Porsche continues to hold the balance of power in the build-up to the 6 Hours of the Circuit of the Americas by topping Practice 2.
As the competition at Round 5 of the World Endurance Championship intensifies, Timo Bernhard banged in the fastest time in the 90-minute session in the #17 919 he shares with Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley.
Bernhard clocked a 1:47.44s lap to unseat the #8 Audi R18 e-tron quattro driver Loic Duval (1:47.68s) who occupied the top until the closing minutes.
The second Porsche of Romain Dumas, which set the pace in P1, was third fastest ahead of the #7 Audi driven by Marcel Fassler.
Dumas’ blistering time in P1 of 1:47.23s was not troubled by the night session activity.
Sam Bird sent G-Drive Racing’s Ligier-Nissan to the top in LMP2, by besting P1 pacesetters KCMG.
In GTE Pro, Porsche Team Manthey flyer Frederic Makowiecki was quickest in 2:06.04s while in GTE Am, SMP Ferrari 458 driver Andrea Bertolini set the pace in 2:06.54s.
Full Practice 2 results
| Pos | N° | Cat | Driver | Car | Laps | Gap | Gap Prev. | Best lap | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | LMP1 | Timo BERNHARD, Mark WEBBER, Brendon HARTLEY | Porsche 919 Hybrid | 41 | – | – | 40 | 1:47.442 |
| 2 | 8 | LMP1 | Lucas DI GRASSI, Loïc DUVAL, Oliver JARVIS | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | 31 | +0.242 | +0.242 | 19 | 1:47.684 |
| 3 | 18 | LMP1 | Romain DUMAS, Neel JANI, Marc LIEB | Porsche 919 Hybrid | 43 | +0.826 | +0.584 | 26 | 1:48.268 |
| 4 | 7 | LMP1 | Marcel FÄSSLER, André LOTTERER, Benoît TRÉLUYER | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | 42 | +1.376 | +0.550 | 23 | 1:48.818 |
| 5 | 1 | LMP1 | Anthony DAVIDSON, Sébastien BUEMI, Kazuki NAKAJIMA | Toyota TS 040 – Hybrid | 40 | +2.690 | +1.314 | 24 | 1:50.132 |
| 6 | 2 | LMP1 | Alexander WURZ, Stéphane SARRAZIN, Mike CONWAY | Toyota TS 040 – Hybrid | 38 | +2.782 | +0.092 | 38 | 1:50.224 |
| 7 | 12 | LMP1 | Nicolas PROST, Mathias BECHE, Nick HEIDFELD | Rebellion R-One – AER | 32 | +6.976 | +4.194 | 32 | 1:54.418 |
| 8 | 4 | LMP1 | Simon TRUMMER, Pierre KAFFER, | CLM P1/01 – AER | 18 | +7.227 | +0.251 | 15 | 1:54.669 |
| 9 | 13 | LMP1 | Alexandre IMPERATORI, Dominik KRAIHAMER, Daniel ABT | Rebellion R-One – AER | 29 | +8.098 | +0.871 | 10 | 1:55.540 |
| 10 | 26 | LMP2 | Roman RUSINOV, Julien CANAL, Sam BIRD | Ligier JS P2 – Nissan | 27 | +8.432 | +0.334 | 26 | 1:55.874 |
| 11 | 47 | LMP2 | Matthew HOWSON, Richard BRADLEY, Nicolas LAPIERRE | Oreca 05 – Nissan | 28 | +8.882 | +0.450 | 12 | 1:56.324 |
| 12 | 36 | LMP2 | Nelson PANCIATICI, Paul Loup CHATIN, Vincent CAPILLAIRE | Alpine A450b – Nissan | 40 | +10.124 | +1.242 | 24 | 1:57.566 |
