6 Hours of Shanghai: Toyota on top after damp FP1 session
Sebastien Buemi topped the times in a wet first Free Practice session in Shanghai this morning...
16/11/2018
The Toyota Gazoo Racing entered pair of LMP1 Hybrids set late session times to claim first and second in the wet first Free Practice session this morning
Sebastien Buemi in No.8 Toyota stopped the clocks on 1m54.768s to head Jose Maria Lopez in the No.7 car by 1.586s
Jenson Button had led the way with No.11 SMP Racing BR1-AER after setting best time of wet session on 2m00.369s
Non-Hybrid LMP1 cars initially placed 1-2 as Neel Jani sets second best time in No.1 Rebellion Racing car with a time just 0.2s slower than Button
Late time improvements as track dried saw No.17 SMP Racing car claim third position with Matevos Isaakyan setting lap of 1m58.880s
Fourth quickest and enjoying best session for many events was the ByKolles ENSO CLM P1/01 as Tom Dillmann shines
Rebellion Racing ultimately place fifth and sixth as No.3 finishes ahead of No.1 car
BMW Team MTEK top LMGTE Pro after lap of 2m09.830s by Martin Tomczyk
LMGTE Pro initially saw Porsche lead from Aston Martin as Gimmi Bruni led for most of session in No.91 Porsche 911 RSR
Maxime Martin on his first visit to Shanghai claimed third as the Belgian sets a 2m12.568
LMP2 sees Jazeman Jaafar set best time in LMP2 with final minute quick lap of 2m02.923s
Racing Team Nederland place second as Nyck de Vries sets time 0.6 off Jaafar’s best
TDS Racing third as Loic Duval sets best time for French team
Early session time from Matt Campbell in No.77 Dempsey Proton Porsche 911 RSR looked good enough for class LMGTE Am lead
But the TF Sport Aston Martin driven by Charlie Eastwood topped the times with a 2m13.201s lap for P1 in class
No.98 Aston Martin Racing car was third as Pedro Lamy, Paul Dalla Lana and Mathias Lauda aim for hat-trick class win to add to 2016 and 2017 triumphs
