Porsche 1-2 in Second Free Practice Session at Nürburgring

Porsche opened up the gap in Free Practice 2 at Nürburgring this afternoon as Brendon Hartley set the fastest lap of the day during the first simulated qualifying runs.

The reigning Le Mans winner set a best of 1:38.663 in the Porsche 919 Hybrid he shares with teammates Earl Bamber and Timo Bernhard.

It was a time that was a full 2.5s faster than the ultimate FP1 pace earlier today.

G-Drive Racing, Porsche GT Team and Spirit of Race topped the LMP2, LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am categories in a session which saw a brief shower halfway through the 90-minute session.

The third and final Free Practice session takes place tomorrow morning at 09.45.

The headlines from FP2 at Nürburgring….

• Brendon Hartley sets fastest time once again as Porsche crank up the pace in FP2
• Hartley sets fastest lap of the day with a 1:38.663 lap in No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid
• No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Nick Tandy, Neel Jani and Andre Lotterer places second
• Porsche enjoy a 1.1s advantage over Toyota as No.8 TS 050 HYBRID heads No.7 sister car
• G-Drive Racing fastest in LMP2 as Ben Hanley impresses with a 1m47.188s lap in Russian entered ORECA-Gibson
• Hanley’s best is 0.3s faster than No.13 Vaillante Rebellion driven by Mathias Beche
• Signatech Alpine place third ahead of No.25 CEFC Manor TRS and No.38 Jackie Chan DC Racing entry
• Porsche lead two of the four classes as Frederic Makowiecki sets best LMGTE Pro time in Porsche 911 RSR with best effort of 1:56.244
• Aston Martin just under 0.1s adrift of Porsche as Nicki Thiim sets time of 1:56.343 in No.95 Vantage
• The No.71 Ferrari 488 GTE makes it three different manufacturers in the top three, James Calado sharing with Alessandro Pier Guidi
• Ferrari fastest in LMGTE Am class as Miguel Molina sets a 1:57.592 lap in Spirit of Race Ferrari

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