15.09.2017 - 18h17
Buemi fastest for Toyota in FP3 at COTA
The Headlines from Free Practice 3….
- Toyota tops times in final 60-minute session as Sébastien Buemi laps in 1m45.712s as final preparations end before qualifying later today
- Title leading Porsche 919 Hybrid of Earl Bamber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley place second
- No.1 Porsche is ahead of No.7 Toyota which is fourth, as variety of strategies play out in session
- Early session time set by TDS Racing’s Matthieu Vaxivière seals first position in the LMP2 class. The young French driver sets a best tour of 1m53.541s
- Alex Brundle puts in a late surge to place second in No.37 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA-Gibson
- No.25 CEFC Manor TRS Racing car of Vitaly Petrov places third
- Olivier Pla sets LMGTE Pro pace in No.66 Ford GT with a 2m02.987s lap
- Pla’s best eclipses No.51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE of James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi
- No.71 AF Corse Ferrari sits third ahead of both Porsche 911 RSR entries
- Pedro Lamy continues to be fastest driver throughout all Free Practice sessions as he laps COTA track in 2m04.941s
- No.54 Spirit of Race Ferrari places second as Miguel Molina sets best time