| 13 | 42 | LMP2 | Nick LEVENTIS, Danny WATTS, Jonny KANE | Gibson 015S – Nissan | 41 | +10.435 | +0.311 | 40 | 1:57.877 |
| 14 | 43 | LMP2 | Pierre RAGUES, Oliver WEBB, Archie HAMILTON | Morgan Evo – SARD | 35 | +10.820 | +0.385 | 21 | 1:58.262 |
| 15 | 28 | LMP2 | Gustavo YACAMAN, Luis Felipe DERANI, Ricardo GONZALEZ | Ligier JS P2 – Nissan | 32 | +10.822 | +0.002 | 18 | 1:58.264 |
| 16 | 30 | LMP2 | Scott SHARP, Ryan DALZIEL, David HEINEMEIER HANSSON | Ligier JS P2 – HPD | 35 | +11.111 | +0.289 | 14 | 1:58.553 |
| 17 | 31 | LMP2 | Ed BROWN, Johannes VAN OVERBEEK, Jonathon FOGARTY | Ligier JS P2 – HPD | 37 | +11.550 | +0.439 | 28 | 1:58.992 |
| 18 | 92 | LMGTE Pro | Patrick PILET, Frédéric MAKOWIECKI, | Porsche 911 RSR | 29 | +18.599 | +7.049 | 4 | 2:06.041 |
| 19 | 71 | LMGTE Pro | Davide RIGON, James CALADO, | Ferrari F458 Italia | 36 | +18.712 | +0.113 | 8 | 2:06.154 |
| 20 | 91 | LMGTE Pro | Richard LIETZ, Michael CHRISTENSEN, | Porsche 911 RSR | 34 | +18.927 | +0.215 | 12 | 2:06.369 |
| 21 | 72 | LMGTE Am | Victor SHAYTAR, Andrea BERTOLINI, Aleksey BASOV | Ferrari F458 Italia | 35 | +19.105 | +0.178 | 18 | 2:06.547 |
| 22 | 51 | LMGTE Pro | Gianmaria BRUNI, Toni VILANDER, | Ferrari F458 Italia | 33 | +19.210 | +0.105 | 21 | 2:06.652 |
| 23 | 97 | LMGTE Pro | Darren TURNER, Jonathan ADAM, | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | 35 | +19.542 | +0.332 | 9 | 2:06.984 |
| 24 | 99 | LMGTE Pro | Alex MACDOWALL, Fernando REES, Richie STANAWAY | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | 33 | +19.728 | +0.186 | 24 | 2:07.170 |
| 25 | 77 | LMGTE Am | Patrick DEMPSEY, Patrick LONG, Marco SEEFRIED | Porsche 911 RSR | 34 | +19.803 | +0.075 | 33 | 2:07.245 |
| 26 | 95 | LMGTE Pro | Christoffer NYGAARD, Marco SØRENSEN, | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | 36 | +19.951 | +0.148 | 4 | 2:07.393 |
| 27 | 83 | LMGTE Am | François PERRODO, Emmanuel COLLARD, Rui AGUAS | Ferrari F458 Italia | 37 | +20.299 | +0.348 | 32 | 2:07.741 |
| 28 | 96 | LMGTE Am | Francesco CASTELLACCI, Benny SIMONSEN, Stuart HALL | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | 35 | +20.987 | +0.688 | 20 | 2:08.429 |
| 29 | 98 | LMGTE Am | Paul DALLA LANA, Pedro LAMY, Mathias LAUDA | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | 33 | +21.048 | +0.061 | 14 | 2:08.490 |
| 30 | 50 | LMGTE Am | Gianluca RODA, Paolo RUBERTI, Kristian POULSEN | Chevrolet Corvette C7 | 22 | +21.902 | +0.854 | 8 | 2:09.344 |
| 31 | 88 | LMGTE Am | Christian RIED, Khaled AL QUBAISI, Earl BAMBER | Porsche 911 RSR | 37 | +22.200 | +0.298 | 15 | 2:09.642 |
Discussion about this post