Porsche 1-2 in opening Silverstone practice

Porsche has gotten its FIA World Endurance Championship title defense off to a strong start, with its pair of 919 Hybrids topping the time charts in opening Free Practice for Sunday’s Six Hours of Silverstone.

Timo Bernhard led the way in the damp 90-minute session, reeling off a best lap of 1:432.182 in the No. 1 car.

Bernhard’s time was 0.812 seconds quicker than the sister No. 2 Porsche in second.

The No. 5 Toyota TS050 Hybrid was third quickest overall and in LMP1, thanks to a 1:43.765 lap. The car, however, slowed on the final moments of the session with a suspected issue.

The No. 8 Audi R18 and No. 6 Toyota completed the top-five in the relatively incident-free session, despite less-than-ideal conditions.

G-Drive Racing was quickest in LMP2, with Rene Rast reeling off a 1:50.428 in his No. 26 Oreca 05 Nissan.

The No. 35 Baxi DC Racing Oreca Nissan and No. 43 RGR Sport by Morand Ligier JS P2 Nissan completed the top-three in class.

Ferrari led the way in both GTE-Pro and GTE-Am, with AF Corse’s new Ferrari 488 GTE topping the time charts with a 2:01.067 lap by the No. 51 car.

AF Corse’s previous-generation No. 83 Ferrari 458 Italia of Rui Aguas, meanwhile, led GTE-Am.

Free Practice 2 gets underway at 4:30 p.m. local time.

Practice 1 Results

Pos Class Drivers Car Time Laps
1 LMP1 T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley Porsche 1m42.182s 41
2 LMP1 R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb Porsche 1m42.996s 43
3 LMP1 A.Davidson, S.Buemi, K.Nakajima Toyota 1m43.765s 29
4 LMP1 L.di Grassi, L.Duval, O.Jarvis Audi 1m43.917s 35
5 LMP1 S.Sarrazin, M.Conway, K.Kobayashi Toyota 1m45.936s 26
6 LMP1 M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer Audi 1m46.496s 27
7 LMP1 S.Trummer, O.Webb, J.Rossiter CLM/AER 1m48.860s 31
8 LMP2 R.Rusinov, N.Berthon, R.Rast ORECA/Nissan 1m50.428s 28
9 LMP1 M.Tuscher, D.Kraihamer, A.Imperatori Rebellion/AER 1m50.500s 15
10 LMP2 D.Cheng, H-Pin Tung, N.Panciatici Alpine/Nissan 1m51.278s 35
11 LMP2 R.Gonzalez, F.Albuquerque, B.Senna Ligier/Nissan 1m51.425s 22
12 LMP2 M.Rao, R.Bradley, R.Merhi ORECA/Nissan 1m51.792s 30
13 LMP2 V.Petrov, K.Ladygin, V.Shaytar BR Engineering/Nissan 1m51.918s 31
14 LMP2 N.Leventis, D.Watts, J.Kane Gibson/Nissan 1m52.159s 36
15 LMP2 S.Sharp, E.Brown, J.van Overbeek Ligier/Nissan 1m52.191s 25
16 LMP2 G.Menezes, N.Lapierre, S.Richelmi Alpine/Nissan 1m52.651s 33
17 LMP2 R.Dalziel, L.Derani, C.Cumming Ligier/Nissan 1m52.831s 37
18 LMP2 T.Graves, W.Stevens, J.Jakes ORECA/Nissan 1m53.278s 25
19 LMP1 N.Prost, N.Piquet Jr., N.Heidfeld Rebellion/AER 1m53.535s 17
20 LMP2 N.Minassian, M.Mediani BR Engineering/Nissan 1m54.072s 22
21 GTE Pro G.Bruni, J.Calado Ferrari 2m01.067s 26
22 GTE Pro D.Rigon, S.Bird Ferrari 2m02.218s 28
23 GTE Pro R.Lietz, M.E. Christensen Porsche 2m02.378s 21
24 GTE Pro B.Johnson, S.Mucke, O.Pla Ford 2m02.675s 26
25 GTE Pro M.Franchitti, A.Priaulx, H.Tincknell Ford 2m02.887s 30
26 GTE Am F.Perrodo, E.Collard, R.Aguas Ferrari 2m04.093s 33
27 GTE Am M.Wainwright, A.Carroll, B.Barker Porsche 2m04.176s 32
28 GTE Am K.Al Qubaisi, D.Hansson, K.Bachler Porsche 2m04.344s 22
29 GTE Am P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda Aston Martin 2m04.622s 32
30 GTE Am Y.Yamagishi, P.Ragues, P.Ruberti Chevrolet 2m05.110s 31
31 GTE Pro R.Stanaway, F.Rees Aston Martin 2m05.142s 32
32 GTE Pro N.Thiim, M.Sorensen, D.Turner Aston Martin 2m05.828s 33
33 GTE Am C.Ried, W.Henzler, J.Camathias Porsche 2m05.959s 21

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