No.8 Audi again fastest in FP2 at COTA

• Audi dominated night practice here at Circuit of The Americas – the team finishing 1-2, split by a mere 0.095 of a second.
• The No.8 Audi R18 of Oliver Jarvis, Lucas di Grassi and Loic Duval set the fastest time at 1:47.235
• The corresponding session last year was headed by the No.1 Porsche with a time of 1:47.442  
• The Mexico City pole winning Audi also completed the most laps of any car on track during the 90 minute sessions – 45 laps.
• The ByKolles squad in the LM P1 Privateer grabbed the upper hand over rivals Rebellion with a fastest time of 1:54.361
• Championship leaders Signatech Alpine were fastest in LM P2 with the No.36 entry recording a fastest time of 1:56.318.

• All but one LM P2 car completed more than 30 laps of running in the 90-minute session.
• Ford held the top spot LM GTE Pro. The No.66 of Olivier Pla and Stefan Mucke was fastest again (2:04.714) ahead of Mexico City pole winner, the No.95 Aston Martin.
• Times at night were considerably faster this year compared to 2015. Last year’s Free Practice 2 night session was headed by Porsche at 2:06.041.
• Aston Martin did grab the top spot LM GTE Am with Pedro Lamy’s No.98 car quickest at 2:06.092.

Cars are back on track tomorrow morning at 10:30am for the final one hour session before qualifying begins at 5:45pm (local time).

For all the times from FP2 click here 

Photos by Adrenal Media