Free Practice
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Rebellion Racing fastest in FP3 at Spa-Francorchamps
The #1 Rebellion R13 topped the timing sheets in the third and final free practice session ahead of tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Swiss driver Neel Jani registered the fastest time of the one-hour session, a 1:57.120, some eight tenths faster than the second-fastest #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid. Jani’s time was the fifth fastest across…
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Toyota, Ford, DragonSpeed and Gulf Racing top FP2
Toyota finished a good two seconds clear of its LMP1 competitors in the second free practice session for Saturday’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Mike Conway was the fastest man in the session, posting a 1:56.172 on lap five of his stint in the #7 TS050 Hybrid. The #8 machine was second fastest in the session,…
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Toyota head up first session of new WEC season
The works Toyotas finished one-two in Free Practice 1 for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Fernando Alonso in the #8 car was the quickest man of the session, setting a fastest lap time of 1:58.392 around the 7km Spa-Francorchamps circuit. The surprise of the session in LMP1 was the pace shown by the gaggle of…
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Toyota fastest in Free Practice three
With the quickest time of the day – a 1:38.969 – the Toyota #7 topped the timing sheets in the third free practice. In LMP2 the Vaillaint Rebellion #31 leads the class while Stefan Mücke and Olivier Pla were fastest in the LMGTE-Pro. Following on from the team’s disappointment at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where…
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Porsche top in Nürburgring practice
Porsche topped the timing sheets in both free practice sessions for Sunday’s 6 Hours of the Nürburgring, with the #2 car of Earl Bamber posting the quickest time of the day – a 1:38.663. Following on from the team’s success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Hartley, Bamber and Bernhard secured Porsche’s 19th…
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Toyota fastest at Spa
The #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 topped the time sheets in both of the first two free practice sessions for Saturday’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Mike Conway was the fastest man in FP1, while Kamui Kobyashi posted the fastest lap in the second 90-minute session. Toyota travelled to Belgium with both its high- and low-downforce…
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Toyota fastest again as Porsche close in
Toyota have maintaned their record of topping all sessions so far this weekend at Silverstone, with the #8 Toyota TS050 once again heading the times. However as qualifying looms, Porsche are closing in. Davidson took the #8 Toyota to the top of the times with a late lap. Although slower than yesterday’s FP2 pace, rain…
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Toyota Top Second Free Practice
Toyota have once again set the pace in free practice at Silverstone. The #8 TS050 led the #7 in the time sheets for LMP1, while Porsche head the GTE-Pro ranks. Toyota were fastest once again in free practice two claiming the top two fastest times, with a best of a 1:38:210. 0.234 of a second…
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Toyota take the honours in FP1
Toyota Gazoo Racing recorded the fastest time in the first free practice session of the season, with Sébastien Buemi’s early best of 1:40.104 proving unassailable over the remainder of the 90 minutes. Second quickest was Brendon Hartley for Porsche, 0.7 seconds further back. Mike Conway was third in the #7 Toyota TS050 with a 1:40.960.…