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WEC Interlagos
WEC Sao Paulo: Toyota dominates second practice with 1-2
Toyota finished 1-2 in second practice for the World Endurance Championship at Interlagos
Gary Watkins
Edited: Jul 13, 2024, 12:22 PM
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#8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 - Hybrid: Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa
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The two Toyotas led the way in second free practice for Sunday’s Interlagos World Endurance Championship round as the top four cars were separated by five-hundredths of a second.
Sebastien Buemi sealed the top spot with a 1m26.727s aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar early in the extended session on Friday afternoon.
Kamui Kobayashi then vaulted the sister #7 entry up from seventh in the closing minutes with a 1m26.760s that left him just three hundredths behind.
The two Ferrari 499P LMHs took third and fourth, a late run from Alessandro Pier Guidi yielding a 1m25.770s to knock team-mate Antonio Fuoco down to fourth.
Fuoco had earlier jumped to second with a 1m25.776s before the improvements from Kobayashi and Pier Guidi bumped him down to fourth, though still only 0.049s off the pace.
Cadillac driver Alex Lynn moved up to second in the American manufacturer’s solo V-Series.R LMDh at the beginning of a flurry of quick times in the final hour of a session that had been extended as a result of the early curtailment of opening free practice.
The British driver’s 1m25.869s was only good enough for fifth in the final classification as the second Toyota and the two Ferraris improved.
The two Jota customer entries led the way for Porsche in sixth and seventh positions, Callum Ilott edging out Jenson Button as the two Hertz-liveried 963 LMDhs traded times.
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Ilott’s 1m25.931s gave him a margin of just four hundredths over his team-mate, who ended up on 1m25.979s.
The customer Ferrari run by AF Corse took eighth in Robert Shwartzman’s hands, while Julien Andlauer was ninth in Proton Competition’s privateer Porsche.
Robin Frijns rounded out the top 10 in the best of the WRT BMW M Hybrid V8s with a 1m26.693s, which was still within a second of the pace.
Top Peugeot driver was Jean-Eric Vergne in 11th place aboard the #93 9X8 2024 LMH with a time just over a second down on Buemi’s best for Toyota.
Charles Milesi took 12th for Alpine, while the championship-leading Porsche Penske Motorsport entry was 12th in Laurens Vanthoor’s hands.
The Auto Sport Promotion LMGT3 class Lexus squad bounced back from the accident that resulted in the early stoppage of FP1.
Jose Maria Lopez led the way in class with a 1m35.725s aboard the #87 Lexus RC F GT3.
The Argentinian driver, back in the ASP Lexus after returning to Toyota’s Hypercar line-up at Le Mans, ended up three tenths up on late improver Franck Perera in the best of the Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2s.
Perera posted a 1m36.060s to edge out Alessio Rovera’s AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3.
Daniel Juncadella, who had topped the class leaderboard for much of the session, ended up fourth in the best of the TF Sport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs.
The second ASP Lexus that was crashed at Turn 4 by Arnold Robin in FP1 has been withdrawn from the meeting. Frenchman Robin was given a clean bill of health after a check-over at a local hospital after the big accident.
Third free practice for Sunday’s Sao Paolo 6 Hours begins at 10:30 local time, with qualifying kicking off at 14:30.
WEC Interlagos second practice result
Main Information Additional Data Driver Info Driver Info
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Main Information Additional Data
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Cla Team # Drivers Car Laps Time Interval km/h 1
Toyota Racing HYPERCAR
8 S. Buemi
B. Hartley
R. Hirakawa Toyota GR010 - Hybrid 83
1'25.727
180.951 2
Toyota Racing HYPERCAR
7 M. Conway
K. Kobayashi
N. de Vries Toyota GR010 - Hybrid 77
+0.033
1'25.760
0.033 180.881 3
FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR
51 A. Pier Guidi
J. Calado
A. Giovinazzi Ferrari 499P 70
+0.043
1'25.770
0.010 180.860 4
FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR
