The preparations for this weekend’s WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps continued this afternoon during the second 90-minute Free Practice session of the day. Heavy rain caused the teams to tread carefully around the 7km Spa track and consequently the lap times were lower than this morning’s wet session.
Porsche once again led the way; this time it was the no19 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Earl Bamber that set the fastest time with a 2m25.495, 8.8 seconds slower than this morning’s best time of 2m16.616 set by Marc Lieb in the no18 Porsche.
The no1 Toyota TS040 and no8 Audi R18 which were badly damaged in the earlier incident during FP1 took no part in FP2.
The no42 Strakka Racing Dome S103 was the quickest of the LMP2 competitors once again. In Free Practice 2 it was Danny Watts with a 2m34.370 lap, 1.698s behind Jonny Kanes lap in the Strakka Dome in FP1. As in the morning session it was the no38 JOTA Sport Gibson Nissan that set the second quickest time, this time with Mitch Evans at the wheel in a time of 2m34.847.
In LMGTE Pro it was Porsche Team Manthey once again at the head of the time sheets, with Richard Lietz in the no92 911 setting a 2m37.058 lap, 0.993 slower than the FP1 best time set by Kevin Estre in the no91 Porsche 911 RSR. Aston Martin were second quickest in FP2 with Richie Stanaway clocking a 2m37.356 lap in the no99 Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8.
In LMGTE Am Rui Aguas put Ferrari at the top of the timing sheet with a 2m41.645 lap in the no83 AF Corse run 458 Italia. This time was 1.7 seconds slower than the FP1 class leading time of 2m39.885 set by Klaus Bachler in the no88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Porsche.
The third and final Free Practice session will take place at 14h00 tomorrow afternoon followed by qualifying at 18h00.
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