Audi 1-2 in Friday practice at Fuji
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| Fuji |
Audi ran 1-2 in practice Friday for Sunday's Fuji round of the World Endurance Championship.
Lucas di Grassi set the best time of the day early in the 90-minute afternoon period aboard the #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro, beating the time from session 1 of 1m28.403s set by teammate Marcel Fassler. Loic Duval in the #1 Audi and Andre Lotterer in the #2 car had earlier set the fastest times in the opening practice session.
Third fastest was Neel Jani in the best of the Porsche 919 Hybrids. He was only four hundredths down on Fassler with a 1m28.441s set late in the afternoon.
Toyota was fourth with a 1m28.587s set by Sebastian Buemi in the #8 TS040 Hybrid in the final minutes of the second session.
Morning
| Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
| 1 | LMP1 | L.di Grassi, L.Duval/T.Kristensen | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi | 1m 28.628s |
| 2 | LMP1 | M.Fassler, A.Lotterer/B.Treluyer | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi | 1m 28.924s |
| 3 | LMP1 | A.Davidson, S.Buemi | Toyota Racing | Toyota | 1m 28.981s |
| 4 | LMP1 | R.Dumas, N.Jani/M.Lieb | Porsche Team | Porsche | 1m 29.021s |
| 5 | LMP1 | A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin/K.Nakajima | Toyota Racing | Toyota | 1m 29.076s |
| 6 | LMP1 | T.Bernhard, M.Webber/B.Hartley | Porsche Team | Porsche | 1m 29.829s |
| 7 | LMP1 | N.Prost, N.Heidfeld/M.Beche | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/Toyota | 1m 32.034s |
| 8 | LMP1 | D.Kraihamer, A.Belicchi/F.Leimer | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/Toyota | 1m 33.020s |
| 9 | LMP1 | C.Bouchut, J.Rossiter/P.Kaffer | Lotus/AER | Lotus/AER | 1m 34.284s |
| 10 | LMP2 | R.Rusinov, O.Pla/J.Canal | G-Drive Racing | Ligier/Nissan | 1m 34.356s |
| 11 | LMP2 | M.Howson, R.Bradley/A.Imperatori | KCMG | Oreca/Nissan | 1m 34.716s |
| 12 | LMP2 | K.Ihara, G.Yacaman/A.Brundle | Oak Racing | Morgan/Judd | 1m 34.902s |
| 13 | LMP2 | K.Ladygin, V.Shaitar/A.Ladygin | SMP Racing | Oreca/Nissan | 1m 35.028s |
| 14 | LMP2 | S.Zlobin, N.Minassian/M.Mediani | SMP Racing | Oreca/Nissan | 1m 35.112s |
| 15 | GTE Pro | F.Makowiecki, P.Pilet | Porsche Team Manthey | Porsche | 1m 40.853s |
| 16 | GTE Pro | D.Turner, S.Mucke | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m 40.871s |
| 17 | GTE Pro | G.Bruni, T.Vilander | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m 41.141s |
| 18 | GTE Am | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy/C.Nygaard | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m 41.164s |
| 19 | GTE Am | K.Poulsen, D.Hansson/N.Thiim | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m 41.189s |
| 20 | GTE Am | C.Ried, K.Bachler/K.Al Qubaisi | Proton Competition | Porsche | 1m 41.234s |
| 21 | GTE Pro | J.Bergmeister, R.Lietz | Porsche Team Manthey | Porsche | 1m 41.402s |
| 22 | GTE Pro | A.MacDowall, D.O'Young/F.Rees | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m 41.512s |
| 23 | GTE Am | F.Perrodo, E.Collard/M.Vaxiviere | Prospeed Competition | Porsche | 1m 41.876s |
| 24 | GTE Pro | D.Rigon, J.Calado | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m 41.999s |
| 25 | GTE Am | S.Wyatt, M.Rugolo/A.Bertolini | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m 42.034s |
| 26 | GTE Am | G.Roda, P.Ruberti/J.Segal | 8 Star Motorsports | Ferrari | 1m 42.412s |
| 27 | GTE Am | B.Curtis, J.Bleekemolen/M.Skeen | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m 42.418s |
Afternoon
| Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
| 1 | LMP1 | L.di Grassi, L.Duval/T.Kristensen | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi | 1m 27.852s |
| 2 | LMP1 | M.Fassler, A.Lotterer/B.Treluyer | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi | 1m 28.403s |
| 3 | LMP1 | R.Dumas, N.Jani/M.Lieb | Porsche Team | Porsche | 1m 28.441s |
| 4 | LMP1 | A.Davidson, S.Buemi | Toyota Racing | Toyota | 1m 28.587s |
| 5 | LMP1 | A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin/K.Nakajima | Toyota Racing | Toyota | 1m 29.083s |
| 6 | LMP1 | T.Bernhard, M.Webber/B.Hartley | Porsche Team | Porsche | 1m 29.672s |
| 7 | LMP1 | D.Kraihamer, A.Belicchi/F.Leimer | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/Toyota | 1m 31.971s |
| 8 | LMP1 | N.Prost, N.Heidfeld/M.Beche | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/Toyota | 1m 32.441s |
| 9 | LMP2 | R.Rusinov, O.Pla/J.Canal | G-Drive Racing | Ligier/Nissan | 1m 34.027s |
| 10 | LMP2 | K.Ladygin, V.Shaitar/A.Ladygin | SMP Racing | Oreca/Nissan | 1m 34.203s |
| 11 | LMP2 | M.Howson, R.Bradley/A.Imperatori | KCMG | Oreca/Nissan | 1m 34.387s |
| 12 | LMP2 | S.Zlobin, N.Minassian/M.Mediani | SMP Racing | Oreca/Nissan | 1m 34.690s |
| 13 | LMP1 | C.Bouchut, J.Rossiter/P.Kaffer | Lotus/AER | Lotus/AER | 1m 34.798s |
| 14 | LMP2 | K.Ihara, G.Yacaman/A.Brundle | Oak Racing | Morgan/Judd | 1m 34.800s |
| 15 | GTE Pro | D.Turner, S.Mucke | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m 39.884s |
| 16 | GTE Am | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy/C.Nygaard | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m 40.006s |
| 17 | GTE Am | K.Poulsen, D.Hansson/N.Thiim | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m 40.401s |
| 18 | GTE Am | C.Ried, K.Bachler/K.Al Qubaisi | Proton Competition | Porsche | 1m 40.483s |
| 19 | GTE Am | F.Perrodo, E.Collard/M.Vaxiviere | Prospeed Competition | Porsche | 1m 40.494s |
| 20 | GTE Pro | G.Bruni, T.Vilander | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m 40.643s |
| 21 | GTE Pro | F.Makowiecki, P.Pilet | Porsche Team Manthey | Porsche | 1m 40.855s |
| 22 | GTE Pro | J.Bergmeister, R.Lietz | Porsche Team Manthey | Porsche | 1m 41.078s |
| 23 | GTE Pro | A.MacDowall, D.O'Young/F.Rees | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m 41.191s |
| 24 | GTE Pro | D.Rigon, J.Calado | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m 41.579s |
| 25 | GTE Am | G.Roda, P.Ruberti/J.Segal | 8 Star Motorsports | Ferrari | 1m 41.683s |
| 26 | GTE Am | B.Curtis, J.Bleekemolen/M.Skeen | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m 41.767s |
| 27 | GTE Am | S.Wyatt, M.Rugolo/A.Bertolini | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m 42.095s |