Nurburgring WEC: Toyota 1-2 beats Porsche in last practice session
Toyota took the top spots in the final free practice for this weekend's World Endurance Championship race at the Nurburgring
Jose Maria Lopez went fastest in the 60-minute session with a 1m38.969 seconds lap aboard the #7 Toyota TS050 HYBRID.
That was three-tenths slower than the fastest lap of the weekend so far for Porsche, set by Brendon Hartley, in Friday's second practice period.
Lopez's time was just under half a second faster than the second Toyota in which Kazuki Nakajima posted a lm39.396s right at the start of the session.
Porsche filled out third and fourth with its pair of high-downforce 919 Hybrids, with Timo Bernhard's 1m40.635s just edging out Neel Jani's 1m40.767s in the sister car.
The Anglo-Swiss Rebellion team was quickest in LMP2 for the second time in practice for this weekend with Bruno Senna.
The Brazilian posted a 1m46.017s at the end of the session in the team's #31 ORECA-Gibson 07, which missed the second period of practice on Friday afternoon.
Senna's time put him a couple of tenths up on Nelson Panciatici in the best of the Signatech Alpine OREACs, which ended up on a 1m46.221s.
Ford claimed top spot in GTE Pro courtesy of a 1m54.585s from Olivier Pla in the best of the Ganassi Ford GTs.
That was nearly four-tenths quicker than second-place Davide Rigon in the #71 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE.
Matteo Cairoli was fastest in GTE Am for the Dempsey Proton Porsche team.
PRACTICE THREE TIMES:
Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LMP1 | M.Conway, K.Kobayashi, J.M.Lopez | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota | 1m38.969s | - | 26 |
2 | LMP1 | S.Buemi, A.Davidson, K.Nakajima | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota | 1m39.396s | 0.427s | 29 |
3 | LMP1 | T.Bernhard, E.Bamber, B.Hartley | Porsche LMP Team | Porsche | 1m40.635s | 1.666s | 32 |
4 | LMP1 | N.Jani, A.Lotterer, N.Tandy | Porsche LMP Team | Porsche | 1m40.767s | 1.798s | 27 |
5 | LMP2 | J.Canal, B.Senna, F.Albuquerque | Vaillante Rebellion | ORECA/Gibson | 1m46.017s | 7.048s | 27 |
6 | LMP2 | P.Ragues, A.Negrao, N.Panciatici | Signatech Alpine Matmut | Alpine/Gibson | 1m46.221s | 7.252s | 27 |
7 | LMP2 | H-Pin Tung, O.Jarvis, T.Laurent | Jackie Chan DC Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m46.341s | 7.372s | 30 |
8 | LMP2 | R.Gonzalez, S.Trummer, V.Petrov | CEFC Manor TRS Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m46.385s | 7.416s | 30 |
9 | LMP2 | M.Beche, D.H.Hansson, P.Derani | Vaillante Rebellion | ORECA/Gibson | 1m46.739s | 7.770s | 27 |
10 | LMP2 | F.Perrodo, M.Vaxiviere, E.Collard | TDS Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m46.753s | 7.784s | 30 |
11 | LMP2 | N.Lapierre, G.Menezes, M.Rao | Signatech Alpine Matmut | Alpine/Gibson | 1m46.868s | 7.899s | 27 |
12 | LMP2 | D.Cheng, A.Brundle, T.Gommendy | Jackie Chan DC Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m47.015s | 8.046s | 28 |
13 | LMP2 | R.Rusinov, P.Thiriet, B.Hanley | G-Drive Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m47.506s | 8.537s | 31 |
14 | LMP2 | T.Graves, J.Hirschi, R.Merhi | CEFC Manor TRS Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m47.706s | 8.737s | 27 |
15 | LMP1 | O.Webb, D.Kraihamer, M.Bonanomi | ByKOLLES Racing Team | ENSO CLM/NISMO | 1m47.750s | 8.781s | 18 |
16 | LMP2 | N.Moore, P.Hanson | Tockwith Motorsports | Ligier/Gibson | 1m49.585s | 10.616s | 25 |
17 | GTE Pro | S.Mucke, O.Pla | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford | 1m54.875s | 15.906s | 25 |
18 | GTE Pro | D.Rigon, T.Vilander | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m55.221s | 16.252s | 24 |
19 | GTE Pro | J.Calado, A.P.Guidi | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m55.326s | 16.357s | 25 |
20 | GTE Pro | A.Priaulx, H.Tincknell | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford | 1m55.439s | 16.470s | 18 |
21 | GTE Pro | R.Lietz, F.Makowiecki | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 1m55.673s | 16.704s | 21 |
22 | GTE Pro | M.Christensen, K.Estre | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 1m56.066s | 17.097s | 31 |
23 | GTE Am | C.Ried, M.Cairoli, M.Dienst | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Porsche | 1m56.882s | 17.913s | 24 |
24 | GTE Am | T.Flohr, F.Castellacci, M.Molina | Spirit of Race | Ferrari | 1m57.108s | 18.139s | 28 |
25 | GTE Am | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m57.123s | 18.154s | 21 |
26 | GTE Pro | N.Thiim, M.Sorensen | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m57.208s | 18.239s | 18 |
27 | GTE Pro | D.Turner, J.Adam, D.Serra | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m57.280s | 18.311s | 26 |
28 | GTE Am | M.Wainwright, B.Barker, N.Foster | Gulf Racing | Porsche | 1m57.379s | 18.410s | 24 |
29 | GTE Am | Mok W.S., K.Sawa, M.Griffin | Clearwater Racing | Ferrari | 1m58.274s | 19.305s | 26 |
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