Portimao WEC: Da Costa's JOTA LMP2 fastest in FP1
JOTA LMP2 driver Antonio Felix da Costa jumped to the top of the times in the dying minutes of first practice for this weekend's FIA World Endurance Championship round at Portimao.
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Da Costa posted a 1m33.752s aboard his Oreca 07 to move ahead of three cars running in the Hypercar class with 10 minutes left on the clock of the hour-and-a-half free practice session.
His time around the Algarve circuit put him just 0.029s ahead of the Alpine A480-Gibson LMP1 in which Nicolas Lapierre had earlier set a 1m33.781s.
The two Toyota Le Mans Hypercars were right behind the Alpine Oreca design as the top four cars were separated by just 0.055s.
Sebastien Buemi took third spot in the #8 GR010 Hybrid with a 1m33.800s, while Kamui Kobayashi was fractionally behind on a 1m33.807s
The new Glickenhaus 007 LMH ended up 12th with a 1m34.789s set by Richard Westbrook, which left the new Le Mans Hypercar just over a second off the pace.
Fifth fastest and second in LMP2 was Alex Brundle in the Inter Europol Oreca with a 1m33.979s lap, while Ben Hanley took sixth for DragonSpeed on 1m34.268s.
Paul di Resta and Giedo van der Garde were seventh and eighth in their respective United Autosports and Racing Team Nederland Orecas.
The second JOTA Oreca with Tom Blomqvist driving and the RealTeam Racing entry with Norman Nato at the wheel rounded out the top 10 overall.
Kevin Estre leapfrogged Porsche teammate Gianmaria Bruni at the end of the session to lead the way in GTE Pro.
The Frenchman's 1m40.227s in the best of the factory Porsche 911 RSRs put him just over a tenth up on Bruni's 1m40.389s.
Daniel Serra was three tenths back in the fastest of the AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evos. The Brazilian's 1m40.682s compared with 1m40.738s set by teammate James Calado in the sister car.
Matt Campbell led the way in GTE Am for the Dempsey-Proton Porsche squad. The Australian's 1m41.202s put him just over two tenths up on Iron Lynx team boss Andrea Piccini.
Two further sessions of free practice on Saturday are followed by qualifying for Sunday's second round of the 2021 WEC, the Portimao 8 Hours, at 6pm local time.
Practice results:
Cla | # | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 38 |
Roberto Gonzalez
Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'33.752 | |
2 | 36 |
Andre Negrao
Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere |
Alpine A480 | HYPERCAR | 1'33.781 | 0.029 |
3 | 8 |
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley |
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 1'33.800 | 0.048 |
4 | 7 |
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez |
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 1'33.807 | 0.055 |
5 | 34 |
Jakub Smiechowski
Louis Deletraz Alex Brundle |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'33.979 | 0.227 |
6 | 21 |
Henrik Hedman
Juan Pablo Montoya Ben Hayley |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'34.268 | 0.516 |
7 | 22 |
Philip Hanson
Fabio Scherer Paul di Resta |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'34.294 | 0.542 |
8 | 29 |
Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'34.299 | 0.547 |
9 | 28 |
Sean Gelael
Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'34.627 | 0.875 |
10 | 70 |
Esteban Garcia
Mathias Beche Norman Nato |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'34.668 | 0.916 |
11 | 31 |
Robin Frijns
Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'34.742 | 0.990 |
12 | 709 |
Ryan Briscoe
Romain Dumas Richard Westbrook |
Glickenhaus 007 LMH | HYPERCAR | 1'34.789 | 1.037 |
13 | 20 |
Jan Magnussen
Anders Fjordbach Dennis Andersen |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'35.019 | 1.267 |
14 | 1 |
Tatiana Calderon
Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'36.074 | 2.322 |
15 | 44 |
Miro Konopka
Oliver Webb Tom Jackson |
Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | 1'36.453 | 2.701 |
16 | 92 |
Kevin Estre
Neel Jani Michael Christensen |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 1'40.227 | 6.475 |
17 | 91 |
Gianmaria Bruni
Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 1'40.389 | 6.637 |
18 | 52 |
Daniel Serra
Miguel Molina |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 1'40.682 | 6.930 |
19 | 51 |
Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 1'40.738 | 6.986 |
20 | 77 |
Christian Ried
Jaxon Evans Matt Campbell |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'41.202 | 7.450 |
21 | 60 |
Claudio Schiavoni
Andrea Piccini Matteo Cressoni |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'41.426 | 7.674 |
22 | 56 |
Egidio Perfetti
Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'41.484 | 7.732 |
23 | 98 |
Paul Dalla Lana
Augusto Farfus Marcos Gomes |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'41.495 | 7.743 |
24 | 54 |
Thomas Flohr
Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'41.575 | 7.823 |
25 | 33 |
Ben Keating
Dylan Pereira Felipe Fraga |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'41.667 | 7.915 |
26 | 83 |
François Perrodo
Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'41.728 | 7.976 |
27 | 85 |
Rahel Frey
Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'41.768 | 8.016 |
28 | 88 |
Dominique Bastien
Marco Seefried Julien Andlauer |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'41.787 | 8.035 |
29 | 86 |
Michael Wainwright
Benjamin Barker Tom Gamble |
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE AM | 1'41.791 | 8.039 |
30 | 47 |
Roberto Lacorte
Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'41.815 | 8.063 |
31 | 57 |
Takeshi Kimura
Mikkel Jensen Scott Andrews |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'41.970 | 8.218 |
32 | 777 |
Satoshi Hoshino
Tomonobu Fujii Andrew Watson |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'41.977 | 8.225 |
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