Free Practice
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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.…
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Porsche look strong in Shanghai practice
In the first two free practice sessions for the 6 hours of Shanghai this weekend, the defending world champions Brendon Hartley, Mark Webber and Timo Bernhard put their names at the top of the time sheets. In the GTE-Pro class Ferrari had a strong showing in both sessions. After the close race in Japan three weeks…
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Audi draw first blood in Texas
The #8 Audi R18 of Lucas di Grassi, Loic Duval and Oliver Jarvis topped the timesheets in both free practice sessions on Thursday at the Circuit of the Americas. Oliver Jarvis was the quickest man of FP1 in the scorching Texan heat, posting a fastest lap time of 1:48.498 on lap 10 of his 12-lap…
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Porsche take the honours in FP2
Porsche once again took the plaudits in this afternoon’s Free Practice 2 session, but it was the #1 919 Hybrid of Brendon Hartley, Mark Webber and Timo Bernhard that finished in first position. The #26 G-Drive Racing machine was once again quickest in LMP2, while the #97 and #98 Aston Martin Racing cars finished top of…
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Audi quickest at Le Mans Test Day
The #8 Audi R18 of Loic Duval, Lucas di Grassi and Oliver Jarvis posted the fastest time of yesterday’s Le Mans Test Day of 3:21.375. In LMP2, Eurasia Motorsport finished top of the time sheets while Corvette recorded the fastest times in both GTE Pro (Corvette Racing) and GTE Am (Larbre Competition). Loic Duval was…
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Toyota fight back to top FP2
Toyota topped an interrupted FP2 for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, ending the session first and second fastest ahead of a previously dominant Porsche team. Toyota #6 set the fastest time in FP2 at Spa, with the #5 Toyota second fastest in the session. However, the time that the leading car set was half a…
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Silverstone Snow Shortens FP3
Free practice three got underway for the FIA World Endurance Championship in very wet conditions. With sleet and rain adding to the already wet circuit, conditions were far from ideal. Anthony Davidson wasted no time getting out onto the circuit but struggled for grip. After running off the road at Luffield, the British driver then…
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FP2 another story of Porsche domination
The second free practice session at this weekend’s 6 Hours of Silverstone was another story of Porsche domination, with the defending champions Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley setting the fastest times of the session in the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid. New Zealander Brendon Hartley was the fastest man of the weekend so far in the #1…
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Porsche lead the way in FP1
Porsche Team look to be continuing their 2015 form with a dominating performance in Friday’s First Practice session. The German marque took the top two spots on the timesheets, with Timo Bernhard recording the quickest time of 1:42.182. Elsewhere, G-Drive Racing topped the LMP2 times, while the AF Corse Ferraris were the cream of the…