50 A. Fuoco
M. Molina
N. Nielsen Ferrari 499P 66
+0.049
1'25.776
0.006 180.847 5
CADILLAC RACING HYPERCAR
2 E. Bamber
A. Lynn Cadillac V-Series.R 65
+0.142
1'25.869
0.093 180.651 6
HERTZ TEAM JOTA HYPERCAR
12 W. Stevens
C. Ilott
N. Nato Porsche 963 75
+0.204
1'25.931
0.062 180.521 7
HERTZ TEAM JOTA HYPERCAR
38 J. Button
P. Hanson
O. Rasmussen Porsche 963 76
+0.252
1'25.979
0.048 180.420 8
AF Corse HYPERCAR
83 R. Kubica
R. Shwartzman
Y. Yifei Ferrari 499P 78
+0.404
1'26.131
0.152 180.102 9
Proton Competition HYPERCAR
99 N. Jani
J. Andlauer Porsche 963 74
+0.715
1'26.442
0.311 179.454 10
BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR
20 S. Van Der Linde
R. Frijns
R. Rast BMW M Hybrid V8 71
+0.966
1'26.693
0.251 178.934 11
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR
93 M. Jensen
N. Müller
J. Vergne Peugeot 9X8 2024 76
+1.032
1'26.759
0.066 178.798 12
Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR
35 P. Chatin
F. Habsburg
C. Milesi Alpine A424 73
+1.165
1'26.892
0.133 178.525 13
PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT HYPERCAR
6 K. Estre
A. Lotterer
L. Vanthoor Porsche 963 77
+1.274
1'27.001
0.109 178.301 14
PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT HYPERCAR
5 M. Campbell
M. Christensen
F. Makowiecki Porsche 963 77
+1.429
1'27.156
0.155 177.984 15
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR
94 P. di Resta
L. Duval
S. Vandoorne Peugeot 9X8 2024 78
+1.438
1'27.165
0.009 177.965 16
Lamborghini Iron Lynx HYPERCAR
63 M. Bortolotti
E. Mortara
D. Kvyat Lamborghini SC63 65
+1.492
1'27.219
0.054 177.855 17
Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR
36 N. Lapierre
M. Schumacher
M. Vaxiviere Alpine A424 41
+1.568
1'27.295
0.076 177.700 18
Isotta Fraschini HYPERCAR
11 A. Serravalle
C. Bennett
J. Vernay Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6 Competizione LMH 70
+2.016
1'27.743
0.448 176.793 19
BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR
15 D. Vanthoor
R. Marciello
M. Wittmann BMW M Hybrid V8 72
+2.065
1'27.792
0.049 176.694 20
AKKODIS ASP Team LMGT3
87 T. Kimura
E. Masson
J. Lopez Lexus RC F GT3 62
+9.998
1'35.725
7.933 162.051 21
IRON LYNX LMGT3
60 C. Schiavoni
M. Cressoni
F. Perera
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 65
+10.323
1'36.050
0.325 161.503 22
Vista AF Corse LMGT3
55 F. Heriau
S. Mann
A. Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 66
+10.474
1'36.201
0.151 161.249 23
TF Sport LMGT3
82 H. Koizumi
S. Baud
D. Juncadella Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 71
+10.476
1'36.203
0.002 161.246 24
Heart of Racing Team LMGT3
27 I. James
D. Mancinelli
A. Riberas Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 73
+10.521
1'36.248
0.045 161.171 25
United Autosports LMGT3
95 J. Caygill
N. Pino
M. Sato McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 68
+10.682
1'36.409
0.161 160.901 26
Manthey PureRxcing LMGT3
92
A. Malykhin
J. Sturm
K. Bachler Porsche 911 GT3 R 73
+10.840
1'36.567
0.158 160.638 27
Proton Competition LMGT3
77 R. Hardwick
Z. Robichon
B. Barker Ford Mustang GT3 66
+10.928
1'36.655
0.088 160.492 28
United Autosports LMGT3
59 J. Cottingham N. Costa G. Saucy McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 70
+10.965
1'36.692
0.037 160.431 29
Proton Competition LMGT3
88 G. Roda
M. Pedersen
D. Olsen Ford Mustang GT3 72
+11.007
1'36.734
0.042 160.361 30
IRON DAMES LMGT3
85 S. Bovy
R. Frey
M. Gatting Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 61
+11.067
1'36.794
0.060 160.261 31
Vista AF Corse LMGT3
54 T. Flohr
F. Castellacci
D. Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 63
+11.102
1'36.829
0.035 160.204 32
TEAM WRT LMGT3
31
D. Leung
S. Gelael
A. Farfus BMW M4 GT3 69
+11.125
1'36.852
0.023 160.166 33
TF Sport LMGT3
81 T. Van Rompuy
R. Andrade
C. Eastwood Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 70
+11.154
1'36.881
0.029 160.118 34
Manthey EMA LMGT3
91
Y. Shahin
M. Schuring
R. Lietz Porsche 911 GT3 R 73
+11.503
1'37.230
0.349 159.543 35
TEAM WRT LMGT3
46 A. Al Harthy
V. Rossi
M. Martin BMW M4 GT3 72
+11.814
1'37.541
0.311 159.034 36
D'Station Racing LMGT3
777 C. Mateu
E. Bastard
M. Sorensen Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 70
+12.008
1'37.735
0.194 158.718 37
AKKODIS ASP Team LMGT3
78
A. Robin
C. Schmid
K. van der Linde Lexus RC F GT3 0
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