Audi took the top two LMP1 spots at the end of Free Practice 2 Friday afternoon. The #1 R18 e-tron quattro of Di-Grassi, Duval & Kristensen took top spot with a time of 1:43.134 which was also the fastest time of the day.
The #2 Audi R18 of Fassler, Lotterer & Treullier finished the session exactly four hundredth’s of a second behind it’s sister car with a time of 1:43.534.
The #7 Toyota Racing TS040 Hybrid of Wurtz, Sarazin & Nakajima finished out the top spots with a time of 1:44.097.
After setting the fastest time this morning with teh #14 car, Porsche had to settle for Bernhard, Webber & Hartly bringing in the #20 919 Hybrid for 4th spot with a time of 1:45.01 with the #14 car languishing down in 7th place with a 1:45.583, 2 seconds slower than the morning time.
In the GTE class, local favourites Aston Martin, celebrating their 10th aniversary, struggled with speed against the Porsche challengers with the fastest time being set by the #97 V8 Vantage of Turner & Mucke at 2:01.788 to end the day 20th – the other three cars taking the next three spots behind them.
