Practice report

Shanghai WEC: Ginetta edges Toyota in FP2

Ginetta topped the times for the first time in the FIA World Endurance Championship in second free practice for this weekend's Shanghai round of the 2019/20 series.

Charlie Robertson set a 1m48.127s, fastest time of the meeting so far, to go fastest half an hour into the second 90-minute free practice session.

His time aboard the #6 Ginetta-AER G60-LT-P1 put him 0.061s ahead of Kazuki Nakajima in the fastest of the pair of Toyota TS050 Hybrids.

Bruno Senna's 1m48.288s put the solo Rebellion-Gibson R-13 third fastest, exactly one tenth behind the best of the Toyotas.

Mike Conway took fourth in the second of the TS050 Hybrids on the 1m48.979s.

The two Toyotas, which have been penalised by 2.74s under the new success handicaps, improved significantly over their times in the morning session, #8 finding nearly 2.4s and #7 1.2s.

Both Nakajima and Conway set their times during qualification simulations.

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The second of the Ginettas fielded by the works Team LNT squad ended up fifth and last in LMP1 courtesy of a 1m49.678s from Ben Hanley.

Nicolas Lapierre again led the way in LMP2 for the Cool Racing squad.

His 1m49.754s aboard the Swiss team's Oreca-Gibson 07 put him six tenths up on second-placed Phil Hanson in the United Autosports Oreca.

The #71 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE ended up fastest in GTE Pro after missing the opening session with a fuel leak.

Miguel Molina set a 2m00.036s, which put him nearly half a second up on the second-placed Aston Martin Vantage GTE driven by Maxime Martin.

A 2m00.528s from the Belgian put him three tenths up on the sister car's best with Marco Sorensen at the wheel.

Porsche, which was fastest in the opening session, took fourth courtesy of a 2m01.064s from Kevin Estre in the #92 Porsche 911 RSR.

Matt Campbell led the way in GTE Am aboard the #77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche.

Qualifying and the full 4 Hours of Shanghai will be shown live on Motorsport.tv. Check times here.

FP2 results:

Cla	#	Drivers	Car	Class	Time	Gap
1	6	Charles Robertson Michael Simpson Guy Smith	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	LMP1	1'48.127
2	8	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	1'48.188	0.061
3	1	Bruno Senna Gustavo Menezes Norman Nato	Rebellion R13	LMP1	1'48.288	0.161
4	7	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	1'48.979	0.852
5	5	Jordan King Ben Hanley Egor Orudzhev	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	LMP1	1'49.678	1.551
6	42	Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'49.754	1.627
7	22	Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'50.397	2.270
8	33	Mark Patterson Kenta Yamashita Anders Fjordbach	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'50.457	2.330
9	37	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'50.505	2.378
10	29	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'51.095	2.968
11	38	Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'51.133	3.006
12	36	Thomas Laurent Andre Negrao Pierre Ragues	Alpine A470	LMP2	1'52.059	3.932
13	47	Roberto Lacorte Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto	Dallara P217	LMP2	1'53.023	4.896
14	71	Davide Rigon Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	2'00.036	11.909
15	97	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	2'00.528	12.401
16	95	Marco Sorensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	2'00.822	12.695
17	92	Michael Christensen Kevin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	2'01.064	12.937
18	77	Christian Ried Riccardo Pera Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	2'01.935	13.808
19	91	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	2'01.961	13.834
20	90	Salih Yoluc Charles Eastwood Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	2'02.026	13.899
21	78	Philippe Prette Louis Prette Vincent Abril	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	2'02.082	13.955
22	88	Angelo Negro Will Bamber Thomas Preining	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	2'02.537	14.410
23	70	Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	2'02.542	14.415
24	98	Paul Dalla Lana Darren Turner Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	2'02.552	14.425
25	51	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	2'02.567	14.440
26	62	Bonamy Grimes Johnny Mowlem Charles Hollings	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	2'02.655	14.528
27	83	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	2'02.894	14.767
28	54	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	2'02.962	14.835
29	86	Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson Benjamin Barker	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	2'03.087	14.960
30	56	Egidio Perfetti David Heinemeier Hansson Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	2'03.277	15.150
31	57	Ben Keating Larry ten Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	2'03.583	15.456
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