ORECA/Gibson	1m46.585s	8.375s	37
11	LMP2	J.Canal, N.Prost, B.Senna	Vaillante Rebellion	ORECA/Gibson	1m47.256s	9.046s	38
12	LMP2	H-Pin Tung, O.Jarvis, T.Laurent	Jackie Chan DC Racing	ORECA/Gibson	1m47.564s	9.354s	38
13	LMP2	T.Graves, J.Hirschi, J-E.Vergne	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	ORECA/Gibson	1m47.954s	9.744s	30
14	LMP2	R.Gonzalez, S.Trummer, V.Petrov	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	ORECA/Gibson	1m48.076s	9.866s	28
15	GTE Pro	M.Christensen, K.Estre	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	1m57.765s	19.555s	39
16	GTE Pro	D.Turner, J.Adam, D.Serra	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m57.957s	19.747s	39
17	GTE Pro	N.Thiim, M.Sorensen, R.Stanaway	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m57.981s	19.771s	40
18	GTE Pro	A.Priaulx, H.Tincknell, P.Derani	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Ford	1m58.114s	19.904s	40
19	GTE Pro	S.Mucke, O.Pla, B.Johnson	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Ford	1m58.189s	19.979s	31
20	GTE Pro	J.Calado, A.P.Guidi	AF Corse	Ferrari	1m58.535s	20.325s	31
21	GTE Pro	R.Lietz, F.Makowiecki	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	1m58.955s	20.745s	37
22	GTE Pro	D.Rigon, S.Bird	AF Corse	Ferrari	1m59.815s	21.605s	32
23	GTE Am	M.Wainwright, B.Barker, N.Foster	Gulf Racing	Porsche	1m59.991s	21.781s	32
24	GTE Am	T.Flohr, F.Castellacci, M.Molina	Spirit of Race	Ferrari	2m00.380s	22.170s	38
25	GTE Am	C.Ried, M.Cairoli, M.Dienst	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche	2m00.421s	22.211s	31
26	GTE Am	P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	2m00.437s	22.227s	38
27	GTE Am	Mok W.S., K.Sawa, M.Griffin	Clearwater Racing	Ferrari	2m00.509s	22.299s	35