Fuji WEC: Toyota goes 1.4s clear in FP2

As was the case in the morning's opening session, the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid led the way in the afternoon's second session, this time in the hands of Kazuki Nakajima.

In what appeared to be a qualifying simulation, Nakajima set an early benchmark of 1m25.623s, some 1.7s up on Sebastien Buemi's session-topping FP1 time.

That effort went unchallenged for the remainder of the 90-minute session, with Rebellion Racing's solo R-13-Gibson again ending up second, this time 1.419s off the pace.

Norman Nato's best effort of 1m27.042s put the #1 car half a second up on the best of the Ginettas, the #5 car driven by SMP Racing-backed Egor Orudzhev.

The #6 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 of Charlie Robertson was fourth-fastest ahead of the Silverstone-winning #7 Toyota, which was the slowest of the five LMP1 cars.

Mike Conway's best time of 1m28.171s put him 2.5s off the pace set by Nakajima and a tenth behind the second Ginetta.

JOTA Sport led the way in LMP2 courtesy of a 1m29.633s effort from Anthony Davidson at the wheel of the Goodyear-liveried #38 Oreca 07.

Toyota protege Kenta Yamashita put the High Class Racing Oreca second on a 1m30.163s, slower than the SUPER GT points leader managed in FP1, while best of the Michelin-shod cars was the United Autosports Oreca in third, driven by Phil Hanson.

Porsche maintained a narrow edge over the opposition in GTE Pro, with Michael Christensen topping the times with a 1m38.214s in the #92 911-RSR - enough to shade James Calado's effort in the best of the Ferrari 488 GTEs by 0.038s.

The #91 Porsche of Richard Lietz was third-fastest, followed by the best of the Aston Martin Vantage GTEs in fourth.

In GTE Am, TF Sport again topped the class timesheets, with Charlie Eastwood setting the British squad's best time of 1m38.719s - faster than the two slowest Pro cars.

Session results:

Cla	#	Drivers	Car	Class	Time	Gap
1	8	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	1'25.623
2	1	Bruno Senna Gustavo Menezes Norman Nato	Rebellion R13	LMP1	1'27.042	1.419
3	5	Luca Ghiotto Ben Hanley Egor Orudzhev	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	LMP1	1'27.602	1.979
4	6	Charles Robertson Michael Simpson Guy Smith	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	LMP1	1'28.062	2.439
5	7	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	1'28.171	2.548
6	38	Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'29.633	4.010
7	33	Mark Patterson Kenta Yamashita Anders Fjordbach	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'30.163	4.540
8	22	Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Oliver Jarvis	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'30.205	4.582
9	42	Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'30.346	4.723
10	29	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'30.462	4.839
11	36	Thomas Laurent Andre Negrao Pierre Ragues	Alpine A470	LMP2	1'30.833	5.210
12	37	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'31.118	5.495
13	47	Roberto Lacorte Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto	Dallara P217	LMP2	1'31.836	6.213
14	92	Michael Christensen Kevin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	1'38.214	12.591
15	51	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	1'38.252	12.629
16	91	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	1'38.315	12.692
17	97	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	1'38.451	12.828
18	90	Salih Yoluc Charles Eastwood Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	1'38.719	13.096
19	95	Marco Sorensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	1'38.728	13.105
20	71	Davide Rigon Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	1'38.909	13.286
21	56	Egidio Perfetti David Heinemeier Hansson Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'38.916	13.293
22	98	Paul Dalla Lana Darren Turner Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	1'38.949	13.326
23	54	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	1'38.953	13.330
24	88	Satoshi Hoshino Adrien de Leener Thomas Preining	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'39.051	13.428
25	77	Christian Ried Riccardo Pera Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'39.071	13.448
26	57	Ben Keating Felipe Fraga Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'39.127	13.504
27	83	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	1'39.337	13.714
28	70	Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	1'39.405	13.782
29	86	Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson Benjamin Barker	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'39.676	14.053
30	62	Bonamy Grimes Johnny Mowlem Charles Hollings	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	1'40.512	14.889
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