Fuji WEC: Toyota goes 1.4s clear in FP2
Toyota concluded the opening day of practice for this weekend's Fuji FIA World Endurance Championship round 1.4 seconds up on the best of the privateer LMP1s.
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As was the case in the morning's opening session, the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid led the way in the afternoon's second session, this time in the hands of Kazuki Nakajima.
In what appeared to be a qualifying simulation, Nakajima set an early benchmark of 1m25.623s, some 1.7s up on Sebastien Buemi's session-topping FP1 time.
That effort went unchallenged for the remainder of the 90-minute session, with Rebellion Racing's solo R-13-Gibson again ending up second, this time 1.419s off the pace.
Norman Nato's best effort of 1m27.042s put the #1 car half a second up on the best of the Ginettas, the #5 car driven by SMP Racing-backed Egor Orudzhev.
The #6 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 of Charlie Robertson was fourth-fastest ahead of the Silverstone-winning #7 Toyota, which was the slowest of the five LMP1 cars.
Mike Conway's best time of 1m28.171s put him 2.5s off the pace set by Nakajima and a tenth behind the second Ginetta.
JOTA Sport led the way in LMP2 courtesy of a 1m29.633s effort from Anthony Davidson at the wheel of the Goodyear-liveried #38 Oreca 07.
Toyota protege Kenta Yamashita put the High Class Racing Oreca second on a 1m30.163s, slower than the SUPER GT points leader managed in FP1, while best of the Michelin-shod cars was the United Autosports Oreca in third, driven by Phil Hanson.
Porsche maintained a narrow edge over the opposition in GTE Pro, with Michael Christensen topping the times with a 1m38.214s in the #92 911-RSR - enough to shade James Calado's effort in the best of the Ferrari 488 GTEs by 0.038s.
The #91 Porsche of Richard Lietz was third-fastest, followed by the best of the Aston Martin Vantage GTEs in fourth.
In GTE Am, TF Sport again topped the class timesheets, with Charlie Eastwood setting the British squad's best time of 1m38.719s - faster than the two slowest Pro cars.
Session results:
Cla | # | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 |
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley |
Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 1'25.623 | |
2 | 1 |
Bruno Senna
Gustavo Menezes Norman Nato |
Rebellion R13 | LMP1 | 1'27.042 | 1.419 |
3 | 5 |
Luca Ghiotto
Ben Hanley Egor Orudzhev |
Ginetta G60-LT-P1 | LMP1 | 1'27.602 | 1.979 |
4 | 6 |
Charles Robertson
Michael Simpson Guy Smith |
Ginetta G60-LT-P1 | LMP1 | 1'28.062 | 2.439 |
5 | 7 |
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez |
Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 1'28.171 | 2.548 |
6 | 38 |
Roberto Gonzalez
Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'29.633 | 4.010 |
7 | 33 |
Mark Patterson
Kenta Yamashita Anders Fjordbach |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'30.163 | 4.540 |
8 | 22 |
Philip Hanson
Filipe Albuquerque Oliver Jarvis |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'30.205 | 4.582 |
9 | 42 |
Nicolas Lapierre
Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'30.346 | 4.723 |
10 | 29 |
Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'30.462 | 4.839 |
11 | 36 |
Thomas Laurent
Andre Negrao Pierre Ragues |
Alpine A470 | LMP2 | 1'30.833 | 5.210 |
12 | 37 |
Ho-Pin Tung
Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'31.118 | 5.495 |
13 | 47 |
Roberto Lacorte
Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto |
Dallara P217 | LMP2 | 1'31.836 | 6.213 |
14 | 92 |
Michael Christensen
Kevin Estre |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 1'38.214 | 12.591 |
15 | 51 |
James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 1'38.252 | 12.629 |
16 | 91 |
Gianmaria Bruni
Richard Lietz |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 1'38.315 | 12.692 |
17 | 97 |
Alex Lynn
Maxime Martin |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 1'38.451 | 12.828 |
18 | 90 |
Salih Yoluc
Charles Eastwood Jonathan Adam |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'38.719 | 13.096 |
19 | 95 |
Marco Sorensen
Nicki Thiim |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 1'38.728 | 13.105 |
20 | 71 |
Davide Rigon
Miguel Molina |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 1'38.909 | 13.286 |
21 | 56 |
Egidio Perfetti
David Heinemeier Hansson Matteo Cairoli |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 1'38.916 | 13.293 |
22 | 98 |
Paul Dalla Lana
Darren Turner Ross Gunn |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'38.949 | 13.326 |
23 | 54 |
Thomas Flohr
Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'38.953 | 13.330 |
24 | 88 |
Satoshi Hoshino
Adrien de Leener Thomas Preining |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 1'39.051 | 13.428 |
25 | 77 |
Christian Ried
Riccardo Pera Matt Campbell |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 1'39.071 | 13.448 |
26 | 57 |
Ben Keating
Felipe Fraga Jeroen Bleekemolen |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 1'39.127 | 13.504 |
27 | 83 |
François Perrodo
Emmanuel Collard Nicklas Nielsen |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'39.337 | 13.714 |
28 | 70 |
Motoaki Ishikawa
Olivier Beretta Kei Cozzolino |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'39.405 | 13.782 |
29 | 86 |
Michael Wainwright
Andrew Watson Benjamin Barker |
Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 1'39.676 | 14.053 |
30 | 62 |
Bonamy Grimes
Johnny Mowlem Charles Hollings |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'40.512 | 14.889 |
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