Porsche maintained its monopoly of the top spots in the timesheets in second practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship opener at Silverstone.
The #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid again led the way, with Brendon Hartley setting a session best of 1m39.655s.
That put him more than a second and a half up on the 1m41.344s set by Romain Dumas in the #2 Porsche during the course of a session held in cold and blustery conditions.
The #2 Porsche lost track time after Marc Lieb was nudged into a spin at Luffield and had to return to the pits for repairs.
Just a tenth behind in third place was Lucas di Grassi in the best of the Audi R18 e-tron quattros on a 1m41.454s.
Kamui Kobayashi was the fastest Toyota driver in fourth position courtesy of a 1m41.523s aboard the #6 TS050 HYBRID.
The LMP2 class was led by Jonny Kane in the Strakka Racing Gibson-Nissan 015S.
His best lap of 1m49.632s put him less than a tenth up on the Manor ORECA-Nissan 05 driven by James Jakes.
The two AF Corse Ferraris were quickest in GTE Pro.
James Calado’s fastest lap of 2m00.107s put him two tenths ahead off team-mate Sam Bird.
PRACTICE TWO TIMES
| Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP1 | T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley | Porsche Team | Porsche | 1m39.655s | – | 35 |
| 2 | LMP1 | R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb | Porsche Team | Porsche | 1m41.344s | 1.689s | 21 |
| 3 | LMP1 | L.di Grassi, L.Duval, O.Jarvis | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi | 1m41.454s | 1.799s | 42 |
| 4 | LMP1 | S.Sarrazin, M.Conway, K.Kobayashi | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota | 1m41.523s | 1.868s | 41 |
| 5 | LMP1 | M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi | 1m41.678s | 2.023s | 41 |
| 6 | LMP1 | A.Davidson, S.Buemi, K.Nakajima | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota | 1m42.963s | 3.308s | 33 |
| 7 | LMP1 | M.Tuscher, D.Kraihamer, A.Imperatori | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/AER | 1m46.428s | 6.773s | 36 |
| 8 | LMP1 | N.Prost, N.Piquet Jr., N.Heidfeld | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/AER | 1m47.685s | 8.030s | 32 |
| 9 | LMP1 | S.Trummer, O.Webb, J.Rossiter | ByKOLLES Racing Team | CLM/AER | 1m48.590s | 8.935s | 28 |
| 10 | LMP2 | N.Leventis, D.Watts, J.Kane | Strakka Racing | Gibson/Nissan | 1m49.632s | 9.977s | 34 |
| 11 | LMP2 | T.Graves, W.Stevens, J.Jakes | Manor | ORECA/Nissan | 1m49.696s | 10.041s | 23 |
| 12 | LMP2 | G.Menezes, N.Lapierre, S.Richelmi | Signatech Alpine | Alpine/Nissan | 1m49.757s | 10.102s | 35 |
| 13 | LMP2 | M.Rao, R.Bradley, R.Merhi | Manor | ORECA/Nissan | 1m49.994s | 10.339s | 29 |
| 14 | LMP2 | R.Dalziel, L.Derani, C.Cumming | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ligier/Nissan | 1m50.026s | 10.371s | 35 |
| 15 | LMP2 | R.Rusinov, N.Berthon, R.Rast | G-Drive Racing | ORECA/Nissan | 1m50.268s | 10.613s | 39 |
| 16 | LMP2 | R.Gonzalez, F.Albuquerque, B.Senna | RGR Sport by Morand | Ligier/Nissan | 1m50.712s | 11.057s | 32 |
| 17 | LMP2 | V.Petrov, K.Ladygin, V.Shaytar | SMP Racing | BR Engineering/Nissan | 1m51.946s | 12.291s | 23 |
| 18 | LMP2 | S.Sharp, E.Brown, J.van Overbeek | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ligier/Nissan | 1m52.082s | 12.427s | 33 |
| 19 | LMP2 | D.Cheng, H-Pin Tung, N.Panciatici | Baxi DC Racing Alpine | Alpine/Nissan | 1m52.305s | 12.650s | 28 |
| 20 | LMP2 | N.Minassian, M.Mediani | SMP Racing | BR Engineering/Nissan | 1m52.680s | 13.025s | 23 |
| 21 | GTE Pro | G.Bruni, J.Calado | AF Corse | Ferrari | 2m00.107s | 20.452s | 35 |
| 22 | GTE Pro | D.Rigon, S.Bird | AF Corse | Ferrari | 2m00.306s | 20.651s | 34 |
| 23 | GTE Pro | R.Lietz, M.E. Christensen | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Porsche | 2m01.314s | 21.659s | 33 |
| 24 | GTE Am | M.Wainwright, A.Carroll, B.Barker | Gulf Racing | Porsche | 2m02.081s | 22.426s | 33 |
| 25 | GTE Pro | R.Stanaway, F.Rees | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m02.525s | 22.870s | 24 |
| 26 | GTE Pro | B.Johnson, S.Mucke, O.Pla | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford | 2m02.775s | 23.120s | 33 |
| 27 | GTE Am | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m02.788s | 23.133s | 34 |
| 28 | GTE Am | Y.Yamagishi, P.Ragues, P.Ruberti | Larbre Competition | Chevrolet | 2m02.911s | 23.256s | 31 |
| 29 | GTE Am | K.Al Qubaisi, D.Hansson, K.Bachler | Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing | Porsche | 2m03.005s | 23.350s | 32 |
| 30 | GTE Pro | M.Franchitti, A.Priaulx, H.Tincknell | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford | 2m03.075s | 23.420s | 34 |
| 31 | GTE Am | F.Perrodo, E.Collard, R.Aguas | AF Corse | Ferrari | 2m03.229s | 23.574s | 34 |
| 32 | GTE Pro | N.Thiim, M.Sorensen, D.Turner | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m03.253s | 23.598s | 28 |
| 33 | GTE Am | C.Ried, W.Henzler, J.Camathias | KCMG | Porsche | 2m03.392s | 23.737s | 24 |
