6 Hours of Fuji Free Practice 2: Aston on top in GTE Pro and Am

Aston Martin Racing this afternoon showed it meant business in preparation for the 6 Hours of Fuji by claiming the first three places in the GTE time sheets.  At the end of the second 90-minute free practice session, the No.97 Aston Martin Vantage V8 of Mucke/Turner led the way with a best lap time of 1:39.884.

The British car from the LMGTE Pro category, with the yellow windscreen strip, headed the team’s two LMGTE Am entries – the No.98 of Canadian Paul Dalla Lana, Portuguese Pedro Lamy and Dane Christoffer Nygaard ahead of the all-Danish crewed No.95 Vantage V8. 

Behind the Aston Martins were two further Am cars – showing the way to their fellow competitors in the senior Pro category – and this time it was two Porsches.  The No.88 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR of Klaus Bachler-Khaled Al Qubaisi-Christian Ried was just two hundredths of a second ahead of the No.75 ProSpeed Competition Porsche 911 GT3 RSR of the French trio – François Perrodo, Emmanuel Collard and Matthieu Vaxivière. 

Second and third places in the LMGTE Pro class – behind the four Am cars – were taken by the No.51 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia of Bruni and Vilander and the No.92 Porsche Team Manthey 911 RSR of Makowiecki and Pilet.  Just one second separated the top seven cars and tomorrow morning’s third free practice session is likely to be closer still as teams make their final preparations before qualifying in the afternoon.

We look forward to seeing what happens and, in the meantime, you can find all the details of the times HERE

Fiona Miller