Silverstone WEC: Kobayashi leads Toyota 1-2 in FP2

Kamui Kobayashi ended up fastest in the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid on a 1m36.847s lap set at the start of the 90-minute afternoon session. 

Sebastien Buemi was eight tenths behind in the #8 Toyota with a 1m37.673s best.

Kobayashi's time was eight tenths quicker than the best practice time from the Silverstone WEC round in 2018 and only four tenths slower than the fastest qualifying lap, reflecting the new  Silverstone track surface.

Both Kobayashi and Buemi are understood to have set their times on simulated qualifying runs.

Gustavo Menezes took third with a 1m37.876s in the #1 Rebellion R-13 that topped the times in the morning session with Norman Nato at the wheel.

Loic Duval was fourth fastest in the #3 Rebellion entry on a 1m38.687s, while the #5 works Team LNT Ginetta G60-LT-P1 posted its first representative laptime of the weekend after suffering gear selection issues in the opening session. 

Ben Hanley managed a 1m39.600s, which was just under three tenths up on the #6 Ginetta in which Oliver Jarvis posted the time. 

Paul di Resta claimed the top spot in LMP2 aboard the United Autosports Oreca 07 on a 1m43.059s. 

That was just two hundredths quicker than Kenta Yamashita's 1m43.080s in the High Class Racing Oreca, which was on Goodyear tyres rather than the United car's Michelins. 

The Danish High Class squad had to sit out the first 30 minutes of the session for violating WEC rules by testing at Silverstone within 30 days of the race. 

Giedo van der Garde took third spot in the TDS Racing-run Racing Team Nederland Oreca.

The two factory AF Corse Ferraris topped the times in GTE Pro until the closing minutes of the session, when they were split by the best Porsche. 

Alessandro Pier Guidi's 1m55.501s in the #51 Ferrari 488 GTE stood as the fastest of the session, with Richard Lietz's factory 911 RSR less than two tenths behind on 1m55.665s. 

Miguel Molina ended up third on a 1m55.907s in the second Ferrari, while the two Aston Martin Vantage GTEs took fifth and sixth positions in class behind the second factory Porsche. 

Ross Gunn headed the GTE Am times in his works Aston Martin.

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Session results:

Cla	#	Drivers	Car	Class	Time	Gap
1	7	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	1'36.847
2	8	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	1'37.673	0.826
3	1	Bruno Senna Gustavo Menezes Norman Nato	Rebellion R13	LMP1	1'37.876	1.029
4	3	Nathanael Berthon Pipo Derani Loic Duval	Rebellion R13	LMP1	1'38.687	1.840
5	5	Charles Robertson Ben Hanley Egor Orudzhev	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	LMP1	1'39.60	2.753
6	6	Michael Simpson Oliver Jarvis Guy Smith	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	LMP1	1'39.894	3.047
7	22	Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'43.059	6.212
8	33	Mark Patterson Kenta Yamashita Anders Fjordbach	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'43.080	6.233
9	29	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'43.234	6.387
10	42	Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'43.349	6.502
11	36	Thomas Laurent Andre Negrao Pierre Ragues	Alpine A470	LMP2	1'43.792	6.945
12	38	Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'44.450	7.603
13	37	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'44.834	7.987
14	47	Roberto Lacorte Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto	Dallara P217	LMP2	1'44.878	8.031
15	51	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	1'55.501	18.654
16	91	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	1'55.665	18.818
17	71	Davide Rigon Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	1'55.907	19.060
18	92	Michael Christensen Kevin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	1'55.936	19.089
19	95	Marco Sorensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	1'55.976	19.129
20	97	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	1'56.206	19.359
21	98	Paul Dalla Lana Darren Turner Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	1'56.463	19.616
22	90	Salih Yoluc Charles Eastwood Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	1'56.559	19.712
23	83	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	1'56.591	19.744
24	56	Egidio Perfetti David Kolkmann Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'57.060	20.213
25	70	Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	1'57.076	20.229
26	62	Bonamy Grimes Johnny Mowlem Charles Hollings	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	1'57.557	20.710
27	86	Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson Benjamin Barker	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'57.677	20.830
28	57	Ben Keating Felipe Fraga Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'57.729	20.882
29	54	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	1'57.764	20.917
30	88	Thomas Preining Gianluca Giraudi Ricardo Sanchez	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'57.950	21.103
31	77	Christian Ried Matt Campbell Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'58.029	21.182
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